Talk:After Man/GA1

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Reviewer: Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:35, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

I'll take a look. I loved this book when i was a kid! I will make straightforward changes as I go and jot queries below. Please revert if I accidentally change the meaning. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:35, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing this! Loved this book as well :)

• I think that up the top of the Summary section, you need to state that it is a pretend/quasi guide-book or something that impresses that it is a pseudo-factual work somehow.

Sure. It now begins with "After Man explores an imagined future Earth, set 50 million years from the present". Ichthyovenator (talk) 22:20, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

• I'd link biome, binomial name, evolution.

Done. Ichthyovenator (talk) 22:20, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

• I'd mention the "save the whales" badge inspired the porpin. I like the idea of adding what inspires people's specific ideas.

Seems I completely missed that anecdote, added it. Ichthyovenator (talk) 22:20, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

• Cox's review was extremely negative, but subsequent reviews were highly positive. - do we have any idea why Cox was so negative?

The article doesn't specify and I think the original review could be hard to track down since it was on a radio show? I'll look around and see if I can find something. Ichthyovenator (talk) 22:20, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

• Can you see if anyone else mentioned it as their inspiration for something?

I'll look around and add anything I can find. Naish's article implies the book inspired parts of the show Primeval but I don't think that can be added without confirmation from anyone involved with Primeval itself. Ichthyovenator (talk) 22:20, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

That's just about everything I can find in terms of inspiration. Obviously there are countless more examples within personal art projects littered across the internet but those can't really be cited without a seconday source and the article already specifies that the book inspired and essentially founded the "speculative evolution community". I did add some more details on the 2018 edition, that the book was translated into a number of languages, and that there was a 1987 exhibition based on the book. I also split "legacy" into "legacy" and "adaptations". It would be great to find some original 1981/1982 reviews of the book but I haven't found any. Ichthyovenator (talk) 20:20, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

There was some pretty interesting stuff you just found! The 1957 German guy sounds interesting too! Anyway all good now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:34, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Otherwise, a pretty sound article. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:19, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

1. Well written?:

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2. Factually accurate and verifiable?:

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3. Broad in coverage?:

Major aspects: - just waiting to see if you find anything else...

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4. Reflects a neutral point of view?:

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5. Reasonably stable?

No edit wars, etc. (Vandalism does not count against GA):

6. Illustrated by images, when possible and appropriate?:

Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

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Pass or Fail: Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:34, 15 August 2019 (UTC)