Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of herpestids/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 Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 9 November 2020 (UTC).

List of herpestids

 * Nominator(s):  Pres N  21:48, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

We continue my animals-in-a-family journey through Carnivora (previously: felids/canids/mustelids/procyonids/ursids/mephitids/viverrids) with list #8: herpestids, encompassing the 34 species of herpestidae, aka mongooses (not, unfortunately, "mongeese"). These are fairly well known as a family—though the variety may be surprising—as most zoos have at least one of these species, usually the most famous one: the meerkat of television fame. As far as variety goes, however, unlike many families most of these species look fairly similar and are of similar sizes. Information on a lot of them is pretty scant as most are found in various bits of central-ish Africa; as a result, we're missing images for a few of them, and a few others have to make do with drawings. As always, the list format is based on the prior lists and reflects FLC comments. Thanks for reviewing! -- Pres N  21:48, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Quick comments from mujinga
 * overall looks very good to me, I like the maps showing the range of each creature
 * the photo in the infobox is momentarily confusing since the yellow one in the pic is not the yellow mongoose
 * "The species listed here are based on data from the Paleobiology Database, unless otherwise cited" nothing else is cited, so seems unnecessary to say "unless otherwise cited" Mujinga (talk) 00:25, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I didn't make that image; I find having a bright yellow mongoose not be the "yellow" one odd too, but animal names often don't make much sense in a global context. Removed the "unless otherwise cited" bit. -- Pres N  16:15, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * on the image would it be clearer to say "(clockwise from top left)" instead of "(top left to bottom right)"? Mujinga (talk) 16:26, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Done, yeah, I think that's clearer. -- Pres N  19:53, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'll support then although I would be happier if someone who knows more than me about herpestids gave an opinion here also Mujinga (talk) 16:33, 13 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * Should White-tailed mongoose have a capital W in the middle of a sentence?
 * Is there an appropriate wikilink for "neritic marine"? It seems an obscure term......
 * Think that's it from me. You've definitely got these down to a fine art now :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:12, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It should not, no; linked neritic zone. Thanks! -- Pres N  16:16, 8 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:51, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Support I tried, but I couldn't find anything. ~ HAL  333  17:30, 10 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Source review – All of the references to are high-quality reliable sources and are well-formatted. The link-checker tool shows no issues, so I think we can call this source review a pass. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 22:14, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Giants2008 ( Talk ) 23:07, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
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