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A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:
Prose is generally clear, concise, and encyclopedic in tone. There are some passages where the meaning was not clear or the wording is awkward:
a place where the administration and the tin mining activity could be seen from a hilltop from a place of retreat for the English people - This sentence seems to imply that it was important for all these functions to be possible in the same location. If that is intentional, the text should say why. If the implied meaning is not intentional, it should be reworded to not make the implication.
Done The original text does not follows what it was stated in the cited references, hence a lot of text were replaced with stating that it was the discovery of the hill with good geography feature that led to the hill station being constructed in that location. WPSamson (talk) 09:41, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
the British administration was in need to look for another mountain area which had a larger area that would allow for larger hill station development. - Does hints that the British stopped using Maxwell Hill as their hill station. The article should clearly state whether this was the case, and if so when.
Comment: I am not able to find information regarding if British stopped using Maxwell Hill as their hill station, should it stated the fate is unknown or remove it altogether? WPSamson (talk) 09:57, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The area is considered the wettest place in Malaysia because the location receives the highest rainfall in Malaysia - This says the same thing twice. Either say it is the wettest or that it receives the highest rainfall, not both.
the Tea Garden House remains unaffected from discontinuation. This is unclear to me. Does it mean the Tea Garden House remained open when the other things closed?
Done Rewrite the sentence to explain that the Tea Garden House continues to operate despite the absence of tea plantation. WPSamson (talk) 03:45, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I'm finding some more issues. Re it is estimated 150 tons per hectare of soil will be lost annually, under what circumstances would this happen? Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 23:22, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The sentence doesn't make sense without saying why or when the soil loss would be triggered, so the part about soil loss should be removed. Or if you feel it's important, feel free to post a quote from the relevant part of the source and I'll try to see if I can paraphrase it. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 23:25, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Re: Maxwell Hill was renamed to Bukit Larut in 1979, although not much development has taken place in the hill station. - I'm confused by the word "although" which implies that there is a relationship between the lack of development and the renaming. Is there a relationship between these two facts? Does the part about lack of development even need to be said? Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:40, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think the lead section needs to be shortened by reducing detail. E.g. An attempt to redevelop Bukit Larut with the inclusion of hotels, a highland flower garden, a lookout tower, a seminar centre, and 400 metres (1,300 ft) of suspension bridge could be condensed to something like "A proposal to redevelop Bukit Larut with additional tourism facilities..." Details such as which has been studied by various scientists and researchers shouldn't be in either the lead or the body - it's obvious the biodiversity has been studied, because that's how we know about it.
The lead still has the details on flower gardens, etc. that I mentioned above. Do you think these details are important for the lead? If yes, why? Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:43, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"The government of Perak, however, refuted the claim, stated that the cable car project will never take place in the future" doesn't seem to be supported by the source, which says only that there are no plans for a cable car project. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:24, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Summary style is mostly used very well. The Biodiversity section contains more detail than is necessary about who performed what studies and when. You can state uncontroversial factual findings as facts. For example, instead of saying "with 22 different lichens discovered in a 2004 study conducted by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Australia National University", you can state this as a simple fact such as "22 different lichens have been identified." I'd also suggest removing the list of Latin names of amphibian families or at least converting them to common names and listing only the most common ones.Clayoquot (talk | contribs)
Images are good enough for GA. If I can make a suggestion though, the pictures in the biodiversity section could use more... biodiversity. It looks as if you've ensured that all photos were actually taken in or near Bukit Larut, but that's not required - it would be good to show some pictures of mammals and birds that are known to live in the area even if the actual picture was taken elsewhere. If you want to add or replace pictures during the GA review I would be happy to re-review them. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:24, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Reviewing request. Oh I did not know that it's not a must for the images of animals to be always taken at the same area. Anyway I had added several images of animals into biodiversity section, along with image of forest and restaurant into the article and need review for the image in the article. WPSamson (talk) 04:55, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the updates. The new images are fine in terms of copyright status. However, the new picture of a Dicksonia antarctica fern fails the "relevant to the topic" requirement because that species of fern is not found in Malaysia. Any photo of any other plant or animal species that has been found in Bukit Larut would be suitable. Or you could just remove this photo. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 23:49, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This is a strong, interesting, and well-sourced article with an impressive variety of sources. I think it's close to GA. After comments are addressed I'll give it a bit more copyediting and I look forward to passing it. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 19:59, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Done The original text does not follows what it was stated in the cited references, hence a lot of text were replaced with stating that it was the discovery of the hill with good geography feature that led to the hill station being constructed in that location. WPSamson (talk) 09:41, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
Comment: I am not able to find information regarding if British stopped using Maxwell Hill as their hill station, should it stated the fate is unknown or remove it altogether? WPSamson (talk) 09:57, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
Removed WPSamson (talk) 03:45, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
Reviewing request. Oh I did not know that it's not a must for the images of animals to be always taken at the same area. Anyway I had added several images of animals into biodiversity section, along with image of forest and restaurant into the article and need review for the image in the article. WPSamson (talk) 04:55, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
