Talk:Fagus langevinii

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Did you know... that Fagus langevinii is considered to be the oldest extinct species of beech tree?

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Latest comment: 2 years ago7 comments3 people in discussion

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 Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 18:47, 30 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Fagus langevinii leaf fossil

... that Fagus langevinii (pictured) is considered the oldest extinct beech tree species? Source: Denk & Grimm (2009) The biogeographic history of beech trees pg88
- ALT1: ... that Fagus langevinii (pictured) is known from cupules, blades, nuts, and grains? Source: Manchester & Dillhoff 2004 descriptions of the type fossil cupules, nuts, leaf blades, and pollen grains.
- Reviewed: ~~Template:Did you know nominations/Taraxacum arcticum~~ Template:Did you know nominations/Rhyothemis fuliginosa

Created by Kevmin (talk). Self-nominated at 15:29, 26 January 2022 (UTC).Reply

New enough, long enough, nice article, does not look like copyvio. Hook facts check out, but the ALT0 fact isn't stated clearly in the article. (It is there in Latin, but not in lay people's terms). Image is fine. If this runs without image (and possibly if it runs with image), how about adding "extinct" somewhere in the hook? —Kusma (talk) 11:29, 27 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
Also seems that the QPQ has been already used at Template:Did you know nominations/Plecia canadensis; could you provide another one? —Kusma (talk) 11:32, 27 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Kusma: I do not mind having extinct added, and have updated Alt0 accordingly. Also my apologies for the already used QPQ. Here is a alternate one!--Kev min § 15:14, 27 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for providing a new qpq. Happy to approve, but you could consider using the word "beech" more often in the article.

—Kusma (talk) 15:37, 27 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Promoting the main hook (ALT0) to Prep 5, unfortunately, without the image – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 18:47, 30 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

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