Talk:Pacific angelshark

Pacific angelshark 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.

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Date	Process	Result
June 25, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 24, 2009.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that at night, the Pacific angelshark (pictured) may use bioluminescent plankton to target its prey?

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GA Review[edit]

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

Hi, I'll be reviewing this article over the next few days. Sasata (talk) 18:22, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(Just a comment: I reviewed it, since you do not have your name under it on GAN, and find it an excellent article! —Mattisse (Talk) 19:00, 25 June 2009 (UTC)}[reply]

I agree with Matisse: this is another fine article, typical of the output of Yzx. I did a minor copyedit, mostly adding links, and doing some MOS tweaks. I will pass the article, and leave a few suggestions that might be useful. Sasata (talk) 22:22, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"This bottom-dwelling shark prefers flat, soft substrates close to shore," what does substrates mean in this context?
"A number of genetically discrete subpopulations" I'm iffy about piping "genetically" to DNA, surely there must be a better link?
"where gillnet "pangas" targeting this species" what's a panga?
saw this recent article that might go in somewhere:

Title: Food habits of the Pacific angel shark Squatina californica in the southern Gulf of California, Mexico. Author(s): Escobar-Sanchez, Ofelia; Abitia-Cardenas, L. Andres; Galvan-Magana, Felipe Source: Cybium Volume: 30 Issue: 4 Pages: 91-97 Published: 31 janvier 2007

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):

Prose is well-written; article complies with MOS.

It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c(OR):
Well-referenced to reliable sources.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
Coverage is broad , comparable to other GA shark articles.
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):
All images have appropriate free use licenses.
Overall:
Pass/Fail: