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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 97198 (talk) 12:04, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

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Durio graveolens

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Sketch of fruit and leaves of Durio graveolens from Odoardo Beccari's 1890 book Malesia
Sketch of fruit and leaves of Durio graveolens from Odoardo Beccari's 1890 book Malesia
  • ... that despite a name meaning 'strong smelling durian', the scent of Durio graveolens (illustrated) is said to be mild? Lim, Tong Kwee; Luders, L. (July 1997). Boosting Durian Productivity (PDF). Vol. RIRDC Project DNT - 13A. Barton, ACT: Rural Industries Research Development Corporation (RIRDC). ISBN 9780724530151. ISSN 1440-6845. OCLC 38412745. Retrieved 10 November 2017.Nyffeler, Reto; Baum, David A. (2001). "Systematics and character evolution in Durio s. lat. (Malvaceae/Helicteroideae/Durioneae or Bombacaceae-Durioneae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 1 (3): 165–178. doi:10.1078/1439-6092-00015. ISSN 1439-6092. OCLC 199110722.Kostermans, André Joseph Guillaume Henri (December 1958). Dilmy, A.; Van Steens, C. G. G. J. (eds.). "The Genus Durio Adans. (Bombac.)" (PDF). Reinwardtia. 4 (3): 91–95. doi:10.14203/reinwardtia.v4i3.1008. ISSN 2337-8824. OCLC 4142407. Retrieved 10 November 2017.Gasik, Lindsay (May 2013). "Durio graveolens". Year of the Durian. yearofthedurian.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
    • ALT1:... that Durio graveolens (illustrated) is the most popular species of durian in Brunei? Sivapalan, A.; Metussin, Rosidah; Harndan, Fuziah; Zain, Rokiah Mohd (December 1998). "Fungi associated with postharvest fruit rots of Durio graveolens and D. kutejensis in Brunei Darussalam". Australasian Plant Pathology. 27 (4): 274–277. doi:10.1071/AP98033. ISSN 1448-6032. OCLC 204773204.

Improved to Good Article status by NessieVL (talk). Self-nominated at 16:53, 19 September 2019 (UTC).

  • General eligibility:
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: NessieVL I think the information about the definition of the epithet is only in the lead, and the lead should only contain content also found in body. Can you duplicate that sentence to your first section of the body? You didn't need to do a QPQ yet, so you still have "credit" in the future :) Also, considering brevity is usually better, what would you think about this hook:

  • Alt2: ... that despite a name meaning 'strong smelling durian', Durio graveolens (illustrated) has a mild scent? Enwebb (talk) 00:49, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
@Enwebb: I have copied the hook to the body. Alt2 is fine with me. Nessie (talk) 16:19, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
Good to go, thanks NessieVL! Enwebb (talk) 19:57, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
  • Hi, I came by to promote this, but while the hook is saying that the scent is "mild", the article and source say it has "very little scent". These are not the same. There is also no reason to record a string of 4 or 5 cites after certain sentences; 1 or 2 is enough. Yoninah (talk) 23:32, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
@Yoninah: The source says "It has a mild odor, and a thick cheesy flesh with barely any flavor." As most of the flavor of durians is not attributed to sweet, sour, salty, bitter, or umami, I think we can safely apply "barely any" to the odor. Nessie (talk) 18:34, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
@NessieVL: sorry, I'm not following you. Could you please change the wording in the article so it matches the source, or change the wording in the hook so it matches the article? If you write a new hook, please number it as ALT3 and place at the bottom of this thread. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:01, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
@Yoninah: That's not what you wrote above. I have updated the wording in the article. Nessie (talk) 16:19, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Thank you. Restoring tick for ALT2 per Enwebb's review. Yoninah (talk) 18:33, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
  • I have reopened this nomination because I don't believe that the sources for the hook are up to scratch. The source for the meaning is a private website, and the source for the statement that it has a "mild scent" appears to be a blog. I think either better sources will have to be found, or a new hook proposed. Gatoclass (talk) 17:07, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
@NessieVL, Gatoclass, Yoninah, and Enwebb: There's a mention of the fruit being grown in places such as Australia and even Florida. Perhaps a hook based on that could work? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:02, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
@NessieVL, Gatoclass, Yoninah, and Enwebb: I have added a RS for the scent of this species, and an online Latin dictionary as a reference for the meaning of graveolens. I suggest a tweak to the hook such as:
  • ALT2a: ... that despite a name meaning 'strong smelling durian', Durio graveolens (illustrated) has been described as odorless?
RebeccaGreen (talk) 03:59, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
@RebeccaGreen: looks fine to me, but if Yoninah thought “mild” and “very little scent” are too different, I’m not sure “slight” and “odorless” are close enough for them. Personally I thought paraphrasing was encouraged to some degree.Nessie (talk) 20:52, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Paraphrasing means using synonyms, not words that don't mean the same thing. Yoninah (talk) 21:15, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
@NessieVL, Gatoclass, Yoninah, and Enwebb: Obviously I wasn't clear enough. I have added an online [1], reliable source that says, after naming five species of durian, "Some have only a slight odor; Durio graveolens produces odorless fruit." That is why I have put in the article "mild", "slight" and "odorless" in inverted commas, with the source citations immediately after each word, because they are quotes. I am not suggesting "odorless" as a synonym for "mild". The words come from a different, and reliable, source, and the hook uses the exact word that the online source uses. RebeccaGreen (talk) 01:50, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
Narutolovehinata5, I think the info and sources now in the article support ALT2a, so yes, I think it's resolved. It needs an editor to check and approve that hook. None of the previously involved editors have responded to the ping, so perhaps it's time to ask for a new reviewer? RebeccaGreen (talk) 11:36, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
Noted. I'll give it a quick look in a few hours. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 19:38, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
I was going to check the source that Rebecca provided; however I got a "reading limit" error. I will be assuming good faith on the quote she provided above, and considering the first part of the hook has been sourced, I think ALT2a is good to go now. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 06:57, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
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