Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cyclura nubila/archive1


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The article was promoted by Karanacs 18:46, 12 January 2010.

Cyclura nubila

 * Nominator(s): Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 20:48, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured article because it has achieved Good Article Status, it is well-sourced, stable, and I believe it is ready for the next step. It recently went through Peer Review and all suggestions there have been implemented. Thanks for your time. Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 20:48, 10 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Technical check No dabs, no dead links, but alt text is either missing, inadequate, or includes information that is not describing the image such as the name of the zoo. Remember the point of alt text is just to describe what is shown in the image, not to add non-visible details.  Jimfbleak  -  talk to me?  19:15, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that ALT Text thing has been kicking my butt for a few days. I think I have it figured out, small pics, no space after the equal sign, let me know how I can improve them!  Thanks again for taking the time to review!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 19:50, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Comment (earlier comments moved to talk) Sorry for the long delay in coming back here - I haven't had Internet access for a while. The article is much better now, and you can consider everything above here as resolved, but I still have a couple of comments:
 * Why not add a little about scalation counts in the article? It's probably not the most exciting information, but it's been the subject of scientific studies, so why not say how many scales there are and perhaps how that differs from the most closely related other Cyclura species?
 * I'll look into this, although it may be out of scope here and beter in the Cyclura article.
 * Perhaps true, but not so for the counts in C. nubila itself.
 * I'll definitely look into adding this, would be better if I could draw it like it is in the Burton paper cited and linked in the article (ref #10)don't want to make it ABAADA, though.
 * ABAADA?
 * As Boring As A Dog's Ass. :)


 * I have to agree with Fifelfoo below that it'd be better to source the etymology of Cyclura to something better than a website. For mammals, there is a giant work by someone who compiled all genus names and etymologies back in 1904; perhaps someone similar exists for reptiles?
 * Nope. Nothing that I've been able to find explains the Greek roots of Cyclura as well, believe it or not.  I'll trust a Franciscan Biologist on a Latin/Greek translation over most modern sources anyway.  My background in Latin and Greek is the same and I'll go toe to toe with any Doctor with a background in the Sciences any day on a Latin translation.  :)--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 20:35, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks like you are right; Google Books and the Biodiversity Heritage Library didn't bring me anything. I did find the original description of Cyclura, which talks about a cylindrical tail in C. teres but does not explicitly say that is where the name comes from. Ucucha 20:54, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Ucucha 20:17, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Maybe add that as an additional source?
 * Perhaps. But what you'd be citing it for is the etymology, and Harlan doesn't give an etymology. By the way, I also found the original description of Cyclura nubila, which isn't very etymologically useful either. I added it as a ref to correct the original name. Ucucha 09:07, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Wow, Great Find! Thanks--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 09:21, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, I found a reliable source to replace the good Father Sanchez: http://books.google.nl/books?id=G25PwlJyyk4C&lpg=PA80&ots=NiqUuOn5gc&dq=Cyclura%20oura&pg=PA80#v=onepage&q=Cyclura%20oura&f=false. Ucucha 08:21, 11 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for taking the time to come back and respond.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 21:25, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Decline: Sourcing: Father Sanchez' website is not a High quality reliable source, or reliable source as it hasn't undergone peer review and is being used to support Taxonomy.
 * Actually, all that Father Sanchez source is supporting is a Greek to English translation, thanks for taking the time to read it.

Also high quality reliable source issue: using the Caymanian Compass to support sexual dimorphism?
 * It's one of three sources, some reviewers like to see things on the interwebs, I prefer books, thanks again for your time.


 * Comments: Dates in citations need to be brought to consistency.  At the moment Month DD, YYYY and DD Month YYYY are both present.  I fixed Malone, C.L. (2000). as it hasn't been published for the purposes of a citation system (its certainly a HQRS and is published in the Wikipedia sense of "made available for consultation and issued by a responsible issuer") it needs to use Roman rather than Italic text for the title.  Some sources have locations for their publisher, others don't, and you're not applying obviousness of locations either: locations for all or none.  "(in English). SF Gate" and again for Deseret News?  Some other fiddle spacing issues such as, "Retrieved December 04,2009." Fifelfoo (talk) 03:04, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll look into all this, thanks for fixing the thesis format, for me, dates appear to be consistent.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 08:53, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Edit to add, I ended up having to do this over, so thanks for not fixing the format.

