Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/DNA codon table/archive1


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

The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 30 January 2021 (UTC).

DNA codon table

 * Nominator(s): ~  HAL  333  01:37, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Here is another attempt at a biological list. If it passes the nomination process, this will be the first featured list covering biochemistry. I find it very interesting that the pageviews for this article peak during working days of a week - I take that to mean that it is used by students. ~ HAL  333  01:37, 1 December 2020 (UTC) ✅
 * Drive-by comment
 * The table seems to me to be only using colour to denote the Amino-acid biochemical properties of each codon. Using only colour in this way contravenes MOS:ACCESS, so you will need to add some form of symbol as well.......
 * you seem to have added the symbols to the keys but not to all the tables......? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 17:08, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I haven't gotten to that yet. ~ HAL  333  21:18, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No worries :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:27, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Now it's ✅ ~ HAL  333  03:04, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Ignoring the 3c question - which you don't have to comment on - does everything else in this list hold up to the featured list criteria? ~ HAL  333  18:53, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, although I admit reading it fried my brain a bit :-) Are you going to proceed with this nom?  I notice below you seem to be leaning towards withdrawal......? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:18, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll give it a bit more time. If this list is still moribund when I finish the list I am currently working on, I'll withdraw this one. ~ HAL  333

It's been quite the journey watching this page evolve, and it's in a much different place now than it was before when I made my initial comments (see below). With the changes that have been made, this page is now much more comprehensive and stands on its own. I'm happy to change my earlier vote to support. RunningTiger123 (talk) 03:59, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Comments

Oppose The old version of Genetic code had all of this content and was not so long as to require a split. I'm confused why a separate article is necessary and this needed to be removed from it; it should be merged back. Reywas92Talk 23:33, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Actually, it didn't have the DNA codon table. It was more of a CONTENTSPLIT than a SIZESPLIT. And there is a precedent in usage. It is similar to Protein and List of proteins, Carboxylic acid and List of carboxylic acids, etc. ~ HAL  333  06:14, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * They're the exact same thing except T is swapped out for U, I'm not sure you even need both of them in the first place, and the DNA table would still fit back in the main article. This fails criterion 3c, sorry. Reywas92Talk 01:04, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
 * A deletion discussion regarding this article reached a consensus to keep. ~ HAL  333  20:32, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Reading the AfD, it sounds like the page was kept because the content should be included somewhere, but it was not clear if the content should stay on its own page or be merged. (When the AfD discussion was closed, it was noted that whether to merge this into Genetic Code is an editorial decision that deosn't need an admin to enforce.) I personally think that the alternate codon table provides enough content to support a separate page, but I also understand why is concerned about criterion 3c – that's why I requested a second opinion earlier. RunningTiger123 (talk) 21:27, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * The way I feel about it is that these two articles appeal to two different audiences. A reader of Genetic code is there to understand the fundamental principles and processes and general background. They do not need to know that an RNA sequence of UGG corresponds to Tryptophan. The simple point of the gentic code is that unique sequences of nucleotide triplets are translated into an amino acid. For example, gradeschoolers are only taught the basic fundementals of the genetic code in their classes. They are never compelled to memorize the 64 triplets. This list has a clear utilitarian function that is separate from Genetic code. If a reader of the Genetic code wants to get into the specifics, they may visit the "See also" link to this article. For what it's worth, I have yet to see an IP editor complain about the absence of codon tables on the Genetic code talk page. ~ HAL  333  23:57, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Before I scuttle this nomination, I will try to explain why this list conforms to featured list criteria 3c: Hopefully this changes your mind. ~ HAL  333  19:15, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * A final defense
 * When I split the "Alternative codons" table from the Genetic code article, it was in an automatically collapsed state. Even though it violated MOS:PRECOLLAPSE, the writers of that article understand that it was too large to be included in full without disrupting the article. If that table, let alone the four others in this list, cannot be reasonably included in the Genetic Code article, than it merits this standalone list.
 * Despite its similarity to the RNA codon tables, the DNA codon tables are not redundant. Before my revisions, around 1,000 visited this list daily just to see the DNA codon tables. Obviously those readers thought that it was relevant. An AfD also reached a consensus that a DNA codon table has a place on Wikipedia.
 * This list, which fills my computer screen around five full times if I scroll, could not be fully merged with genetic code without giving undue weight to codons within the context of that article.

