Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Miniopterus aelleni/archive1

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by SandyGeorgia 21:35, 26 November 2010 [1].

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Miniopterus aelleni

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Nominator(s): Ucucha 15:33, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

This is a Malagasy and Comoran bat, like Miniopterus griveaudi (promoted to FA a few weeks ago) that is part of a group of superficially similar, but genetically distinctive species. This article was GA reviewed by Casliber and incorporates suggestions by several other people who reviewed the articles I wrote on other species from this group. I am looking forward to your reviews. Ucucha 15:33, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

• Support – Another fine (but technical) article that is very thorough and well-sourced. Given that Casliber did the GAC, I'm not surprised that I didn't find any obvious issues. – VisionHolder « talk » 16:03, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Sources comments: Sources and citations look fine, no obvious issues. No spotchecks carried out (sources not accessible to me). Brianboulton (talk) 16:12, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the check. The most important source, Goodman et al. (2009b), is in fact open access. Ucucha 16:39, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Images? Fasach Nua (talk) 21:17, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

None. Easy, isn't it? Hamiltonstone has kindly added an external link that includes some pictures of the animal. Ucucha 00:23, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Prose comments: Good stuff so far. This does not seem far off from FA standards. I do, however, feel that the prose can be improved. I have begun a line-by-line prose review here. Please respond to individual concerns there. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 04:04, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks; I've replied on the talk page. Ucucha 00:23, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

After a brief but productive prose review, I am happy to Support this nomination on the basis of readability and accessibility. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 20:11, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

DAB/EL Check - no dabs, no external link problems. --PresN 20:05, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

• Support and comments Happy to support, just one question and one nitpick Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:10, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

  Thanks for the review! Ucucha 13:16, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

• Within M. aelleni, Goodman and colleagues found some differentiation (3.4% divergence in cytochrome b sequences) — is this enough for subspecies status?

• It is more than the divergence between Miniopterus manavi and Miniopterus petersoni (2.4%). However, there is no discussion in the sources of the significance of these divergences. Ucucha 13:16, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

• Miniopterus aelleni is known to live... — Miniopterus aelleni lives...?

• I prefer "is known to", because it is extremely likely that the true range is greater. The sources use similar wording ("Miniopterus aelleni is known to occur in northern and western Madagascar across the elevational range of near sea level—1110 m and on Anjouan from 220–690 m." Goodman et al. 2009b: p. 6). Ucucha 13:16, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

• Support It meets all the FAC criteria so far as I can tell, and it's an interesting read to boot. I'm happy to support it. Melicans (talk, contributions) 00:19, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

• Support - Meets FA criteria. Dincher (talk) 02:20, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

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