Support and self-nominate -- I've worked on this list over the last while, and think that it may be qualified to be a featured list at this point. I've made a serious attempt to make it comprehensive, by checking against many lists of culinary basil varieties, and am reasonably confident that it's at least very close to comprehensive. If there are any varieties I've missed, I'll be happy to add them. All entries are sourced, there's adequate use of images, and the list is inherently stable (people just don't make new varieties of basil very often!). Waitak16:29, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Make the name of the list at the first sentence appear in bold, and change it properly to reflect the lists actual name.
Done.
Per WP:WIAFL, the list must be composed of a large majority of links to existing articles. Seeing as the articles for the most of the plants in the list don't exist, I suggest creating an at least 2-sentence long stub for each.
Okay, I've started on it. I'll work on more over the next few days.
Oppose for the moment, I'm afraid. It's an excellent link as far as it goes, but if all of the cultivars were actually links, there'd be 13 red as opposed to 11 blue. I see you say above that you'll work on creating stubs, so I'll keep an eye on it and change my vote if articles are created for some of the missing ones. Alternatively, I would be open to arguments that some of the cultivars are so minor as to not require their own articles (as with, for example, some of the minor characters in the List of Metal Gear Solid characters). However, in that case I would want this list to contain a bit more info about them. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver14:56, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't believe that there is such thing as species "too minor to deserve an article", Wikipedia should have an article on each single animal or plant by definiton. Adding a description on each, even if it's complete, doesn't help the list pass criteria 1a of WP:WIAFL. Michaelas10(Talk)17:50, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. Not sure if you noted the history, but I added seven of those eleven since User:Michaelas10's comment above, and will keep at it. As you suggest, some of the less popular cultivars might not merit their own articles, but I'll make sure that the list is within the spirit of WP:WIAFL. Waitak01:52, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Question If there are an estimated 50 to 150 species of basil then why are only 5 or 6 (and their associated cultivars) culinary? What makes a species of basil suitable to be used for culinary purposes? CheekyMonkey11:05, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Good question! The list actually contains all cultivated basils, all of which happened to be used as culinary herbs. I've clarified it in the article. Waitak11:30, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
