Talk:Central Park Zoo/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Kosack (talk · contribs) 09:55, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

I'll take this one, will post review as soon as possible. Kosack (talk) 09:55, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Initial review

Lead

• Should we be describing the zoo as "small" in the opening and not simply let the measurements do the talking so to speak.
  • Removed "small".

Areas

• "drawing more than a million people every year", just a slight prose suggestion. Perhaps, more than one million people...?
  • Fixed.

Exhibits and other buildings

• "The elephant house of the old zoo was formerly located at the site", the phrase old zoo would seem to reflect a separate entity where as, judging by the text, the revitalization is a continuation of the original zoo? Perhaps swap old with original?
  • Fixed - it was on the same site but many of the structures were completely rebuilt. epicgenius (talk) 14:11, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
• Same issue again referring to the lion House if we agree on the above point.
  • Fixed.

Art and conservation programs

• Worth mentioning where the Tigress and Cubs statue was moved from?
  • Added that detail.
• Can't say I'm keen on mid sentence ref placements like ref 20, could be moved to the end?
  • The reason for the mid-sentence references is that these refs support only that portion of the sentence, not the entire sentence. I could move them if you're really sure about this. epicgenius (talk) 14:11, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
    • WP:CITEFOOT does recommend sources being placed after punctuation as it's close enough to maintain the WP:INTEGRITY of the source. This isn't a sticking point on passing the article either way, so it's not a big issue. Kosack (talk) 19:30, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Original menagerie

• "which was founded in 1859.>", stray bracket here.
  • Fixed.
• Do we know why Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins's dinosaur sculptures were destroyed?
  • Typical Tammany Hall reasons - they didn't like the sculptures. epicgenius (talk) 14:11, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

References

• Avoid shouting in ref titles, per WP:ALLCAPS.
• There are a few refs missing accessdates from ref 94 onwards.

To be honest, this is probably GA ready so these are very minor points to look at. The monkey's whispering about the zookeeper they disliked is one of my favourite potential DYKs I've ever seen I think! Placed on hold for now to have a run through these. Kosack (talk) 11:26, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

• @Kosack: Thanks for the review. I agree that the monkeys whispering might be a good hook. I've addressed most of these points except in the "References" section. epicgenius (talk) 14:11, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
  • All of the issues I listed appear to have been addressed. This article comfortably meets the GA criteria in my opinion. Promoting., great work! Kosack (talk) 19:31, 19 August 2019 (UTC)