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List of mammals of Korea[edit]

OK, I know not many lists go through peer review, but I'd like to get this up to featured list status, and need some feedback to help figure out which direction to go in. If you have time, please take a look. I would especially appreciate feedback on:

  • The layout... is it easy to follow?
  • The images... are they helpful here, or do they just clutter the page?
  • The citations... are there too many? too few?

Of course, any comments at all are most welcome. -- Visviva 15:00, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't feel like the images clutter the page - actually, as I was initially scanning the list they were about the only things I looked at. I vote keep! I also think you have a good number of citations. Here's a few comments for your perusal:

  1. Status: I don't know what I or K stand for (I assume that NK and SK stand for North and South Korea?). Perhaps this could be explicitly stated somewhere?
  2. I didn't understand what the wikilinking criteria under Status was. It seems kind of random which conservation levels are linked and which aren't.
  3. Some entries have periods and others don't. As much as I like periods, technically these aren't sentences so they are unnecessary. You can choose, but it should probably be consistent.
  4. Range: is Throughout different from Throughout mainland? Perhaps the former includes islands?
  5. It might be nice to have a map of Korea in this article for readers to cross-reference with each mammal's range.

This is an amazing amount of work already. Good luck on your way to FL!--Will.i.am 22:49, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback.
  1. Yes... I'd meant to have a footnote for that, but my use of a template for the headers was getting in the way. Think I've found a work-around, though. Just for the record, I is international (generally IUCN), K is Korea in general, and SK and NK are the respective Koreas. J is for Jeju, but that doesn't come up very often.
  2. The criterion was -- or should have been -- that IUCN assessments are wikilinked to the appropriate article (which explains in detail what the status means), and natural monuments are linked to the respective list, but others are not. Probably better to link everything, though. (Does that mean we need an article for Data Deficient?)
  3. Oops, yes; I lean towards including the period, since these are truncated sentences of a sort; but in any case it should be conisstant.
  4. Throughout mainland specifically excludes islands; "throughout" by itself tends to be somewhat ambiguous. The problem is that the sources aren't always very clear by what they mean by throughout. I'll try to clean that up.
  5. That's a great idea. Thanks! -- Visviva 04:15, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I guess I stands for IUCN Red List, and K for Mammals of Korea (한국의 포유동물). I agree explicitly stating this seems like a good thing to do. Images are cute, please keep!
FWIW, the Erinaceidae family within Insectivora may soon become obsolete according to the Insectivora article – NB: I know nothing whatsoever about taxonomy and biology, I've merely read it there. Also, it seems there are two different species of hedgehog on the peninsula – see this edit (which has since suffered a partial revert). Thank you for a great article. Wikipeditor
Thanks for that, I'll see what I can find out. -- Visviva 04:15, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
All sources I can find indicate the two hedgehogs are different subspecies rather than different species. This might stem from confusion between the old, more inclusive definition of E. europaeus, which now appears to be limited to the hedgehog as found in Europe proper, and E. amurensis which has replaced it. I'm not in the loop on the Erinaceidae thing, but since the IUCN is still using the term -- as do all of the other sources for the article -- I guess we're OK using it for now. -- Visviva 16:40, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Update: Most of the issues raised above by Will.i.am have been dealt with, I think: 1. Added explanatory footnote. 2. Wikilinked all that relate to a specific ecological notion (did not link "common"/"uncommon"/"unknown"). 3. Added periods (maybe they should all be removed instead; I dunno). 4. This may not be entirely resolvable; we can't really be any more precise than our best sources. 5. Added a map, though it could be better. Thanks again!
More ideas and/or criticisms welcome... -- Visviva 16:40, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Further update: Have clarified all "throughouts" except for a few bats, where no source seems to state clearly whether or not they are present on Jeju. -- Visviva 05:40, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Any thoughts on the lead section? I guess, looking around, these are supposed to be strictly an introduction to the list, rather than the topic. Pity, though; maybe I'll start Zoology in Korea for the latter purpose. -- Visviva 05:40, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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