Talk:Anomochilus

Latest comment: 8 months ago by AirshipJungleman29 in topic Did you know nomination
Good articleAnomochilus 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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Article milestones
DateProcessResult
July 21, 2023Good article nomineeListed
September 19, 2023Good topic candidatePromoted
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 28, 2023.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that depending on who you ask, an anomochilid could be a dwarf or a giant?
Current status: Good article

GA Review edit

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Reviewer: Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 11:04, 21 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

Comments edit

I'll take this one. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:04, 21 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

This is a well-written and fully-cited article with an appropriate structure, so there is rather little that needs to be said about it.

  • "preoccupied", hm, yes, I guess so, but why not just say "was already in use"? (I think "preoccupied" is at least half-redundant with the existing "already", too.)
    • Done.
  • I appreciate that it's hard to get images of these secretive snakes, but It's not ideal using the same image in the lead and in the table, specially below a blank space for one of the other species. It might be better to remove the image column altogether, and move the remaining image of A. weberi to the top of the "Description" section.
    • I'm currently trying to get a photo of leonardi from iNaturalist, if it takes more than a week or so I'll remove the section.
  • The discussion of relatives and clades would be much better with the support of a cladogram. I see there is one in [11], from which only a small part needs to be taken for this article's purposes.
    • Added a cladogram.
      • Thanks. I think you could root it in the Alethinophidia?
        • I'm not sure; it only depicts part of the family, so wouldn't that be a little misleading?
          • OK, I guess you could say "Part of ...", or else label the root and add another branch for "other families" to indicate incompleteness (I think I'd do the latter) so at least we have a root. No worries.
  • "diet consists of elongate invertebrates like earthworms and perhaps on small, slim vertebrates " --- the "on" should be "also of".
    • Done.
  • "give birth to live young": please wikilink to Viviparity.
    • Done.
  • The images on Commons are appropriately licensed.
  • All the sources are suitable, mainly primary research papers.
  • Spot-checks are all ok.

Summary edit

This article is basically ready for GA and merely needs attention to the few points mentioned above. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:34, 21 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination edit

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 09:42, 22 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

  • ... that depending on who you ask, an anomochilid could be a dwarf or a giant? Source: O'Shea, Mark (2023). Snakes of the World: A Guide to Every Family. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Das, Indraneil (2010). Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-East Asia. London: New Holland Publishers.

Improved to Good Article status by AryKun (talk). Self-nominated at 15:57, 28 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Anomochilus; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited:  
  • Interesting:  
QPQ: Done.
Overall:   Good article, passes earwig, and is adequately sourced. No close paraphrasing was found, and the hook is very interesting, cited inline, and verified. QPQ done. Nom good to go. Pseud 14 (talk) 15:43, 29 July 2023 (UTC)Reply