Talk:Diprotodon/GA1

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Reviewer: AryKun (talk · contribs) 14:55, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

• An interesting article that seems on first look to be a good candidate for FAC; I'll review over the next couple of days. AryKun (talk) 14:55, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
• You mention that Diprotodon is Greek in the lead, but this isn't mentioned in the text.

done Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 17:54, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

• "and "D. loderi"" Is the "and" needed? It's a bullet list, it would look better without an interruption.

it's a full sentence in list format Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 17:54, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

• "koalas), infraorder" → maybe "koalas), and infraorder "

done Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 17:54, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

• Isn't there any study more recent than Black and Mackness? 1999 is pretty old for a phylogenetic study.

that's why there's also another tree from 2020 on the right Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 17:54, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

• "Similarly, Diprotodon" Similarly doesn't sound quite right here; it's the type of Diprotodontidae, obviously it would share the family's characteristics. Maybe just remove the linker.

done Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 17:54, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

• "This combination is not seen in any living marsupial" But you mention wombats have continuously growing first incisors the previous sentence? Or are the second and third incisors also continuously growing in them?

wombats only have one pair of incisors Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 17:54, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

• Wouldn't the bite force of another large grazer (like an elephant or rhino) provide a better comparison than an alligator?

The only reason I included elephants in Josephoartigasia was because the author was trying to make specific ecological comparisons with elephants, but the true bite force of herbivores is difficult to study, so if I included it here it would seem like Diprotodon is much stronger than an elephant which may not be accurate Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 17:54, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

• "MIS5" → What is this?

first brought up in Evolution Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 17:54, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

• "The largest...Paludirex and Quinkana," Wouldn't this also include the saltwater croc, since it seems to be larger than both Paludirex and Quinkana?

added Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 17:54, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

• These are all the comments I have. Overall, a great and very interesting article; the description of the anatomy is somewhat complex, but the glosses mean that most anyone with at least high school level biology should be able to understand it quite easily. I'll do a check on the sourcing later. AryKun (talk) 17:16, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
• All of the sources are reliable and appropriately used.
• Spot-checks (ref numbers based on this version):
  • Ref 1 supports all claims made.
  • Ref 64 supports all claims made.
  • Ref 94 supports all claims made.
• Okay, I'll be passing the article now. AryKun (talk) 04:34, 10 January 2023 (UTC)