Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/London Wildlife Trust/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) 00:33, 3 June 2016 (UTC).

London Wildlife Trust

 * Nominator(s): Dudley Miles (talk) and Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:09, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

This is a joint nomination by, who is mainly responsible for the lead, and , who has worked on the sites. It uses the same format as the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust, which is an FL. Dudley Miles (talk) 20:09, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Support absolutely fantastic job Dudley Miles and LavaBaron (talk) 22:30, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much. Dudley Miles (talk) 22:36, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
 * And from me! Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:40, 22 May 2016 (UTC)


 * "Yes" and "No" in the public access column do not need to be capitalized; they are not abbreviations. The redlink on skipping flower beetle should perhaps be Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana - the name at least does seem rare!. Otherwise the list looks great. Reywas92Talk 06:17, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Fixed the yes/no formatting. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:08, 25 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help . All the google searches showing skipping flower beetle derive from the LWT page, so I suspect it is a typo. I think the beetle should be deleted unless you have a source to say it is Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana. What do you think? Dudley Miles (talk) 08:52, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, better to leave it out. Reywas92Talk 17:05, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Deleted. Dudley Miles (talk) 17:35, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Support Reywas92Talk 07:07, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for the review. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:11, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Many thanks. Dudley Miles (talk) 08:30, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Comments - Here are a few wording issues. The list itself looks good.
 * "over 40 nature reserves in Greater London,[2] One of its"... need a full stop, not just a comma.
 * Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:27, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * "thus was in effect already a Trust reserve"... can cut "in effect"
 * Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:27, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * "an award for its work"..... add preserving natural habitats?
 * No, it's not a reserve. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:27, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Ok, but you should say what they won the award for...
 * "environment in the capital, its "Biological Recording Project".... could turn that comma into a full stop. But the next sentence would then change becoming to became.
 * Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:27, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * "who together work on" into "who work together on"
 * Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:27, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * activities from water management to chalk grassland restoration,... not really a range, so maybe "activities including water management, chalk grasslands restoration, "
 * Tweaked wording. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:27, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * " per year.[7][9] The trust is " = "per year and is..."
 * No, the first is about reserves, the second about membership. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:27, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * "on projects such as to support pollinators" - needs a bit of wording change "such as to" doesn't flow well.
 * Rearranged and reworded. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:27, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * link to Brent_Reservoir? Not sure if that is the same thing.
 * Linked to Brent Reservoir. Welsh Harp Open Space is an area on the shore of the reservoir. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:49, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm confused why some organisms have wikilinks, and some others do not. Is there logic behind it? For example why is water-dropwort linked but not common spotted orchid?
 * Links added. I find it difficult to get the balance between over and under linking. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:49, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * including the rare small blue.... is that the name of the creature? "small blue"?
 * Linked. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:49, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * why not link german hairy snail isntead of " Pseudotrichia rubiginosa"?
 * Done. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:49, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * First citation is just a bare url
 * Not sure what to do about this as it was a live link a few days ago and now appears dead. is away for a few days but should be back shortly. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:49, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I've replaced it with a formatted ref from LWT and one from The Wildlife Trusts. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:27, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Is there a reason the sources are separate from citations? Why not just have citations?
 * It is usual and I think helpful to have a separate section for sources which are repeated with different page numbers. It means that the citation can be given as e.g. For a Wilder City, p. 5 and elsewhere p. 10 rather than having to give full details each time. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:49, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * If there is a section called "Sites formerly managed by the Trust", it should probably have a short description explaining why the sites are no longer managed by the trust?
 * This information is not usually available, just an old source showing the site as managed by the LWT and a recent one not. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:49, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Looks good so far! I think these are the last of my recommendations. Mattximus (talk) 21:07, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:49, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * No problem. Great article. Support as long as the citation is fixed. Mattximus (talk) 22:29, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Well, reviewers were quite keen to jump on this one, weren't they? Did a source review, which passed, so... promoting! -- Pres N  15:55, 2 June 2016 (UTC)


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