Template:Did you know nominations/Hypericum aegypticum

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 16:54, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Hypericum aegypticum

5x expanded by Fritzmann2002 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:34, 7 December 2021 (UTC).

  • While this article is interesting and well-written (although possibly a bit technical), it has not been sufficiently expanded. The recent expansion raised it from 4.8kb to 21.7k, only a 4.5-fold expansion, while five-fold is required. So the article is long enough and within policy, but not "new" enough. If it were further expanded, it would be fine.
The alternate hook is quite good: punchy-quick, makes you want to find out more. I would suggest using it if the article were to qualify. Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 03:22, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
@Piledhigheranddeeper: Hello, thank you for the review! Unless I'm mistaken, the expansion is 5x based on the DYK material, that being prose characters. Using the DYK checker tool, the original article was 1029 characters, while the expansion is 9931 characters, a roughly 10x expansion. Is there a different way this is calculated? If so I can scrounge around for enough info to fill a few thousand more bytes. I 100% agree that a stripped down hook is better, what are your thoughts on this one: "... that Hypericum aegypticum exhibits a rare form of heterostyly with dominant pins and recessive thrums?" Just has a bit more meat to it, in my opinion. Very Respectfully, Fritzmann (message me) 16:24, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
I believe you're right, and I did use the wrong figure. Apologies for that! As to the revised hook, my only concern is that you are introducing three new (to most) terms, which might be a bit intimidating to the average reader. The original alternate hook's beauty was that it had only one unusual term, and it was linked, practically inviting the reader to click on it to see what it was. But I can defer to wiser minds... Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 18:04, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
Looking back at it I think the ALT1 is the way to go, definitely. I'll get right on doing a QPQ, thank you again! Fritzmann (message me) 18:09, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
With that, I'd say ""! Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 15:03, 9 December 2021 (UTC)