Talk:Indian rhinoceros/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 15:19, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Comments

 * 'Taxonomy' says 'The Indian rhinoceros is monotypic'. I think you should say "species", as the Javan rhino is in the same genus... readers may be unfamiliar with the concept of a "monotypic species" as we generally think of a species as, um, one thing.
 * Fixed


 * 'Etymology' needs to say how Greek "ris" (should be "rhis" actually) can turn into "rhino" ... probably need to give the genitive case for clarity.
 * Fixed


 * 'Evolution' is quite rightly summarized with a "main" link, but the cladogram should be repeated in this article (with its source).
 * Fixed


 * Wouldn't the weights be more readable in tonnes, rather than kilos and pounds? (Tonnes have the advantage of coming in smaller numbers, and both metric and imperial varieties are almost the same, so they really don't need the clutter of conversion).
 * Fixed


 * The current "precision" of weights is a bit off anyway: 1,599 – 1,608 kg would mean "all cows have the identical weight, within +/- 4.5 kg?! Sounds unlikely.
 * Fixed


 * Populations would be more readable if sorted chronologically.
 * Fixed


 * I don't think we need to advertise the "signature 2021 report, State of the Rhino", nor to give the acronym for the International Rhino Foundation.
 * Fixed


 * 'Ecology' needs to wikilink megaherbivore somewhere. That would go well with the "group of four tigers ... killed a ... male", with the link that megaherbivores are (Arnie eat your heart out) hard to kill, and reported kills are rare.
 * Fixed


 * 'Threats': not sure about the wording of "has caused large death of".
 * Fixed


 * 'Conservation': suggest abbreviate to 'R. unicornis' as already introduced. Or just say Indian rhino, or indeed "it has".
 * Fixed


 * 'Reintroduction' - would be helpful to add those to the range map. And maybe merge the short paragraphs.
 * I don't know how to make/edit maps.


 * 'In captivity': again, merge short paras.
 * Fixed


 * 'Cultural': amazing, I'd never noticed it on the Pashupati seal. Would certainly be worth including the image.
 * Fixed

Images

 * The pics in 'Europe' overrun into the reflist. Suggest using a gallery to organise them horizontally. Both of them could do with dates in their captions, too.
 * Fixed


 * The graph 'Population trend since 1910' indicates no source either here or on Commons? It's also gruesomely out of date compared to the figures at the top of 'Populations'. We probably need to redraw the thing using new data, and cite it.
 * Removed it
 * Very wise, it probably needs to be deleted from Commons.


 * All the images other than the graph are plausibly licensed on Commons.
 * Noted

Summary
That's about it from me. Looking good, just a few minor things that should be quick to fix.


 * I think I'm now done. 20 upper (talk) 19:59, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Almost there. Linnaeus (above) is actually a good deal more curious than I thought.