Talk:Carl Linnaeus/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:47, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Right then, let's go - will copyedit as I go but please revert if I accientally guff the meaning. I'll jot queries below: Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:47, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing this article. I will help in the GAN but currently I do not feel the article is deserving of a GA. There is so much to write about Linnaeus and I feel some things are missing from this article. (e.g. something should be written about Linnaeus' children and I think some parts, like the "commemoration" needs to refer to a main article.) However, I am not the one reviewing this article and I will be as happy as anybody if it passes the GAN. :) Esuzu (talk) 11:07, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for chipping in. I am not too familiar with some aspects of Linnaeus so any assistance you can do content-wise is much appreciated. I am happy to leave this review open longer and get it right as Linnaeus would be a great article to get featured. Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:52, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

So do I. It is an important article for so many wikigroups. However I think we need people who are familiar with taxonomy to rewrite the taxonomy section. Esuzu (talk) 08:23, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Linnaeus was born in the countryside of Småland, - an odd construction. Is "countryside" here supposed to mean province? or that he was born on a farm? I'd either specify or just leave the province.

Countryside means countryside, not province. As I can understand from the sources he lived on a farm. Esuzu (talk) 11:07, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

got most of his higher education - err, sounds a tad colloquial. I think "received most of his higher education " is better

Changed it. Esuzu (talk) 11:07, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

examining waterbirds on the way. - we know that ducks were meant?

The addition was made ~15 months ago [1] by Esuzu without much comment, but in a section referenced to Blunt (2001), pages 45-47. The only mention in that ref about "waterbirds" is near the bottom of P. 46 but there is no mention of any specific type. Clicking the link to Anatidae (not just ducks, but also geese and swans) I think I see why he picked it though: ""Waterbird" redirects here." In case of future changes to that redirect though, I think we should just use a link to 'waterbird'. Will change that in a sec. -- Limulus (talk) 09:36, 19 July 2011 (UTC) Interesting! Waterbird does *not* link to the Anatidae page (it has its own now it seems; includes loons, etc.). Will have to remove that incorrect mention... -- Limulus (talk) 09:48, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

he started taking his degree immediately --> " he began his degree immediately"?

Changed it.

The Major publications and Linnaean taxonomy sections need inline referencing in much of them. Some of the book sections are a bit stubby, and some extra words on the impact of each may help.

The legacy of Linnaean taxonomy seems a little understated in the article overall - this is the cornestone of what he is famous for so important to show legacy.

What's the status of this review? No comments in a month. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 17:49, 15 August 2011 (UTC)