Talk:Sparsely spotted stingaree

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September 12, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on September 19, 2010.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that there are 21 endemic Australian stingarees, including the brown, circular, common, Coral Sea, greenback, Kapala (pictured), lobed, masked, mitotic, patchwork, sandyback, sparsely-spotted, spotted, striped, wide, and eastern, western and yellow shovelnoses?

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Ucucha 19:27, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good to see you back at writing excellent articles. Just a few small points here:

According to the MOS, there should be no hyphen in the common name of this species (WP:HYPHEN, point 3, 4th bullet)

Nevertheless, it is hyphenated in all of the sources I've read. I believe the usage of "sparsely-spotted" as an adjective in this case falls under WP:HYPHEN: "A few words ending in -ly function as both adjectives and adverbs (a kindly-looking teacher; a kindly provided facility)". -- Yzx (talk) 19:57, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Where do the eastern and western subpopulations occur? It may also be useful to indicate this in the distribution map.

There's no information on where exactly the break lies between the subpopulations, and I don't believe it's been investigated. -- Yzx (talk) 19:57, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Females grow more slowly and to a larger ultimate size than males."—does this apply to both subpopulations or only to the western?

Both. Note added. -- Yzx (talk) 19:57, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ucucha 19:27, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Let me know of further issues. -- Yzx (talk) 19:57, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; I'll now pass the article. Ucucha 20:07, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]