Talk:Roughtail stingray

Roughtail stingray 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.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
April 1, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on March 31, 2009.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the roughtail stingray is the largest stingray in the Atlantic Ocean, at up to 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) across and weighing 300 kilograms (660 lb)?

GA Review[edit]

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

Reviewer: Sasata (talk) 00:03, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Signing up for this review, comments later.

Once again, the article is already very good. A few comments: Sasata (talk) 02:03, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"…and in the northwestern Atlantic, where it is not utilized." add "commercially"?

Done

the prologue appears to be available on Google books

Prologue of what?

Sorry, I meant the protologue :)

Ref+link added

link disjunct

Done

"densely encrustated" is this spelling intentional or should it be encrusted?

Fixed

define/link sinuous

Linked to Wiktionary

"Polypocephalus sp." singular (sp.) or plural (spp.)?

Singular, as I believe it's undescribed

link demersal

Done

"Anecdotal reports suggest that landings of this species are decreasing" What does "landings" mean?

Linked to Fisheries glossary

dab papilla

Added definition and unlinked, since there's no good article for this anyway

Let me know of further issues. -- Yzx (talk) 02:44, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This article meets all the GA criteria: Sasata (talk) 05:20, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
Well written, complies with MoS.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c(OR):
Well-cited to reliable sources.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
Similar to other stingray GAs.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Six images, all PD or with free-use licenses.
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Thanks! -- Yzx (talk) 05:34, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]