Talk:Smalltail shark

Smalltail shark has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

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Date	Process	Result
December 5, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Smalltail shark/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Jim Sweeney (talk · contribs) 08:09, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): 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, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Comments

First of all can I say that I have never heard of the Smalltail shark, so its interesting to read for that fact alone.

No disamb links no action required
External links checked no action required
In the lead 2–9 young should be two to nine
- Done.
Same in the Biology and ecology section litters of 2–9 (typically 4–6) young
- Done.
The ISBN for Castro, J.H. (2011). The Sharks of North America needs fixing
- Done.

Well done some small points to fix or discuss. I have put a seven day hold on the review to enable users to address any points. Jim Sweeney (talk) 09:03, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Let me know of further issues. -- Yzx (talk) 20:37, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. -- Yzx (talk) 22:48, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]