Wikipedia:Featured article review/Island fox/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 removed by Dana boomer 20:38, 28 October 2011.

Review commentary

 * Notified: Top two editors by edit count Jengod, PDH Wikiprojects: California, Dogs, Mammals

A talk page notice about improving the article was made in 2008 outlining problems that still exist.
 * 1a There are several one or two sentence paragraphs and bullets that should be in prose. A copyedit never hurts either.
 * 1b Length of article seems short for a topic about an entire species although length alone isn't the only indicator.
 * 1c Several paragraphs are missing citations. What makes citation #15 Kelly Brock, San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike Co-ordinator, personal communication. a reliable source? Original research?
 * 2a The lead section is inadequate and needs expansion.
 * 2c Full information of each source is needed. Many sources need page numbers.
 * 3 I fixed one issue otherwise no problems found.
 * MoS Look into MOS:Images and WP:SEEALSO. Brad (talk) 09:55, 21 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Feel free to defeature if the community sees fit. It was always sort of an odd duck (so to speak) that we got lucky with. Cheers. jengod (talk) 14:39, 21 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I removed that "Kelly Brock" "citation". How the HELL did that get past the radar? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 00:48, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

FARC commentary

 * Featured article criteria mentioned in the review section include prose, references, and MOS compliance. Dana boomer (talk) 15:43, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Delist Major issues are 1c and 2a. Brad (talk) 20:08, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delist, nothing's happening. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 00:18, 22 October 2011 (UTC)


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