Talk:White-breasted nuthatch/GA1

GA Review

Lead

• "Adults and young may be killed by hawks, owls and snakes, and forest clearance may lead to local habitat loss, but this is a common species with no major conservation concerns over most of its range." I would split this sentence after snakes.

 Done

Description

• "The wing coverts and flight feathers are blackish with paler fringes," blackish sounds a bit vague to me.

 Done - it's what the book says, but changed to very dark gray

Okay. If you want to revert it to blackish, since that's the source, then fire away. If you can find any other source might perhaps clarify what colour, it might also be a good idea. Peanut4 (talk) 14:16, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

• "The face and the underparts are white, and the white of the face extends around the eye." I might suggest re-writing this to "with the white extending around the eyes." or " ..., which extends ..." However, I'm not sure why you need the second clause. Isn't the eye part of the face? I might be missing something here.

 Done removed clause - it's actually a key difference from other NAm nuthatches, but I say that later anyway

Yeah, I noticed this later on. I think your change is a good one. It doesn't need saying too much. Peanut4 (talk) 14:16, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Breeding

• "Once independent, juveniles leave the adult’s territory," I think this should be "adults'" since there are two parents.

 Done Oh, the shame of it - I pride myself on correct possessive apostrophes.

Lol. Had a similar one myself. I wanted to cry when I saw someone correct it!! Peanut4 (talk) 14:16, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Survival

• Is there a wikilink for "diurnal"?

 Done

• "this makes it more difficult for predators to use scent find the nest." I think there's a word missing here.

 Done rephrased for clarity ...this makes it more difficult for a predator to find the nest using its sense of smell.

Status

• Is there a wikilink for "Least Concern"?

 Done

General

• All numerals followed by units should do so with a non-breaking space. E.g. 29 birds.

 Done not sure that "bird" is a unit, but done any way

A few things to do, but nothing substantial, so I'll put it on hold. Peanut4 (talk) 21:53, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing, jimfbleak (talk) 06:17, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

6. 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):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

I've left a couple of notes above, which might help further changes. Otherwise a nice article. Not sure it's long enough for FAC, but there's not much other improvements I could suggest if you did want to go to FAC. It's a really nice article, with some very good images. Well done. Peanut4 (talk) 14:16, 10 August 2008 (UTC)