Talk:Dracophyllum arboreum

Dracophyllum arboreum has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: August 18, 2021. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Dracophyllum arboreum appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 September 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the New Zealand tree tarahinau has evolved to develop thinner leaves as it matures, probably as a result of the high winds of the Chatham Islands?

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:23, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Okay I'll bite XD....making copyedits as I go (please revert if I inadvertently change the meaning) and jotting queries below... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:23, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We don't italicise family names Y

...sea level to 270 m (885.83 ft) - need to round this Y

...some 800 km (497.10 mi) - and this Y

link subgenus, plant community, sessile, endemic Y

add imperial conversions for wind speeds Y

Caprosma??

I added "species in the genus Comprosma" Draco phyllum 07:10, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

why is it spelt Caprosma and not coprosma though Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:04, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Because I can't spell :), fixed now

Draco phyllum 22:30, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Do we know anything else about likely pollinators etc.?

Don't think so, will have a deeper search though... Draco phyllum 07:10, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

fingers crossed.....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:04, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

link variety Y

At first mention, describe who/what Cockayne is. Also Cheeseman, Mueller and Venter Y

link Canary Islands Y

You've mentioned and linked Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand twice - one abbreviated and one italicised.... Y

link clade at first mention in text... Y

~~Use consistent date formatting in references~~ I meant like this for future reference Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:29, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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am presuming nothing is turning up on pollinator search. Not a deal-breaker for GA-hood. nice work.Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:34, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review cas :) Draco phyllum 00:01, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 08:18, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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CAPTION TEXT GOES HERE

... that the New Zealand tree tarahinau (pictured) has evolved to develop thinner leaves as it matures, as a result of the high winds of the Chatham Islands? Source: https://newzealandecology.org/nzje/2895.pdf

Improved to Good Article status by Dracophyllum (talk). Self-nominated at 09:06, 22 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 14:05, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To T:DYK/P4 without image