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Did you know... that Mike Wingfield named a fungus after his first grandchild, Rachel?
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p.s., if you'd like an image for the article, at least one of the open-access papers describing his eponymic species has an picture of the fungus ... maybe better than nothing?
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Thanks for the fun read! It is always wonderful to see articles from SA as well as Africa in general. I have now placed this article on hold and left my comments below. ツLunaEatsTuna(
💬)—16:35, 10 August 2023 (UTC)reply
@
LunaEatsTuna see my response in green below. Most of the issues are resolved now (pending your verification)
In the lead, I would wikilink academic as some readers may not know what it means.
"over 1000 scientific" – should be either 1 000 or 1,000.Y
"a
Master of Science in plant pathology" – wikilink plant pathology here and unlink its mention later in this subsection. Y
"Plant Protection Research Institute,
Stellenbosch University, in 1979" – recommend "Plant Protection Research Institute of
Stellenbosch University in 1979" in this context for improved flow. Y
"At the Plant Protection Research Institute" – change to "While working at the Plant Protection Research Institute". Y
"In 1990, he" – recommend using Wingfield here. Y
"was promoted to full professor" – what is a 'full professor'? It is different than just saying 'professor' here?
they are the same, removed full
"as a Professor" – should be lowercase here. Y
Do the sources say when CFTPP was established?
no but found one that does
"He worked on several" – should probably be "He has worked on several". Relatedly: Y
The rest of the paragraph feels quite promotional in tone, particularly words like "throughout the globe". For instance, "He and his students have added new understanding about various pathogens," can be made more neutral like "He, along with his students, has contributed novel insights regarding various pathogens,". And instead of writing "have a significant impact", explain instead how and what impact exactly was made. Feel free to ask for help with this; though, I am not quite familiar with the biological terminology to reword this.
reworded and trimmed this section.
"Wingfield is an international expert" – just "expert" is fine.
"plants, health with" – do you mean "plant health, with"?
Ref 24 does not refer to him as an international expert, but implementing my above comment will address this.
yup resolved
Ref 31 does not mention Mike Wingfield from what I can see.
it does not i think I confused Mike with “Mr Edward” especially with the picture at the end of the article (Mike is at the left). I removed the sentence.
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