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210:. I put hundreds of edits into adding citations from public domain sources which, at that time, were quoted verbatim (many still are, but now with correct attribution templates). Almost none of that information has been updated, and we can see by looking at one example how much of a rewrite would be needed: 251:
The 262 species of birds alone shows how far outdated the 250 species of animals all together is. The article would need a significant rewrite, and FA content taken verbatim from public domain websites is not viewed as favorably as it was before 2008, when this article was written. It is sad that we
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Thanks for the notification, but I only figure in the stats because of considerable MOS and citation cleanup work I did when this article was at FAR years ago. I am too old for that kind of work now (that I last did in 2008 :)
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inline citations were required, and at a time when it was considered acceptable to lift text extensively from public domain sources, without citation or quotation or attribution. It was reviewed in 2007 as part of the first
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is only mentioned in an image caption, despite there being a section for wildfires, and the management issues section largely uses older sources and could use a revamp to get more up-to-date management stuff.
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may lose them, but many of our old National Park articles have the same issue. This kind of article requires constant updating, and that is no longer happening.
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A 2005 promotion kept at FAR in 2007, this one has not aged well. There's a couple unreliable sources (history.com is considered unreliable at
44: 224:, which include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals." Cited to a National Park Service page that no longer exists, but found at an 322:. Tagged for unsourced statements, unreliable references, in need of additional references, vague or ambiguous time and in need of updating. 118: 134: 234:. The NPS website for Yosemite has been completely restructured and rewritten, and what was once on one page is now on dozens. From 411: 381: 372: 350: 331: 311: 289: 266: 191: 170: 34: 17: 201:, no engagement, two edits since FAR nomination in spite of talk notices dating back a year. This article was originally featured 154:, and IMDB is user-generated), and there's some uncited text, mainly in the activities section. Also some datedness issues - the 392: 225: 242:) says "An astounding 262 species of birds have been documented in Yosemite, including 165 resident and migratory species." 102: 94: 368: 262: 187: 98: 76: 407: 307: 345: 284: 165: 106: 359: 253: 217: 178: 90: 110: 65: 403: 327: 303: 57: 207: 340: 279: 160: 151: 86: 239: 399: 155: 61: 323: 221: 388:, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please leave the 235: 302:
Issues raised in the review section include sourcing and currency.
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Further comments should be made on the article's talk page or at
339:, not a whole lot happening, needs a fair bit of work. 137: 69: 419:The above discussion is preserved as an archive. 47:. No further edits should be made to this page. 425:No further edits should be made to this page. 398:template in place on the talk page until the 33:The following is an archived discussion of a 8: 45:Knowledge talk:Featured article review 216:. "Taken together, the park's varied 7: 236:https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm 28: 18:Knowledge:Featured article review 68:) 3:28, 11 December 2021 (UTC) 1: 412:03:28, 11 December 2021 (UTC) 312:02:53, 27 November 2021 (UTC) 290:15:41, 24 November 2021 (UTC) 267:02:27, 23 November 2021 (UTC) 192:23:08, 14 November 2021 (UTC) 171:07:25, 14 November 2021 (UTC) 373:02:38, 9 December 2021 (UTC) 351:20:06, 8 December 2021 (UTC) 332:13:44, 4 December 2021 (UTC) 220:support over 250 species of 442: 422:Please do not modify it. 40:Please do not modify it. 393:featured article review 123:WP World Heritage Sites 35:featured article review 278:- Minimal engagement. 77:Yosemite National Park 22:Yosemite National Park 226:2007 archive.org page 238:, just one entry ( 115:WP Protected areas 382:removal candidate 141: 103:Brian W. Schaller 433: 424: 397: 391: 365: 259: 184: 83: 52:The article was 42: 441: 440: 436: 435: 434: 432: 431: 430: 429: 420: 395: 389: 363: 349: 298: 288: 257: 214:Current version 182: 169: 148: 138:noticed in 2020 80: 38: 26: 25: 24: 12: 11: 5: 439: 437: 428: 427: 415: 414: 402:goes through. 375: 353: 343: 334: 316: 315: 297: 294: 293: 292: 282: 272: 271: 270: 269: 246: 245: 244: 243: 229: 195: 194: 163: 147: 146:Review section 144: 143: 142: 131:WP USA History 79: 74: 73: 50: 49: 29: 27: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 438: 426: 423: 417: 416: 413: 409: 405: 401: 394: 387: 383: 379: 376: 374: 370: 366: 362: 357: 354: 352: 348: 347: 342: 338: 335: 333: 329: 325: 321: 318: 317: 314: 313: 309: 305: 300: 299: 295: 291: 287: 286: 281: 277: 274: 273: 268: 264: 260: 256: 250: 249: 248: 247: 241: 237: 233: 232:Update needed 230: 227: 223: 219: 215: 212: 211: 209: 204: 200: 197: 196: 193: 189: 185: 181: 175: 174: 173: 172: 168: 167: 162: 157: 153: 145: 140: 139: 136: 132: 128: 124: 120: 119:WP California 116: 112: 108: 104: 100: 96: 95:Pistongrinder 92: 88: 82: 81: 78: 75: 72: 70: 67: 63: 59: 55: 48: 46: 41: 36: 31: 30: 23: 19: 421: 418: 385: 378:Closing note 377: 360: 355: 344: 336: 319: 301: 296:FARC section 283: 276:Move to FARC 275: 254: 231: 213: 202: 199:Move to FARC 198: 179: 164: 149: 99:SandyGeorgia 84: 53: 51: 39: 32: 222:vertebrates 156:Meadow Fire 135:WP Climbing 404:Nikkimaria 304:Nikkimaria 85:Notified: 58:Nikkimaria 384:has been 386:delisted 380:: This 341:Hog Farm 280:Hog Farm 240:on birds 218:habitats 161:Hog Farm 107:Tadenham 54:delisted 20:‎ | 364:Georgia 258:Georgia 208:WP:URFA 183:Georgia 91:Hike395 356:Delist 337:Delist 320:Delist 203:before 152:WP:RSP 127:WP USA 111:D.Nino 62:FACBot 361:Sandy 324:DrKay 255:Sandy 180:Sandy 16:< 408:talk 369:Talk 346:Talk 328:talk 308:talk 285:Talk 263:Talk 188:Talk 166:Talk 66:talk 60:via 400:bot 371:) 265:) 190:) 87:Mav 56:by 410:) 396:}} 390:{{ 330:) 310:) 133:, 129:, 125:, 121:, 117:, 113:, 109:, 105:, 101:, 97:, 93:, 89:, 71:. 37:. 406:( 367:( 326:( 306:( 261:( 228:. 186:( 64:(

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Knowledge:Featured article review
Yosemite National Park
featured article review
Knowledge talk:Featured article review
Nikkimaria
FACBot
talk

Yosemite National Park
Mav
Hike395
Pistongrinder
SandyGeorgia
Brian W. Schaller
Tadenham
D.Nino
WP Protected areas
WP California
WP World Heritage Sites
WP USA
WP USA History
WP Climbing
noticed in 2020
WP:RSP
Meadow Fire
Hog Farm
Talk
07:25, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
SandyGeorgia
Talk

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