Talk:Great spotted kiwi/GA1

GA Review
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 * Lead
 * Wikilink pigs, dogs, ferrets and stoats.
 * ✅ Shrewpelt (talk) 18:53, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * "other factors" looks very vague. I'd expand on this.
 * ✅ Shrewpelt (talk) 18:53, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Wikilink Nelson.
 * ✅ Shrewpelt (talk) 18:53, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * "A few small populations live on islands." You don't strictly mean populations. Perhaps "A small percentage live ..." or "A minority live ..."
 * ✅ Shrewpelt (talk) 18:53, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Description
 * "The bodies are pear-shaped, with small heads and necks, along with long slender bills." There's a word missing from here.
 * ✅ Shrewpelt (talk) 19:02, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * "The eyes are small and do not see well." Why don't they see well? Is this why they're nocturnal?
 * ✅ Shrewpelt (talk) 19:02, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * "They can live up to fifteen years." Possibly live for up to?
 * ✅ Shrewpelt (talk) 19:02, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Distribution
 * "Once, Greater Spotted Kiwis lived across New Zealand, but are now restricted to the South Island." What happened for them to be limited to the South Island.
 * ✅ Shrewpelt (talk) 19:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * "Great Spotted Kiwis reside in burrows that they make. These burrows are complex, sometimes like a maze, with more than one entrance and exit.[14] Up to fifty burrows can exist in one bird's territory." Three short sentences in succession. Possibly try to re-word.
 * ✅ Shrewpelt (talk) 19:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Why isn't forest wikilinked?
 * ✅ Shrewpelt (talk) 19:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Diet
 * A lot of short sentences. I would suggest having a look to see how best to re-write this and improve the sentence flow.
 * ✅ Shrewpelt (talk) 19:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Reproduction
 * "To relieve the pain, females soak themselves in puddles." This sounds interesting. How do they do it? Do they purposefully lay the egg near water?
 * ✅ Shrewpelt (talk) 19:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * General
 * Numbers and their units should be split by a non-breaking space, e.g. 45 years.
 * ✅ Shrewpelt (talk) 19:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Are there any more images.
 * ❌ I've looked around, and don't see any free images, but I'm bad with images, so I could be missing some. Shrewpelt (talk) 19:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

A bit to do, but I'll put it on hold. Peanut4 (talk) 23:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)


 * GA review (see here for criteria)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * 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, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:

Great work and a nice read. If you were to take this article further, I would suggest getting a peer review before heading towards FAC. Although it's probably not essential, some more images would work well too. All the best with work on this article. Peanut4 (talk) 19:58, 29 July 2008 (UTC)