Talk:Antonín Vězda/GA1

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

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)

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)

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)

• "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)

• "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)

• "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)

• 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)

• 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)

• "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)

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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

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

• 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)

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