Talk:Spotted hyena/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: SpacedOut84 (talk · contribs) 21:35, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

I am reading the article and will start a review when I am done. SpacedOut84 (talk) 21:35, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Review

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Discussion

I don't think this review is going to drag on or take much time as this is a very good article, I have yet to see many problems with it. However, I am not done reading it yet. SpacedOut84 (talk) 13:08, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

I hate to be picky as this is a very good article, but under the "Denning behaviour" and "Hunting behaviour" subsections I would like to see the measurements (ie. prey body mass and speed) to have lbs. and miles/hr in brackets next to the kg and km measurements (similar to what you had under "Dimensions"). Many readers, especially Americans and a lot of Canadians as well are more familiar with United States customary units. I would actually like to see this throughout the entire article (for example, cm measurements can have the equivalent in inches and meter measurements can have the equivalent in feet next to them in brackets). This assures all readers know or have an idea of what the conversions are instead of having to look them up. If you have any objections and good reasons behind your objections, please discuss it with me. SpacedOut84 (talk) 15:51, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Another thing is the map of the range of Crocuta crocuta. IUCN claims that the species is extinct in Eritrea, Algeria, and Togo yet Togo and Eritrea are highlighted as part of their range. I am willing to let that go as it is a very minor thing, but if you can correct it then do so. SpacedOut84 (talk) 20:57, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

This was a very engaging and interesting article to read. I learned a lot of new things about the spotted hyena that I hadn't known before. The prose is good, the article is stable, it's neutral and well sourced. I am passing it. If you have the time, please review an article yourself. I'm going to be nominating an article for GA status, maybe you can take the time to review that (it's much smaller than the spotted hyena article). SpacedOut84 (talk) 11:52, 28 April 2012 (UTC)