Talk:Coral/GA1

Good article nomination

Hi there. This is an excellent article with very good illustrations. Some small things to tidy up though, before the nomination goes through.

General comments

The intro is a little too technical for the "general reader" we are told to aim for. I had a go at simplifying this but this isn't my field.
Not really enough references. No refs at all in Geological history or Uses and they are a bit sparse elsewhere.

Specific comments

Lophelia, do not have associated algae, and can live in much deeper water, with recent finds as deep as 3000 m. Needs a reference since it is a direct reference to sombody's publication.
The copyright tag for the Nematocyst figure has expired.
The coral life cycles figure would display better as a SVG image.
"What we see as a coral is a head of many individual, yet genetically identical, polyps." This seems a clunky sentence. Would "assembly" be a good substitute for "head"?
"Calciferous" is used before it is defined.
Try to avoid using "this" or "these" when multiple things are being discussed, it can be unclear what "this" is to your reader.
division forms two polyps as large as the original Doesn't binary division forms two offspring each half as large as the parent?
They are so sensitive to their environment that, for example, if someone was to cut themselves on a coral cut it would be of a high risk of infection. I don't understand this sentence.

Overall excellent. I learnt a lot from this. TimVickers 01:03, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since none of these points were addressed, the nomination failed. I encourage you to deal with these relatively minor points and re-submit. TimVickers 03:54, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]