# Talk:Hooks Island

It's not clear how the island can be home to five transmission towers when humans are not allowed on the island.
How were the towers built there and how are they maintained ?
Just curious. 2600:8800:785:8500:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 02:05, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 18:33, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Comments

Looks a bit odd with those three massive images in the lead.
Y Resized them, added a gallery caption, and moved down to the new "Geography" section where I think it fits better anyway. jp×g 18:18, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
Where is the island in each of those images?
Y I've made a gallery caption that says it's in the center of the images. If there's a way to superimpose text on the images in the gallery, that might be even better (I'm sure there's a template for it). jp×g 18:18, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
Actually, it still looks kind of weird. Not quite sure how to fix it (the caption is centered with regard to the full pagewidth, not the individual images?) jp×g 00:49, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Fixed that, I think. Also moved the gallery into the new "Geography" section. jp×g 02:58, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
"the San Francisco Bay" is "the" really needed?
Y Fixed. jp×g 18:18, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
"in the city of" just "in" is fine.
Y Fixed. jp×g 18:18, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
" San Francisco Bay area" our article appears to capitalise Area.
Y jp×g 18:18, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
As a parenthetical note, I'm not quite sure which capitalization is "canonical". I see it both ways; I think the only time "area" is always capitalized is if you're just saying "the Bay Area" (without qualifying it with anything). But this isn't really that big of a deal (and certainly doesn't matter here). jp×g 03:19, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
What is USGS?
Y Expanded out. jp×g 18:18, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
Image captions are all fragments so no full stops.
Y Fixed. jp×g 18:18, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
There should be no material which is exclusively in the lead.
Y Have broken out most of what was the lead into the "Geography" section. jp×g 01:07, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Is there any history for this island?
N I could not find diddly-squat; the closest I could get in any source was that it appeared on USGS topo maps (i.e. became separated from the larger land mass) some time between 1899 and 1941. jp×g 01:07, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
"As is common on large areas of ground, grass grows on Hooks Island" unnecessary.
Y Fixed. jp×g 02:50, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
"which "grows denser than the" you should be able to paraphrase this basically factual quote.
Y Fixed. jp×g 02:50, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
"The S. alterniflora, originally" why The?
? Specifically, the S. alterniflora referred to in this sentence (the grass that was introduced there in 1973) hybridized with native cord grasses. I guess it's mostly arbitrary and I could rephrase it to avoid this if you want. jp×g 01:06, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
"aboveground" this is typically two words.
Y Fixed. jp×g 02:57, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
"surface dwellers and animals" what are "surface dwellers"?  Are they not animals?
? "Surface dwellers" and "animals that lived beneath the mud" as two separate categories, but will edit.
Y I did my best. jp×g 02:57, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
"70,000-acre "work area",..." etc. convert.
? All units converted that I could find. jp×g 01:17, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
"was a "resounding success"," according to whom?
Y Attributed. jp×g 02:50, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
"species.[9][8]" order.
Y Fixed. jp×g 02:50, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
" near-threatened[10] California clapper rail." overlinked clapper, put ref at end of seentence.
Y Fixed. jp×g 02:50, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
"Island and killing them" -> killing the clapper rails.
Y Fixed. jp×g 02:50, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
"the San Francisco Bay area" Area.
Y Fixed per above. jp×g 02:50, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
"The clapper rail majestic." majestic?  And no period required.
Y Captions fixed. jp×g 18:18, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
No need to force ref width, just {{reflist}} is fine.
? I'm just using whatever the default is for the <references> tag. I can try to convert it to {{reflist}} if you want. jp×g 02:50, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
That's all on a quick pass, so on hold for now. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 17:27, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: Thanks for the review. I will be getting to this shortly. jp×g 02:57, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
JPxG any progress on this?  The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 12:22, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
JPxG last call before this gets archived.  The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 09:39, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Ah, yes. Tomorrow morning. jp×g 10:21, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
@The Rambling Man: For various definitions of "tomorrow morning", but modifications have been made. jp×g 02:57, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Is "majestic" part of its name or are we just saying "lovely looking"?  The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 09:11, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
The second one. jp×g 20:42, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
"The salt marsh harvest mouse can survive only in the vegetation of salt marshes" this isn't mentioned at all in the article, just the caption.  Is it referenced anywhere? The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 09:12, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
I swear there's a source for this but I cannot find it so I will just remove that part. jp×g 20:42, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
JPxG ping. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 06:49, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
The Rambling Man :) jp×g 20:42, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
Cool, promoting. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:53, 21 May 2021 (UTC)