Talk:Scissortail sergeant/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs) 14:45, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I plan to review this article and hope to post further comments here when the initial problems are addressed. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:45, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article is unbalanced and not broad in its scope. There is no Description section, or information on ecology, distribution and habitat in the body of the article.
The lead should be a summary of what is contained in the rest of the article and should not introduce information not mentioned elsewhere. Nor does it usually have references because the facts mentioned in the lead should be referenced when they occur in the body of the article. At the moment the lead is not an adequate summary of the contents of the article.
At the moment some paragraphs have no references. There should be at least one per paragraph and more when information comes from multiple sources. See here for guidance on writing references. "Wikipedia's Verifiability policy requires inline citations for any material challenged or likely to be challenged, and for all quotations, anywhere in article space. However, editors are advised to provide citations for all material added to Wikipedia." The references in the article at the moment vary in format and need attention.

If you need any help ask here or on my talk page. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:45, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA fail

I do not believe this article meets the criteria for GA status. The Behavior section is very good but the rest of the article is insufficiently broad in its scope as outlined above. It also lacks citations and its lead does not adequately summarise the rest of the article. It could be nominated again for GA when these deficiencies have been overcome. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:29, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]