Talk:Taxus baccata

Cultural meaning in celtic cultures missing

The focus on churchyard seems to mean that the celtic history a cross Europe has been missed out in the English Wikipedia entry. Jamesks (talk) 18:36, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Celtic is already mentioned; I'll add some more to it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:52, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

The documentary evidence is incredibly patchy and allusive, and many supposed sources just vaguely quote other sources. I've added what seems reasonably solid. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:29, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Taxus baccata/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 12:44, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Bgsu98 (talk · contribs) 23:01, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

This one, too. Bgsu98 (Talk) 23:01, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Bgsu98: did you forget this one? Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:35, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

I sure have not; it's up next! 😀 Bgsu98 (Talk) 11:23, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Comments (10/15/25)

Distribution and habitat

• Recommend wikilinking Caucauses, Azores, and Madeira. Dewikilink Swiss and England.
  • Done.

• Recommend replacing both instances of "on soil" with "in soil" (in paragraph 3).
  • They're correct in BE.

Toxicity

• Spell out "six".
  • Done.

• Recommend replacing "...wild animals which consume" with "wild animals who consume", but that may be a stylistic preference.
  • It's correct in BE.

Longevity and ancient specimens

• The end of paragraph 1 and the beginning of paragraph 2 seem to be contradictory in that they both discuss the same tree (the Fortingall Yew), with wildly different estimates of age (2,000 years v. 5,000 years). Recommend combing the two and settling on an estimated age. Also recommend wikilinking Pertshire, Scotland.
  • Done.

• Change "Asturian Government" to "Asturian government" in paragraph 5.
  • Done.

• Paragraphs 4 and 6 also discuss the same tree (the Florence Court Yew). These are redundant. Recommend consolidating, and then ending this section with the Wordsworth poem.
  • Done.

Possible Celtic significance

• Recommend changing "In the Iberian Peninsula" to "On the Iberian Peninsula". Also recommend wikilinking Iberian Peninsula.
• Done.

Association with churchyards

• On the second row of the table, what is currently source no. 57 needs to go to the end of the phrase.
  • Done.

Woodworking

• Recommend changing UK to United Kingdom.
  • Done.
• What is currently source no. 83 needs to go after the "spear head,"
  • Done.

Longbows

• In paragraph 2, recommend changing "yew" to "yews", but that may be a stylistic preference.
  • Yes, it's fine as it is.
• Dewikilink Austria.
  • Done.

Conservation

• Recommend changing UK to United Kingdom.
  • Done.

Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs): As you can see, most of these edits are cosmetic, except for the two instances where discussion of the same trees are spread out over two different paragraphs, in one case contradictory, when they should be merged. Please let me know when you've had a chance to examine these, and I will do the source review and image review this evening since I'm stuck at school for conferences. Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:21, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

All done to date. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:39, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Note: I print out paper copies of articles I review where I make notes, and I printed this article the day I signed up for it, so if you have made edits in the meantime, they would not reflect in my comments above. Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:33, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Image review (10/25/25)

• All images have appropriate licenses and captions.

Source review (10/25/25)

• Random spot-check of sources checks out.
• Even if a source has its title in all capitals, the standard for Wikipedia is to not render titles in all capitals, but I'm sure that is beyond the scope of a GA. When you have some free time, you can always fix those.

Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs): I guess I'm a little surprised that the article's title is the tree's scientific name rather than simply Yew. Bgsu98 (Talk) 19:40, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

The reason is that the name "yew" is used for all trees in the genus which is a pity. Thanks for the review. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:20, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.