Wikipedia:Featured article review/Guinea pig/archive1


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

The article was delisted by Nikkimaria via FACBot (talk) 2:09, 10 April 2021 (UTC).

Guinea pig

 * Notified: Chubbles, UserTwoSix, WP Rodents, WP Mammals, WP Indigenous peoples, WP Agriculture, WP Genetics, WP Food and drink, WP Ecuador, WP Peru, 2020-11-25 talk page notification.

Review section
This is a 2007 FA that needs a tuneup to reflect current standards. Noticed on 2020-11-25, the issues persist, including
 * uncited text,
 * WP:MEDRS citations needed,
 * WP:OVERLINKing,
 * checks needed for dated text (sample: the largest recorded litter size as of 2007 was 17),
 * inconsistent citation style (some use full dates while others use ISO, inconsistent author format eg Breeding and Reproduction of Guinea Pigs, Merck Veterinarian Manual, Katherine E. Quesenberry, DVM, MPH, DABVP (Avian) ; Kenneth R. Boschert, DVM, DACLAM, 2016. ... and while the article uses mostly short notes, some RP templates have been introduced for page nos)
 * a copyedit would not be remiss: samples, redundancy origin, originated (nor are they closely related biologically to pigs, and the origin of the name is still unclear. They originated in the Andes of South America), unnecessary use of continue, continuing in the lead, etc .. prose could be tighter.

Most of these do not appear to be issues that cannot be addressed at FAR if someone will take an interest. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  15:55, 13 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Delist as one of the major contributors to the initial push to bring this to FA, I no longer have the bandwidth to buff it up to current standards. Chubbles (talk) 21:18, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , thanks for commenting. Fyi, we don't declare delist in the FAR phase (see instructions above), which is meant for improving the article. If improvements don't happen after two weeks, the article is typically moved to the FARC, where keep and delist are declared. As this an article has more than a million views a year, I'm hoping somebody else will step up. FemkeMilene (talk) 22:14, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Anyone game to take it on? Sandy Georgia (Talk)  23:22, 14 March 2021 (UTC)


 * At a glance, the main problem I see is also unsourced text. Other than that, it is possibly salvageable, but it needs some serious work to get it fully cited. FunkMonk (talk) 21:15, 15 March 2021 (UTC)


 * I did a bit more digging, trying to find WP:MEDRS-compliant sources for the medical statements. I struck out on what I was looking for, but came across enough information to make me concerned about the amount of work that would be needed to update the Scientific research section. Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  21:20, 15 March 2021 (UTC)


 * and, I am not sure if you have time but if you do, we are desperate for your help. Wretchskull (talk) 09:30, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but I don't have the energy or interest to tackle this. There are other old animal FAs I'd help out on but this one wouldn't be a priority. LittleJerry (talk) 18:18, 23 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Move to FARC, no sustained engagement or improvement since nomination. While I originally thought this would be a quick fixer-upper, my own research reveals this to be a complex topic and difficult to keep updated because guinea pigs are pets AND used for livestock AND used for research.  A lot to cover, tough topic.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  17:41, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Move to FARC there was a significant engagement in February, but this stopped in March. Issues such as missing citations need to be addressed. Z1720 (talk) 17:38, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Move to FARC, FemkeMilene (talk) 09:50, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

FARC section

 * Issues raised in the review section include sourcing and comprehensiveness. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:31, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Nikkimaria (talk) 02:09, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delist. Unsourced passages need footnotes from November 2020 and February 2021, cites unreliable sources from November 2020, tagged for update needed in March 2021. DrKay (talk) 19:26, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delist per above (t &#183; c)  buidhe  20:47, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delist citation needed, medical citation needed and better source needed tags need to be addressed, and there has not been recent progress on this article. Z1720 (talk) 19:06, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delist - lot of work, hopefully it'll be brought back at some point. FemkeMilene (talk) 18:33, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.