Talk:Little Catawissa Creek/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 13:07, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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As with all these articles, be consistent with the use of the {{convert}} template. It is used sporadically.

Done. I'm really quite impressed at the usefulness and complexity of that template. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 02:33, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's a pity that all the images are used up before you're into the main part of the article, the last few sections are really dry, just statistics and offer not a lot of interest to the reader, an image might break that up a little.

I found a couple other pictures of mine from Commons and added them. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 14:19, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"has some alkalinity" seems odd (to me), why not "is slightly alkaline"?

Well, the sentence would then read "The creek is slightly alkaline and is slightly acidic." which just doesn't sound right =). The point is that alkalinity isn't quite the same thing as having a pH of higher than 7. There's a link to alkalinity down in the hydrology section, but I can add one up in the lead as well. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 02:33, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Avoid linking common terms (like Fish or soil).

Okay. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 14:19, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why is there just one ref in the lead? If you've expanded upon the lead correctly, the ref should be in the main body.

Well, it's there to cite the length, which is basic and important information, but doesn't really belong in the body. I personally don't think it's such a big deal, but I'll change it if you insist. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 02:33, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Of course it belongs in the body! You don't have information in the lead only. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:28, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"The creek has been surveyed " as of when?

Up to, but not including the 1997 report. Article adjusted to reflect this. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 14:19, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is the whole "air temperature" and "water temperature" at a specific time on a specific day really of interest or of significance?

Well, they can change depending on the time of year and even the time of day, so the date and time are needed for context. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 14:19, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but the temperature on the same day for five years in a row will vary wildly too. Is this information actually notable? The Rambling Man (talk) 06:29, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

" micro siemens(umhos) " space?

Fixed. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 14:19, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

They're not umhos, they're mhos.

They're micro-mhos. Changed, anyway. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 14:19, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well then that should have been a mu, not a u. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:27, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Little Catawissa Creek is on..." followed by "Little Catawissa Creek is completely..." followed by "Little Catawissa Creek is managed..." is really dull prose, especially clunky when you have these all as single-sentence paragraphs.

Fixed. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 14:19, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please find specific pages for the use of reference 2, it should not be up to the reader to wade through huge PDFs to verify claims.
Are you going to fix this one? The Rambling Man (talk) 06:27, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Done now. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 23:54, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's it for now, the usual comments on these nominations form the majority of my issues, perhaps you can fix all the other nominations/articles so we don't need to repeat them in the future. Article is on hold for a week. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:32, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good, so I'll pass it, well done. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:52, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]