Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Triturus/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 archived by Laser brain via FACBot (talk) 14:51, 12 September 2015.

Triturus

 * Nominator(s): Tylototriton (talk) 09:15, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

This article is about the beautiful crested and marbled newts, luckily not yet endangered overall, but still diminishing. Their ecology and evolution has been quite extensively studied. The article was peer reviewed, and I got expert input from Ben Wielstra, who worked on the genus over the past years. Looking forward to comments and criticism! Note that I'll be able to respond only sporadically during most of September... Tylototriton (talk) 09:15, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Image review
 * File:Triturus_dobrogicus_dunai_tarajosgőte.jpg: source link is dead. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:10, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Is this a problem? It remains the original source URL, and permission is archived at OTRS... Tylototriton (talk) 11:21, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I've added an archive link. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:38, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Comments from Cwmhiraeth
The article reads well and seems comprehensive, and I will work my way through it.
 * Where you make statements such as "... genus was substantially revised after it was shown to be polyphyletic". and "A 2011 phylogeny based on complete mitochondrial DNA ...", I think you should include information on who undertook these studies.
 * "The southern marbled newt (Triturus pygmaeus) is an exception, with a length of only 10–12 cm" - I'm unsure why you don't just give a slightly wider range of 10-16 cm rather than saying T. pygmaeus is an exception.
 * In the Breeding section, you should mention whether courtship takes place on land or in the water.
 * "The female deposits them ... using its hindlegs," - As we are talking about the female, "her" would be better.
 * In the distribution section, you should give imperial equivalents for the altitudes.
 * Altogether, this seems an excellent article, and I am looking forward to supporting it. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:52, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Coordinator note: Unfortunately this has failed to gain consensus for promotion after being open for over three weeks—it will be archived shortly. You may renominate after the standard two-week waiting period. -- Laser brain  (talk)  14:51, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

-- Laser brain  (talk)  14:51, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
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