Talk:Macrobdella decora

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January 1, 2025	Peer review	Reviewed
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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 9, 2025. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that some North American swimming spots have had to be closed because Macrobdella decora (pictured) posed such a hazard to bathers?
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Macrobdella decora

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I've listed this article for peer review because I am planning to nominate this for FA eventually and would like to know what changes, beyond some expansion, are needed.

Thanks, Cremastra _talk 22:47, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Lede

"fulvous" is a wonderful word, but prolly stick to dull orange for the lede
- Done.
maybe sister taxon > closest relative?, But keep wiki link
- Done.
pretty much all subsequent instances of Macrobdella decora should be M. decora
Macrobdella decora is North America east > M. decora is found in North America
- Fixed.
why doesn't the map show the Mexican population?
- It does. It's a red dot at the far bottom.
"the question remains unanswered" so it may or may not be panmitic? Just pure conjecture from the scientists? If there is some evidence say There is some evidence that..., or if there isn't say It is hypothesised or Scientists assume... or similar
" The species" > It is not conisdered...
- Done.
"anticoagulant" > blood thinner
- Done.
" species, and a comparsion" new sentence beginning: A comparison
- Done
as "comparatively rare". > comparatively rare." move punc
- Done
"Macro simply means big," || in what language?
- Ugh. The source doesn't say but it's obviously derived from wikt:μακρός. I'll see if I can dig something up that actually says that.
"A common name for the species is the North American medicinal..." > It is commonly known as the...
- Done

Description and rest of article

make image a little bigger
Is the "body" the whole length of the leech or not?
"A jawed leech, Macrobdella decora..." > not a fan of this construction, just skip the A jawed leech, it is implicit
"and found that it could not tolerate hypertonicity," || does this refer to overly salty or non-salty solutions?
"The most widely distributed Macrobdella species, M. decora, is found i" > Being the most widely distributed Macrobdella species, M. decora is found in...
Interactions with humans could be a new section> "Uses" or maybe "History"
Conservation doesn't need a sub-sub section, just slap it in the distribution section.
I would like maybe a couple more images if that were possible?
This isn't a rule, but I think convention is to order Description above Taxonomy.
For FA, all images need Alt text

That's all my comments for now. If you have time, I would appreciate a review of Flower, the PR is linked in my signature. Cheers, Draco phyllum, (1 PR) 07:27, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Query

@Cremastra: It has been over a month since the last comment. Is this ready to be closed and nominated at WP:FAC? Z1720 (talk) 00:53, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Closed, thanks for reminding me. I will a few more changes and hope to nominate this summer. Cremastra (talk) 00:56, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]