Talk:Anopheles/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: AryKun (talk · contribs) 06:50, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

• My favorite little bloodsuckers! Just kidding, I hate these guys.
  • Many thanks for the review. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:19, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

• Shouldn't nail and marsh mosquitoes be bolded?
  • Done.

• "Many are vectors of the Plasmodium parasite of malaria in birds" to "Many are vectors of the parasite Plasmodium, which causes malaria in birds"
  • Done.

• "is among the best known" to "is the best-known species"
  • Done.

• Instead of just linking the numbers for mya, link the entire phrase (eg 100 million years ago) so it's clearer what then link is for.
  • Done.

• "respiratory siphon" Link or gloss?
  • Glossed.

• Link Sahel.
  • Linked.

• "flies from the surface" Unclear what this is supposed to mean.
  • Edited.

• "ancestors of flies including mosquitoes diverged" maybe better as "ancestors of all other flies diverged from mosquitoes"
  • Edited.

• "phylogenomic analysis" Explanation?
  • Added.

• "Heafsey et. al." to "Heafsey and colleagues"?
  • Done.

• Link type species.
  • Linked.

• "Anopheles (nearly worldwide)" to maybe "Anopheles (with a nearly worldwide distribution)" and
  • Done.

• "(Australia only) and (Neotropics)" to maybe "(restricted to Australia) and (restricted to Neotropics)"
  • Done.

• "Bironella: confusa, gracilis, and hollandi" I've never seen a colon used that way, try parentheses instead.
  • Done.

• "characteristics - wing" The hyphen should be some sort of dash. Also, isn't this just repeating what you said a paragraph ago?
  • Used an n-dash. Removed repeated statement.

• The fact of the taxonomy being unsettled is not nearly controversial enough to require that many citations.
  • Fixed.

• "about 0.5 × 0.2 mm" Needs convert templates.
  • Added.

• "surface microlayer" Link or gloss.
  • Glossed.

• "Anopheles mosquitoes...and pupae" somewhat clunky sentence to read.
  • Split.

• "spider takes a detour" Unclear where the detour is from i.e. where the spider would've gone without the detour.
  • Edited.

• "Global Malaria Eradication Campaign" Might want to add a couple words explaining what this was.
  • Done.

• "Control programs...it is detected" This isn't exactly an encyclopedic tone; it's more instructional and should be reworded.
  • Reworded.

• references number refer to this version:
  • Ref 25 verifies all claims made.
  • ref 28 (Mosquito Parasite Fights Infectious Disease : Discovery News) has a broken link.
    • Added archive.
  • Ref 20 verifies all claims made.
  • Ref 34 verifies all claims made.
  • Refs 29 and 30 verify all claims made.

• The images are all appropriately used and licensed (I especially enjoyed the one illustrating the posture).
  • Noted.
• No copyvio except for the appropriately licensed CDC text.
  • Noted.
• That's all I have. AryKun (talk) 06:50, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
  • All done to date. Thank you very much! Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:19, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed