Talk:Silky sifaka

Page start
Any critiques of this page are welcome. It still needs a picture in the taxabox, and the references need to be tightened up (ideally removing the long list of footnotes). I will continue to improve it over the next few days. Akelly7 (talk) 23:34, 2 May 2008 (UTC)Andrew
 * Great start for the page, I've added a picture from the commons. Cheers, Jack (talk) 16:02, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Is this the Time Paradox lemur?
Quick question: Is this the silky sifaka lemur from Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox? Thanks, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.49.66.117 (talk) 21:46, 16 December 2008 (UTC)


 * All sifakas are lemurs, so I would say yes. - UtherSRG (talk) 22:17, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.49.66.117 (talk) 17:39, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Map of distribution?
Are there any maps of the range of the silky sifaka? I would really like to see one.The Blue Bucket (talk) 23:36, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Eventually, I plan to add range maps to all lemur pages. Until I can get around to it, check out the SAVA Region and it's map.  The Silky Sifakas are found in the western part of that region, from Marojejy National Park and stretching slightly south. –   VisionHolder  « talk »  05:23, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay, but a range map has been added. –  VisionHolder  « talk »  21:56, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Assessment, comments, and the article's future
In reviewing some of the inflated class assessment ratings on the Indriidae-related articles, I have opted to leave this article as B-class despite some problems with the references. (There are too many "personal communication" refs, which need printed sources instead.) I know the article's author (Erik Patel) personally, and he is the top researcher in the field on this species. This article is my next major project to clean up and take to FA, and I have Patel's full support and he has granted me access to all of his papers. Given the rush of GAC nominations following the decision to add the GA icon to GA articles in the main space, I am requesting that this article not be nominated at this time. Again, its status as a B-class article is questionable, though the content is truly superb. Please be patient and within a month or two, this article should be working its way to the top. –  VisionHolder  « talk »  17:05, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I am slowly beginning the clean-up work on this article. The lead needs to a serious review, if not a complete re-write.  It may contain information not in the body, which will need to be fixed.  (Ultimately, the lead should not require any refs because the information should be cited in the body.)  The Distribution section also contains "how-to" and travel information for viewing the species... but Wiki is not a How-to manual or travel guide.  I'm also going to gradually start cleaning up the references.  After all of that, I plan to comb the literature for new updates on the species.  Progress may be slow, and I apologize. –   VisionHolder  « talk »  20:38, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The clean-up process is complete. I'm now submitting this article for GAC.  I am also including Simponafotsy in the GAC due to his huge contributions, despite the fact that he may not have time to help out any further. –  VisionHolder  « talk » 05:34, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Archiving abstracts
Many of the abstracts cited in the article are currently available online, as seen in the References section. However, I have contacted the people who run those web sites, and they have told me that they do not consider those pages to be archives. In fact, they were surprised that the content was still available. Tomorrow night, I plan to use WebCite to archive every one of the abstracts. However, if someone else has time and is willing to help out, I'd greatly appreciate it. Also, the same goes for that Marojejy brochure... assuming it flies as a valid ref. –  VisionHolder « talk » 05:45, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * All cited conference abstracts have been archived and linked. –  VisionHolder « talk » 20:39, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

About his critical situation
In the first paragraph of the presentation we can read: It is one of the rarest mammals on earth, nevertheless, in Conservation section "only" it say that it is one of the rarest and most critically endangered lemurs. Since it is a very significant fact, if there are references that sustain it perhaps it would be good to add in Conservation his consideration as one of the rarest mammals of the world. If this fact is not added in the Conservation section, I think it would be necessary to add a reference in the presentation. --Furado (talk) 17:38, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

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