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Sections older than <b>90 days</b> may be automatically archived by <span class="nowraplinks"><a href="/wiki/User:Lowercase_sigmabot_III" title="User:Lowercase sigmabot III">Lowercase sigmabot III</a></span> when more than 4 sections are present.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Nothing_on_plant_anatomy?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Nothing_on_plant_anatomy?-2022-03-01T19:21:00.000Z"><span id="Nothing_on_plant_anatomy.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Nothing_on_plant_anatomy?-2022-03-01T19:21:00.000Z"></span>Nothing on plant anatomy?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Nothing_on_plant_anatomy?-2022-03-01T19:21:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Anatomical_terms_of_location&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Nothing on plant anatomy?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Peter_G_Werner-2022-03-01T19:21:00.000Z-Nothing_on_plant_anatomy?"></span>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. </p><p>The articles on <a href="/wiki/Anatomical_planes" class="mw-redirect" title="Anatomical planes">anatomical planes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Plant_anatomy" title="Plant anatomy">plant anatomy</a> should also be updated to include such information. </p><p>One of many sources: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www2.ca.uky.edu/agcomm/pubs/FOR/FOR126/FOR126.pdf">http://www2.ca.uky.edu/agcomm/pubs/FOR/FOR126/FOR126.pdf</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/User:Peter_G_Werner" title="User:Peter G Werner">Peter G Werner</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Peter_G_Werner" title="User talk:Peter G Werner">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anatomical_terms_of_location#c-Peter_G_Werner-2022-03-01T19:21:00.000Z-Nothing_on_plant_anatomy?" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">19:21, 1 March 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Peter_G_Werner-2022-03-01T19:21:00.000Z-Nothing_on_plant_anatomy?"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Peter_G_Werner-2022-03-01T19:21:00.000Z-Nothing_on_plant_anatomy?"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Spacing/Layout" data-mw-thread-id="h-Spacing/Layout-20221011184900"><span id="Spacing.2FLayout"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Spacing/Layout-20221011184900"></span>Spacing/Layout<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Spacing/Layout-20221011184900"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Anatomical_terms_of_location&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Spacing/Layout"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-184.67.135.194-20221011184900-Spacing/Layout"></span>Just reporting that the Introduction section has large gaps that seem to be caused by the images (on Chrome). <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/184.67.135.194" title="Special:Contributions/184.67.135.194">184.67.135.194</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:184.67.135.194&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:184.67.135.194 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anatomical_terms_of_location#c-184.67.135.194-20221011184900-Spacing/Layout" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">18:49, 11 October 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-184.67.135.194-20221011184900-Spacing/Layout"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-184.67.135.194-20221011184900-Spacing/Layout"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Flounder_Example" data-mw-thread-id="h-Flounder_Example-20230726221100"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Flounder_Example-20230726221100"></span>Flounder Example<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Flounder_Example-20230726221100"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Anatomical_terms_of_location&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Flounder Example"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Blaine-dev-20230726221100-Flounder_Example"></span>I believe that <i>the "top" of a flounder could refer to either its left or its right side</i> is incorrect. According to <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.koaw.org/anatomical-directionalities">https://www.koaw.org/anatomical-directionalities</a> 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 <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5808f56fcd0f687a0363b922/1605569930028-8BIUZ8IYRGME9Y2W2FQC/Anatomical+Directionalities+of+Fishes+Fish+Ventral+Dorsal+Anterior+Posterior+Koaw+Nature.png?format=2500w">https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5808f56fcd0f687a0363b922/1605569930028-8BIUZ8IYRGME9Y2W2FQC/Anatomical+Directionalities+of+Fishes+Fish+Ventral+Dorsal+Anterior+Posterior+Koaw+Nature.png?format=2500w</a> 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). <small class="autosigned">— Preceding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">unsigned</a> comment added by <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Blaine-dev&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Blaine-dev (page does not exist)">Blaine-dev</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Blaine-dev#top" title="User talk:Blaine-dev">talk</a> • <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Blaine-dev" title="Special:Contributions/Blaine-dev">contribs</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anatomical_terms_of_location#c-Blaine-dev-20230726221100-Flounder_Example" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:11, 26 July 2023 (UTC)</a></small><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Blaine-dev-20230726221100-Flounder_Example"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Blaine-dev-20230726221100-Flounder_Example"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="GA_concerns" data-mw-thread-id="h-GA_concerns-20240916145100"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-GA_concerns-20240916145100"></span>GA