Talk:Miniopterus brachytragos
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GA Review
edit- This review is transcluded from Talk:Miniopterus brachytragos/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Ealdgyth - Talk 13:31, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
I'll be reviewing this article shortly. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:31, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks. There were a few things that recently came up in the review for M. aelleni (Talk:Miniopterus aelleni/GA1) that also need fixing here, but I haven't done that yet. Ucucha 13:34, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
- It is reasonably well written.
- a (prose):
b (MoS):
- a (prose):
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
- a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
- a (references):
- It is broad in its coverage.
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- a (major aspects):
- It follows the neutral point of view policy.
- Fair representation without bias:
- Fair representation without bias:
- It is stable.
- No edit wars, etc.:
- No edit wars, etc.:
- 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):
- a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):
- Overall:
- Pass/Fail:
- Pass/Fail:
Specific concerns
- Lead:
- "Up to four species of this complex..." errr... what does complex mean here? Better explain for non-biologists.
- Substituded "group", which works just as well.
- "Up to four species of this complex..." errr... what does complex mean here? Better explain for non-biologists.
- Taxonomy:
- What does "conspecifics" mean in the second paragraph? No link so I'm clueless.
- Removed. It's a very useful word; the trouble is that non-biologists don't understand it.
- What does "conspecifics" mean in the second paragraph? No link so I'm clueless.
- Description:
- uropatagium - you've redlinked it, but a quickie explanation would be good here.
- It was explained in the lead, but not here; I doubled the gloss.
- Wouldn't it be "total length WAS.." and similarliy throughout this section?
- Perhaps; I'm not sure. However, these specimens are in a museum (probably in Chicago) and if you measure them again, you'll (hopefully) get the same results, so the present tense is justifiable.
- It just sounds weird, to me. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:27, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
- OK; I changed it. Ucucha 15:03, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
- It just sounds weird, to me. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:27, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
- Perhaps; I'm not sure. However, these specimens are in a museum (probably in Chicago) and if you measure them again, you'll (hopefully) get the same results, so the present tense is justifiable.
- uropatagium - you've redlinked it, but a quickie explanation would be good here.
- General:
- What do they eat? Litters? How many babies? Gestation? All that fun and exciting life stuff?
- Nothing definitive is known, unfortunately. There have been some studies of Miniopterus manavi before M. brachytragos and others were recognized as distinct, but it is impossible to tell which data refer to which species—for example, we know what "Miniopterus manavi" at Namoroka eat (mostly hymenopteran insects), but these data could refer to any or all of four different species. I will cover all that in an overview article on Malagasy Miniopterus, but I don't think it would be justified to dig up these studies and say that those data may refer to M. brachytragos, which is the best we could do. Ucucha 14:13, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
- Surely we can say that they eat insects or fruit or both, even if we don't give total specifics. It just seems odd to not have ANY of this biological information in an article on a species. Frankly, non-sepcialists are going to be most interested in this stuff, not the length/etc of the animal. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:27, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
- True enough, but none of that information is unambiguously known for this animal. However, I added a sentence with a summary of general Miniopterus biology. Ucucha 15:03, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
- Surely we can say that they eat insects or fruit or both, even if we don't give total specifics. It just seems odd to not have ANY of this biological information in an article on a species. Frankly, non-sepcialists are going to be most interested in this stuff, not the length/etc of the animal. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:27, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
- Nothing definitive is known, unfortunately. There have been some studies of Miniopterus manavi before M. brachytragos and others were recognized as distinct, but it is impossible to tell which data refer to which species—for example, we know what "Miniopterus manavi" at Namoroka eat (mostly hymenopteran insects), but these data could refer to any or all of four different species. I will cover all that in an overview article on Malagasy Miniopterus, but I don't think it would be justified to dig up these studies and say that those data may refer to M. brachytragos, which is the best we could do. Ucucha 14:13, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
- What do they eat? Litters? How many babies? Gestation? All that fun and exciting life stuff?
- I've put the article on hold for seven days to allow folks to address the issues I've brought up. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, or here with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Go ahead and apply those changes from the other GAN also... Ealdgyth - Talk 13:42, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
- I've replied to all the points above. One more thing: you linked Old World, but I'm not too sure about that, since it seems a too common term for a link. On the other hand, Miniopterus occurs in southern Eurasia, Africa, and Australia, and inclusion of Australia in the "Old World" is apparently not universal (cf. our articles on Old World and New World). I'm thinking it might be better to just say "Africa, Eurasia, and Australia". Ucucha 14:13, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
- That'd be a good compromise. Not everyone, I'm sorry to say, knows what Old World means. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:25, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
- I've replied to all the points above. One more thing: you linked Old World, but I'm not too sure about that, since it seems a too common term for a link. On the other hand, Miniopterus occurs in southern Eurasia, Africa, and Australia, and inclusion of Australia in the "Old World" is apparently not universal (cf. our articles on Old World and New World). I'm thinking it might be better to just say "Africa, Eurasia, and Australia". Ucucha 14:13, 6 August 2010 (UTC)