# Talk:Anopheles

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Reviewer: AryKun (talk · contribs) 06:50, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

My favorite little bloodsuckers! Just kidding, I hate these guys.
Many thanks for the review. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:19, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
Shouldn't nail and marsh mosquitoes be bolded?
Done.
"Many are vectors of the Plasmodium parasite of malaria in birds" to "Many are vectors of the parasite Plasmodium, which causes malaria in birds"
Done.
"is among the best known" to "is the best-known species"
Done.
Instead of just linking the numbers for mya, link the entire phrase (eg 100 million years ago) so it's clearer what then link is for.
Done.
"respiratory siphon" Link or gloss?
Glossed.
Link Sahel.
Linked.
"flies from the surface" Unclear what this is supposed to mean.
Edited.
"ancestors of flies including mosquitoes diverged" maybe better as "ancestors of all other flies diverged from mosquitoes"
Edited.
"phylogenomic analysis" Explanation?
Added.
"Heafsey et. al." to "Heafsey and colleagues"?
Done.
Link type species.
Linked.
"Anopheles (nearly worldwide)" to maybe "Anopheles (with a nearly worldwide distribution)" and
Done.
"(Australia only) and (Neotropics)" to maybe "(restricted to Australia) and (restricted to Neotropics)"
Done.
"Bironella: confusa, gracilis, and hollandi" I've never seen a colon used that way, try parentheses instead.
Done.
"characteristics - wing" The hyphen should be some sort of dash. Also, isn't this just repeating what you said a paragraph ago?
Used an n-dash. Removed repeated statement.
The fact of the taxonomy being unsettled is not nearly controversial enough to require that many citations.
Fixed.
"about 0.5 × 0.2 mm" Needs convert templates.
Added.
"surface microlayer" Link or gloss.
Glossed.
"Anopheles mosquitoes...and pupae" somewhat clunky sentence to read.
Split.
"spider takes a detour" Unclear where the detour is from i.e. where the spider would've gone without the detour.
Edited.
"Global Malaria Eradication Campaign" Might want to add a couple words explaining what this was.
Done.
"Control programs...it is detected" This isn't exactly an encyclopedic tone; it's more instructional and should be reworded.
Reworded.
references number refer to this version:
Ref 25 verifies all claims made.
ref 28 (Mosquito Parasite Fights Infectious Disease : Discovery News) has a broken link.
Added archive.
Ref 20 verifies all claims made.
Ref 34 verifies all claims made.
Refs 29 and 30 verify all claims made.
The images are all appropriately used and licensed (I especially enjoyed the one illustrating the posture).
Noted.
No copyvio except for the appropriately licensed CDC text.
Noted.
That's all I have. AryKun (talk) 06:50, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
All done to date. Thank you very much! Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:19, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Greetings, the External links section is an oftentimes neglected and sometimes ignored section. Some things just grow during incremental edits and sometimes get out of hand. The "External links" section, one of the optional appendices, has 9 entries. Three seems to be a community acceptable number and of course, everyone has their favorite to try to add for a forth. The bottom line is that a discussion and consensus is a deciding factor over consensus by silence, as long as policies and guidelines are considered. There does seem to be a lot written about the section.
None is actually needed for article promotion.
WP:ELNO (#1): Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a featured article. In other words, the site should not merely repeat information that is already or should be in the article. Links that may be used to improve the page in the future can be placed on the article's talk page.
ELpoints #3) (content guideline) states: Links in the "External links" section should be kept to a minimum. A lack of external links or a small number of external links is not a reason to add external links.
LINKFARM (policy) states: There is nothing wrong with adding one or more useful content-relevant links to the external links section of an article; however, excessive lists can dwarf articles and detract from the purpose of Wikipedia. On articles about topics with many fansites, for example, including a link to one major fansite may be appropriate.
ELMIN (content guideline): Minimize the number of links. --
ELCITE (content guideline): Do not use {{cite web}} or other citation templates in the External links section. Citation templates are permitted in the Further reading section.
The MOS states: Wikipedia is not a link collection...
External links This page in a nutshell: External links in an article can be helpful to the reader, but they should be kept minimal, meritable, and directly relevant to the article. With rare exceptions, external links should not be used in the body of an article.
Second paragraph, acceptable external links include those that contain further research that is accurate and on-topic, information that could not be added to the article for reasons such as copyright or amount of detail, or other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article for reasons unrelated to its accuracy.
On lessor classed articles I would simply trim excess links or move them to the talk page for any future possible discussion. On higher classed articles a simple review is usually all that is needed.
Please note:
WP:ELBURDEN (content guideline): Disputed links should be excluded by default unless and until there is a consensus to include them.


### Review
I seem to be having serious browser issues. I do not know what the problem is at this time so will await any reviews and other opinions.
Anopheles Database does not want to load.
Anopheles gambiae Genome and Related Data. Vectorbase returns "Page Not Found".
CDC – National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases;  Malaria. The CDC page is not very informative. The "about" page simply states: "Malaria is a serious disease caused by a parasite that infects a certain type of mosquito" and the link provides nothing extra.
CDC – World map showing distribution of various Anopheles species, returns "This site can’t be reached".
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit. – Listed as "Links to the online mosquito catalog, keys for mosquito identification, images and information on medically important species and much more." For some reason this returns: "www.wrbu.org doesn’t support a secure connection". The addition of this link may fall under WP:NOTCATALOG.
Malaria Atlas Project returns "This site can’t be reached".
Anopheles gambiae taxonomy, facts and life cycle returns, "This site can’t be reached".
Anopheles quadrimaculatus, common malaria mosquito on the University of Florida / Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Featured Creatures website. I would have to look closer but it appears the University of Florida "Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences" could be used as a source.
University of Michigan, returned "Not Found" but a corrected site to the relevant University page, it seems, could be used as a source.  -- Otr500 (talk) 16:27, 11 October 2024 (UTC)