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A fact from Aquilegia moorcroftiana appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 January 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Aquilegia moorcroftiana is named after a mountaineer and is found at the highest elevation of any species of columbine?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Aquilegia moorcroftiana.

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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 JuniperChill talk 20:08, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Aquilegia moorcroftiana is named after a mountaineer and is found at the highest elevation of any species of columbine?

Source: Nold, Robert (2003). Columbines: Aquilegia, Paraquilegia, and Semiaquilegia. Portland, OR: Timber Press. ISBN 0881925888.

Reviewed: 1.) Template:Did you know nominations/Man of Smoke, 2.) Template:Did you know nominations/Skin of My Teeth
Comment:

Created by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 57 past nominations.

Pbritti (talk) 00:27, 9 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - I would suggest changing the sentence in the article "named for William Moorcroft" to "named after William Moorcroft" to make the wording clearer, and likewise for the hook.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: This is my first review so I would like a second opinion. jolielover♥talk 16:02, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

- @Jolielover: Thanks for the review—how fun that this was your first. Welcome to the club! I think that "named for" is an Americanism and "named after" is the preference in British English; as the most relevant Engvars in this case would be British, Pakistani, or Indian English, I've adopted the suggested phrasing. By my estimation, I think your review is decent, but let me know if you want any clarifications! ~ Pbritti (talk) 18:33, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Pbritti: Thanks for the feedback, I actually had no clue it was a variation in English so sorry about that! jolielover♥talk 03:37, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Jolielover: Neither did I. Thanks for the review; consider keeping this on your watchlist in case someone has some insights for you to keep in mind in future reviews! Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 03:40, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      - Providing that second opinion - article is on time, appropriate length, well cited. No apparent copyvio concerns from online source, AGF on offline sources. Think this is good to go! - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 22:22, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]