Template:Did you know nominations/Tree of life (biology)
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Tree of life (biology)
- ... that Ernst Haeckel's 1866 tree of life model has been described as "the earliest 'tree of life' model of biodiversity"? Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/540038a
Improved to Good Article status by Chiswick Chap (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 14:21, 5 November 2022 (UTC).
Reviewing... Your Power 🐍 💬 "What did I tell you?"
📝 "Don't get complacent..." 01:21, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
| General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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- Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
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| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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Overall: 
First thing first: Earwig is giving me an... interesting copyvio score. Rightfully so - we have a very large Darwin quote that takes up 60% of my screen. Since Origin is in the public domain, the article should indicate that it incorporates much of its text from public domain sources. Template:Source-attribution helps with this. With regards to neutrality, I am not seeing any WP:DUE or WP:FRINGE red flags, which is good for something closely related to a controversial topic like evolution. Would like to stress, however, that I don't have any expertise on biology, so anyone who does is welcome to provide their second opinion on the article here.
Furthermore, the hook seems run-of-the-mill - I would suggest making the hook about Darwin's seminal work as his name is more well-known to a general audience. Something like ... that Charles Darwin conceptualized his theory of evolution using a "tree of life" model?
would be good. Another optional suggestion would be to incorporate an image there and bam, more readers hooked. Your Power 🐍 💬 "What did I tell you?"
📝 "Don't get complacent..." 13:15, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Your Power: I mean, we could do Alt1 "... that Charles Darwin used a tree of life model to conceptualize his theory of evolution." Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:46, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Onegreatjoke: that's broadly interesting enough. Just waiting for the copyvio issues to be addressed before we approve this
Your Power 🐍 💬 "What did I tell you?"
📝 "Don't get complacent..." 08:41, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Onegreatjoke: that's broadly interesting enough. Just waiting for the copyvio issues to be addressed before we approve this
- @Your Power: Got rid of the blockquote. Is that good enough? Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:34, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
- Deletion of the material is not appropriate. Use the Source attribution template as advised above if it's thought really necessary - I can't see why it should be, as all Darwin text is PD as he died in 1882, so his writings have all been PD since 1 January 1953. Chiswick Chap (talk) 22:40, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Chiswick Chap: WP:FREECOPY, a subsection of WP:PLAGIARISM, urges to use attribution templates when copying material from free sources (PD, CC licences compatible with enwiki, etc). I do agree that removing that long quotation was not the best, however. Your Power 🐍 💬 "What did I tell you?"
📝 "Don't get complacent..." 04:18, 20 November 2022 (UTC)- Feel free to add it if it's troubling you. I was not consulted about starting this process and have no interest in its outcome. Chiswick Chap (talk) 05:28, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Chiswick Chap: WP:FREECOPY, a subsection of WP:PLAGIARISM, urges to use attribution templates when copying material from free sources (PD, CC licences compatible with enwiki, etc). I do agree that removing that long quotation was not the best, however. Your Power 🐍 💬 "What did I tell you?"
- Deletion of the material is not appropriate. Use the Source attribution template as advised above if it's thought really necessary - I can't see why it should be, as all Darwin text is PD as he died in 1882, so his writings have all been PD since 1 January 1953. Chiswick Chap (talk) 22:40, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Your Power: Got rid of the blockquote. Is that good enough? Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:34, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Onegreatjoke and Your Power: There hasn't been any movement with this nomination since November, have any issues been sorted out yet? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:33, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
- I don't exactly know how use an attribution template so someone will have to teach me or do it themselves. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:33, 4 January 2023 (UTC)