Support wrt criterion 1a. Oppose- sadly. An enjoyable article about a charming lizard but the prose needs more work. It suffers mainly from redundancy, repetition and a little verbosity. I have taken the liberty of editing the Lead to give you a better understanding of what I mean. I think a good copy editor could fix these issues in an hour or so, and enjoy doing it. Graham Colm Talk 17:23, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The article has been greatly improved over these past few days. Graham Colm Talk 18:20, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Graham, I'll keep plugging away at it, sometimes when I write these reptile pieces up I put on my scientist hat and geek out a bit, printing it and reading it aloud is what made me go "ooooh that's bad!"--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 18:25, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Changed to support. Graham Colm Talk 22:15, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Image review All the images have appropriate licenses and sources where needed. It is always reassuring to see the metadata (although one image, having been post-processed, has lost this). Graham Colm Talk 22:15, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your support!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 06:14, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Just some stuff I think could be fixed:
 * "As they are not capable of creating urine more concentrated than their bodily fluids, they excrete nitrogenous wastes as uric acid salts through a salt gland in the same manner as birds. As a result, they have developed this lateral nasal gland to supplement renal salt secretion by expelling excess potassium and sodium chloride." This seems a bit clunky to me. I think they could be combined, but I'm not I understand what is being said well enough to do it myself.
 * Basically, they do not produce liquid urine, but they do produce uric acid. In most reptiles (think snakes and varanids) this is expelled as urates with their feces.  They consume a lot of plant matter so they blow salt and potassium out of their nose.  You see this exaggerated if you watch documentaries on Marine iguanas, or if you've ever seen white specks on the inside glass of a terrarium with iguanas in it.  I'll try to break it down into two sentences.
 * This is a difficult fact to get across without going into too much technical detail. How about, "Unlike mammals, reptile kidneys cannot concentrate urine to save on water intake. Instead they excrete toxic nitrogenous wastes as solid uric acid in their cloaca, and they excrete other excess salt ions through their salt glands." Graham Colm Talk 19:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Graham, how about: "Unlike mammals, reptile kidneys cannot concentrate urine to save on water intake. Instead they excrete toxic nitrogenous wastes as solid uric acid through their cloaca.  In the case of the Cuban iguana which consumes large amounts of vegetation high in phosphorous, these excess salt ions are excreted through their salt glands."--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 19:31, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Better, I think. :-) Graham Colm Talk 19:44, 18 December 2009 (UTC)


 * In the lead, it suggests that iguanas lay their eggs in close proximity to Cuban crocodiles, but in the Mating section it seems that they lay in the abandoned mounds of the crocodiles and not near the crocodiles themselves.
 * I'll clear this up. Thanks for reading/giving feedback!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 18:49, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, I think I got it, let me know. Thanks again!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 19:01, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Other than that I feel that I can support. I've given it a copyedit, which I encourage you to look over to make sure I didn't alter the facts.  bibliomaniac 1  5  18:33, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Have all the pictures been verified that they show the correct species? There are some wikipedia iguana articles with the wrong species as an image in the article. Not my information, a friend is an iguanologist, or whatever, and tells me this. --69.226.100.7 (talk) 22:00, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes sir, and yes...I've spent the past three years correcting misidentified species on here, mostly its the Ctenosaura types that get called "Green iguana" by tourists in Mexico, but there was a rather humorous one involving a Chuckwalla misidentified as a Beaded lizard. All pics are of the type found on Cuba, the Isla Mayagues population is much redder.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 00:06, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. --69.226.100.7 (talk) 05:32, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * You're welcome!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 15:48, 19 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Support with CoI I did the GA for this. Having reviewed again today, it has now been improved to FA level  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  15:43, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments by Sasata.

