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Reviewer: Jens Lallensack (talk · contribs) 07:11, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

Will review now. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 07:11, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

• However, following a century of natural erosion, large sections of the limestone arch had broken off and fallen into the sea. – Are you referring to partial collapses between the 1980s and 2000s, or the final collapse in 2017? If the latter is the case, then it reads a bit repetitive, as the collapse has been mentioned before. Then maybe formulate like this: "The final collapse followed a century of successive erosion …" or something similar, focusing on the cause of the collapse.
• Dr Peter Gatt – The convention is to not use titles such as "Dr." Best introduce him as "geologist Peter Gatt", if he is one.
• The section "Formation" is more about the history than the actual geological processes that formed it, and I still have a poor idea here. How to make a cave and an arc from a crack, and what sort of crack was that (a crack that did not extent up to the roof, it seems?)
• more later! --Jens Lallensack (talk) 07:35, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
• In March 2016, Dr. Gatt warned that the use of explosives – I would mention right here that the use of explosive was illegal, to get the reader on the right track.
• The first two sentences of the "Geology" section are very general information (not geological) that should be placed right at the beginning of the article, before the history. I suggest putting a new section containing all general information, including the sites around.
• The geology has some flaws: The Lower Coralline Limestone is no rock type, it is a geological formation.
• When mentioning the nearby sites, Dwejra Tower would be something to mention also.
• Geology is too short: At least a more precise description of the rock types the arc was made of would be nice. There would be plenty of information in the linked sources.

All in all, it is a neat small article, and good work with the sources! However, the geological aspect is central for this topic, and needs more covering here. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 20:51, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

Pinging @Xwejnusgozo: in case he did not note. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 21:47, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

@Jens Lallensack: Thanks for taking the time to do the review. :) I just made most of the changes as stated above. I still need to edit/expand the "Formation" and "Geology" sections, which I'll try to do most probably from the detailed 2013 report already mentioned in the article. I don't really know a lot about geology, hence the lack of information, but I'll try my best to include more detail. --Xwejnusgozo (talk) 12:38, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

@Xwejnusgozo: That is a very valuable source indeed. I do have some background in geology and would be happy to help out if you are interested? --Jens Lallensack (talk) 15:27, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

@Jens Lallensack: I added more information in the "Geology" section. Can you have a look to see if it is comprehensive enough (and to check if I made any mistakes) please? I'm thinking about writing some short articles on the different formations of limestone in Malta (eg. Lower Coralline Limestone so that there would be more background there. --Xwejnusgozo (talk) 12:39, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

PS. Sorry for the delay, I was a bit busy in real life.

Thanks. And no problem; I might take some time, as I am travelling right now, but I try to have a look as soon as possible! --Jens Lallensack (talk) 12:59, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

The main source on geology seems to have a mistake in the title; “on” not “for”. I could not find info related ro fauna and flora which stood on the top on the window, presumably was similar to close by stable land.Continentaleurope (talk) 20:16, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks everybody. I allowed myself to make additional amendments to the geology, please check if appropriate. As the article now meets all GA criteria, I will pass now. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 16:41, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

@Jens Lallensack: Thank you :) --Xwejnusgozo (talk) 20:05, 7 April 2018 (UTC)