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Cat typing detected; as you are a cat I suppose you should be encouraged. If you click on the "Article" tab at the top of this page, you will see the text of the article, which explains what mermaids are. They are too big to eat, but they may be willing to pet you. Cheers, P Aculeius (talk) 14:30, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article critiera. Some of my concerns are outlined below:
There are uncited statements throughout the article.
There is an orange "expansion needed" banner from 2022 at the top of the "Myth interpretations" section
There are a lot of small, one sentence paragraphs, negatively affecting the readability of the article. These should be merged together or removed if the statement is not needed.
Per WP:NOTGALLERY, the gallery section at the end of the article should probably be removed, and the images redistributed throughout the article if possible.
Generally agreed, except on the fourth point. WP:NOTGALLERY says that Wikipedia is not a repository of images. It does not say that gallery sections are prohibited. Other PAG explains that images should accompany prose, but if there are good images of the subject in general that can't be conveniently attached to a particular passage of text, they can be placed below the prose in a gallery section as a sort of an appendix. Naturally, there shouldn't be too many such images, and in this article, I would say that are too many. At the same time, the images are generally good. An article with a gallery section can become a featured article. There are featured articles with gallery sections. Mere existence of a gallery section is not a reason for a GAR.—Alalch E.16:51, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
level-4 vital article is rated GA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Done All of these seem to be good edits. Hopefully I didn't screw up the interlanguage link template. Thanks for the suggestions. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 17:28, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
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