Talk:Daikoku Seamount

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 16:31, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that a boiling pond of liquid sulfur was discovered at the summit crater of the Daikoku Seamount in 2006 in the Northern Mariana Islands? Source: "Last night, we came across another extreme of sulfur volcanism in the solar system, a convecting pool of liquid sulfur under more than 40 atmospheres of pressure! At first it was rather difficult to see the pool's surface, because the sulfur was black! However, as we stared through the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason's eyes into the pit, a roiling dark surface of partially solidified crust came into focus. This was a rather precarious place for the Jason ROV, but the long experience and confidence of the Jason team once again came through for us. A sulfur sample was obtained by dropping the anchor chain of one of our markers into the lake." [[1]]
  • ALT1: ... that a rare, boiling pond of molten sulfur sits in the summit crater of the Daikoku Seamount in the Northern Mariana Islands?
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  • Comment: Boiling sulfur ponds can only be found in 3 places on Earth, Nikko Seamount, Daikoku Seamount (Mariana Islands) and the Macauley Island (Kermadec Islands). Boiling liquid sulfur are usually erupted by volcanoes in Io (moon of Jupiter) rather than volcanoes on Earth, so it is a rare phenomenon to witness here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reego41 (talk • contribs) 21:08, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Created by Reego41 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:31, 8 January 2023 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - n
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: @Reego41: Interesting article but there's some uncited statements that need to be addressed. Also, the hook's citation seems broken. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:32, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

• Hey, thanks for reviewing. I did realize that, no idea why the link broke. I have fixed it. Reego41 14:30, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

  @Reego41: Hey, does "The seamount is located 695 km (432 mi) north-northeast of Saipan, Northern Mariana islands and 665 km (413 mi) south-southeast of Ogasawara Island, Japan. It is located within the sub-region of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean, which consists of more than 2,000 islands." need a citation because it does seem like it does. Also I need a citation for alt1 Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:11, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

  @Onegreatjoke: Hi, I cited the Geography section. You can use the same citation that I used for ALT0 for ALT1 as well. Reego41 18:36, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

  • @Onegreatjoke: status report? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 07:14, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Looks better now. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:41, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Daikoku Seamount/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk · contribs) 08:57, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a. (prose, spelling, and grammar):

   Buncha disambiguations that need to be disambiguated. "sub-region of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean" is an odd formulation. "during periods of volcanic activity" - not "after"? "which is" - repetition. Composition paragraph is quite short - lots of choppy paragraphs in fact. "Volcanic activity on Daikoku has been continuing for the last two decades, since the discovery of the sulfur pond in the summit crater" can probably be reformulated.

   Fixed as much as I could, slightly reformed the article as necessary. Reego41 15:13, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

   b. (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   I think the lead can be expanded a bit with information about why this seamount is noteworthy.

   Lead expanded accordingly. Reego41 15:13, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

   However, there is now a lot of text in the lead with information not in the article (or any source) Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:55, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a. (reference section):

   b. (citations to reliable sources):

   However, the sources section should probably be ordered somehow.

   c. (OR):

   "The volcano has many hydrothermal vents, which can host various animal species including the one which makes this seamount widely known, the tonguefish Symphurus thermophilus." needs a source. Where does #2 refer to Daikoku? #3 does not say "slightly" or "rivulets". #6 does not mention Daikoku again.

   d. (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a. (major aspects):

   b. (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   Have these sources been inspected?

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a. (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):

   Some of the file pages have links directly to the source filepage, which can be hard to fix if they break. Is it possible to replace them with links to gallery pages instead? Also, the "Activity" section on my screen is WP:SANDWICHed between the images.

   Fixed. Reego41 15:13, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

   b. (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/fail:

(Criteria marked are unassessed)

Sorry, but it seems like after a few weeks, the issue with unsourced lead information is still there. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 07:47, 14 May 2023 (UTC)