Talk:Sabinaria

Latest comment: 5 years ago by Lee Vilenski in topic GA Review

GA Review

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Reviewer: Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs) 10:39, 19 February 2019 (UTC)Reply


Hello, I am planning on reviewing this article for GA Status, over the next couple of days. Thank you for nominating the article for GA status. I hope I will learn some new information, and that my feedback is helpful.

If nominators or editors could refrain from updating the particular section that I am updating until it is complete, I would appreciate it to remove a edit conflict. Please address concerns in the section that has been completed above (If I've raised concerns up to references, feel free to comment on things like the lede.)

I generally provide an overview of things I read through the article on a first glance. Then do a thorough sweep of the article after the feedback is addressed. After this, I will present the pass/failure. I will use strikethrough tags when concerns are met. Even if something is obvious why my concern is met, please leave a message as courtesy.

Best of luck! you can also use the {{done}} tag to state when something is addressed. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 11:18, 21 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

Please let me know after the review is done, if you were happy with the review! Obviously this is regarding the article's quality, however, I want to be happy and civil to all, so let me know if I have done a good job, regardless of the article's outcome.

Immediate Failures

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Prose

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Lede

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Description

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  • "Leaves are borne at the end of a long petiole - the combined length of the leaf sheath and petiole averages 319 centimetres (126 in)." is a hyphen right here? Could it not say "petiole with the combined length..." Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 14:08, 19 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
    The hyphen doesn't belong. I changed it to a semi-colon, which I think creates a better flow.
  • is it normal to shorten the title (such as "The leaves of S. magnifica") without doing so earlier in the article? Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 14:09, 19 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
    I was taught that you don't abbreviate the genus name at the start of a sentence, and never at the start of a paragraph. If you follow that rule, is the first place where it's possible to abbreviate the genus.

Taxonomy

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Notes & References

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  • My knowledge of offline sources isn't the best, but shouldn't these still have publishing/access dates? Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 14:17, 19 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
    The years of publication are there, and the precise date in some cases. The cite journal template breaks if you just have year-month, so I usually just go with year. The refs are all generated by the Cite tool, and I followed up with citation bot, so I'm hoping everything is MOS-compliant in the refs.

GA Review

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GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose, spelling, and grammar):   b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):  
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (reference section):   b (citations to reliable sources):   c (OR):   d (copyvio and plagiarism):  
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects):   b (focused):  
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:  
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:  
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales):   b (appropriate use with suitable captions):  
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:  
  • Hi, I'm putting the article on hold, for the few minor things above. In all, it's a very good article, my biggest issue would be on it's scope, and if it would be too short for a GA, but I have seen shorter articles (I believe it's fine, so long as it's broad, and not a stub). If you could reply to the above, I would appreciate it. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 14:19, 19 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
    Thanks. It isn't the shortest - Hypogeomys australis is only 563 words versus this article's 755. I do believe it's broad - the only publication on the genus that I didn't touch was one of pollen morphology, which is (IMO) just too esoteric for a Wikipedia article. I could expand the description, but I'm not sure how much value there is in adding too much more of the minutia that are going to be included in a full scientific description. Despite how short the article is, I think it's broad in that it covers much of what has been written about the genus (at least in high-quality sources). Guettarda (talk) 06:09, 20 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
    Sure, I thought there had been smaller. I'm more used to reviewing sports articles, which are generally TOO long, so it caught me off guard. I don't have a problem with the length, but for someone unfamiliar with this type of subject, I had to do a bit of research on if this was broad, which it does seem like it is. I'm going to do another read through, and potentially pass the GA, if I don't have further concerns. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 08:31, 20 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
    Thank you Lee Vilenski. In reply to your question at the top, I found your review very helpful, it improved the article, and it was a pleasant experience working with you. Guettarda (talk) 12:52, 20 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for your kind words! I'll archive this GA nomination. Well done. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 12:56, 20 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
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