Talk:Leptothorax acervorum/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: J Milburn (talk · contribs) 10:55, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi there- I'm going to be the good article reviewer for this article. I'll be assessing it in relation to the good article criteria, pointing out areas for improvement and making small fixes myself. My initial comments will follow shortly. J Milburn (talk) 10:55, 28 November 2012 (UTC)


 * While the article is strong on the use of this ant species in research, it's not so strong on the standard features of the species; in addition to an ecology section, I'd want to see a description section (physical characteristics of the species), a taxonomy section (detailing the taxonomic history of the species, and any research into/speculation concern its phylogentic relationships) and a distribution section. Details on habitat are also important- this could go into the distribution section or ecology section as appropriate.
 * Currently, there are distribution and appearance details in the lead, but nowhere else. Ideally, the lead should summarise what is said elsewhere in the article. This means that references will often not be required in the lead (although there's no rule banning them!) as the lead will only repeat what is elsewhere in the article.
 * We seem to be a bit short of example articles on insect species, so I have knocked up an example of how this article might be structured here, based on how other biology articles would typically be structured.
 * I'm not sure about this source- is it definitely reliable?

The sources seem appropriate for the most part, the writing is good and the image is excellent. There are some other niggles, but they can be ironed out once the above issues have been resolved. If I can be of any help, you can reply here or contact me on my user talk page. J Milburn (talk) 11:23, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * As there has been no activity in over a month, I am going to close this review at this time. J Milburn (talk) 17:32, 1 January 2013 (UTC)