Talk:Pig/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Wolverine XI (talk · contribs) 12:19, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Comments
Placing my spot. Wolverine XI ( den • 🐾) 12:19, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Gloucester Old Spot? — Many thanks for taking this on. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:26, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the 24-hour wait; I had some business to attend to. Starting the review now. Wolverine XI  ( den • 🐾) 13:49, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Prose

 * Change the lead image; I'm seeing half-pigs, full pigs and more pink. With that image, I can't really tell how a pig's body looks like.
 * Done.


 * What is this? I've never heard of it. In other words, I don't think that's common
 * 87 million g-hits says otherwise. Usage varies by country. Said "also" rather than "often".


 * Cut and start a new sentence.
 * Done.


 * This doesn't make sense
 * It does actually, but I've reworded it for you.


 * The problem here is obvious
 * Edited.


 * Mention something about bacon in the lead
 * Added.


 * A pig is an animal not a product. Are you saying China breeds the most pigs?
 * Edited. Yes.


 * In the male to In males
 * Edited, but both forms are standard English.


 * I don't think the grammar is right here
 * Edited.


 * Would make more sense in reproduction.
 * Moved.


 * We are missing body weight, body length, height shoulder, size variation, and size records.
 * Added.


 * Redundancy
 * Edited.


 * put instead before focused
 * Done, but both forms are standard English.


 * 2007 was 17 years ago; I remember very little from that year, so it's not recent.
 * Certainly much more recent than the Neolithic, which is what the "more" is saying.


 * How? What happened? We need to know more.
 * They interbred, what else. I think this is quite sufficient here for a general readership; it's enough to indicate a complex history of introductions and reintroductions.


 * The Neolithic thing should go under History
 * No, domestication was the critical stage, and it was in the Neolithic, a period of prehistory.


 * How? Did their presence disturb people?
 * Removed the 'disrupting' bit.


 * This has nothing to do with the Columbian Exchange
 * Moved to Agriculture.


 * Ref bomb in feral pigs
 * Fixed.


 * For feral pigs, you really need to say how they are disruptive and it needs expansion. The info is vary sparse and does not satisfy the reader.
 * Added.


 * Doesn't sound right
 * Edited, but again it's standard usage.


 * So mothers realize they are pregnant? Why is this important?
 * Edited. It's the body not the conscious mind, and the process triggers critical hormonal changes.


 * Too technical; a normal reader won't comprehend this.
 * Yeah, simplified.


 * Mention how piglets are farmed and taken from their mothers


 * No, we need a section on intelligence, pigs are way too smart. A single mention won't do it
 * Added.


 * Nest-building, teat order & Nursing should go under reproduction
 * Moved.


 * Please rephrase
 * Edited.


 * Mention that pigs have a better sense of smell than dogs, and are sometimes used for this purpose. Also, just how strong is a pig's sense of smell?
 * Mentioned and cited in Senses. The scientists are very chary of saying "better than", preferring things they can actually measure.


 * Slaughterhouse, bacon? Come on, I thought bacon was big, at least mention which part is used.
 * Added.


 * Don't farmers cut their tails or something?
 * Added.


 * How many pig breeds are there? At least in the US.
 * Added and cited. Best we stay global not regional. The section does in fact name 3 American breeds already.


 * I'm a Christian and I read somewhere in the Bible that pigs were unclean, explain that please.
 * Mentioned they're forbidden in Judaism, and cited the verse that says so.

More to come. Wolverine XI ( den • 🐾) 14:54, 4 March 2024 (UTC)