Talk:Banksia brownii

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[edit] Translated

To all editors and contributants: This article has been translated due to its quite high quality in the German Wikipedia with only a few (rather formal) modifications as an X-mas gift. Thanks to everybody, who made the translation a worthy and joyous work. If you like to have a look: de:Banksia brownii. Best regards, Denisoliver 00:53, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] attractive

Someone removed the word "attractive" from the intro, because it is subjective. I have restored it. I believe the notion that Wikipedia should not report any subjective positions or opinions to be a common misconception that leads to dry writing. We certainly shouldn't be presenting the subjective opinions of the article contributors, but there is nothing wrong with reporting published subjective opinions of suitably qualified people. And if all such opinions are the same, then it is appropriate to present the opinion as universally held. That is the case here: every published work on B. brownii that has taken into account aesthetic considerations (e.g. cultivation value) has considered it to be an attractive plant. Therefore I hold that Wikipedia is justified in referring to it as such. Hesperian 04:12, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

As per WP:LEAD the lead is a summary of the article, the use of attractive is supported by a citation in the section on cultivation(reference #3) Gnangarra 08:04, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Protection

Why is this article not protected? All FA articles should be. Chapparal 19:58, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Main Page featured article protection.--cj | talk 22:34, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, was unaware as to the policy, just wondering as I had noticed FA's no longer being protected Chapparal 07:43, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] THIS ARTICLE IS CRAP?

What is this "This article is crap" infobox and why hasn't it been removed? I can't find it in the code. -82.182.50.47 12:55, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

I can't find it either. I don't know what's up. 1337 |-|@><><0r? 24.131.157.78 22:42, 25 December 2006 (UTC)