Talk:Veronica jovellanoides

Veronica jovellanoides has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

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June 13, 2021	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 26, 2021.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Veronica jovellanoides was given the nickname "Bamboozle" after botanists spent 80 hours trying to find it again following its discovery?

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Convert template

Before this will pass GA, any of the dimensions will have to be shown using the convert template. Schwede 66 17:20, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Resolved Beeveria (talk) 00:48, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Great stuff. For clarity, I'm not intending to be a reviewer (and I shouldn't be as I have no competence in this topic area); I'm just trying to help you have a smooth run. One more thing in relation to dimensions is that in prose, the use of endashes in ranges isn't the right thing, but it's supposed to be spelled out. This is at least my understanding and when I look at MOS:UNITNAMES, this is what it also appears to imply. The first occurence of a range is in the second lead paragraph. It currently says: "as a prostrate growth habit, forming large 2–3 m (6.6–9.8 ft) mats". My understand is that it ought to say "as a prostrate growth habit, forming large 2 to 3 m (6.6–9.8 ft) mats". Makes sense? The convert template can certainly do that. Schwede 66 01:01, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Schwede66 Will do - thanks :) Beeveria (talk) 01:05, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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 Desertarun (talk) 20:59, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Veronica jovellanoides

... that Veronica jovellanoides (pictured) was nicknamed "Bamboozle" after botanists spent 80 hours trying to find it again after its discovery – only doing so when 40 of them walked together in a line? Source: https://bts.nzpcn.org.nz/site/assets/files/22972/abj64_2_2009-106-13-ernmorg.pdf
- ALT1:... that Veronica jovellanoides (pictured) was discovered by Geoff Davidson in a reserve northwest of Auckland, which he himself helped protect a few decades prior? Source: https://bts.nzpcn.org.nz/site/assets/files/22972/abj64_2_2009-106-13-ernmorg.pdf
  - ALT2:... that Veronica jovellanoides (pictured) was given the nickname "Bamboozle," meaning to confuse or throw off, by botanists due to its elusive nature? Source: https://bts.nzpcn.org.nz/site/assets/files/22972/abj64_2_2009-106-13-ernmorg.pdf

Improved to Good Article status by Dracophyllum (talk). Self-nominated at 06:26, 13 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Article is newly-promoted to GA, long enough, and devoid of any obvious copyright problems. Hooks are cited, properly formatted, and interesting (with a preference for ALT0). No QPQ needed, as this appears to be the nominator's first nom. Kncny11 ^(shoot) 21:24, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]