Template:Did you know nominations/Hypericum perforatum

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 Lightburst talk 18:06, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Hypericum perforatum

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... that Hypericum perforatum has been used as a medicinal plant since the time of the Ancient Greeks? Source: "used in traditional European medicine as far back as the ancient Greeks"
- ALT1: ... that Hypericum perforatum was a common component of Classical cure-all concoctions called theriacs? Source: Chapter 11 - Mithridates of Pontus and His Universal Antidote and Chapter 12 - Theriaca Magna: The Glorious Cure-All Remedy
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Paterno Castle (New York City)
- Comment: Plenty of other hooks in the article: plant has an interesting invasiveness and toxicity element, if neither of these hooks are catchy enough.

Improved to Good Article status by Fritzmann2002 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:31, 30 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Hypericum perforatum; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General eligibility:
New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
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Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: This article is new enough, as it was promoted to GA at 17:09, 27 September 2023‎. This article is long enough, at 22882 characters (3641 words) "readable prose size". This article is also well-sourced, and it is neutral. I verified all the sources that underpin the hooks, and all hooks are interesting. The images in the article are licensed appropriately for inclusion in this article; however, no image is used in this hook. I prefer the first hook, but all hooks are acceptable. West Virginian (talk) 19:46, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the review West Virginian, as a note to the promoter: I picked the main hook as a safe option, but would honestly prefer the ALT1 to run. I think the alliteration, while it may be a bit kitschy, is nonetheless still catchy. Fritzmann (message me) 19:05, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Fritzmann2002, I concur and change my preference from the original hook to ALT1 in concurrence with your preference. Thank you again for your incredible work. — West Virginian (talk) 00:54, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Just a note to say that the Earwig score appears to reflect sites that copied our article. Lightburst (talk) 18:05, 13 October 2023 (UTC)