Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates/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 The Rambling Man 16:33, 24 August 2010.

The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates

 * Nominator(s): –  VisionHolder « talk » 06:12, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because I feel it meets the FLC requirements. The list is complete and covers not only the current list, but past list members and previous lists. If adjustments are needed in structure or appearance, I will gladly make them. –  VisionHolder « talk » 06:12, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It looks pretty good, though the Alt text needs sorting though. Afro  ( Say Something Funny ) - Afkatk 17:22, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note that alt text is no longer part of the FL criteria. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:23, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * ah ok, well then I have no problems with the list if thats the case, I'll throw in my support. Afro  ( Say Something Funny ) - Afkatk 17:30, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Btw, I will add alt text once the community can define exactly what alt text should include. If I remember correctly, this was the reason why alt text was removed from FAC and FLC requirements.  I think alt text is a good thing, but it takes time to think about and write, and I don't want to have to do it twice for every article I write. Anyway, thanks for your review and your support! –  VisionHolder  « talk » 00:00, 12 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Support enjoyable read. Reg. title, if the common name is used, I'm quite satisfied. Sandman888 (talk) Latest FLC 07:31, 13 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment. I think the former list members should also have the information given for the current list members (distribution, threats, perhaps reason they're no longer on the list). Ucucha 07:36, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * That would be nice, but the current and previous reports don't summarize or consistently provide that information. The current report offers this info in a table while the others do not.  Although I could extract a list of "threats" from the text for the past two years, the previous reports are no longer accessible (from what I can tell) and were much shorter.  (I think the first report was 1 page long, the next only a few pages more.)  Also, there has not always been a full explanation of why each species was taken off the list. –  VisionHolder  « talk » 12:20, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Per your recommendation, I have expanded the table for the former list members. At your convenience, please let me know if it looks okay. –  VisionHolder  « talk » 02:44, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. I did some work on the taxonomy of the old lists and other aspects of the list, and I think it now covers the subject comprehensively. Ucucha 08:20, 24 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Support. Well written and well sourced list. Although the title gave me a pause when I read it the first time—I was thinking about a different kind of primates at that time. I have one question though. Among threats to Gray-headed Lemur are mentioned cyclones. Why are they so dangerous to this species? Ruslik_ Zero 17:02, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your review and support. The short answer is that their limited range is frequently damaged by cyclones on a yearly basis. Since it's a fruit-eater, it can be hard-hit when fruit trees are damaged a fail to produce fruit.  Let me check the source when I get home, and if it explicitly states this, then I will try to clarify briefly in the table. –  VisionHolder  « talk » 19:11, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, I was able to download the document at work, and it just noted that a cyclone in 1997 cut the population in half, but did not give details. But I do know from other sources that damage to food sources is a severe threats to many eastern rainfoest lemur populations. –  VisionHolder  « talk » 19:19, 13 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Well written and well presented article. I was wondering about the lead, which generally sums up the article and doesn't contain information that isn't covered in the rest of the article. This means references are generally avoided in the lead as they come after in the main text (something I know you're already aware of). Is this different in list-class articles? If not there should be more about the inception of this list in a separate section. Jack (talk) 18:19, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * That's a good question. I haven't written for FLC in a while, and I was going on off an older FL of mine, List of lemur species.  If it needs to be shuffled somehow, just let me know.  But given that I've already got a few supports so far and no one has said anything about it yet, I'm not sure if that's a requirement. –  VisionHolder  « talk » 01:19, 16 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Support Good work. Courcelles 11:44, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you! –  VisionHolder « talk » 03:14, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support but why Sunda Loris & Eastern Black Crested Gibbon don't have pictures? (there are pictures at the respective articles) -- Egmontaz  ♤  talk  15:28, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The pictures do not specify which subspecies is shown, and given that these animals belong to specific subspecies, I don't want the pictures to be misleading. Thanks for the review and support! –  VisionHolder  « talk » 03:14, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * fair enough, thank you for answering. -- Egmontaz  ♤  talk  09:20, 23 August 2010 (UTC)


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