Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of herpestids/archive1
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The list was promoted by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 9 November 2020 (UTC) [1].[reply]
List of herpestids (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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- Nominator(s): PresN 21:48, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
We continue my animals-in-a-family journey through Carnivora (previously: felids/canids/mustelids/procyonids/ursids/mephitids/viverrids) with list #8: herpestids, encompassing the 34 species of herpestidae, aka mongooses (not, unfortunately, "mongeese"). These are fairly well known as a family—though the variety may be surprising—as most zoos have at least one of these species, usually the most famous one: the meerkat of television fame. As far as variety goes, however, unlike many families most of these species look fairly similar and are of similar sizes. Information on a lot of them is pretty scant as most are found in various bits of central-ish Africa; as a result, we're missing images for a few of them, and a few others have to make do with drawings. As always, the list format is based on the prior lists and reflects FLC comments. Thanks for reviewing! --PresN 21:48, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Quick comments from mujinga
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- overall looks very good to me, I like the maps showing the range of each creature
- the photo in the infobox is momentarily confusing since the yellow one in the pic is not the yellow mongoose
- "The species listed here are based on data from the Paleobiology Database, unless otherwise cited" nothing else is cited, so seems unnecessary to say "unless otherwise cited" Mujinga (talk) 00:25, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- @Mujinga: Yeah, I didn't make that image; I find having a bright yellow mongoose not be the "yellow" one odd too, but animal names often don't make much sense in a global context. Removed the "unless otherwise cited" bit. --PresN 16:15, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- on the image would it be clearer to say "(clockwise from top left)" instead of "(top left to bottom right)"? Mujinga (talk) 16:26, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- @Mujinga: Done, yeah, I think that's clearer. --PresN 19:53, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- I'll support then although I would be happier if someone who knows more than me about herpestids gave an opinion here also Mujinga (talk) 16:33, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Comments
- Should White-tailed mongoose have a capital W in the middle of a sentence?
- Is there an appropriate wikilink for "neritic marine"? It seems an obscure term......
- Think that's it from me. You've definitely got these down to a fine art now :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:12, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- @ChrisTheDude: It should not, no; linked neritic zone. Thanks! --PresN 16:16, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:51, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Support I tried, but I couldn't find anything. ~ HAL333([2]) 17:30, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Source review – All of the references to are high-quality reliable sources and are well-formatted. The link-checker tool shows no issues, so I think we can call this source review a pass. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:14, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FLC/ar, and leave the {{featured list candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Giants2008 (Talk) 23:07, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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