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The article Sei whale you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sei whale for comments about the article, and Talk:Sei whale/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", or as a bold link under "In the news" or in the "On this day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Grungaloo -- Grungaloo (talk) 00:01, 4 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Megaherbivore you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:01, 6 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I've made you a couple of trees, one of them surely incomplete. Would be grateful if you could mark each item on the GA1 page as done or otherwise actioned so I can see where you feel you've got to in the review. Many thanks! Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:59, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Megaherbivore you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Megaherbivore for comments about the article, and Talk:Megaherbivore/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", or as a bold link under "In the news" or in the "On this day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:43, 12 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

After tiger I plan on working another cetacean article, interested? Also, the old FA right whale is on my watchlist to work on and clean up. LittleJerry (talk) 23:11, 19 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@LittleJerry: Yes, that really interests me. Which article springs to mind? I'm considering narwhals. By the way, fantastic work on the polar bear, giraffe, and elephant FAs. 20 upper (talk) 08:00, 20 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks, I was planning on doing beluga whale. LittleJerry (talk) 14:25, 20 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

So, I suppose I'll work with Narwhal for the time being, and after the Tiger FAC, we may collaborate with Beluga whale. 20 upper (talk) 14:40, 20 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I brought that article to GA but I didn't write most of it. I mostly rearranged some information, cleaned it up and added some text here and there. You should probably comb through the sources. LittleJerry (talk) 22:06, 20 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Indeed, LittleJerry. After a full day of work on narwhal, what are your current thoughts? I think there should be a section on captive whales and that the cultural depictions may use some improvement. I may also need to expand the new subsection that I introduced, Evolution. How is the tiger article coming along? 20 upper (talk) 19:34, 21 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Looks good, though I personally think the beluga is more interesting. I don't expect tiger to be ready for PR or FAC until March. I'm taking it one step at a time. LittleJerry (talk) 21:03, 21 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

LittleJerry, because you mentioned that the article looks good, I'm going to presume that it's ready for FAC, and I'll be nominating it for tomorrow. I know it may be way too soon, but I want to experience what an FAC feels like. FunkMonk might be interested in this. 20 upper (talk) 20:34, 22 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sorry, I meant "good so far". I'm not the person to judge whether its ready. I don't do much content reviewing myself. All I'll say is that it is important to make sure all the sources support the text and paraphrasing is appropriate, see here. I would recommend getting a peer review first. LittleJerry (talk) 23:00, 22 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yeah, I would certainly take it through peer review first as a first time FAC nomination, to catch anything. FAC isn't a walk in the park. FunkMonk (talk) 06:42, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Even though this will be my first nomination, I am familiar with the FAC procedure. You make FAC seem difficult when it's really not that onerous; I would have been nominating every other week if it weren't for the incredibly delayed process. I'm more than willing to fail and I have no fear of the FAC procedure. You know, character is forged by failure rather than success. I apologise for bothering you, FunkMonk. I was simply curious about your thoughts on this. I'll try not to bother you again. I've started a peer review and will be waiting for feedback for a maximum of seven days. Again, I apologise for the disturbance. 20 upper (talk) 13:17, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Feel free to bother me, I've nominated 60+ FACs, and while one may be familiar with the subjects, there's a whole lot of formalities and technicalities beside the content itself that need to be adhered to, and it is almost impossible for anyone to get it all right at first try. Very few, if any, take articles directly to FAC without going through GAN or PR first. So this is not to belittle your abilities, it is kind advice from experience. FunkMonk (talk) 14:19, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You may also what to purchase this book. LittleJerry (talk) 05:22, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

For the next nine days, I won't be able to buy the book because I'm currently on safari in the African savannah and will be leaving camp soon. 20 upper (talk) 05:56, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay, but is online on google books. Have a good trip! LittleJerry (talk) 18:15, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]