Talk:Enchylium polycarpon/GA3
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Nominator: Xoak (talk · contribs) 07:01, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
Reviewer: MolecularPilot (talk · contribs) 01:13, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi! I will be reviewing this article. Thank you for your work!
Well written
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Pass. I have just completed a copyedit over the last 30 minutes, you can view this Help:Diff to see what I improved, [1]. It is very well written (just needed some small improvements), amazing work!
Verifiable
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Provisional pass, pending spot checks. Most statements are support with an inline citation (except for the lead, which only seems to discuss things which are cited in the article body, and doesn't need cites per MOS:LEADCITE). All sources used are WP:RS. Would benefit from WP:SFNs due to the large number of papers cited, but this is not a requirement. No copyvios detected through both my comparison with the sources and Earwig's tool.
Spot checks
[edit]Broad in coverage
[edit] Pass. Great work! :)
- Addressing the main aspects: the article provides a detailed overview of it's taxonomy/how it is classified, the proprieties/description of various key parts of the lichen, biochemical aspects of it, where it is found and it's conversation status. This is basically all you could want to know about the fungus.
- Staying focused: yes, provides a brief overview of each topic/part of the lichen/chemical aspect, including key details, but does not stray too far from the topic area.
Neutral point of view
[edit] Pass. In my copyedit, I read through the article and believe that it meets WP:NPOV, good work!
Stability
[edit] Pass per page history.
Images
[edit] Pass. Great work! :)
- Image 1 - Enchylium polycarpon 229811.jpg
- Relevance: an image of the species in the infobox,
pass. - Licensing: CC BY-SA 3.0, confirmed by a Commons reviewer and myself. Pass.
- Relevance: an image of the species in the infobox,
- Image 2 - Blue Solution.jpg
- Relevance: in an appropriate section as hymenium is part of the fruiting body, and the reaction shown is directly referenced in the text. However, the caption was misleading, making the reader think that it was a picture of the actual reaction you'd see with the lichen, but it's just a positive iodine test, not using the lichen but just an iodine solution per image description on Commons. I have updated this description now to better clarify that the image is representative of the reaction but not directly a photo of the lichen reaction (but it is a photo of a positive iodine reaction), therefore Pass.
- Licensing: CC BY-SA 4.0, own work by the uploader. The image is used across many websites as seen by a Google Images search, however the commons upload predates all of them so it does seem to be indeed own work. Pass.
- Relevance: in an appropriate section as hymenium is part of the fruiting body, and the reaction shown is directly referenced in the text. However, the caption was misleading, making the reader think that it was a picture of the actual reaction you'd see with the lichen, but it's just a positive iodine test, not using the lichen but just an iodine solution per image description on Commons. I have updated this description now to better clarify that the image is representative of the reaction but not directly a photo of the lichen reaction (but it is a photo of a positive iodine reaction), therefore
- Image 3 - Enchylium polycarpon 229813.jpg
- Relevance: section mentions ascospores, so image is relevant as it is depicting the spores. Pass.
- Licensing: Sourced from the same MushroomObserver post as #1. Pass.
- Relevance: section mentions ascospores, so image is relevant as it is depicting the spores.
- Image 4 - Enchylium polycarpon found on calcareous rock in Italy.jpg
- Relevance: section discusses the spread of the lichen around the world, and the image provides an example of it being found in Italy, so Pass.
- Licensing: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source is here and confirms CC licensing, so Pass.
- Relevance: section discusses the spread of the lichen around the world, and the image provides an example of it being found in Italy, so
Comments
- there are several issues with this article that haven't been addressed by the review, but I'll mention some of the more pressing ones: Esculenta (talk) 18:38, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- "The absence of specialized lichen substances suggests that E. polycarpon likely relies primarily on the photosynthetic capabilities of its cyanobacterial photobiont, Nostoc, to meet its nutritional and functional needs." not supported by source
- "Without the production of distinctive metabolites, the lichen may derive its required resources more directly from the photosynthates provided by the Nostoc cyanobacteria." not supported by source
- "E. polycarpon exhibits a preference for substrates with a slightly basic to basic pH, with the species typically occurring on substrata with a pH of 5. This indicates the lichen tolerates and even thrives in environments with somewhat elevated alkalinity, in contrast to many other lichen species that favor more acidic conditions." not fully supported by source, which only says pH of substrata =5
- the remainder of the "Chemistry" section (most of which has nothing to do with chemistry) is an LLM-expanded "analysis" of the numerical values given in the summary chart on the source page, and ventures into WP:OR territory.