Talk:Rodrigues starling/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sainsf (talk · contribs) 15:34, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

I shall review your article. Of course, I know you are an excellent writer here, and this one too is very interesting. I would suggest the following improvements (which are not shortcomings) to enhance the quality so that it becomes a perfect GA:

Lead

• Mascarene island of Rodrigues I see this is located in the Republic of Mauritius. Could you please add the country's name just after Rodrigues for easy identification of the area?

Maybe a bit iffy here, the bird went extinct before any country had claimed the island, and the bones were found when the island was ruled by Britain, so it seems a bit retroactive to include it as part of Mautirius, which has little to do with this bird? It only became so relatively recently, 1968. FunkMonk (talk) 16:01, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, didn't know that. It's OK as it is, then. Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 16:13, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

• The bird was first reported by a sailor who was marooned on the island in 725–1726 In the next section you give the name of the sailor, but not that he is a sailor, and in the lead you say he is a sailor but do not add his name. I would suggest you wrote "French sailor Julien Tafforet" in both places.

Fixed.

• After reading "Extinction", I think you could add a bit to the lead like this : "Introduced rats, that caused a fall in the availability of food for the starling, were probably responsible for its extinction some time in the 18th century, first on mainland Rodrigues, and finally on Île Gombrani, its last refuge."

I think it was due to predation on eggs rather than lack of food, I'll add this. FunkMonk (talk) 16:05, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Taxonomy

• Do you really think marooned needs a link? It is rather a common English word.

.Removed.

• on Rodrigues 9-month ---> on Rodrigues for nine months.

Fixed. FunkMonk (talk) 15:56, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

• "Starling" linked twice (see lead)

Removed. FunkMonk (talk) 15:56, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

• These consisted of the cranium, mandible, sternum, coracoid, humerus, metacarpus, ulna, femur, tibia, and metatarus of several individuals this line appears to contain several terms difficult to be understood by the layman. Could we have some links here? Scientific description in the next line may also be linked.

Fixed first times, will add more. FunkMonk (talk) 15:56, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

• thereby creating a junior synonym what does junior synonym mean?

Is a link enough? FunkMonk (talk) 16:33, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

• Link passerine and generic separation (perhaps to genetic divergence).

Linked to genus, as that is what generic refers to. FunkMonk (talk) 16:33, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

• Masauji Hachisuka is a redlink, so you should give his identity yourself. Same for Graham S. Cowles and Strahm.

I introduced the two first ones, and removed Strahm, he is inconsequential. But shouldn't the rest of the names mentioned have similar instructions as well? FunkMonk (talk) 16:33, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Good work. Even a link would have done, but adding the identity is better. Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 02:47, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

• and most authors find Tafforet's bird to be identical to the one described from subfossil remains I hope "most authors" does not sound vague.

"Modern authors" perhaps? FunkMonk (talk) 15:46, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Done. Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 16:18, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Description

• Description is very fine, but the last paragraph needs conversion templates.

Yep, will try, I'm very slow at those... FunkMonk (talk) 16:33, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

• British and American English is used at different places. Though not a strict requirement for GAN, the issue of uniformity in the usage of English might be raised in FAC (for example at places you write colouration (BE) and in other places center(AE)).

Dang, must be leftovers from the old version of the article. Where for example, so I know what to look for? I tried to make it BE. FunkMonk (talk) 15:51, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

OK Mr. Blitzkrieg, you've already fixed it! :D Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 16:24, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

That's it. Looking forward to your comments. Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 15:34, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, I'll fix these issues soon. FunkMonk (talk) 15:45, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Great! You are awesomely fast! Let me reply in a couple of minutes, please wait. Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 16:11, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Four issues to go! Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 16:27, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

I have to log out presently, I hope you will have all the issues resolved the next time I come. Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 16:32, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Seeing that you have resolved all these issues at a speed no less than a blitzkrieg, I reward your article with GA status. Congrats! Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 02:49, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

And blitzkrieg pass, thanks! FunkMonk (talk) 17:04, 27 September 2014 (UTC)