Talk:Laysan

Name
I don't know whether this should be called Laysan Island instead. Web pages that I've seen seem to use either name interchangeably.

Reef
I note that Reef has a link to the currently nonexistent article Fringing reef. When that gets written, this article should probably link to there instead of to Reef. For now, linking to Reef is the most informative option. &mdash;Triskaideka 20:44, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

GA review
I'm afraid that this article isn't close to GA yet.
 * 1) The introduction does not come close to summarising the article
 * 2) Much is unreferenced, including most of the geology section
 * 3) References are a mess. Is Sinclair a ref or external link? - shouldn't be both Why are there footnote links in the reference section instead of incorporating the url? footnoteplacement in text doesn't always follow punctuation
 * 4) lack of clarity - Species section claims two mammals and a few birds - presumably no invertebrates, plants or bacteria?
 * 5) birds just a list - which breed and which are visitors?
 * 6) whole Ancient Hawaiian section is based on a newspaper article, needs a proper ref
 * 7) images, although good, correctly licensed and appropriate, are just dumped in a line. Try to integrate with appropriate sections, reducing size if necessary,
 * 8) article title shouldn't appear in headings (MOS)
 * 9) coordinates just an afterthought, why not integrate with the maps
 * 10) plenty of copy editing to do eg Pritchardia should be italicised, geology gives only imperial measurements

Sorry if this seems pretty negative, but there's a lot to be done. let me know if there's anything above that's unclear. Jimfbleak (talk) 15:24, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure thing. I was mainly interested in finding out exactly what the article did need for GA, so thank you. Sean MD80 talk 01:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Max Schlemmer
The article takes an apologist's attitude toward Max Schlemmer, whose actions single-handedly caused the extinction of many native species of plants and birds. This is a problem of neutrality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.180.188.137 (talk) 18:03, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 21:44, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Inundated with what?
Quote, "A U.S. Geological Survey study found that Laysan, Midway Atoll, and Pacific islands like them could become inundated and unfit to live on during this century.[2][3]"

Inundated with what? This is likely to confuse the average person. TonyMorris68 (talk) 18:39, 11 July 2017 (UTC)