Talk:Akodon caenosus/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Xtzou (Talk) 16:04, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Just a few nit pick copy editing issues. Otherwise, a fine article if somewhat technical. It is too bad that there is no picture. I assume none is available.

• "It mostly occurs in Yungas vegetation and breeds mainly during the winter. It occurs with many other sigmodontine rodents, including three other species of Akodon." Repetition of "occurs". I change another one in the first sentence to "found".
  • Changed one.
• " Oldfield Thomas described the animal as the holotype of a new subspecies of Akodon puer, a Bolivian species. He described the new subspecies Akodon puer cænosus as darker and duller in color than the Bolivian form, but otherwise identical" - repetition of "described".
  • Changed one.
• "They classified A. caenosus as a species separate from A. lutescens because the two forms did not form a single clade, with A. caenosus instead being recovered closer to A. subfuscus". - is "recovered" the right word here?
  • It is an established technical term here, but the sentence does fine without it, so I struck the word.
• "in view of the relatively high sequence divergence" - Is there a anything you could link "sequence divergence" to, to clarify for the general reader?
  • No, but I rephrased the sentence to clarify the meaning.

Xtzou (Talk) 16:04, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. Some pictures have been published (though only of the skull, I think), but none are free to use. Ucucha 16:12, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales: none available

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail: Pass!

• Good work! Xtzou (Talk) 17:16, 11 April 2010 (UTC)