Talk:Coral Patch Seamount/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Amitchell125 (talk · contribs) 15:21, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Happy to review this article.

Assessment

Lead section

• There's no actual link to 'North Atlantic Ocean', link to Atlantic Ocean.

  Hmm? I think that the link is perfectly fine. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:31, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Happy to acquiesce. Amitchell125 (talk) 21:17, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• The lead section is not yet an adequate summary of the main text. Please enlarge it, ensuring that each of the four sections of the main text is summarised in the lead section (see WP:MOSLEAD).

  Expanded this a little. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:31, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• The image in the lead section would make more sense to the reader if an appropriate caption was included.

  Added one. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:31, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Research history and name

• Link seamount, and unlink any occurrences of this link elsewhere in the main text (e.g. in the next section); also link CS (Cable layer)

  Linked, delinked, but I don't think that one can split such a link up. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:31, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, just to clarify, according to MOS:DL the link should be at the first occurrence after the lead. Apologies if I confused you. Amitchell125 (talk) 21:28, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• ...in October 12,… - in should read 'on'.

  Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:31, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• It is only poorly explored. would read better if was written 'The seamount has not been fully explored.'

  I think that would convey implications that the source does not have. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:31, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

In the Ref 3 abstract on p. 3421, it is clearly stated that the seamount has been "so far largely unexplored". As 'poorly explored' can be taken to read that the nature of the exploration undertaken was in some way unsatisfactory, the text needs to be amended. Amitchell125 (talk) 21:39, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Yes, but to me "poorly" carries more of a "not everything" implication, here. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:24, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Understood. AM

Geography and geomorphology

• Link Atlantic; elliptical; sediments; red link Ampére Seamount (as has been done in the lead section).

  Done, but I am certain that "elliptical" is not linked. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:24, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

• They are also known as the Horseshoe Seamounts. - What is their alternative name? Did you mean They are sometimes referred to collectively as the Horseshoe Seamounts.?

  The latter; rewritten to reflect this point. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:24, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

• ...and trending east-northeast. - trending appears to be incorrect in this context.

  No; I am sure that one uses "trend" for such geographical concepts as well. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:24, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Understood. AM

• ...at about 645 metres (2,116 ft) depth. - replace with 'at a depth of about 645 metres (2,116 ft).' 'structural high?

  Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:24, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

• "Vince volcano" is the largest volcanic cone… - there's no need for the quote marks.

  It is as it's an informal name. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:24, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Geology

• Unlink Madiera, crustal and basalts (already linked further up)

  Delinked. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 19:38, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

• Link Convergence zone (...plate convergence…); Gorringe Ridge (...Gorringe Bank); Dredging; geochemistry
• …the 74 million years old Serra de Monchique in Iberia to the 14-0 million years old Porto Santo… - the source gives 'c.72 Ma'. The second figure should read 14.0.

  Did the first, but the second also includes Madeira which has Holocene eruptions. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 19:38, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, but what then does '14-0' mean? Amitchell125 (talk) 15:11, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

• …,including Coral Patch Seamount. - I am unclear as to why there are 2 references for this short group of words in the first sentence. Iit looks as if the references need to be rearranged.

  Removed the first. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 19:38, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

More comments to follow. I'm taking my time reading the sources carefully, hence the delays in producing the review. Amitchell125 (talk) 18:37, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. Careful source reading is one of the harder bits of any content review. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 19:38, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Life

• Link Substrate (marine biology) …substrates…, fishing (…fished.).

  Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:49, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

• Correct the link to anemones, which leads to the genus of flowering plants, and asteroids, which leads to the rocks in the Solar System.

  Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:49, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

• The seamount is heavily fished. Underwater observations have found numerous fishing lines and other debris from human activity on Coral Patch Seamount. - found on p. 3434, not the preceding page, as given in ref. 12.

  Corrected. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:49, 15 April 2020 (UTC)