Talk:Central Park Zoo/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Kosack (talk · contribs) 09:55, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

I'll take this one, will post review as soon as possible. Kosack (talk) 09:55, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Initial review

Lead

 * Should we be describing the zoo as "small" in the opening and not simply let the measurements do the talking so to speak.
 * Removed "small".

Areas

 * "drawing more than a million people every year", just a slight prose suggestion. Perhaps, more than one million people...?
 * Fixed.

Exhibits and other buildings

 * "The elephant house of the old zoo was formerly located at the site", the phrase old zoo would seem to reflect a separate entity where as, judging by the text, the revitalization is a continuation of the original zoo? Perhaps swap old with original?
 * Fixed - it was on the same site but many of the structures were completely rebuilt. epicgenius (talk) 14:11, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Same issue again referring to the lion House if we agree on the above point.
 * Fixed.

Art and conservation programs

 * Worth mentioning where the Tigress and Cubs statue was moved from?
 * Added that detail.
 * Can't say I'm keen on mid sentence ref placements like ref 20, could be moved to the end?
 * The reason for the mid-sentence references is that these refs support only that portion of the sentence, not the entire sentence. I could move them if you're really sure about this. epicgenius (talk) 14:11, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
 * WP:CITEFOOT does recommend sources being placed after punctuation as it's close enough to maintain the WP:INTEGRITY of the source. This isn't a sticking point on passing the article either way, so it's not a big issue. Kosack (talk) 19:30, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Original menagerie

 * "which was founded in 1859.>", stray bracket here.
 * Fixed.
 * Do we know why Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins's dinosaur sculptures were destroyed?
 * Typical Tammany Hall reasons - they didn't like the sculptures. epicgenius (talk) 14:11, 19 August 2019 (UTC)