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The Indian vulture (Gyps indicus) is an
Old World vulture native to India, Pakistan and Nepal. It has been listed as
critically endangered on the
IUCN Red List since 2002. The cause of the catastrophic reduction in their numbers has been identified to be the use by farmers of the veterinary drug
diclofenac, a
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug which extends an animal's working life, but makes its carcase toxic to vultures if the drug was recently administered. The Indian government has banned the use of the drug, and it is hoped that the vultures will stage a comeback.
I will be quick failing this article as it fails several of the GA criteria, falling short of a couple of them by a rather large margin. The article desperately needs a copy-edit to improve the quality of the prose and there are many formatting issues in the references. More substantially, much of the article is cited to pop science and news articles where journal articles, books, and academic reports would be much more appropriate as sources. The article also suffers from comprehensiveness and due weight issues: the sections on
diet,
parasites, and
breeding contain a lot of general information that applies to all vultures and don't go into enough detail about this species, and the conservation section takes up far too much of the article. The "Cultural and economic significance" section is pretty much useless, it only contains general info that applies to all species of vulture that occur in India. I'd recommend rewriting the article with
Northern bald ibis as an example of what to aim for.
AryKun (
talk)
16:02, 28 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Forgot to mention, the Taxonomy section contains almost no information besides an uncited etymology; it needs a history of how the species was described, its subsequent taxonomic treatment by authorities, its current treatment, any subspecies, and its relationship to other closely related vultures.
AryKun (
talk)
16:06, 28 August 2023 (UTC)reply
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project page, where you can join the
discussion and see a list of open tasks. Please do not
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This article is within the scope of WikiProject Southeast Asia, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Southeast Asia-related subjects on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
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The Indian vulture (Gyps indicus) is an
Old World vulture native to India, Pakistan and Nepal. It has been listed as
critically endangered on the
IUCN Red List since 2002. The cause of the catastrophic reduction in their numbers has been identified to be the use by farmers of the veterinary drug
diclofenac, a
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug which extends an animal's working life, but makes its carcase toxic to vultures if the drug was recently administered. The Indian government has banned the use of the drug, and it is hoped that the vultures will stage a comeback.
I will be quick failing this article as it fails several of the GA criteria, falling short of a couple of them by a rather large margin. The article desperately needs a copy-edit to improve the quality of the prose and there are many formatting issues in the references. More substantially, much of the article is cited to pop science and news articles where journal articles, books, and academic reports would be much more appropriate as sources. The article also suffers from comprehensiveness and due weight issues: the sections on
diet,
parasites, and
breeding contain a lot of general information that applies to all vultures and don't go into enough detail about this species, and the conservation section takes up far too much of the article. The "Cultural and economic significance" section is pretty much useless, it only contains general info that applies to all species of vulture that occur in India. I'd recommend rewriting the article with
Northern bald ibis as an example of what to aim for.
AryKun (
talk)
16:02, 28 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Forgot to mention, the Taxonomy section contains almost no information besides an uncited etymology; it needs a history of how the species was described, its subsequent taxonomic treatment by authorities, its current treatment, any subspecies, and its relationship to other closely related vultures.
AryKun (
talk)
16:06, 28 August 2023 (UTC)reply