Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Seorsumuscardinus/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by SandyGeorgia 14:39, 25 August 2010.

Seorsumuscardinus

 * Nominator(s): Ucucha 06:21, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

This is a little-known genus of dormice that lived in Europe a little less than 20 million years ago. I've covered everything that has ever been published on it, which isn't too much. The article received a GA review by Casliber and I hope it now meets the FA criteria. Ucucha 06:21, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Comments: No dab links, no dead external links. The lone image is in the public domain.  Imzadi  1979   →   06:33, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Image review only image is a map made by Wikipedians, Free.  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  07:02, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. There seems something dubious about scientists inferring quite so much from a few teeth (yes, I know this is standard palaeontology practice—it still doesn't make it convincing to me) but it's hardly for me to complain about what the sources say. Never heard of it before, will probably never hear of it again, and this says as much as I'd imagine anyone would ever want to know without saying too much. – iride scent  19:50, 20 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. (Insert standard whine about lack of italicization here..) Ealdgyth - Talk 15:01, 21 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Support. the range map is a welcome addition. I reviewed the article for GA. I can't see what else can be added from reliable sources (unless Ucucha visits southern Europe in the next few days and digs up some more fossil mice....) Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:58, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Actually, I'll go to southern Germany the day after tomorrow and be in Switzerland a few days after that. No visits to Affalterbach or Tägernaustrasse scheduled, though. Ucucha 07:38, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Support Comments:  Yet another excellent rodent article. Here are my initial thoughts: Other than that, the article looks great! I'm looking forward to adding my support. –  VisionHolder « talk » 23:54, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The table has columns for "Affalterbach" and "Oberdorf". Since those two locations had distinct species, why wouldn't we just use "S. bolligeri" and "S. alpinus" respectively?  Is it because S. alpinus was found in two regions, and not just Oberdorf?
 * There are no published measurements of the Karydia and Tägernaustrasse material, which is also S. alpinus. Ucucha 06:02, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * "Latin seorsum "different"" – maybe put "different" in parentheses. As it is, it doesn't appear to fit standard English.
 * Reworded.
 * "In MN 4, Seorsumuscardinus has been recorded from Oberdorf 3 and 4, Austria (6 and 17 teeth, respectively; S. alpinus)..." – Did I miss something in the article that explains this part of the sentence? I know what MN 4 is, but not the other numbers.
 * Oberdorf contains of two equally old fossil sites, which are called Oberdorf 3 and Oberdorf 4. Hope that is clearer now. Ucucha 06:02, 25 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Support (it is amazing how many things can one write about some old teeth) and just two minor comments with no strong feelings about them:
 * Since there are at least 2 villages in Greece named Karydia (one in Pella Prefecture and one in Rhodope Prefecture) it might be better to change the link to [Karydia, Rhodope|Karydia] (which is the one, as stated in Doukas, C.S. 2003), or even mention the prefecture or region (Thrace, or Western Thrace) since the link is red.
 * Do you think it would be useful to have a key below the Measurements table explaining what P, p, M, m are? (they are explained in the text but one non expert -as myself- has already forgotten when reading the table. Thank you! -- Egmontaz  ♤  talk  10:21, 25 August 2010 (UTC)


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