Wikipedia:Peer review/Prospect Park Zoo/archive1

Prospect Park Zoo

This is the first peer review request for this article, which covers the wildlife conservation center in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City. After rewrites by myself and others about a year ago, it has been reasonably stable and is possibly at it's endgame in terms of contributions by the local editing community. In other words, familiarity may be blinding us to obvious flaws. I, as a significant contributor, would like this article to reach Wikipedia:Good articles status, and feel a peer review would be the most appropriate at this stage. Constructive comments (personal and automated) that help in this respect would be highly appreciated. In particular, I am seeking guidance on balance: are the discussions on history and the present day facility in good proportion with one another? Thank you in advance to all. Gosgood 18:35, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

aviper2k7's comments

Headers should be lowercased per WP:MOS++aviper2k7++ 21:50, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cburnett's comments

I would recommend the following:

More fields in the infobox filled in, in particular:
- Coordinates
- Logo
- # of animals, # of species
Great deal of the article is focus on the history and facilities. More on the animals and exhibits needed (it is a zoo after all) than the current "The zoo today" section
Any research they do there?
- Any notable discoveries or new species discoveries?
Any rides or features? Train, tram, sky chair?
Any education programs?
More pictures
Any (annual) special events?
Any notable animals? (Either by species or name or whatever)

Cburnett 23:54, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ginkgo100's comments

The refs should consistently use the citation templates for a uniform format.
More photographs would be helpful, particularly a view of the entrance.
The article needs more wikilinks & copy-editing
The Construction of the Prospect Park Zoo section needs refs.
The Renovation section needs expansion.
Needs more information on exhibits, notable animals, programs, etc. Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoo#Guidelines is a good set of guidelines.

Hope these comments help! --Ginkgo 100 ^talk 19:47, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To do list

These are all very useful. I've set up a list of items to do, based on these comments, some of my own observations, and the criteria for a good article. It's located on the article talk page. Thank you all for your quick and comprehensive responses. Gosgood 10:38, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Draft

~~I have a draft in my sandbox implementing the reviewers suggestions: User:Gosgood/Sandbox|Prospect Park Zoo (Draft). It is rather more done at the top than at the bottom; comments welcome.~~ — Gosgood 00:07, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Draft released. Comment no longer pertinent, and the link is no longer active — Gosgood 19:41, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Draft Release

I have merged the main article and my sandbox draft into a new version of the article. If reviewers have a moment to look (and comment (and edit)), I'd much appreciate it. Thanks! Gosgood 18:13, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy with the changes. Good work! Cburnett 21:08, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Update

Cheers for the update Well Done Keep Up The Good Work.CheetahKeeper 00:58, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]