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 Montanabw(talk) 23:49, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Persoonia terminalis[edit]

Persoonia terminalis ssp. recurva, cultivated in Australian National Botanic Garden
Persoonia terminalis ssp. recurva, cultivated in Australian National Botanic Garden

Created by Casliber (talk) and Checkingfax (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 13:16, 3 November 2015 (UTC).

  • Can't resist:
Heh, I'd be okay with that. It's a bit "meta" and best opened up for general discussion to get consensus I think. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:42, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
It's a fun idea, but I don't think this should be the hook, solely because the fact isn't mentioned in the article itself. Mz7 (talk) 22:56, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
The plant is not the five millionth article; the article about it is. In other words, this hook is too "meta" in my opinion. Jonathunder (talk) 01:18, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
Yeah, as soon as I think how to mention in article I realise the same thing...oh well...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:02, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
Could there be a little round "milestone badge" like we have for GA's that readers could click on when they read the article? And, IMHO, 5M is more hooky than Torrington Pub. Cheers! ((u|Checkingfax)) {Talk} 10:29, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

ALT2: ... that Persoonia terminalis (pictured) has drupes that grow in the Australian summer (December and January) and that P. terminalis is the five millionth article on the English Wikipedia? ((u|Checkingfax)) {Talk} 10:38, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

ALT2a: ... that Persoonia terminalis (pictured), the subject of the five millionth article on the English Wikipedia, has drupes that grow in the Australian summer (December and January)? --PFHLai (talk) 03:30, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
  • Comment: Any hook that mentioned the subject being the 5 millionth article on Wikipedia would be technically unacceptable under DYK rules, which require content in the hook to be directly cited with inline citations. However I guess we may IAR once... sst✈discuss 15:39, 17 November 2015 (UTC)