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I think this is big enough to warrant the removal of the stub notice, so I'm going to do that now. Bloodshedder 17:43, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
This needs some reworking. The article is at water strider, so it should be fairly general. The intro makes it look as if it is just one species, but that is not true. Many members of the family Gerridae are called water striders, and even some like Vellidae, an entirely different family, are also water striders. We should at least remove the mention of the specific species, and if there is enough info on it, move it to its own article. - Taxman Talk 17:53, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
Tell us the genus Please.
The information about Johann Christian Fabricius is from the Gerris page [1], now merged into water strider. -- JimR 09:10, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
If so, can we remove the self-link in the article, please? Thanks.
Samsara contrib talk 12:01, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
The only thing this article really talks about is how the water strider is able to move on top of water. There isn't anything about it's life cycle, predatory behavior, etc. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.213.220.62 ( talk) 20:13, 7 December 2006 (UTC).
Maybe I didn't understand the article properly but I don't see how the animal can move at 1.5 m/s if 0.25 m/s is far faster than it can move it's legs. Is this correct? Count penta 08:51, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
I apreciate the information on the insect's mobility in water, but could other info such as what they eat or what they're natural enimies are be included? Thanx.
This entire section needs some serious help. First a lot of that information about heptaflouriwhatits and angles and millinewtons went straight over my head. Plus this article is about the insect, not how to build their legs. I would suggest seriously cutting down on this section so that experiment results are not included unless they are proven to be very relevant to the insect, and simple enough for people who don't have a graduate degree in fluid mechanics can understand it. 65.167.146.130 ( talk) 20:24, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
I reworked this disaster of an article using available literature. I trimmed down the "Nature of the hydrophobic legs" section which looked like somebody was doing a promotion of their research and added information useful for general public. Improvements are of course welcome (I'm not a native English speaker). -- Yerpo ( talk) 09:25, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
The cited paper in Nature is a rather short article, and so far as I can tell, doesn't disprove a chemical basis for the hydrophobicity of the legs. Should the corresponding text be edited? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.94.128.120 ( talk) 00:38, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Spiders also happen to hunt striders, at least these that also can move on water. Further, striders sometimes hide under plants, leading them sometimes to be caught in spiders nets. No source, since personal observation.-- 46.142.55.9 ( talk) 08:09, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
The article on Gerris lacustris, more commonly known as the water strider, is fairly short. It has about a paragraph for each section of physical description, reproduction, food and nutrients, and adaptations. There are few details about the mating behavior of water striders, except for two short sentences near the end. Much more detail can be added about how conflicts over mating lead to an antagonistic coevolution of the two different sexes. Although it is objective and decently written, the article is far from complete; there are only five references listed at the bottom. Njoymusic2 ( talk) 19:50, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
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This is an interesting article but it appears not to have been edited to any extent before or since being put forward for GA review and I am putting it on hold for seven days. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 07:01, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
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I think this is big enough to warrant the removal of the stub notice, so I'm going to do that now. Bloodshedder 17:43, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
This needs some reworking. The article is at water strider, so it should be fairly general. The intro makes it look as if it is just one species, but that is not true. Many members of the family Gerridae are called water striders, and even some like Vellidae, an entirely different family, are also water striders. We should at least remove the mention of the specific species, and if there is enough info on it, move it to its own article. - Taxman Talk 17:53, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
Tell us the genus Please.
The information about Johann Christian Fabricius is from the Gerris page [1], now merged into water strider. -- JimR 09:10, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
If so, can we remove the self-link in the article, please? Thanks.
Samsara contrib talk 12:01, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
The only thing this article really talks about is how the water strider is able to move on top of water. There isn't anything about it's life cycle, predatory behavior, etc. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.213.220.62 ( talk) 20:13, 7 December 2006 (UTC).
Maybe I didn't understand the article properly but I don't see how the animal can move at 1.5 m/s if 0.25 m/s is far faster than it can move it's legs. Is this correct? Count penta 08:51, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
I apreciate the information on the insect's mobility in water, but could other info such as what they eat or what they're natural enimies are be included? Thanx.
This entire section needs some serious help. First a lot of that information about heptaflouriwhatits and angles and millinewtons went straight over my head. Plus this article is about the insect, not how to build their legs. I would suggest seriously cutting down on this section so that experiment results are not included unless they are proven to be very relevant to the insect, and simple enough for people who don't have a graduate degree in fluid mechanics can understand it. 65.167.146.130 ( talk) 20:24, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
I reworked this disaster of an article using available literature. I trimmed down the "Nature of the hydrophobic legs" section which looked like somebody was doing a promotion of their research and added information useful for general public. Improvements are of course welcome (I'm not a native English speaker). -- Yerpo ( talk) 09:25, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
The cited paper in Nature is a rather short article, and so far as I can tell, doesn't disprove a chemical basis for the hydrophobicity of the legs. Should the corresponding text be edited? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.94.128.120 ( talk) 00:38, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Spiders also happen to hunt striders, at least these that also can move on water. Further, striders sometimes hide under plants, leading them sometimes to be caught in spiders nets. No source, since personal observation.-- 46.142.55.9 ( talk) 08:09, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
The article on Gerris lacustris, more commonly known as the water strider, is fairly short. It has about a paragraph for each section of physical description, reproduction, food and nutrients, and adaptations. There are few details about the mating behavior of water striders, except for two short sentences near the end. Much more detail can be added about how conflicts over mating lead to an antagonistic coevolution of the two different sexes. Although it is objective and decently written, the article is far from complete; there are only five references listed at the bottom. Njoymusic2 ( talk) 19:50, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
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This is an interesting article but it appears not to have been edited to any extent before or since being put forward for GA review and I am putting it on hold for seven days. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 07:01, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
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