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GA Reassessment

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Commencing GA reassessment as part of the GA Sweeps process. ✽ Juniper§ Liege (TALK) 19:49, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Done verified. ✽ Juniper§ Liege (TALK) 01:35, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The scales of a snake primarily serve to reduce friction as it moves, since friction is the major source of energy loss in snake locomotion. The ventral (or belly) scales, which are large and oblong, are especially low-friction, and some arboreal species can use the edges to grip branches. Most snakes have at least some large scales (called 'shields') on their head, which can be used to distinguish different species." - This paragraph requires references to substantiate the information. ✽ Juniper§ Liege (TALK) 19:53, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Done verified. ✽ Juniper§ Liege (TALK) 01:36, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • There are 2 lists contained within this article (Surface and shape; Glossary of scales). Listing is discouraged in GA articles. Given that this article has 2, one of them (ideally the Surface and shape list) should be reworked into prose and reduced, or ideally totally incorporated into prose paragraphs. Additionally the Head scales section reads like a bullet list, and needs to be reworked into flowing prose. See further, WP:EMBED. ✽ Juniper§ Liege (TALK) 20:07, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Converted surface and shape list to prose. AshLin (talk) 08:43, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Done verified. ✽ Juniper§ Liege (TALK) 01:36, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above issues need to be addressed if the article is to retain its GA status. ✽ Juniper§ Liege (TALK) 20:15, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Points noted. Action is forthcoming in the next seven days. AshLin (talk) 05:26, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, that is fine. ✽ Juniper§ Liege (TALK) 00:06, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This is about as far as I can take it. I have addressed all your points. Some I have completely dealt with, some partially. You may consider giving your GA Review decision.AshLin (talk) 19:53, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose):
    • Well written. Identified problems addressed.
    b (MoS):
    • Conforms to manual of style.
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references):
    • Well referenced. Identifed problems addressed
    b (citations to reliable sources):
    • Citations are to third party publications.
    c (OR):
    • No evidence of OR.
  3. It is broad in its scope.
    a (major aspects):
    • Addresses major aspect of article subject matter.
    b (focused):
    • Remains focused. No digressions.
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy:
    • No issues concerning POV evident.
  5. It is stable:
    • No edit wars etc.
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):
    • Images are properly tagged and justified.
    b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
    • Images are accompanied by contextual captions.
  7. Overall:
    Keep/Delist: KEEP