Template talk:Did you know/Typhula quisquiliaris

Typhula quisquiliaris

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as 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 Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle}

• ... that the bracken club's specific name references the fact it grows upon waste?

Created by J Milburn (talk). Self nom at 19:07, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Spigelia gentianoides. J Milburn (talk) 12:51, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Please add a comment and signature (or just a signature if endorsing) after each aspect you have reviewed:

Hook

• Length, format, content rules: Sharktopus ^talk 01:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
• Source: Sharktopus ^talk 01:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
• Interest: Could be improved perhaps, I will try to suggest alternates. Sharktopus ^talk 01:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
• Image suitability, if applicable: no image Sharktopus ^talk 01:50, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
• ALT hooks, if proposed:
• ALT1 .. that the bracken club fungus is called "quisquilaria" because it feeds on dead wood and leaf litter?
• ALT2 .. that the bracken club fungus feeds on dead bracken as a saprotroph?

Article

• Length: Sharktopus ^talk 01:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
• Vintage: Sharktopus ^talk 01:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
• Sourcing (V, RS, BLP): Sharktopus ^talk 01:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
• Neutrality: Sharktopus ^talk 01:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
• Plagiarism/close paraphrasing: None seen. Uses 6 mycological sources, article created with multiple edits. Sharktopus ^talk
• Copyvio: Spot checked a couple of refs (Refs 1, 5, 6) saw none. Sharktopus ^talk 01:50, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
• Obvious faults in prose, structure, formatting: Fine, though I did a bit of copyediting. Sharktopus ^talk 01:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Comments/discussion: Excellent and painstaking contribution to the encyclopedia, thank you for creating this.

• with any of the 3 hooks the pre-maker prefers, afaiac. Sharktopus ^talk 01:50, 2 August 2011 (UTC)