Talk:Parmelia sulcata/GA1

GA Review

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Nominator: Esculenta (talk · contribs) 17:33, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 14:01, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Comments

There's very little wrong with this short species article, so my comments will be brief.

• Guess the redlinked chemicals in 'Description' are marginally useful here, someone might (sound of pigs motoring above) just fill in the gaps. But I wonder whether consalazinic acid couldn't just redirect to salazinic acid?

• I may decide to do that, but need a deeper literature look first. It's definitely one of the lichen products on my "to do" list, so it will get done eventually. Esculenta (talk) 22:55, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

• "three specific Trebouxia species:" - one only has a number, one a redlink (guess that's ok, if not ideal), and one is "aff.", i.e. hasn't got a name all its own. Is the word "species" right in this situation, and are not species always specific?

• I tightened the prose around here (and bluelinked the alga). Esculenta (talk) 22:55, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

• 'Uses' says it's a dyestuff, cited to a US book; I'll note that the name "crottle" (Gaelic crotal) given in 'Naming' implies it was a dyestuff in Britain (basically, Scotland) also. There are numerous sources for this (which someone probably needs to add to Traditional dyes of the Scottish Highlands one day, ahem). Might be worth linking that article.

• Good suggestion! I've beefed up this part with an additional source (and added that link). Esculenta (talk) 22:55, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

• The first subsection of 'Uses' should have a heading of its own, 'Dyestuff' or something similar.

• Done. Esculenta (talk) 22:55, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

• Maybe say "In Canada, the Métis ... Saanich ...".

• Done. Esculenta (talk) 22:55, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

• The 'Environmental monitoring' section covers 2 topics, pollution (presumably nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and such), as it's sensitive to air quality (and dies, i.e. monitoring is by its presence/absence); and heavy metals/radionuclides, as it bioaccumulates (but isn't sensitive, and monitoring is by tested levels, ppm or whatever). Perhaps these should be separate paragraphs, as the mechanisms are quite different.

• Reworked into two paragraphs as suggested. Esculenta (talk) 22:55, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

• Not obvious why Choisy needs to be in the lead, as he's only briefly mentioned in the text.

• Choisy now gone. Esculenta (talk) 22:55, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

• Could author-link James Townsend Mackay and William T. Stearn.

• Done. Esculenta (talk) 22:55, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

• Soredia is linked but not soralia.

• Now linked in prominent location (image caption)

• Don't we usually say P. sulcata rather than spelling it out every time? You've used the abbreviation in 'Molecular studies' but mostly not elsewhere.

• I avoid abbreviating if it starts a section/paragraph (per MOS) or sentence (per personal preference). Esculenta (talk) 22:55, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

• The images are all on Commons and plausibly licensed.

• It might be worth adding an image of Parmelia saxatilis for comparison, since it is recorded as being confused with that species, also an important dyestuff.

• Done. Esculenta (talk) 22:55, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

• The sources I spot-checked are fine.

OK, that's it from me. Interesting article. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:54, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing; I'll work on these over the next couple of days. Esculenta (talk) 04:05, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

• All done; improvements summarised here. Esculenta (talk) 22:55, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

  Super, it's a GA. Chiswick Chap (talk) 03:17, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

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