Talk:Companion planting/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Eviolite (talk · contribs) 00:18, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

I'll take this and try to get to it today or tomorrow. ev iolite  (talk)  00:18, 3 January 2022 (UTC)


 * GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):  d (copyvio and plagiarism):
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:

Notes:
 * Quite concerned about the sourcing: why are Mel's Garden, Country living and farm lifestyles, and Garden & Greenhouse reliable? (Also refs 9 and 11 are the same and should be combined.) I would recommend searching for more journal-level sources, or at least sources from reputable institutions, for these statements.
 * Removed. Have used other sources including NGA, see below.


 * I would also appreciate some consistency in date format, what's being linked and what's not, fixing bare links like 20 and 22, but I guess that's not strictly necessary.
 * Formatted.


 * I suggest incorporating the information from the National Gardening Association external link into the article and removing it as an external link - there's a lot of information in there about specific plants that could be added.
 * Done.

Prose:
 * Remove the references in the lead per WP:LEADCITE. Additionally, the information in the main image caption is not mentioned in the pest suppression section which should be done.


 * Link "fixes nitrogen" on first occurrence (first paragraph of history section) and unlink from second paragraph
 * Fixed.


 * The "different species of plant" link seems much like a WP:EASTEREGG to me. I also recommend linking that list more obviously somewhere in the article, since it is rather crucial.
 * Moved into article body, linked, described, and cited.


 * One-sentence paragraphs in "provision of nutrients" section can be combined into one paragraph.
 * Fixed.


 * Unlink fixing nitrogen, which has already been linked above.
 * Fixed.


 * How recent are these "recent studies" (host-finding disruption section)? See MOS:RECENT
 * Removed.


 * Same section: semicolon in "The insect must accumulate sufficient stimuli from the host-plant to lay eggs; so it must make a certain number of consecutive 'appropriate' landings" should be a comma.
 * Reworded.


 * Be consistent in single vs double quotes when referring to (in)appropriate landings.
 * Fixed.


 * Same section: "same disruptive effect" - same as what?
 * Reworded.


 * The entire systems section does not make much sense to me. It wants to be a list but is not formatted as one, and what "systems" actually means is not clarified at all.
 * Formatted as list; reworded.


 * Square foot gardening: Long and unwieldy sentence; can be split.
 * Split.


 * Forest gardening: The phrasing "actual ecosystem" is weird - what makes the ecosystem "actual"? And what does "intermingling" actually mean in this context? What are "levels" of plants?
 * Reworded.

That's it for my comments; placing the review on hold for the above. Thanks, ev iolite   (talk)  01:08, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

A few more
Thanks for the edits,. I still have a few comments as follows:


 * The info in the caption should also be in the article
 * Done.


 * The lead mentions cottage gardens in England but this is not covered in the body; either remove from lead or add to history section
 * Removed.


 * There is still a citation in the lead - as the info should also be in the body it can be removed.
 * Done.


 * Can reference [23] be swapped out? It appears to be self-published.
 * Removed.

That's all - nice work cleaning up this article and just a few things before I am happy to promote it as a GA. Thanks, ev iolite   (talk)  13:22, 3 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Apologies for the confusion (really should have used ref names instead of numbers), but for [23] I meant the Self-Sufficient Gardener podcast. Otherwise I am satisfied with the article. ev iolite   (talk)  14:36, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Removed. : Many thanks for the review. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:46, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the edits - promoting to GA now; great work on the article. ev iolite   (talk)  14:50, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi Mr. why is the article Companion planting have many cites with have no number pages? help me Khả Vân Đại Hãn (talk) 05:46, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
 * We don't normally continue GAN discussions once they're closed. However, either page numbers or named chapters are now indicated throughout. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:36, 9 February 2022 (UTC)