Lead Taxonomy
 * link Cyclura; habitat loss; conservation; captive breeding (no hyphen required)
 * how about a citation to the protologue? Maybe it's available somewhere on the net?
 * "Its specific name nubila..." specific is currently linked to species. How about linking instead to specific name?
 * Done.


 * link subspecies
 * Done.


 * "This phylogeny was revised after later mitochondrial DNA analysis..." I think maybe the word classification would be more appropriate than phylogeny here
 * Done


 * "Cuban iguanas in excess of 1.6 meters (5.2 ft) when measured from the snout to the tip of the tail have been recorded..." Since the previous sentence clearly identifies the subject as Cuban iguanas, how about tightening thusly: "Individuals with lengths in excess of 1.6 meters (5.2 ft) (measured from the snout to the tip of the tail) have been recorded at the wildlife sanctuary within the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base..." Also, would any meaning be lost by changing "within" to "in"?
 * Done and I think so, "in" does not sound right to me whenthinking of GITMO.."inside"?


 * "In both sexes, limbs are black with pale brown oval spots." I don't really see this blackness in the images provided. At best, the specimen pictured in the Conservation section has gray limbs. Am I missing something?
 * Actually, it's correct, hard to see in these images see here:,


 * "...and a row of spines running down their back..." How long are these spines? Are they sharp?
 * The length is proportional to the age of the animal, hatchlings are hard to see, juveniles look like a row of bumps a male with an 18" body length has 1/4" spines, whereas a full-grown adult may be an inch or longer. They are pointed, but not sharp.


 * wlink mottling; color vision; maybe wikt transverse
 * done


 * "By seeking out locations with more ultraviolet sunlight to bask in, the Cuban iguana optimizes vitamin D production." I'd be interested to know if any sources mention this as a possible adaptation to a vit. D deficient diet?
 * Not that I've seen, although there is a well-documented case of a herpetoculturist who keeps Chuckwallas and provides them with no sunlight or artificial UV light, instead he feeds his animals excessive doses of liquid Vitamin D. Sauromalus and Cyclura have similar lighting requirements in this regard.

It is very difficult to see, here is a picture of one on the top of an Anole's head:I wikilinked to the article to go into greater detail that I felt was beyond the scope of this article.
 * "Cuban iguanas have a white photosensory organ on the top of their heads called the parietal eye." I can't see any such eye in the images... could you describe this eye some more?
 * numbers or text: "95%" vs. "fifty percent" later
 * Done


 * link nematode;
 * Done


 * "Instead reptiles excrete toxic nitrogenous wastes..." Comma after Instead, for a pause?
 * Done


 * anything more about their behaviour? Are they territorial? Do they fight? Do they defend themselves by biting or whipping their tails? Do they hang out in groups? Can they climb trees? How fast can they run?
 * I can include some more of this they're not as territorial as other Cyclura, most combat is "ritual", although I have a female that latches on to the throat of every prospective male I've introduced her to and tries to kill him. They lash and hiss, in 30 years I've only been bitten by one who was an overaggressive eater who mistook my hand for food as I was feeding him.  I actually go into this more in the mating section.  They can climb trees, but they are not arboreal, they are a heavy-bodied lizard more suited to the ground.  They are not as fast as Ctenosaura similis, but they're not exactly slow and lumbering, either.


 * link sexual maturity; clutch;
 * How big are the eggs? What color are they? What percentage typically survive? When do they crocodile eggs hatch?
 * 3 inches or so, off-white to tan, in captivity 95%...I could not say what it is in the wild, crocs hatch in July, right before the iguanas lay their eggs.


 * the second sentence in the Distribution section sticks out somewhat, as it's more about behavior; same with the head-bobbing a bit later
 * I'll take a look.


 * "As of the year 2000, there has been talk of removing or relocating this population..." who is talking?
 * US Government, Dept of Interior, although, I have not heard much on this the past year or so.

