Talk:Harold Basil Christian

A fact from Harold Basil Christian appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 January 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Harold Basil Christian, a self-taught horticulturalist in southern Africa, became a world expert on African aloe species after planting one in his yard to block the view of a large, unsightly rock?

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Lead needs trimming

The lead is excessively long. It does not need to summarize every single point in the article, such as his family background, education, and scientific experiments, but only summarize what makes him notable. Yoninah (talk) 18:55, 21 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Shortened lead. David notMD (talk) 10:28, 23 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]