Talk:Antonín Vězda/GA1

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Reviewer: J Milburn (talk · contribs) 13:09, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

More lichenology! What a treat. I managed to get an article about a mycologist to FA status, but I sincerely doubt we have any good or featured articles about lichenologists. Josh Milburn (talk) 13:09, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The treat for me was coming on here and seeing three of my GAN submissions getting reviews, when I thought it might take months ... so thanks for that! Interesting you should mention Meinhard Moser, as that is the article I used as sort of a template to build the article on Finnish lichenologist Edvard August Vainio, which is currently at FAC. Esculenta (talk) 17:58, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I hadn't seen your FA nomination -- I will be sure to drop by this weekend. Josh Milburn (talk) 21:53, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"In 1958, he was dismissed from his university position" It's strange in the lead to jump to straight into a comparatively late point in his career.

I've added a sentence to help ease this transition. Esculenta (talk) 01:23, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Described as a "universal lichen taxonomist"," I always get twitchy when I see a direct quote without a citation!

Changed the wording no it's no longer a quote. Esculenta (talk) 01:23, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry" -- could you name the institution? Or is that a free-standing organisation?

Done. Esculenta (talk) 01:23, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What is a "forest worker" if not a forester?

The source makes this distinction, but without explanation, so I've simplified it. Esculenta (talk) 01:23, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You write about his address becoming well known before you write about his international career being launched. It just feels a little out-of-order.

Reworded this section to hopefully alleviate this issue. Esculenta (talk) 01:23, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Vězda was the editor of several extensive works of exsiccata" These are books, are they? Or are they just collections?

They are collections. One of the ones I've seen was issued in a big 3-ring binder with hard stock pages attached to packets of samples. Esculenta (talk) 01:23, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. I suppose I've not heard "editor" used in that way. Would "curator" work? Josh Milburn (talk) 21:53, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's a pretty standard term in the field, but I reworded the text to avoid possible confusion. Esculenta (talk) 18:31, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As with the other GA review, I feel I need to ask about the small caps.

Changed to regular small. Esculenta (talk) 01:23, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Boring question, but are all those species still recognised today? We know how these things can come and go...

When I looked them up at Index Fungorum, most were still accepted, but a few have switched genera. Esculenta (talk) 01:23, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing looks very good, and no worries with the images. Nice article! Josh Milburn (talk) 13:54, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank-you. I still have some foreign-language sources I haven't fully utilised yet, so I expect I'll be able to expand this a bit in the future. Esculenta (talk) 01:23, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to promote. Great work. Josh Milburn (talk) 19:24, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]