Template:Did you know nominations/Persoonia terminalis

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 Montanabw^(talk) 23:49, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Persoonia terminalis edit

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Persoonia terminalis ssp. recurva, cultivated in Australian National Botanic Garden

... that the type specimen of Persoonia terminalis (pictured) was collected 3.4 km (2.1 mi) south of the Torrington pub in New South Wales?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bad Timing (Adventure Time)
Comment: anyone else can add themselves as a contributor if they want - it's been a group effort.

Created by Casliber (talk) and Checkingfax (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 13:16, 3 November 2015 (UTC).

Comment: I think Northamerica1000 tried to remove themselves, but it was not fully completed. epic genius (talk) 13:45, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Another comment for those who aren't aware of the exciting news: this article was the five-millionth article on the English Wikipedia. :) 97198 (talk) 13:50, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Can't resist:

ALT1: ... that Persoonia terminalis (pictured) is the 5 millionth article on the English Wikipedia? Yoninah (talk) 21:51, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Heh, I'd be okay with that. It's a bit "meta" and best opened up for general discussion to get consensus I think. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:42, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

It's a fun idea, but I don't think this should be the hook, solely because the fact isn't mentioned in the article itself. Mz7 (talk) 22:56, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

The plant is not the five millionth article; the article about it is. In other words, this hook is too "meta" in my opinion. Jonathunder (talk) 01:18, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, as soon as I think how to mention in article I realise the same thing...oh well...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:02, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Could there be a little round "milestone badge" like we have for GA's that readers could click on when they read the article? And, IMHO, 5M is more hooky than Torrington Pub. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 10:29, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Comment: To closer: I believe part of the photo caption needs to be in italics. Please check with Cas Liber.

Yup - italicised now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:24, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

ALT2: ... that Persoonia terminalis (pictured) has drupes that grow in the Australian summer (December and January) and that P. terminalis is the five millionth article on the English Wikipedia? {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 10:38, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

ALT2a: ... that Persoonia terminalis (pictured), the subject of the five millionth article on the English Wikipedia, has drupes that grow in the Australian summer (December and January)? --PFHLai (talk) 03:30, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Comment: Any hook that mentioned the subject being the 5 millionth article on Wikipedia would be technically unacceptable under DYK rules, which require content in the hook to be directly cited with inline citations. However I guess we may IAR once... sst✈^discuss 15:39, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Full review needed, including the various hooks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:08, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Article has been promoted to GA status and looks good. QPQ done and the hooks are long enough and verified by sources. I agree with comments about some of the hooks being too "meta". The article has already had Main Page promotion for being the 5 millionth article, so I prefer the first hook. Also I've added a link to Type (biology) because I think it helps readers understand what is being found. FallingGravity (talk) 19:12, 11 December 2015 (UTC)