Talk:Tammar wallaby/GA2

Latest comment: 12 years ago by Laser brain in topic GA Reassessment

GA Reassessment

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After seeing some trouble with another article worked on by the primary editor of this article (LittleJerry (talk · contribs)), I did a random spot-check of one of the sources used in this article and found it plagiarized. From ref 13:

  • Source: "It has a small head and large ears; the tail is long and thick at the base."
  • Article text: "It has a small head and large ears; the tail is long and thick at the base."

GA status should probably be revoked since further plagiarism is likely; the entire article will need to be checked. --Laser brain (talk) 16:42, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

More plagiarism from ref 5:

  • Source: "Dark, grizzled grey-brown above, becoming rufous on the sides of the body and the limbs, especially in males. Pale grey-buff below."
  • Article text: "In colour, it is a dark, grizzled grey-brown above, becomes rufous on the sides of the body and the limbs, particularly in males, and becomes pale grey-buff below.

--Laser brain (talk) 17:15, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Yikes! I recall checking and adding a few myself so it shouldn't be all. I have some free time tonight (in about 12 hours, so let's start at ref 1 and tick off all refs checked, and take the opportunity to discuss as we go. Might be able to do one or two now but weekend days suck... Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:18, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply
Thanks in advance for any assistance. Hopefully it will be minor and LittleJerry will have an opportunity to review the material I linked for him. --Laser brain (talk) 21:29, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply
PS: Am mainly pissed off at myself for missing copyvios (again), my homer simpson type meandering sometimes exacerbated by sleep deprivation. Just archiving my talk page currently but need to nick out to shops...Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:33, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply
Please look at cites [34] [36] and [37] next. I had a hard time paraphasing them. LittleJerry (talk) 05:01, 7 February 2012 (UTC)Reply
LittleJerry, I cannot access 34 and 37. For 36... I'm stumped. I can't really think of a different way to say this that wouldn't sound funny. Maybe Casliber could suggest something? --Laser brain (talk) 03:08, 8 February 2012 (UTC)Reply
You only need the abstract for [37]. Could you please check [32] and se if that is paraphased well? LittleJerry (talk) 04:50, 8 February 2012 (UTC)Reply
37 is ok now. Will look at 32 tomorrow. --Laser brain (talk) 05:50, 8 February 2012 (UTC)Reply
36 is pretty tricky. I'll need to think on it a bit. We're getting there. Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:20, 8 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Update: I've checked most of the other sources (that I can access) and haven't found any significant problems. Some of the paraphrasing is closer than I word prefer, but I wouldn't label it problematic. I suggest this GAR can be closed, with consideration toward any outstanding items above. --Laser brain (talk) 01:47, 13 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Page title capitalisation

Just a quick note about the title, it should probably be Tammar wallaby, as sentence case seems to be preferred at WikiProject Mammals. If fact looking at the wallaby page there are quite a few species articles that still need to be moved. Cheers, Jack (talk) 23:24, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Yes agree - there are so many articles.....Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:37, 4 February 2012 (UTC)Reply