Talk:Introduction to virus

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[edit] Good article review

I'm putting it on hold for a while because there's just one very pressing issue that must be addressed. The article is very well-written. It fulfills its goal of being informational and accessible in a very great way. In fact, it would be very nice if this could be transferred to the Simple English Wikipedia. However, the most pressing issue is citations. The article is undercited. The most pressing citation issues are in the Structure, Life cycle, and Disease sections. In general, each paragraph should have at least one citation, and all statements that can be challenged should be cited. For example, it is asserted that a virus next to a flea would be like a human next to a mountain twice the size of Mount Everest. It looks a whole bunch like OR and should be cited or removed.

Generally, galleries are frowned upon, since images should be imbedded into the article, but this is a very special case of an article. The paragraphs are somewhat short. If they could be merged a little to make it less choppy, that would be great. I will wait a week and then check to see how the article is going. Please remind me if I have forgotten by the time. bibliomaniac15 23:40, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Thanks for this, either I or Richard, if he is around, will address these points and get back to you.--GrahamColmTalk 23:45, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the GA business, However, I'm not sure if I get your drift, are you saying that it is not written in simple English? That was the whole intention of the article. I am presently unable to contribute for the next two weeks but I will try after then. Citations I am notoriously famous for NOT including-so you are definitely on the nail with that one! Maybe that's one for Graham?--Read-write-services (talk) 04:59, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

No, I think the English is perfectly clear. I would just like to see more citations. bibliomaniac15 Midway upon life's journey... 05:09, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Thanks, I have added the citations and made the other changes you suggested.--GrahamColmTalk 19:10, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
    • I think the problems have been satisfactorily fixed, and I've passed this for GA. If you're going on to FA, I suggest some more expansion into viral shapes, the debate on whether the virus is an organism, and viral applications. Of course more citations would be great. bibliomaniac15 Midway upon life's journey... 21:25, 18 March 2008 (UTC)