Talk:Cape Fear Shiner

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Good article Cape Fear Shiner has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can delist it, or ask for a reassessment.
December 18, 2007 Good article nominee Listed


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[edit] Weird derivation...

OK, opening up my trusty lexicon we have...mekistos/μηκιστος - 'longest/tallest' or 'very long' (a superlative from mēkos/μηκος - length) and...cholas/χολας 'intestines' or 'bile' (?!) cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:13, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Ahaaaaa - just read the article. very funny cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:14, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA review

I've signed up to review this, I've a busy week or two coming up what with Christmas etc, but I'll do asap. Jimfbleak (talk) 14:58, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

First quick read through. Obviously not much needed here, but two first thoughts.
  1. Many of the sentences are single clause, and the short sentences make for less than flowing reading, especially in the description section, where almost every characteristic seems to have its own sentence
  2. pharyngeal teeth needs a gloss - I'm not sure what it means without looking it up, and I've a scientific background
Jimfbleak (talk) 16:07, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
I've worked on sentence structure a bit in the lead and description sections. I've also added a definition for pharyngeal teeth into the article. Are there any other improvements that can be made? Oh, and thanks for taking on the article so swiftly after it was posted. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 16:37, 16 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Good Article nomination

I've been through the emended version, just minor tweaks like fixing repeated phrases, rolling up short sentences, and trying to improve the readability in a couple of places: formal assessment


GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars etc.:
  6. 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):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

well done, Jimfbleak (talk) 07:26, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Assessment

Assessed mid-importance for WikiProject Fishes because of conservation status. Neil916 (Talk) 08:55, 8 May 2008 (UTC)