Support from Gerald Waldo Luis
I love this list, and the format of it! It also meets the criteria, and so I'll support this nomination. I have some comments though.

 Gerald WL  09:33, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the support! The comments were very helpful. ~ HAL  333  22:33, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Comments Support from Aza24
Was planning to get to this now but it seems I have too much irl work at the moment. As such, will get here sometime tomorrow. A first comment though
 * No worries! ;) ~ HAL  333  17:44, 11 January 2021 (UTC)


 * For things like "Similar to translation table 11." it may be worth it to link to the translation table in question like: " Similar to translation table 11 " and then putting next to the translation table in question Aza24 (talk) 06:57, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I wonder if the Codon table redirect should be for this article?
 * I think in general you should be linking a lot of the scientific terms in the lead. Even if familiar to you, they seem mostly specialist enough to warrant such linking. E.g. RNA, mRNA, amino acids but probably others too
 * "sometimes also called" – surely just "sometimes called"?
 * the tables are so colorful, I love it!
 * Its not clear what your reference is for the Standard DNA codon table
 * I would assume you meant to put "(*)" next to Termination: stop codon in the key of Alternative codons in other translation tables? I would think the same should be done for this parameter in RNA and DNA Translation tables 1? Not sure if I'm properly explaining here
 * Good catch. ~ HAL  333  00:12, 13 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Hmm not sure about this, but perhaps copy the key over to above Standard DNA codon table as well? Only because if a reader goes straight to that one they'll have to scroll back up
 * is Genetic code really needed in see also when you already have it in the lead? I would also wonder if List of genetic codes would be better in a the beginning of a certain section as a "further reading" – if you decide to do this you can move the portals to a portal bar below so it doesn't look too odd with just them in the see also
 * I replaced "Genetic code" with another article and kept the see also section. Is that okay? ~ HAL  333  00:12, 13 January 2021 (UTC)


 * I'll do a source review later Aza24 (talk) 20:33, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ I appreciate it. ~ HAL  333  00:12, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Support this is a very well designed list and extremely user friendly. Aza24 (talk) 23:54, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Source review – Pass
Will do soon Aza24 (talk) 20:33, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
 * All nitpicks, sorry...!
 * "Oregon" in ref 2 seems to be the only location you include, I would recommend removing it
 * You have "National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI" in ref 3 but just "National Center for Biotechnology Information" in the others – if you're going to use the abbreviation, I'd put it in parenthesis, not a colon, otherwise it makes them seem like different things.
 * I think "Nature Education" is the publisher for refs 4 and 10
 * Your author names are inconsistent, you got it right in ref 17, but for ones like ref 5, it should be "Shu, JJ" and ref 3 should be "Elzanowski, A; Ostell, J" for example (there are others)
 * I was trying to use the Vancouver system for the journals but forgot to do a few. I fixed it. Sorry for the confusion. ~ HAL  333  15:44, 18 January 2021 (UTC)


 * there's some really odd formatting with ref 11; I would stick to the cite book template
 * I'm not sure what your retrieval date pattern is here; I thought it was having one for all web sources and not journal articles, but I see you have one for ref 19...?
 * All sources are reliable and appropriate.
 * if you can try and fix the multiple name format issue above in the further reading that would be good too, but I won't hold back a source review pass for that Aza24 (talk) 00:07, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Nitpicks appreciated. =) ~ HAL  333  15:44, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Pass for source review but aren't refs 3 and 19 the same thing? Aza24 (talk) 00:06, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
 * How did I miss that? Nice catch. ~ HAL  333  01:45, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Comment
There's some oddness around start codons in this list. The lead says that there's 3, usually AUG, while alternative start codons "include" GUG and UUG- so, are there just those 3 or are there more? None of these start codons are mentioned in the tables like the stops are, while the wheel image only has AUG marked. Some clarification would be helpful. -- Pres N  16:56, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Clarified (hopefully). ~ HAL  333  19:40, 18 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Support - frankly I don't understand the article at all, but I can't see any issues with its prose or presentation -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:22, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Alright, my issue is sorted, so now promoting. -- Pres N  04:37, 29 January 2021 (UTC)


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