Talk:Silphidae

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This article was the subject of an educational assignment that ended on early 2009. Further details are available here.

Typos

Within the first paragraph in the second to last sentence "Silphiade are found throughout the world.", i believe you meant "Silphidae" inste9ad of "Silphiade". Also, within the last paragraph in the second sentence "will feed on dipteraln eggs,", you could either put "dipteran" or "diptera", but "dipteraln" doesn't make sense.

Lflores0812 (talk) 23:15, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fix #1

Thank you, the typos are fixed now. Penn195 (talk) 04:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wow

Wow. This article contained a lot of information! Great job! The only thing I found was that the introduction seemed a bit choppy. Maybe fix it so that it flows a little nicer. I liked how you included the subfamilies as well as listed numerous species. One suggestion is maybe go in depth with one or two important species of Silphidae. I really enjoyed how you included new sections in your article such as the relationship and evolution section. Lastly, I would just like to comment on the number of sources you had. This seems there are not enough sources to match the amount of information you gave. Maybe get a few more to get multiple views on your insect. Again, this article was very educational and your effort is greatly appreciated.Msrubar (talk) 02:55, 7 April 2009 (UTC)Msrubar[reply]

Minor edit

Your article is great. The only suggestion I would make is to put your references directly after the punctuation. Vekrull (talk) 11:20, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just a few things

Just a few things. First, under Taxonomy and Etymology, "usually associated with carrion, fungi and dung" is missing a comma after fungi. Also under Nicrophorus investigator, the sentence "The pupal stages typically overwinter and the adult stages emerge in the summer." doesn't seem to make sense looking at it. The pupal stages do what over winter? Lastly, a slight typo under Relationships with Other Organisms. Members from the Silphidae family are known to have a mutual relationship with other organisms. I believe it is supposed to be a mutalistic relationship. Rest of the article seems to be pristine. Jkski23 (talk) 19:37, 10 April 2009 (UTC) Jkski23 (talk) 14:32, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Minor Changes

The article was really good; it was very informative and interesting. I had just a few things I noticed that could be changed. First, under Taxonomy and Etymology, the sentence "Described as mortal, but lacking soul." is a fragment. Also, you described quite a few species, and mentioned two subfamilies Nicrophorinae and Silphinae. I thought it might be helpful to show which species belonged to which subfamily; it would give more insight into the behavior of each individual species. (Mereharton (talk) 15:33, 11 April 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Re: Just a few things

Overall I like the article but there are just 2 small things I would change. #1 is I would link organic in the opening paragraph. #2, in the section "Diversity and Distribution" I would either number or bullet the different species to make them jump out at you more. Other than that I think all other errors were found. Great Job Hopps12714 (talk 14:22, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Overwintering means they are inactive during the winter then the adult emerges from the pupal stage during the summer months. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kalyseg (talk • contribs) 16:40, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Most of the typos have been taken care of! Thanks for reading!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmedina21 (talk • contribs) 16:45, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Intro...

First, Great job! This page was very educational and had a TON of information! The advice that I have is, the Introduction seems to just be repeating the other information in the rest of the paper...so maybe you could find a different way to say it in the intro or in the other paragraphs. Overall, wonderful job and I enjoyed reading your page! (Melissasimons (talk) 20:58, 13 April 2009 (UTC))[reply]