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The article is currently undergoing a major improvement and update, and I would like to list it as a GA nomination. However, I know that a lot more work is required. Since this is a largely popular topic, I am sure that I will receive a response.
Thanks, Elucidate (parlez à moi) Ici pour humor 18:53, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
- Comments from Dana Boomer
Here are some concerns that I found in the article on a quick run-through:
- resolved Please make sure that the discussion regarding naming is completed and the decision is finalized with consensus one way or the other before you nominate for GA status.
- There are two citation banners in the article, both for lack of inline citations, and both were placed there several months ago.
- resolved There are several sections in the article (Working, utility and assistance dogs, Show and sport (competition) dogs, Dangerous substances) that are composed almost completely of lists. MOS discourages lists in articles, so these should be turned into prose as much as possible.
- There are a lot of short sections in the article. For as many of these as possible, please either expand them or combine them with other sections.
- resolved There shouldn't be external links in the body of the article as there are at the end of the Ancestry and history of domestication section. Instead, these should be turned into references, moved to the external links section, or removed altogether.
- The article needs quite a bit more referencing. For example, in the Ancestry and history of domestication section, six out of seven paragraphs are completely unreferenced.
- Make sure that all of your web references have publishers and last access dates. Also, please make sure that you are actually using the publisher, and not the work. For example, with current ref #41 (The Case for Tail Docking), the publisher should be Council of Docked Breeds, not cdb.org.
- resolved References that are in English do not need to be marked as such. References that are in any language other than English do need to be marked.
- resolved Current ref #70 (Wolf at my door) deadlinks.
- resolved The Australian National Kennel Club external link deadlinks
I didn't go through the article line by line, so there are probably things that I missed. The above are just fairly big issues that jumped out at me on a quick look through the article. Also, I was recently involved in bringing Horse (another article about an animal with significant human interaction) to GA status...you may want to take a look there to pick up some ideas about layout, referencing, style, etc. Drop me a note on my talk page if you have any questions, and good luck on your quest for GA. Dana boomer (talk) 17:43, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
Thank you Dana. I've fixed some of these problems, and noted it above. --Thesoxlost (talk) 21:47, 6 January 2009 (UTC)