Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of threatened fauna of Michigan/archive2


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The list was promoted by Giants2008 17:09, 16 October 2012.

List of threatened fauna of Michigan

 * Nominator(s): Dana boomer (talk) 00:28, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm renominating this list (now that I have a bit more free time!) after, hopefully, addressing the issues raised in the last review. The main issue last time was the number of red links - since that concern was raised, I have significantly decreased the prevalence of red links. I do plan to continue working on this issue, but at this point, I think that the number is low enough to not be a problem. As far as I know, the other issues raised in the review were addressed. Thanks in advance for your comments, Dana boomer (talk) 00:28, 5 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Support TBrandley 21:05, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Dana boomer (talk) 21:32, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Support Comments  – I sympathise with your red-linking problems, I've had to write loads of stubs for insects and plants in my articles on the individual reserves in the Norfolk SSSI. Your article looks pretty sound, just some quibbles/requests for clarification  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  06:59, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * part of fauna of the United States — part of the fauna ?
 * Done. - DB
 * The federal status descriptions have "listed…", the state status descriptions don't. Is there a reason for this?
 * I was originally thinking it was necessary to distinguish listed species from candidate species, but then realized that the fact that they're listed (rather than candidate) is implied with Federal status = endangered/threatened. So, basically, I hadn't thought it through. Now that I have, I've removed the "listed"s. - DB
 * I'd expect vertebrate classes to be in the order mammals-birds-reptiles-amphibians-fish, any reason for your ordering?
 * This is the way it was ordered when I started?? Really, no reason other than not having a good reason to change the ordering from what it was when I began working on the list. If you would prefer it in the order you give above, I have no problem changing it - it's a simple fix. - DB
 * I'll leave that with you/other reviewers  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  06:07, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Each insect order is given a subsection, but the mollusc groups each have a full section, is there a reason?
 * This is the way they were split in the main reference I used. Do you think that some of the insect groups should be combined, or the mollusc group separated? - DB
 * Some of your intros have a redundant "of these" or "of them"
 * I've taken a run through the intros and made some changes - have I addressed your concern? - DB
 * I don't think your link for cricket goes where you intended
 * LOL, no it didn't. Now fixed. Thanks for the review, I believe I have replied to all of your points above. Dana boomer (talk) 13:15, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I hope the link above inspired you to watch the Women's Cricket World Cup final today (England v Australia, since you ask) (: No further concerns, changed to support above  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  06:07, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Support Comments  – Looks pretty good to me; I have minor nitpicks that should be easy to fix. Sasata (talk) 21:28, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I think the lead sentence should link endangered and threatened species. Unfortunately, species of special concern is currently a dab and not helpful.
 * possibly useful links: natural heritage, subspecies, extinct
 * "federally-listed" don't hyphenate compound adjectives with -ly words, per WP:HYPHEN (check throughout article)
 * caption: "A spotted turtle, a threatened species in Michigan" sounds a bit awkward (other instances too)
 * "One further species is listed as extinct in Michigan" further -> additional (check for other instances too)
 * "A further nine species which previously had" which->that
 * is it necessary to have tables with a single row sortable?
 * why do some of the snails and fingernail/pea clams have two binomials listed?
 * why are some pea clams "peaclams" (without a space)
 * caption: "A European pea clam, a species of special concern in Michigan" Since there's more than 1 clam in the picture, how about modifying to "The European pea clam is a species of special concern in Michigan"
 * Thanks for the review, Sasata! I think I have addressed all of your comments; please let me know if there is anything I missed. Dana boomer (talk) 13:31, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Dana boomer (talk) 18:45, 9 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Support very nice. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:43, 10 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Support Its terribly good after that superb work regarding the red links. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛  Talk Email 16:39, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
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