Talk:Kuhl's maskray/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: StringTheory11 (talk · contribs) 03:26, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm here to review this article after finishing sand tiger shark. I will go through section by section, although it may take a while due to my reviewing of higgs boson at the same time. StringTheory11 03:26, 1 January 2012 (UTC) GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria


 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * A. Prose quality:
 * B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
 * 1) Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
 * A. References to sources:
 * B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
 * C. No original research:
 * 1) Is it broad in its coverage?
 * A. Major aspects:
 * B. Focused:
 * 1) Is it neutral?
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * No edit wars, etc:
 * 1) Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
 * A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * No edit wars, etc:
 * 1) Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
 * A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * Pass or Fail:

General + Lead
These are the only general problems. I will go section by section, starting with Taxonomy tomorrow. StringTheory11 02:30, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Some of the image captions need work. For example, the picture of shrimp should say that they are shrimp, not just the main food source. A caption like "Shrimp, the bluespotted stingray's main food source" should work nicely. The killer whale image caption could be formatted the same way.
 * Image captions should not have the location taken.
 * I would add some info on its diet to the lead; just stating its main food sources should be enough. I would also add some information on its habitat and predators, and possibly note that it seems to get many parasites.
 * I have fixed these. Are the new captions better? Also, the image in the general description... I am having some minor dificulties. It was put up for speedy deletion. And this is my first article so I was unaware on how to go about obtaining the full copyright information. This problem will be resolved in a matter of days. Regards, Stanfordbound 14 (talk) 20:50, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, the new captions are much better. You may want to ask someone else about images; I know little about the process. StringTheory11 20:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Taxonomy

 * What does its scientific name mean? . Done, it is the genus and then the creator. Is that more what you were looking for? Stanfordbound 14 (talk) 21:57, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I would link familial (to family), genera (to genus), and species.

StringTheory11 20:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Description and behavior

 * <No problems in the lead of this section! Awesome, thank you!

StringTheory11 20:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Diet

 * Information about teeth is incorrect. The teeth are not plate-like . They have very small pointed teeth in males and more dull version in females. i have photos of the teeth.

StringTheory11 20:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Reproduction

 * Second and third sentences should be combined into one.

StringTheory11 20:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Habitat

 * Constantly saying "the bluespotted stingray ____" seems wordy. I would rearrange stuff so you don't have to do this.
 * I would link "coral reefs"

StringTheory11 20:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

These are all the problems for these sections. I will do some more tomorrow. StringTheory11 20:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC) Okay! Regards, Stanfordbound 14 (talk) 21:57, 8 January 2012 (UTC)