Talk:Prochyliza xanthostoma

Untitled

This article was created by the bot Qbugbot. For more information, see User:Qbugbot/info. For questions and comments, leave a message at User:Qbugbot/talk.

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 26 August 2019 and 4 December 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Chickfilkay. Peer reviewers: EllyGrant, Srivera2019, Listephanie.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 02:44, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Updates

I am continuing to update this article. I created this article and added sections including the lead section, description, distribution and habitat, life history, food resources, mating, and interactions with humans. I intend to add more detail in the description and behavioral/mating sections, specifically in regard to sexual dimorphism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.252.110.161 (talk) 18:50, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Peer Comments

Overall a good start! You have a few empty sections with heading in line is exciting, but maybe keep them in your sandbox instead of publishing them before they are finished. I noticed that the first sentence in the Sexual Dimorphism section includes a quote but no citation at the end - please indicate where the quote is from so that readers can refer back to the primary source. Additionally, you are citing other Wikipedia articles instead of linking them (for instance Piophilidae). If you are citing the information on that page without mentioning the page, it might be better to just go to the reference of that page and cite the information you need. One thing really interesting about this fly is sexual selection. I would suggest devoting an individual section/paragraph to that. Hope this helps! Alicelixuan (talk) 22:36, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

The article had improved greatly since just a few days ago. The addition of multiple headings points the article in a interesting/intriguing direction and if they are all completed would make a worthwhile article. A few constructive criticisms would include the addition of photos. I understand at times it may be hard to find photos of a specific insect, but the addition of such would bring your article to life. Added on to this, the article may be easier to read with less headings and more subheadings. This is more of a personal preference. But I'm looking forward to the future edits to this article! StanTheWu (talk) 19:43, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Thank you Alice and Stanley! Chickfilkay (talk) 20:02, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Great start on this article! I have edited to improve grammar and phrasing throughout the page (rephrasing quotes, expanding on certain items, general corrections to make things clearer), as well as adding a couple more sections and some facts from some of your sources. Hope this helps! EllyGrant (talk) 19:16, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

This is a great start to the article as it covers a good amount of information! As for the changes I made to the article, they were mainly stylistic/grammatical and adding a couple of hyperlinks to terms such as carrion, ovule, and oviposit. As others have mentioned, however, I feel that it can be made better by adding more sections or in general elaborating on current ones. One suggestion would be to expand and possibly create a subsection for courtship that would include what the male does to make it easier for a reader to find for someone interesting in that aspect of mating. Similarly, for the “Male Combat” section I would recommend elaborating on combat behavior. For instance how they challenge and if they asses their competitor? Is there signs or instances in which the fly has been shown to refrain from fighting certain individuals? Also, I am not sure if it was mentioned in the article cited but I was wondering if there was a reason for a bias for females in the “Life History”. Once again good job overall! I hope my suggestions were helpful.Srivera2019 (talk) 03:14, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Good start on this article! I fixed the formatting, font size and capitalization of the headings and subheadings. I also edited the article for grammar, punctuation, and conciseness. In the lead section, I made the sentence about eleven species in the genus Prochyliza less awkwardly worded, and I corrected the typo of “dimorphism.” I also added a summary of the rest of the article in the lead section to make it a more inclusive overview of the article for the reader. The “Cheese Flies” article from Preferred Pest Control was listed four times as separate sources, so I consolidated the in-text citations into one reference for this source. I think the mating behavior of this fly species was well-covered. In the “Sexual dimorphism” section, I deleted the first sentence stating the definition of sexual dimorphism and the link the the Encyclopedia Britannica article because I felt it was unnecessary to add specifically to this fly article. Last, I edited the first sentence in “Male combat” for clarity. I hope my edits were helpful. Listephanie (talk) 04:47, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Student contributions READ ME

hello, I am a student in a biology class. I will be writing about this fly throughout this semester . Chickfilkay (talk) 19:45, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Note: for reviews, please refrain from unsubstantial critiques (I.e. those regarding word count, anything already covered by previous reviewers on the talk page) Chickfilkay (talk) 19:57, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

HELLO MY NEW ARTICLE IS HERE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Zaprionus_tuberculatus — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chickfilkay (talk • contribs) 01:48, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

• Closeup prochyliza xanthostoma.jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 13:37, 15 May 2020 (UTC)