Talk:Microgale macpheei

Microgale macpheei has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

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Date	Process	Result
May 31, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 25, 2010.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Microgale macpheei is the only known recently extinct tenrec?

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Microgale macpheei/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Xtzou (Talk) 21:45, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

All in all, this article does a pretty good job of being accessible, for a technical subject. I have just one question: What is considered "recently extinct"? What are the parameters?

Xtzou (Talk) 21:45, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing. "Recently extinct" I would assume to mean during the Holocene (last 10,000 years; indeed, Recent redirects to Holocene). The supporting sentence from the source says "M. macpheei is so far the only species of Tenrecidae known to have become extinct in recent geological history." I linked "recent". Ucucha 06:23, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. I am only learning about these topics by reading articles. Xtzou (Talk) 13:15, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality: Concisely written, and as clear as such an obscure topic can be.

B. MoS compliance: Complies with required elements of MoS
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources: Reliable sources

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary: Well referenced

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects: Sets the context

B. Focused: Remains focused on the topic
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail: Pass!

Congratulations! Xtzou (Talk) 13:18, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]