Talk:Miniopterus griveaudi/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Ealdgyth - Talk 22:36, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

I'll be reviewing this article shortly. Ealdgyth - Talk 22:36, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   just a couple of rough spots

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

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, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Specific concerns

• Lead:
  • "First described in 1959 from Grande Comore as a..." do you mean "on" instead of "from"?
    • Well, Harrison was probably in England when he produced the description. I don't see the problem with "from", to be honest.
• Taxonomy:
  • "Nicole Weyeneth and colleagues found that examined specimens" ... is the examined really necessary? I'm pretty sure that they can't find out anything from unexamined specimens...
    • I've readded it; the point is that there were only two groups in the specimens they examined, but later studies showed that there are in fact a few more. Ucucha 06:21, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
• Description:
  • "There are some metrical differences among the island populations..." ...what's a metrical difference?
    • Measurements. Reworded.
  • This sentence just struck me as very clunky... perhaps reword? "In caves, individuals either group in large groups of more than 50 bats that are not reproductively active or in smaller groups of at most five bats which do show signs of breeding activity."
    • Better now? Ucucha 06:21, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

I've put the article on hold for seven days to allow folks to address the issues I've brought up. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, or here with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 22:54, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

I've fixed the "Taxonomy" wording issue, but I'm having trouble deciding how to fix the "clunky" sentence about their herding and breeding habits. I'm not sure about the Grande Comore sentence in the first structure; I think it would depend on where the specimen was first described. Finally, I think "metrical" is supposed to refer to the tendency species in certain regions have to be smaller or larger than those in others, but I don't know how to fix that yet, either. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 03:05, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the review and for the help; I've responded to all concerns above. Ucucha 06:21, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Looks good! Ealdgyth - Talk 14:21, 22 August 2010 (UTC)