Talk:Kuhl's maskray/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: StringTheory11 (talk · contribs) 03:26, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm here to review this article after finishing sand tiger shark. I will go through section by section, although it may take a while due to my reviewing of higgs boson at the same time. StringTheory¹¹ 03:26, 1 January 2012 (UTC) GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

General + Lead

• Some of the image captions need work. For example, the picture of shrimp should say that they are shrimp, not just the main food source. A caption like "Shrimp, the bluespotted stingray's main food source" should work nicely. The killer whale image caption could be formatted the same way.
• Image captions should not have the location taken.
• I would add some info on its diet to the lead; just stating its main food sources should be enough. I would also add some information on its habitat and predators, and possibly note that it seems to get many parasites.

These are the only general problems. I will go section by section, starting with Taxonomy tomorrow. StringTheory¹¹ 02:30, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

• • I have fixed these. Are the new captions better? Also, the image in the general description... I am having some minor dificulties. It was put up for speedy deletion. And this is my first article so I was unaware on how to go about obtaining the full copyright information. This problem will be resolved in a matter of days. Regards, Stanfordbound 14 (talk) 20:50, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
    • Yes, the new captions are much better. You may want to ask someone else about images; I know little about the process. StringTheory¹¹ 20:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Taxonomy

• What does its scientific name mean?. Done, it is the genus and then the creator. Is that more what you were looking for? Stanfordbound 14 (talk) 21:57, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
• I would link familial (to family), genera (to genus), and species.

StringTheory¹¹ 20:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Description and behavior

• <No problems in the lead of this section! Awesome, thank you!

StringTheory¹¹ 20:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Diet

• Information about teeth is incorrect. The teeth are not plate-like . They have very small pointed teeth in males and more dull version in females. i have photos of the teeth.

StringTheory¹¹ 20:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Reproduction

• Second and third sentences should be combined into one.

StringTheory¹¹ 20:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Habitat

• Constantly saying "the bluespotted stingray ____" seems wordy. I would rearrange stuff so you don't have to do this.
• I would link "coral reefs"

StringTheory¹¹ 20:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

These are all the problems for these sections. I will do some more tomorrow. StringTheory¹¹ 20:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC) Okay! Regards, Stanfordbound 14 (talk) 21:57, 8 January 2012 (UTC)