Talk:Opuntia imbricata
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Opuntia imbricata (reviewed version) has been listed as a good article under the good-article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do. |
Some information from personal experience. —JerryFriedman 17:23, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Good Article nomination has failed
The Good article nomination for Opuntia imbricata has failed, for the following reason:
- At the moment the article is not structured very well, although the content is fine. It looks very cluttered - there's not enough text to justify that many images, and the huge one on the left is definitely too large. You should summarise the article's contents in a couple of paragraphs, then break the text up into, say, three sections - something like 'description' and 'range' to add to cultivation which you already have. Worldtraveller 20:46, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Renominated
- Still looks a little cluttered to me, with too many heavy headers for the length of the article. I'd cut out the first two headers, and just have their paragraphs free-standing, and reduce the cultivation to a ===header=== to remove the underline that splits the page across. I'd also replace the aboutgardenplants.com (too overly commercial) hardiness cite with another non-comm reference (I'll dig one out later). The distribution in Mexico also needs expanding to bring it to state level (as the US distrib already is); the info is at the USDA ARS GRIN page on the species. Also, note that Cylindropuntia is now generally treated as a distinct genus, not a subgenus of Opuntia (so the page will need to be moved). - MPF 09:28, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Thanks! As long as you notice that the previous reviewer thought it was too cluttered because it didn't have enough headers (and because a photo was too big). —JerryFriedman 16:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Naming
The reference I believe Kalmia was referring to was this one which states that Opuntia imbricata is a synonym for Cylindropuntia imbricata. I don't really have the expertise to comment on plant naming issues but there may be some merit in Kalmia's move. Please consider the issue thoughtfully. Cedars 00:32, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
