Talk:Cucurbita/GA1

Post-GA development
How about this for the table? It's meant as a proof of concept so feel free to tweak it - I'm sure better images could be found. mgiganteus1 (talk) 19:32, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Very nice, concept proven. I made the upright pumpkin image smaller so its area is similar to the other images'.Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:14, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I like it to. I centered the pumpkin. Put it in the article. Added footnotes. Added more photos. HalfGig (talk) 23:42, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

GA Review
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Reviewer: Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 14:40, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

I will be pleased to review this article. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:40, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Comments

 * The image from Les Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne should be so named, with dates. BTW not sure that a 'book of hours' is exactly a 'prayer book' as it contains a mix of materials including psalms; perhaps 'devotional book' would be better?
 * Done. HalfGig (talk) 22:40, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * There are refs in the lead (where they're generally not needed); these might be better in 'History and domestication' where it's not clear which ref applies to the first two sentences - perhaps refs 1,2,3 are relevant there?
 * Done. HalfGig (talk) 22:40, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Perhaps best to avoid intensifiers like 'very', as in 'very important source of human food'.
 * Cut all "very" instances.HalfGig (talk) 22:40, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I guess the list of 'Species' is adequately cited with the 3 refs in the leading sentence. It's perhaps less clear in 'Habitat and distribution' which ref applies to which variety/cultivar as there are four refs in the leading sentence and more in the list. Perhaps a table layout would make it clearer, and the column layout could be used to show small images alongside the varieties, as well as descriptions and references?
 * I'll need help with tables.HalfGig (talk) 22:40, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * 'leaves alternately helically arranged on the stem'. Is that different from 'alternate'? Not totally clear - maybe provide a brief gloss or wikilink.
 * Cut "helically". HalfGig (talk) 22:55, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * 'Other specimens can weigh over 300 kg...' - "Other" means "cultivated"?
 * Changed. HalfGig (talk) 22:55, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * 'These studies also reported the genus had "about 27" total species.' Both studies provided the same quote?
 * I reworded this. HalfGig (talk) 22:55, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * 'Cucurbitin is found in Cucurbita seeds.' Perhaps mention what it is used for; and is it bitter and toxic like Cucurbitacin or what?
 * Will be fixed in 5-10 minutes. HalfGig (talk) 23:07, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * treating diabetes - medical claims need to be handled very carefully. Which type of diabetes? Perhaps this claim should be supported by a quotation in the relevant citation (|quote="..."). Ref 25 does not mention diabetes so perhaps the tag needs to be moved earlier in the sentence.
 * in this ref, it says "reduce blood sugar", page 390, article changed. HalfGig (talk) 23:07, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * In this article the statement in the first sentence of the first paragraph of the description states that members of this genus "[require] adequate water." That statement isn't very useful: all plants "require adequate water." Martel DuVigneaud (talk) 07:47, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * done. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 14:47, 9 November 2014 (UTC)