Talk:Archaeoindris/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MathewTownsend (talk · contribs) 18:56, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

• I'll review this soon! MathewTownsend (talk) 18:56, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! I appreciate it. – Maky ^« talk » 20:19, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

review

This is a very well written article, mostly understandable even for someone like me due to your clear explanations. Quite interesting. Just a few questions about wording:

• "deliberate climber that visited the ground to travel." - what is a deliberate climber?

A "deliberate climber" is literally what it sounds like. They move slowly and each foothold is carefully, and deliberately selected. Think of a sloth... or better yet, a slow loris. "Slow and deliberate climber" is both a technical term and also the most basic description I can come up with—in fact, that's what the team who wrote the "Slow loris" article used to describe them. I guess I could add a brief subsection about it on Arboreal locomotion and link to that... – Maky ^« talk » 00:58, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

• "one of the most speciose of all the subfossil lemur" - what is "speciose"?

It means there are many species: dictionary entry for -ose – Maky ^« talk » 00:58, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

• "Furthermore, Lamberton did not realize that the smaller femurs he instead assigned to Archaeoindris belonged to a juvenile" - I think this sentence could be clearer. Could the "instead" be removed? Or moved to the end of the sentence?

Removed it. I can't remember why I included it. Does it still read clearly? – Maky ^« talk » 00:58, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

I think it does. MathewTownsend (talk) 01:14, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

• I made a few edits that you're free to revert:[1]

Very good edits, minus the italicizing of the family names. (Only genus and species name need italics.) Thanks! – Maky ^« talk » 00:58, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Everything else looks good. It looks like a lot of work went into this article. I'll put this review on hold while you respond to my few comments.

MathewTownsend (talk) 14:42, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

GA review-see WP:WIAGA for criteria (and here for what they are not)

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   a. prose: clear and concise, respects copyright laws, correct spelling and grammar:

   b. complies with MoS for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, summary style and list incorporation:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   a. provides references to all sources in the section(s) dedicated to footnotes/citations according to the guide to layout:

   b. provides in-line citations from reliable sources where necessary:

   c. no original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic:

   b. it remains focused and does not go into unnecessary detail (see summary style):

4. Does it follow the neutral point of view policy.

   fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   no edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

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

   b. images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

   Pass!

• Congratulations! MathewTownsend (talk) 01:17, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I appreciate the review. – Maky ^« talk » 02:44, 13 September 2012 (UTC)