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December 11, 2017	Peer review	Reviewed
December 10, 2020	Good article nominee	Listed

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Nothing on plant anatomy?

I see that this has GA status, but a very important content area is wholly missing - anatomical terms used in plant anatomy (which are also used with mushroom-forming fungi). It's based on the idea of plants being more or less radially symetrical, and divides the plant body into a transverse plane and two logitudinal planes: a tangential plane and a radial plane. It's one of the first things you're taught in a botany or forestry class, and I'm really surprised not to see it here, or really anywhere on Wikipedia.

The articles on anatomical planes and plant anatomy should also be updated to include such information.

One of many sources: http://www2.ca.uky.edu/agcomm/pubs/FOR/FOR126/FOR126.pdf

Peter G Werner (talk) 19:21, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Spacing/Layout

Just reporting that the Introduction section has large gaps that seem to be caused by the images (on Chrome). 184.67.135.194 (talk) 18:49, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Flounder Example

I believe that the "top" of a flounder could refer to either its left or its right side is incorrect. According to https://www.koaw.org/anatomical-directionalities and other sources, the anatomical position for fish is such that the typically flat surfaces which a lay person would call "its left or its right side" would never be the "top". How could the side surfaces of the fish in anatomical position at https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5808f56fcd0f687a0363b922/1605569930028-8BIUZ8IYRGME9Y2W2FQC/Anatomical+Directionalities+of+Fishes+Fish+Ventral+Dorsal+Anterior+Posterior+Koaw+Nature.png?format=2500w possibly be described as at the "top"? It's also problematic and circular to describe "top" in terms of "left" or "right" when the purpose is to define what top, left, right, etc. are. IMO the description should be in terms of some other characteristics (such as organs located in that direction). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blaine-dev (talk • contribs) 22:11, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria due to large amounts of the text being uncited. While the GAN referenced WP:SKYBLUE, this is an essay and is thus not part of the verification policy. Furthermore, the good article criteria 2b states that content must be cited at the end of each paragraph, and there are several paragraphs and sections that do not have citations. Would anyone be interested in adding the necessary citations? @Tom (LT): as the original GA nominator. Z1720 (talk) 14:51, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will try but will need a month or two to do it due to time constraints at my end. I do agree with your concerns that more than just 'sky is blue' examples are now uncited. Tom (LT) (talk) 03:04, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tom (LT): If concerns are being addressed, I won't send an article to GAR. Take your time, and please ping me if there are questions or it is ready for me to take another look. Z1720 (talk) 12:58, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]