Talk:Tawny nurse shark

Tawny nurse shark has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
June 10, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 14, 2009.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that when captured, the tawny nurse shark (pictured) often spits a jet of water into the faces of its captors?

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Tawny nurse shark/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Hi, I am reviewing this article for GA and find it to be an excellent article. The one thing I see missing is any description of it coloring or camouflage in the "Description" section. —Mattisse (Talk) 19:11, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

End of second paragraph: "Tawny nurse sharks are yellowish, reddish, or grayish brown above and off-white below, and are capable of slowly changing their color in response to the environment" -- Yzx (talk) 21:31, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Sorry, I didn't see it even though I looked! I think the problem is where that information is, buried in birthing info. Shouldn't it be with the other physical descriptors? —Mattisse (Talk) 21:34, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Birthing info? It's in the second paragraph under "Description", after dermal denticles and before size. -- Yzx (talk) 21:40, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) Sorry. Edict conflict. I meant that I looked for it with the mention of the albino shark and could not find the camouflage information. I think the coloring should be more up front and easier to spy, and should mention the camouflage factor. —Mattisse (Talk) 21:43, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I moved the size info to put the "normal color" sentence closer to the "abnormal characteristics" paragraph, but I think it should come before any mention of albinism. The current sentence order is of descending scale: description of normal coloration (most sharks) first, then missing dorsal fin (some individuals), then missing dorsal fin + albino (one individual). -- Yzx (talk) 21:55, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I trust your judgment. —Mattisse (Talk) 22:33, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Final GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): Very well written b (MoS): Follows MoS
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): Well referenced b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): No OR Sources are reliable
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): Covers the important areas b (focused): Remains focused on topic
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: Neutral
It is stable.
No edit wars etc.: Stable
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Congratulations!

—Mattisse (Talk) 22:36, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]