Talk:Cattle/GA1

GA Review

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Nominator: Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs)

Reviewer: Wolverine XI (talk · contribs) 19:56, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Comments

This article is a bit undercooked in some areas. Fear not—for I will assist you in correctly cooking this article to fulfill the needs of the hungry readers. Well, tomorrow that is. Wolverine XI ^{(talk to me)} 19:56, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Many thanks. Chiswick Chap (talk) 00:29, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Reading now. Expect a review in 40 minutes. Wolverine XI ^{(talk to me)} 15:41, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Review

• Why link male and females? Everyone knows the distinction
  • Gone.

• In India, cattle are sacred animals. Needs more context
  • extended.

• There were over 940 million cattle in the world in 2022. in => by
  • Edited.

• Cattle are responsible for around 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Cattle were one of the first domesticated animals to have a fully-mapped genome. Don't start two consecutive sentences with the same word
  • Fixed.

• kept on farms to produce meat, milk, and leather, and sometimes to pull carts or farm implements. What does this have to do with its physical attributes?
  • Moved.

• Nothing about horn, skin color, body measurements, exceptional individuals.
  • Added.

• Calves prefer their own mother's vocalizations to those of an unfamiliar mother. Unfamiliar mother?
  • Edited.

• but less good at localising sounds than goats, and much less good than dogs or humans. Don't like the sound of "less good"
  • Edited.

• Any reason why evolution is in that position?
  • We have the biology first - characteristics, behavior, genetics, evolution; then we have the human-facing aspects from husbandry to culture.

• Poland, in about 1627. in about?
  • Fixed.

• The meat of adult cattle is known as beef, and that of calves is veal. is veal => as veal
  • Done.

• Other animal parts => other body parts
  • Fixed.

• If the calf is male, it generally is slaughtered at a young age to produce veal. it generally is => it is generally. Sounds better, IMO
  • Fixed.

• Around 22 litres per day is average in the UK. is average => on average
  • Edited.

• BSE can cross into humans as the deadly variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease; 178 people in the UK died from it. Date? This can easily expire.
  • Added.

• For "in culture", what about literature and media portrayals?
  • Added.

References

• Hasheider 2011 needs page nos.
  • Replaced ref.

• Hopper 2014 needs page nos.
  • Identifies chapters.

• Coetzee 2013 needs page nos.
  • Added.

• Grandin 2015 needs page nos.
  • Added.

• Doyle & Moran 2015 needs page nos.
  • Added.

• Glyn & Julian 2002 needs page nos.
  • Added.

Well, that took longer than expected. I guess I'm a slow reader, but the important thing is that I got the review done in a timely manner. Good work, almost GA-quality. Wolverine XI ^{(talk to me)} 16:54, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

All done to date, many thanks for the review. Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:05, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Driveby comment

• I think the Science Direct source should be replaced, based on this discussion. Esculenta (talk) 18:18, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Gone. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:27, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.