Talk:Poecilia vandepolli/GA1
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Nominator: Surtsicna (talk · contribs) 20:05, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
Reviewer: Simongraham (talk · contribs) 05:21, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
This seems an interesting article and, on a cursory inspection, close to meeting the Good Article criteria already. I will start my review shortly. simongraham (talk) 05:21, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
Comments
[edit]- Overall, the standard of the article is high.
- It is of substantial length, with 1,373 words of readable prose.
- The lead is appropriately long at 147 words. Suggest combining the two paragraphs, which could be helpful to mobile readers.
- Authorship is 99,2% from the nominator with contributions from three other editors.
- It is currently assessed as a Start class article but has seen extensive editing since being assessed on 29 August.
- Although not a GA criteria, suggest adding ALT text for accessibility.
Criteria
[edit]The six good article criteria:
- It is reasonable well written.
- the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct;
- The writing is clear and appropriate.
- Please rephrase "allowing them a better maneuver" and "usually outnumber the males 2:1, sometimes less".
- I can see no other obvious spelling or grammar errors.
- it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines
- the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct;
lead, layout and word choice.
- It seems to comply with the Manuals of Style.
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
- it contains a reference section, presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;
- A reference section is included, with sources listed.
- Please add the italicised part of the titles to Ho 2013, Ho, Pruett & Lin, 2016 and Poeser 1992.
- all inline citations are from reliable sources;
- Spot checks confirm Ho, Pruett & Lin, 2016 and Lyons 2021.
- it contains no original research;
- All relevant statements have inline citations.
- The references are given as page ranges for the articles rather than the actual page used for a specific reference. re given as page ranges for the articles rather than the actual page used for a specific reference. Suggest it may be worth splitting the reference section into two: firstly a list of citations, with a subsequent section for the works themselves. This could make it easier for the reader to use.
- it contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism;
- Earwig gives a 1.0% chance of copyright violation, which means that it is extremely unlikely.
- it contains a reference section, presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;
- It is broad in its coverage
- it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
- The article covers the major areas, including its use by humans.
- it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
- The article goes into an appropriate level of detail.
- it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
- It has a neutral point of view.
- it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to different points of view.
- The article seems balanced.
- it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to different points of view.
- It is stable.
- it does not change significantly from day to day because of any ongoing edit war or content dispute.
- There is no evidence of edit wars.
- it does not change significantly from day to day because of any ongoing edit war or content dispute.
- It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
- images are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content;
- The images have appropriate CC tags.
- images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
- The images are appropriate. Suggest moving one of them, such as Poecilia vandepolli melanistic male.jpg, to the infobox as indicative of the species. Please ensure it is compliant with MOS:LEADIMAGE.
- images are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content;
@Surtsicna: Thank you for an interesting article. Please take a look at my comments above and ping me when you would like me to take another look. simongraham (talk) 23:46, 19 September 2024 (UTC)