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[edit] Clean up

Added to the cleanup list. 68.81.164.226 04:16, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

I think this article is written by a foreign speaker, likely Russian (or Possibly German based on the writer's usage of English, and mostly needs work on standardizing the language. We would do better to encourage people who are not native English speakers to add articles on their fields of expertise and interest and fix them to encourage content. I worked on it a little bit and the article reads better now and has more links. NKB 2/16/06

Is it just me or is this a little difficult to read, lots of short sentences rather than paragraphs flowing nicely...I don't intend on changing it just wondering if anyone agreed. Is not a bad article anyway :) --Cory 14:03, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

agreed...i noticed several choppy sentences & a couple run-ons. could definitely be edited to flow better. i'm no english professor, so i'll leave that to someone else. also - one discrepancy which bugs me a bit:

'This sub species of tigers, the smallest in size became extinct...'

and

'The Caspian tiger was the second largest tiger...'

i suppose the first reference is to population size, while the second is to physical characteristics…but i’d like to have that verified.

~~ ajp100688

The Habits section (now renamed Habits/Mating) has been tidied up, the choppy sentences have been merged and tweaked so they now run more fluidly into each other and it's much less stop-start.

As for the size conflict, that I am not sure of, from the picture shown the Tiger does not appear to be a great size in contrast to the Siberian breed. I'd be more likely to think the initial comment refered to it's physical size, and the second largest comment was about it's range especially when taking this into account:

"The Caspian tiger, Panthera tigris virgata, has become extinct in the past 50 years. It once ranged throughout the humid forests and grasslands of afghanistan, iran, mongolia, Turkey and the central Asiatic areas of Russia." - --User:ajp100688 14:05, 18 June 2005

[edit] Politics - Neutrality

• I just added the Neutrality tag because of the statement that the extinction was caused by politicians; presumably they didn' talk it to death but maybe they authorised the actions that lead to its extinction by other people. It need clarification.

ping 08:23, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Echad 05:42, 22 April 2006 (UTC) Men, are you really into this? I mean, "neutrality of a TIGER article?" What next, an organization against anti-Tigrism? People, don't be so childish, this is (supposed to be) serious recource!

I removed the Neutrality tag, because when you read the whole article or even one sentence further, you read an explanation. I quote: "At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian government worked heavily to eradicate the Caspian tiger during an extensive land reclamation program. There was no room for the tiger in their plans, and government officials instructed the Russian army to exterminate all tigers found around the area of the Caspian Sea, a project that was carried out very efficiently. Once the extermination of the Caspian tiger was almost complete, farmers cleared forests and planting crops such as rice and cotton. Due to intensive hunting and deforestation, the Caspian tiger retreated first from the lush lowlands to the forested ranges, then to the marshes around some of the larger rivers, and finally, deeper into the mountains, until it almost certainly became extinct." Sites that have also information on this are: [1] and [2]. Pmaas 08:04, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

I also removed the disputed text, because it is also discussed in the chapter History and extinction. See quote in previous post. Pmaas 08:12, 22 April 2006 (UTC)