Talk:Tammar wallaby/GA2

GA Reassessment

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After seeing some trouble with another article worked on by the primary editor of this article (LittleJerry (talk · contribs)), I did a random spot-check of one of the sources used in this article and found it plagiarized. From ref 13:

Source: "It has a small head and large ears; the tail is long and thick at the base."
Article text: "It has a small head and large ears; the tail is long and thick at the base."

GA status should probably be revoked since further plagiarism is likely; the entire article will need to be checked. --Laser brain (talk) 16:42, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

More plagiarism from ref 5:

Source: "Dark, grizzled grey-brown above, becoming rufous on the sides of the body and the limbs, especially in males. Pale grey-buff below."
Article text: "In colour, it is a dark, grizzled grey-brown above, becomes rufous on the sides of the body and the limbs, particularly in males, and becomes pale grey-buff below.

--Laser brain (talk) 17:15, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yikes! I recall checking and adding a few myself so it shouldn't be all. I have some free time tonight (in about 12 hours, so let's start at ref 1 and tick off all refs checked, and take the opportunity to discuss as we go. Might be able to do one or two now but weekend days suck... Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:18, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks in advance for any assistance. Hopefully it will be minor and LittleJerry will have an opportunity to review the material I linked for him. --Laser brain (talk) 21:29, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PS: Am mainly pissed off at myself for missing copyvios (again), my homer simpson type meandering sometimes exacerbated by sleep deprivation. Just archiving my talk page currently but need to nick out to shops...Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:33, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ref 1 - ok. Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:42, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
ref 2 - ok, though source does not mention West Wallabi Island (should be straightforward to find and add). Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:49, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
ref 5 - first two links not paraphrased, third has been changed thusly. A little tricky, was contemplating changing "sides of body" to "flanks" but sometimes not quite synonymous. Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:19, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
ref 6 was one I added and is fine. Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:28, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
refs 7–9 offline, no access. --Laser brain (talk) 21:09, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
ref 10 was a bit close, and thus rephrased. --Laser brain (talk) 21:09, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
ref 11 offline, no access. --Laser brain (talk) 21:16, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
ref 12 - ok. --Laser brain (talk) 21:16, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
ref 13 - ok. --Laser brain (talk) 03:19, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
refs 14–17 ok. --Laser brain (talk) 01:18, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
refs 18–21 ok. --Laser brain (talk) 01:25, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please look at cites [34] [36] and [37] next. I had a hard time paraphasing them. LittleJerry (talk) 05:01, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

LittleJerry, I cannot access 34 and 37. For 36... I'm stumped. I can't really think of a different way to say this that wouldn't sound funny. Maybe Casliber could suggest something? --Laser brain (talk) 03:08, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You only need the abstract for [37]. Could you please check [32] and se if that is paraphased well? LittleJerry (talk) 04:50, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

37 is ok now. Will look at 32 tomorrow. --Laser brain (talk) 05:50, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

36 is pretty tricky. I'll need to think on it a bit. We're getting there. Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:20, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I've checked most of the other sources (that I can access) and haven't found any significant problems. Some of the paraphrasing is closer than I word prefer, but I wouldn't label it problematic. I suggest this GAR can be closed, with consideration toward any outstanding items above. --Laser brain (talk) 01:47, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Page title capitalisation

Just a quick note about the title, it should probably be Tammar wallaby, as sentence case seems to be preferred at WikiProject Mammals. If fact looking at the wallaby page there are quite a few species articles that still need to be moved. Cheers, Jack (talk) 23:24, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes agree - there are so many articles.....Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:37, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]