Talk:Laguna Madre (United States)/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Sasata (talk) 20:26, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again, I've selected this article for review. Will have comments up in a day or two. Sasata (talk) 20:26, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good once again. Here's some suggestions for mostly minor tweaks: Sasata (talk) 02:12, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

suggest giving dates for Pleistocene epoch Done
link Rio Grande Done
"…after water sellers came ashore in the late 18th Century." perhaps a few words to explain what water sellers are?

I added that the watersellers were "looking for freshwater supplies" after further consultation of the source. Surprisingly, there are no articles on wikipedia strictly about the selling of water during this period, but the practice is mentioned in the article The Waterseller of Seville about a 17th century painting of watersellers.--William S. Saturn (talk) 07:21, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"The city was named Port Isabel in 1928" wasn't it already known as Port Isabel since the 1830s?

During the 1830s it was known as Point Isabel.--William S. Saturn (talk) 07:21, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

link 2000 census Done
Corpus Christi should be linked at first occurrence in the History section Done
link dredged Done
"The site currently has 415 residents." What site? Port Mansfield? Also, avoid using "currently"; preferred is a timeless expression like "as of 2010"

Fixed.--William S. Saturn (talk) 07:21, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

in the fist picture of "Features", the caption says Laguna Salada is in dark brown, but I don't see it at thumbnail, and the color isn't really distinctive at high view. Any chance this color could be made more obvious?

Unfortunately, the image was wiped from my system. I have made the location clearer in the caption.--William S. Saturn (talk) 07:21, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

link ppt to parts-per notation Done
"and the Laguna Madre of Tamaulipas, which is sometimes paired with the Laguna Madre of Texas." what does it mean to be "paired with"?

Clarified.--William S. Saturn (talk) 07:21, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The tpwmagazine source used claims there's only four hypersaline bays in the world. Are you confident that Judd et all (2002) is more reliable for this (maybe, it's University-published), or could you find a third opinion?

I contacted the author of the tpwm article to identify the other hypersaline bays. He referred me to an expert at Corpus Christi A&M, who showed me a passage from a book that he co-wrote, which detailed the six hypersaline bays.--William S. Saturn (talk) 07:21, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"80% of the seagrass on the Texas Coast" should rephrase so that the sentence doesn't start with a number Done
"Laguna Madre is home to more finfish than anywhere else on the coast," -> clarify just to be sure… "of the Gulf of Mexico"

Clarified.--William S. Saturn (talk) 07:21, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

link shrimping Done
need tonnes conversion for short tons Done
link oil and gas pipeline to pipeline transport Done
maybe link Activists to environmentalism; link tourism Done

Thank you again for the review.--William S. Saturn (talk) 07:21, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Everything looks to be in order, am promoting now. Sasata (talk) 14:21, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]