Talk:Smell of freshly cut grass

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Did you know... that the chemicals responsible for the smell of freshly cut grass are a plant defense mechanism?

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 16:04, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Mowing the lawn

* ... that the smell of freshly cut grass might remind you of chores (pictured)? Source: "During questioning, there was a difference in the answers regarding the description of the cut grass, i.e., those born before 1960 were proud of the responsibility whereas those born after 1960 described this as a chore."

- ALT1: ... that the chemicals responsible for the smell of freshly cut grass (pictured) are a plant defense mechanism? Source: "The smell of cut grass in recent years has been identified as the plant's way of signalling distress, but new research says the aroma also summons beneficial insects to the rescue"
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jonathan Birch (philosopher)

Created by Gobonobo (talk). Self-nominated at 00:58, 2 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Smell of freshly cut grass; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page. Review[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: Done.

Overall: The first hook is not acceptable because it's facile and not a definite fact. ALT1 is reasonably ok so I've struck the first hook to make the selection clear. There is a paragraph without a citation but that doesn't seem to be a show stopper. Andrew🐉(talk) 20:18, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Andrew Davidson and Gobonobo: I have added a {{needs citation}} tag which must be resolved WP:DYKSG#D2 before we proceed. Bruxton (talk) 20:36, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]