Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of herpestids/archive1

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The list was promoted by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 9 November 2020 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of herpestids[edit]

Featured list candidates/List of herpestids/archive1

Nominator(s): Pres N 21:48, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We continue my animals-in-a-family journey through Carnivora (previously: felids/canids/mustelids/procyonids/ursids/mephitids/viverrids) with list #8: herpestids, encompassing the 34 species of herpestidae, aka mongooses (not, unfortunately, "mongeese"). These are fairly well known as a family—though the variety may be surprising—as most zoos have at least one of these species, usually the most famous one: the meerkat of television fame. As far as variety goes, however, unlike many families most of these species look fairly similar and are of similar sizes. Information on a lot of them is pretty scant as most are found in various bits of central-ish Africa; as a result, we're missing images for a few of them, and a few others have to make do with drawings. As always, the list format is based on the prior lists and reflects FLC comments. Thanks for reviewing! --Pres N 21:48, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Quick comments from mujinga

overall looks very good to me, I like the maps showing the range of each creature
the photo in the infobox is momentarily confusing since the yellow one in the pic is not the yellow mongoose
"The species listed here are based on data from the Paleobiology Database, unless otherwise cited" nothing else is cited, so seems unnecessary to say "unless otherwise cited" Mujinga (talk) 00:25, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Mujinga: Yeah, I didn't make that image; I find having a bright yellow mongoose not be the "yellow" one odd too, but animal names often don't make much sense in a global context. Removed the "unless otherwise cited" bit. --Pres N 16:15, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

on the image would it be clearer to say "(clockwise from top left)" instead of "(top left to bottom right)"? Mujinga (talk) 16:26, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Mujinga: Done, yeah, I think that's clearer. --Pres N 19:53, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'll support then although I would be happier if someone who knows more than me about herpestids gave an opinion here also Mujinga (talk) 16:33, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Should White-tailed mongoose have a capital W in the middle of a sentence?
Is there an appropriate wikilink for "neritic marine"? It seems an obscure term......
Think that's it from me. You've definitely got these down to a fine art now :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:12, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@ChrisTheDude: It should not, no; linked neritic zone. Thanks! --Pres N 16:16, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:51, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support I tried, but I couldn't find anything. ~ HAL333([2]) 17:30, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Source review – All of the references to are high-quality reliable sources and are well-formatted. The link-checker tool shows no issues, so I think we can call this source review a pass. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:14, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FLC/ar, and leave the {{featured list candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Giants2008 (Talk) 23:07, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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