Talk:Geophilus flavus

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Hiya!

Please feel free to re-evaluate this article as it has been edited significantly since its stub-class assessment.

--Witchruby (talk) 02:42, 31 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you for this, ! I enjoyed reading it.  I had no idea that centipedes could leave tunnels that affect soil structure!
 * Here are some comments:
 * After you write the name in full in the first sentence, you can use G. flavus throughout the rest of the article. If you want to be fancy, enter the wikicode as G. flavus.  The non-breaking space prevents G. from appearing on one line and flavus on the next.
 * The last sentence in the intro doesn't seem to have anything to do with this species. It would be relevant at the Centipede article, but not here.
 * "yellow in colour" --> "yellow" (we know yellow is a colour)
 * "epimorphic" and "able to regenerate lost legs" seem to mean the same thing, so no need to say both. Best to just say "able to regenerate lost legs" as that's easier to understand, but wikilink that phrase to Epimorphosis.
 * I'm confused by them having 49-57 pairs of legs, but are born with up to 191 leg-bearing segments. Do they lose legs as they mature?
 * No need to link continent names.
 * "dorsoventrally compressed" - Scientists love their jargon, don't they! Suggest "wide and flat".
 * Being an encyclopedia, Wikipedia doesn't provide detailed summaries of particular primary science articles. Instead, it provides a high-level summary of what is known about a topic.  I see the take-home messages of both the articles you've summarised are already incorporated elsewhere in the article, which is great.  I suggest removing the whole "Academic research" section.
 * The Cultural significance section doesn't seem to be about this species. I suggest checking whether any of it could be included in Centipede, then removing the section.
 * This article has come along way since before you started editing and you should be proud of your contributions. I hope you've been enjoying the experience. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 13:03, 31 May 2021 (UTC)