Ok it's getting late, must sleep. Will continue review tomorrow. Sasata (talk) 09:28, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * "The rapid change in display structure between the colony of animals on Isla Magueyes and those on Cuba illustrated the potential of small founding population size as a catalyst to evolution with regard to communication or display." Sentence structure seems awkward, making it difficult to clearly understand what this means with a single readthrough. Next sentence also needs tweaking.
 * I think I got most of these.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 17:41, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments by Sasata - continued
 * the last paragraph of mating and behavior has four sentences, all of which are cited to the same source; seems unnecessary, as a single citation at the end of the paragraph implies that all of the contents of the paragraph are cited to that source
 * Understood, but it doesn't keep certain people from filling an article with tags everyt ime they see a period not followed by a number.


 * Section "Distribution" should really be "Distribution and habitat", don'tcha think?
 * Good call!


 * still think the past paragraph on head-bobbing should be moved up a section into "Mating and behavior"
 * I would tend to agree if it was strictly about head-bobbbing, but in this instance it has more to do with communication based on a evolution of an isolated population in a new location than just animal courtship.


 * "The Cuban iguana is well established" last two words should be hyphenated, no? Also, I don;t think this needs to be cited as the following sentence cites to the same source (like the above example)
 * Fixed


 * link breeding program; pet trade; vulnerable
 * "In a round-about way, the Cuban iguana's status as an endangered species made its way..." I thought it was "vulnerable" as few sentences ago?
 * It is, but it is protected under the Endangered Species Act, except in Puerto Rico.


 * "According to Peter Honigsberg, a professor of law at the University of San Francisco: Wilner unsuccessfully made two arguments before the Court to hear his case; in his third argument he changed gears by mentioning US law and the Cuban iguana." I'd suggest changing the colon to a comma, and the semicolon to a period. Also, the phrase "changing gears" seems vernacular and might be worthwhile rephrasing. (p.s. I feel a bit dorky criticizing prose after Tony below has okayed it... I just call 'em like I sees 'em; feel free to ignore the suggestions)
 * I fixed it.


 * "According to Honigsberg, the Supreme Court to agree to hear the case." not a sentence
 * it was until someone decided to have intercourse with it, without even having the common courtesy to oppose it here.


 * first paragraph of "Decline" has triple-redundant citations
 * I'll remove such cites, then if it's a point of contention...and point them here when they start sprinkling throughout.


 * link habitat destruction; introduced
 * fixed

Thanks again! I'll look into the redundant links and ref formatting now--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 05:03, 3 January 2010 (UTC) References: MOS fiddling required
 * "...depicting a Cuban iguana on the head side of the coin in an attempt to raise awareness for this animal." "for" or "of"? Not sure myself...
 * current ref #8 should go in a thesis template
 * fixed


 * ref #9 needs italics for genus name, also, the actual journal title is "Journal of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution"
 * fixed


 * Ref #15 has different author name format; needs publisher location; should be p. instead of pp.
 * fixed
 * I don't have locations for every source, someone on here told me to get rid of the locations for consistency, which is it?
 * Consistency is best; it shouldn't be too difficult to find publisher locations with an internet search. Sasata (talk) 16:03, 6 January 2010 (UTC)


 * The second author in Ref #17 has a different format; needs page #'s
 * fixed


 * Refs 18,19, 27 needs italics for Latin names
 * fixed


 * Is ref 21 foreign language? Should be specified. Also p., not pp.
 * It's in English and Spanish


 * Refs 28, 32 pp. -> p.; both need publisher location (as well as #33)
 * Got it all except for the publisher's location, in hindsight I will go back and add this, the reviewer who said, "None or all" apparently gave me another piece of bad advice.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 19:21, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments by Sasata - continued, part 2 Sasata (talk) 16:03, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I did a literature review and it seems to me like there's been quite a few interesting or relevant studies published that aren't used as sources in the article. Any comment on why these articles weren't used? Based on a quick reading of the abstracts, it seems that some of them have some interesting information that should be at least mentioned in the article.


