Talk:Castillonnais/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs) 10:37, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

At first glance, the article appears to be largely in-line with the GA criteria. I will be looking at it in more detail shortly. I propose making minor copyedits and bringing any more major matters to this review. I was initially amused to see that the horses are used for logging and packing food, leaving me with a mental image of a horse working in a food processing factory!

Here are a few comments on the prose: Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:01, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
 * "Members of the breed are either dark bay and black, and have pangare color modification, " - Do you mean dark bay or black? Is the pangare modification optional? As it stands, this sentence is unsatisfactory.
 * I think I've addressed this... Dana boomer (talk) 22:00, 24 July 2012 (UTC)


 * "The physical characteristics of the breed are currently in flux" - Do you mean the characteristics have not been precisely defined? I think this needs rewording as does the related sentence in the lead.
 * I've done a bit of tweaking on this, so please see what you think. Basically, there is an official breed standard (what the ideal horse should look like), which breeders are working towards, but (and I'm heading into OR territory here) because of the low breed numbers and sometimes remote breeding locations, different breed lines can sometimes have some pretty varied physical types, with some horses popping up that look like straight-up Andalusian horses. Dana boomer (talk) 22:00, 24 July 2012 (UTC)


 * " Some Castillonnais are used for logging and packing food and equipment ..." - This wants rewording for clarification. Although the word "packhorse" is commonly used, my dictionary does not include "pack" as a verb with this meaning.
 * Done, I think. Dana boomer (talk) 22:00, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review, Cwmhiraeth! I think I have addressed your comments above; if you see more that needs to be done or I haven't changed something to your satisfaction, please let me know. Thanks again, Dana boomer (talk) 22:00, 24 July 2012 (UTC)


 * I believe that an article such as this that is partly derived from a Wikipedia article in another language should state this somewhere on the page. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:05, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * According to Template:Expand French (which is what was on the page when I started working on it), the tag, Template: Translated page should be placed on the talk page, which is where it currently resides. As far as I know, I don't think I've ever seen this tag (or another translation tag) used on the article itself. Dana boomer (talk) 11:13, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * You're probably right. I have seen it but am unsure about the matter and cannot find the relevant guidelines.


 * Are there additional problems, besides the issues listed above that I believe I have addressed? I see that all of the points in the checklist are marked with question marks... Dana boomer (talk) 18:34, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
 * You were too quick off the mark! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:45, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Whoops, sorry! I didn't see that you had put up the table less than a hour before I made my comment. Thanks again for the review!! Dana boomer (talk) 18:58, 26 July 2012 (UTC)