Talk:Great spotted kiwi/GA1

GA Review

Lead

• Wikilink pigs, dogs, ferrets and stoats.
  •  Done Shrewpelt (talk) 18:53, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
• "other factors" looks very vague. I'd expand on this.
  •  Done Shrewpelt (talk) 18:53, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
• Wikilink Nelson.
  •  Done Shrewpelt (talk) 18:53, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
• "A few small populations live on islands." You don't strictly mean populations. Perhaps "A small percentage live ..." or "A minority live ..."
  •  Done Shrewpelt (talk) 18:53, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Description

• "The bodies are pear-shaped, with small heads and necks, along with long slender bills." There's a word missing from here.
  •  Done Shrewpelt (talk) 19:02, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
• "The eyes are small and do not see well." Why don't they see well? Is this why they're nocturnal?
  •  Done Shrewpelt (talk) 19:02, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
• "They can live up to fifteen years." Possibly live for up to?
  •  Done Shrewpelt (talk) 19:02, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Distribution

• "Once, Greater Spotted Kiwis lived across New Zealand, but are now restricted to the South Island." What happened for them to be limited to the South Island.
  •  Done Shrewpelt (talk) 19:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
• "Great Spotted Kiwis reside in burrows that they make. These burrows are complex, sometimes like a maze, with more than one entrance and exit.[14] Up to fifty burrows can exist in one bird's territory." Three short sentences in succession. Possibly try to re-word.
  •  Done Shrewpelt (talk) 19:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
• Why isn't forest wikilinked?
  •  Done Shrewpelt (talk) 19:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Diet

• A lot of short sentences. I would suggest having a look to see how best to re-write this and improve the sentence flow.
  •  Done Shrewpelt (talk) 19:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Reproduction

• "To relieve the pain, females soak themselves in puddles." This sounds interesting. How do they do it? Do they purposefully lay the egg near water?
  •  Done Shrewpelt (talk) 19:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

General

• Numbers and their units should be split by a non-breaking space, e.g. 45 years.
  •  Done Shrewpelt (talk) 19:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
• Are there any more images.
  •  Not done I've looked around, and don't see any free images, but I'm bad with images, so I could be missing some. Shrewpelt (talk) 19:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

A bit to do, but I'll put it on hold. Peanut4 (talk) 23:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

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:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

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

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Great work and a nice read. If you were to take this article further, I would suggest getting a peer review before heading towards FAC. Although it's probably not essential, some more images would work well too. All the best with work on this article. Peanut4 (talk) 19:58, 29 July 2008 (UTC)