concerns<span data-mw-comment-end="h-GA_concerns-20240916145100"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Anatomical_terms_of_location&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: GA concerns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Z1720-20240916145100-GA_concerns"></span>I am concerned that this article no longer meets the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GA%3F" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GA?">good article criteria</a> due to large amounts of the text being uncited. While the GAN referenced <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SKYBLUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SKYBLUE">WP:SKYBLUE</a>, this is an essay and is thus not part of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:V" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:V">verification</a> 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? <span class="template-ping">@<a href="/wiki/User:Tom_(LT)" title="User:Tom (LT)">Tom (LT)</a>:</span> as the original GA nominator. <a href="/wiki/User:Z1720" title="User:Z1720">Z1720</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Z1720" title="User talk:Z1720">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anatomical_terms_of_location#c-Z1720-20240916145100-GA_concerns" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:51, 16 September 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Z1720-20240916145100-GA_concerns"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Z1720-20240916145100-GA_concerns"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Tom_(LT)-20240917030400-Z1720-20240916145100"></span>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. <a href="/wiki/User:Tom_(LT)" title="User:Tom (LT)">Tom (LT)</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Tom_(LT)" title="User talk:Tom (LT)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anatomical_terms_of_location#c-Tom_(LT)-20240917030400-Z1720-20240916145100" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">03:04, 17 September 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Tom_(LT)-20240917030400-Z1720-20240916145100"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Tom_(LT)-20240917030400-Z1720-20240916145100"></span> <dl><dd><span class="template-ping"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Z1720-20240917125800-Tom_(LT)-20240917030400"></span>@<a href="/wiki/User:Tom_(LT)" title="User:Tom (LT)">Tom (LT)</a>:</span> 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. <a href="/wiki/User:Z1720" title="User:Z1720">Z1720</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Z1720" title="User talk:Z1720">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anatomical_terms_of_location#c-Z1720-20240917125800-Tom_(LT)-20240917030400" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">12:58, 17 September 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Z1720-20240917125800-Tom_(LT)-20240917030400"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Z1720-20240917125800-Tom_(LT)-20240917030400"></span> <dl><dd><span class="template-ping"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Z1720-20241013153300-Z1720-20240917125800"></span>@<a href="/wiki/User:Tom_(LT)" title="User:Tom (LT)">Tom (LT)</a>:</span> Are you still interested in working on this? <a href="/wiki/User:Z1720" title="User:Z1720">Z1720</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Z1720" title="User talk:Z1720">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anatomical_terms_of_location#c-Z1720-20241013153300-Z1720-20240917125800" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">15:33, 13 October 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Z1720-20241013153300-Z1720-20240917125800"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Z1720-20241013153300-Z1720-20240917125800"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Anatomical_terms_of_location&oldid=1250960396">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Anatomical_terms_of_location&oldid=1250960396</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_good_articles" title="Category:Wikipedia good articles">Wikipedia good articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Natural_sciences_good_articles" title="Category:Natural sciences good articles">Natural sciences good articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Old_requests_for_peer_review" title="Category:Old requests for peer review">Old requests for peer review</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:GA-Class_Anatomy_articles" title="Category:GA-Class Anatomy articles">GA-Class Anatomy articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Top-importance_Anatomy_articles" title="Category:Top-importance Anatomy articles">Top-importance Anatomy articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Anatomy_articles_about_the_field_of_anatomy" title="Category:Anatomy articles about the field of anatomy">Anatomy articles about the field of anatomy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Anatomy_articles" title="Category:WikiProject Anatomy articles">WikiProject Anatomy articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:GA-Class_Animal_anatomy_articles" title="Category:GA-Class Animal anatomy articles">GA-Class Animal anatomy articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Top-importance_Animal_anatomy_articles" title="Category:Top-importance Animal anatomy articles">Top-importance Animal anatomy articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Animal_anatomy_articles" title="Category:WikiProject Animal anatomy articles">WikiProject Animal anatomy articles</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 13 October 2024, at 15:33<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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