Talk:Chital/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: AmaryllisGardener (talk · contribs) 20:11, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Review

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

Hold

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, no copyvios, spelling and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Notes

Well written

"In August 2012, a helicopter pilot pleaded guilty to transporting four axis deer from Maui to the Big Island. [15]" Inappropriate space between the period and the ref.
"The chital has been introduced to Andaman Islands, Australia, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Point Reyes National Seashore near San Francisco, California, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, and Hawaii in the United States, and to the Veliki Brijun Island in the Brijuni Archipelago of the Istrian Peninsula in Croatia.[25] [26][27]" Similar problem, no space is needed between the refs.
I don't think the "External links" section is needed.
"Fawns sometimes gather in nurseries." I think the proper way to say it is "Fawns gather in nurseries, occasionally."

Referencing

"Australia" subsection in the "Range" section is unreferenced.
"Alarm calls of either species can be indicative of the presence of a predator such as a tiger." is unreferenced.
"Fawns sometimes gather in nurseries." is unreferenced
"Their lifespans are around 8–14 years." is unreferenced.
I recommend running Reflinks, which fills in references.

Broadness

No problems

NPOV

No problems

Stability

No problems

Images

I think the images could be trimmed down a bit, I'm not sure about that gallery.

As it has been nearly 7 days, the GA nom has failed. --AmaryllisGardener ^talk 18:38, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Drive by comment

I see this was nominated for GA, but it does not fullfill the comprehensiveness criterion, as there is no taxonomy section, and no mention of the two subspecies or what separates them. It would also seem that all info at Sri Lankan axis deer could simply be merged into here. FunkMonk (talk) 21:12, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@FunkMonk: How could I miss that? I thought for sure it had a taxonomy section. *facepalm* (This is my first GAR) --AmaryllisGardener ^talk 21:18, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]