Talk:Meratus blue flycatcher/GA1
GA Review
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Nominator: AryKun (talk · contribs) 09:37, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
Reviewer: Simongraham (talk · contribs) 11:36, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
This looks another interesting article from AryKun and looks likely to be close to meeting the Good Article criteria. I will start a review shortly. simongraham (talk) 11:36, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
Comments
edit- Overall, the standard of the article is high.
- It is of adequate length, with 1,844 words of readable prose.
- The lead is reasonable given the length of the article at 209 words.
- Authorship is 93.2% from the nominator with contributions from 10 other editors.
- It is currently assessed as a B class article and a Did you know nomination.
Criteria
editThe six good article criteria:
- It is reasonable well written.
- the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct;
- The writing is clear and appropriate.
- Change "a" to "an" in "a expedition".
- Done.
- Consider "from which" rather than "from where" in "which is close to the location from where many type specimens of the species were collected".
- Done.
- Consider a comma before "and" in the independent clauses, such as "Some males may have dark blue on the flanks and one individual was seen with a solitary white retrix", "The lores are whitish and the slender eye-ring is buff-yellow", "The head to the nape (back of the neck) is streaked blackish and the nape to the rump is marked with blackish spots" and "It has a very small range and the authors of the study describing it recommended it be assessed as vulnerable".
- Done for the first and last, I think the other two are better without.
- Please review "as well as the less extensive white on the underparts".
- Removed the first "the".
- I can see no other obvious spelling or grammar errors.
- it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead, layout and word choice.
- It seems to comply with the Manuals of Style.
- the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct;
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
- it contains a reference section, presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;
- A reference section is included, with sources listed.
- all inline citations are from reliable sources;
- Please add that Kirwan 2022 requires subscription.
- It already has the subscription needed padlock afaics.
- Spot checks confirm BirdLife International 2022, Irham et al 2022 and Jobling 2010 cover the topic.
- it contains no original research;
- All relevant statements have inline citations.
- it contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism;
- Earwig gives a 0.1% chance of copyright violation, which is extremely impressive.
- it contains a reference section, presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;
- It is broad in its coverage
- it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
- The article is compliant.
- it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
- The article is compliant.
- it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
- It has a neutral point of view.
- it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to different points of view.
- The article seems generally balanced and covers potentially controversial aspects like the songbird trade without bias.
- it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to different points of view.
- It is stable.
- it does not change significantly from day to day because of any ongoing edit war or content dispute.
- There is no evidence of edit wars.
- it does not change significantly from day to day because of any ongoing edit war or content dispute.
- It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
- images are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content;
- The images have been reviewed and have appropriate CC tags.
- images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
- The images are appropriate. Although not a GA criteria, suggest adding ALT text for accessibility.
- images are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content;
@AryKun: Thank you for an interesting article. Please take a look at my comments above and ping me when you would like me to take another look. simongraham (talk) 12:14, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
- simongraham, see replies above. AryKun (talk) 05:40, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- @AryKun: Excellent work. I believe that this article meets the criteria to be a Good Article.
Pass simongraham (talk) 12:15, 12 August 2024 (UTC)