Talk:Spanish fly/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: AryKun (talk · contribs) 04:43, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

• Scientific name shouldn't be bolded.
  • Fixed.
• Meloidae shouldn't be italicized.
  • Fixed.
• Perhaps integrate some more of the uses of the insect into the lead.
  • Done.
• Add some info about distribution, appearance, and ecology into the lead.
  • Done.
• If Cantharis is in an unrelated genus, then why would the species be put in it? You need to add info about its disputed taxonomy. This is also not in the body and should be added.
  • Added, and moved refs out of lead.

• The description contains just the coloration and size, but there appears to be much more information available.
  • Extended.

• I'm going to stop my review at this stage, as this article lacks a lot of info that is available and which would be needed for this article to be comprehensive. I will fail this article for now, it can be renominated after the information has been added or if you think my review may have been mistaken. AryKun (talk) 08:20, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
  • @AryKun: - I've addressed the main points, happy to do more. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:38, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
• Okay, quick work, I'll review again.

More

• Blister beetle doesn't appear to be a name for this species specifically, but rather a more general name.
  • Removed.
• Link Eurasia.
  • Done.
• "It and other such species" → "The species and others in its family"
  • Done.
• Does Cantharides need to be italicized?
  • Roman it is.
• Link generic name and specific name.
  • Done.
• Add Johan Fabricius's nationality and occupation.
  • Done.
• Perhaps mention that the Spanish fly is the type species of Lytta.
  • Done.
• Be consistent in using either common or scientific name (I'd prefer using the common name throughout).
  • Done.
• Maybe change the section title from Description to Description and ecology
  • Done.
• The first sentence in description is overcited.
  • Fixed.
• Ref order after the second para in Description.
  • Done, we're well down into the weeds here.
• Figuring out where exactly the species is distributed is hard to understand from the range section. Just mention its entire range first and then say that it is mainly found in southern Europe.
  • Fixed.
• "willow tree while occasionally" → "willow tree, occasionally"
  • Reworded.
• The Description section states that only males produce cantharidin, while the Cantharidin section states that "males produce significantly more". Which is it?
  • Both are correct. The article also states that females acquire it from males. I've edited the Cantharidin mention to say "having".
• Replace "vesicant" with "blistering agent".
  • Done.
• Link tubular necrosis and glomerular destruction.
  • Done.
• The 1954 manslaughter case is mentioned twice.
  • Fixed.
• Was epiglottis the cause of death or Spanish fly poisoning?
  • Epiglottitis.
• Refs 2 and 3 have broken links.
  • Updated. Unbelievable, UChicago have just broken every single link in all their dictionaries.
• What makes English Word Information a reliable source?
  • Replaced.
• Refs 13 and 14 have broken links.
  • Updated URLs.
• Could the Encyclopedia Brittanica ref be replaced with a better one?
  • Removed (proving that "nothing is better than the EB").
• What makes UK Beetle Recording a reliable source?
  • The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is a major research centre.
• Ref 23 broken link.
  • Removed.
• Nice work here, passing the article. AryKun (talk) 11:26, 19 January 2022 (UTC)