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Reviewer: Dunkleosteus77 (talk · contribs) 17:48, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking this on! Enwebb (talk) 13:43, 14 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Dunkleosteus77

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  • You shouldn't wikilink continents and countries per wp:overlink   User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk  17:48, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • done
  • The lead seems exceptionally large for an article of this size, and I see a lot of possible trimming areas. For example, "Like all bats in the US, the big brown bat can be impacted by rabies, though some individuals have immunity against the virus. They test positive for the virus infrequently. In 2011, only 3.8%[4] of big brown bats submitted for testing were positive for rabies, even though sick bats are more likely to be submitted, as healthy bats avoid humans" this doesn't really belong in the lead. For the lead, you can just cut it down to "Big brown bats can carry rabies, though they test positive for the virus infrequently"   User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk  17:48, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • Okay, simplified that last part.
That was just an example. The lead is too big   User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk  04:35, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Condensed Enwebb (talk) 14:50, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Just because you used direct quote doesn’t mean people can understand what you’re saying. Are you trying to say it’s the most widespread bat that evolved in the Pleistocene or the most widespread bat during the Pleistocene? If the latter, juxtaposing it as a direct quote with “is encountered widely throughout North America” makes for a really clumsy transition   User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk  04:35, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
This is the last comment   User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk  14:23, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I took a stab at clarifying the meaning here. Enwebb (talk) 14:36, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
it’s more for organizational purposes because the reader will first look under the section called Disease for info on rabies   User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk  04:35, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I've renamed the sections "rabies" and "as disease vectors", which hopefully resolves this somewhat. Enwebb (talk) 14:50, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]