 * Title: Natural history and morphometry of the Cuban iguana (Cyclura nubila Gray, 1831) in Cayo Siju, Cuba
 * Author(s): Beovides-Casas, K.; Mancina, C. A.
 * Source: Animal Biodiversity and Conservation  Volume: 29   Issue: 1   Pages: 1-8   Published: 2006
 * Don't believe I've ever seen this one before.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 17:19, 6 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Title: Cannibalism in an introduced population of Cyclura nubila nubila on Isla Magueyes, Puerto Rico.
 * Author(s): Perez-Buitrago, Nestor F.; Alvarez, Alberto O.; Garcia, Miguel A.
 * Source: Iguana  Volume: 13   Issue: 3   Pages: 206-208   Published: September 2006
 * A big lizard ate a baby lizard? I have this one in print and didn't think its contents merited inclusion.


 * Title: Cylura nubila on Isla Magueyes, Puerto Rico
 * Author(s): Garcia, Miguel
 * Source: Iguana  Volume: 13   Issue: 2   Pages: 126   Published: JUN 2006
 * Nothing in here that isn't already written about elsewhere in the article.


 * Title: Conserving the remarkable reptiles of Guantanamo Bay
 * Author(s): Alberts, Allison C.
 * Source: Iguana  Volume: 13   Issue: 1   Pages: 8-15   Published: MAR 2006
 * Nothing in here that isn't already written about elsewhere in the article.


 * Title: Characterization of 20 microsatellite marker loci in the west Indian rock iguana (Cyclura nubila)
 * Author(s): An, JH; Sommer, JA; Shore, GD, et al.
 * Source: CONSERVATION GENETICS  Volume: 5   Issue: 1   Pages: 121-125   Published: 2004
 * Nothing here that would really add to what has been written. I've read it and thought it was a bit out of scope.


 * Title: Revision to species of Cyclura nubila lewisi, the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
 * Author(s): Burton, FJ
 * Source: CARIBBEAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE  Volume: 40   Issue: 2   Pages: 198-203   Published: 2004
 * I thought this was linked, I used it in the Blue iguana piece, it's more about that species than this one.


 * Title: Cyclura nubila lewisi (Grand Cayman Blue Rock Iguana).
 * Author(s): Burton, Frederic J.
 * Source: Herpetological Review  Volume: 35   Issue: 4   Pages: 388-389   Published: December 2004
 * Different species, see above.


 * Title: The effect of anthropogenic habitat usage on the social behaviour of a vulnerable species, Cyclura nubila
 * Author(s): Lacy, KE; Martins, EP
 * Source: ANIMAL CONSERVATION  Volume: 6   Pages: 3-9   Part: 1   Published: FEB 2003
 * I know the authors, not sure if I've seen this one before.


 * Title: Lacertilia: Cyclura nubila nubila (Cuban iguana). Carrion feeding
 * Author(s): Gerber, Glenn P.; Grant, Tandora D.; Alberts, Allison C., et al.
 * Source: Herpetological Review  Volume: 33   Issue: 2   Pages: 133-134   Published: June, 2002
 * Nothing in here that isn't already written about elsewhere in the article.


 * Title: Temporary alteration of local social structure in a threatened population of Cuban iguanas (Cyclura nubila)
 * Author(s): Alberts, AC; Lemm, JM; Perry, AM, et al.
 * Source: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY  Volume: 51   Issue: 4   Pages: 324-335   Published: 2002
 * Don't think I've seen this before..I know Jeff and Allison and usually read everything they publish.


 * Title: The biology and breeding of the Cuban ground iguana (Cyclura nubila) in captivity.
 * Author(s): Rehak, Ivan; Velensky, Petr
 * Source: Gazella  Volume: 28   Pages: 129-208   Published: 1 January 2001
 * Never heard of this publication. Although I do know Ivan Rehak.


 * Title: The need for pre-release health screening in animal translocations: a case study of the Cuban iguana (Cyclura nubila)
 * Author(s): Alberts, AC; Oliva, ML; Worley, MB, et al.
 * Source: ANIMAL CONSERVATION  Volume: 1   Issue: 3   Pages: 165-172   Published: 1998
 * good one, but goes more into parasite counts.  I thought it was too out of scope.


