Talk:Elephant/GA

GA Sweeps - On hold

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed.

• There are three {{fact}} tags that need to be taken care of. I find the particular statements very interesting, but they won't be interesting if they can't be verified.
• There is a {{disputed-section}} tag under Family Classification. I do note the discussion of this above, but the issue needs to be resolved in order for this article to remain a GA. It doesn't sound too hard, just find some sources.
• The "Species" section is completely lacking in inline cites. They need to be added, especially for the likely-to-be-challenged material in the last paragraph.
• There's only one inline cite under "Asian Elephant."
• Inline cites are lacking under Trunk, Tusks, Teeth, Skin, Legs and feet, Ears, Diet, Senses, Social behavior, and Reproduction, calves, and calf rearing
• The "Effect on the environment" section should be converted into paragraph form and cited. (Willing to compromise on the paragraph idea but section definitely needs cites)
• Inline cites again are generally lacking under Humanity and elephants
• Formatting looks weird under "Religion and philosophy"
• I would suggest moving the entire "Elephants in culture" section into its own article (similar to Cultural depictions of lions and leaving a summary paragraph in this article rather than that long and cumbersome list.
• Again, inline cites are needed under Musth and Rogue Elephant

I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made and issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. Regards,Corvus coronoides _talk 23:49, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

NOTE: I will be on vacation from December 21 to January 1. I'll check on the article again when I get back. Corvus coronoides _talk 22:11, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

GA Sweeps Delist

In order to uphold the quality of Wikipedia:Good articles, all articles listed as Good articles are being reviewed against the GA criteria as part of the GA project quality task force. While all the hard work that has gone into this article is appreciated, unfortunately, as of December 31, 2007, this article fails to satisfy the criteria, as detailed below. For that reason, the article has been delisted from WP:GA. However, if improvements are made bringing the article up to standards, the article may be nominated at WP:GAN. If you feel this decision has been made in error, you may seek remediation at WP:GAR. Cheers, Corvus coronoides _talk 02:39, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Where is it detailed? It says below but I can't find anything on it. Dendodge (talk) 13:56, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Look in the GA Sweeps - On hold section just above. -- Donald Albury 14:40, 9 February 2008 (UTC)