 * Title: Effects of incubation temperature and water potential on growth and thermoregulatory behavior of hatchling Cuban rock iguanas (Cyclura nubila)
 * Author(s): Alberts, AC; Perry, AM; Lemm, JM, et al.
 * Source: COPEIA  Issue: 4   Pages: 766-776   Published: DEC 9 1997
 * A very good one, but its more concerned with captive husbandry and is out of scope for this piece.


 * Title: Use of statistical models based on radiographic measurements to predict oviposition date and clutch size in rock iguanas (Cyclura nubila)
 * Author(s): Alberts, AC
 * Source: ZOO BIOLOGY  Volume: 14   Issue: 6   Pages: 543-553   Published: 1995
 * This is also a very good article, especially for myself as a keeper and breeder, but this may go a little in depth for a wiki article. Although I'm loathe to do it, would you reccomend me adding a further reading section and incorporating some of these?--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 17:19, 6 January 2010 (UTC)


 * For fun, consider cleaning up (i.e. removing) empty citation template parameters. Also, accessdate parameters are not required if no external web site was accessed
 * will do, thanks!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 17:19, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Support Interesting, readable article that will make a fine addition to the FA list. Personally, I like the new further reading section with additional high-quality sources of detailed information about the topic. It makes it a better resource and a springboard for students researching the topic. Is it overkill for a general-readership article? Maybe, but its conveniently at the end, so those who aren't interested can ignore it. Sasata (talk) 06:06, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks!

Support: mostly well written. Well done.
 * "Unlike in most iguanids, females guard their nest sites"—First two words ungrammatical.
 * fixed


 * "Although the wild population is in decline because of predation by feral animals and habitat loss caused by human agricultural development, their numbers are increasing as a result of captive-breeding and other conservation programs." Does "their" refer to "feral animals"? It's the only preceding plural.
 * refers to iguanas, I changed this


 * "has served as"—"has been". I caught myself writing that very phrase a few weeks ago.
 * I went with "has been" leaning toward "has been used as"


 * "aforementioned"? This is pretty awkward. Is a back-reference necessary?
 * fixed


 * Why is "fingerprint" linked? Why is "scavenging" linked? And "prehistoric"? These are all common words with no particular technical dimension here.
 * I think someone was trying to help me out, although I did link fingerprint


 * "However" is better at the start of a clause.
 * fixed


 * "Special" begs too many answers. I'd just remove it.
 * removed


 * "... the animals are treated well and protected by U.S. forces stationed at the base. An unusual incident occurred when a detainee in the prison assaulted a guard with a bloody tail torn from a Cuban iguana in May 2005." I don't quite see this last sentence as pertinent to the topic. It's too easy to interpret it as "US military—good. Islamic terrorist prisoners—bad." Why tempt providence with such a sensitive issue?
 * I thought it was an interesting anecdote, although the original version I heard from a Marine was the guy hit the guard with the whole iguana, the paper reported it as the tail. Not going so much for a good guy vs bad guy angle.  Original version I simply had "treated well and protected by residents of the base", either at peer-review or GAN they asked me to clarify.  It does set up the human rights question made by the lawyer as "Iguanas treated better than people"


 * U.S. then US. Personally, I much prefer the undotted version, but it must be consistent.
 * fixed


 * "By way of comparison"—two redundant words?
 * fixed


 * The difference of 20% was in what respect?
 * number of head bobs and duration of head bobs, pauses, etc. Here are two distinct species, communicating in a very similar manner...maybe as close as Middle English and Modern English.  Whereas the same species moved to another island and isolated is speaking a totally different language.  It's hard to write it without making it sound as boring as a dog's ass.


 * Perhaps "was by only six".
 * fixed


 * Unsure it needs "in captivity".
 * I removed it


 * "Unlike on"—there it is again. I think "unlike" can't be followed by a preposition. "In contrast to"? Tony   (talk)  02:54, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed, thanks Tony! --Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 03:46, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Has Ucuchua been asked to revist this FAC? Karanacs (talk) 14:50, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I've asked him at least twice, the last time was on 12/31 and it's still on his talk page.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 15:07, 5 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Dabs; please check the disambiguation links identified in the toolbox. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:36, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 23:11, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
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