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Former good article nomineeGorilla was a Natural sciences good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Pretty bad wiki read

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Just trying to learn about family structure and this article didn’t really help? Is a silverback the boss of a or he’s group? Can we get some real structure information here please? 203.220.169.52 (talk) 12:30, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Heaviest gorilla entry seems incomplete.

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I was surprised to see a vague "Males in captivity can be overweight and reach weights up to 310 kg (683 lb)" entry for the largest captive gorilla. Is there a reason that Phil isn't cited as the heaviest known captive gorilla? Reportedly he weighed 390 kg (860 lbs). I don't want to overstep and add this if there's a reason it hasn't been added. https://alexaanswers.amazon.com/question/07jIcV67Q3PoFUMSLf57zl 174.249.134.117 (talk) 03:48, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Omnivore?

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Despite gorilla possess sharp fangs like carnivores, why gorillas are considered to be herbivores? Does someone knows that gorilla attack and eat humans?2404:8000:1027:85F6:1161:D2E3:C0E2:F420 (talk) 10:41, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gorilla#Diet_and_foraging answers your question. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:49, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Are cows omnivores? rabbits? or are they herbivores? They both eat meat occasionally. I suggest the revert silliness cease and we accept that just as carnivores sometimes eat plants, herbivores sometimes eat animals. Greglocock (talk) 23:13, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Koko could not use sign language.

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Sorry but this has been debunkened numerous times, repeating the falsehood under 'Intelligence' is embarrassing, could someone remove this claim? 185.104.136.54 (talk) 13:37, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No. See Koko (gorilla). - UtherSRG (talk) 13:41, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You've linked to her Wikipedia page as evidence of ability, not sure how to break it to you... But Wikipedia isn't a source. 2A00:23C4:2292:DF01:FD02:6213:8517:5E1B (talk) 19:13, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See the numerous sources there that say she learned sign language. - UtherSRG (talk) 19:35, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See the other sources that dispute this. It's disputed. Admittedly, the half that say she could understand sign language are wrong, but still disputed. Therefore it shouldn't be referred to as fact on the main page for her species. 2A00:23C4:2292:DF01:FD02:6213:8517:5E1B (talk) 20:44, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Disputed is not the same as debunked. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:22, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oldest gorilla

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See: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/4/a-day-in-the-life-of-the-worlds-oldest-gorilla-fatou-aged-67-768835 Pieter53 (talk) 16:57, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 1 September 2024

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Failed verification for Reference #[14]: "Prince-Hughes, D. (1987). Songs of the gorilla nation. Harmony. p. 66. ISBN 978-1400050581." Source was published in 2004 and p. 66 does not contain relevant information. RobinIsadorable (talk) 02:07, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Added failed verification template, thanks for pointing this out. Jamedeus (talk) 07:31, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What is the justification for removing the name of an author?

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User:UtherSRG "We don't need to know" is not a good reason. Doug Weller talk 17:20, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's another way to say it isn't a notable fact for this article. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:57, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Trying to figure this out. You weren’t bothered about the text until I actually did the work to find a better source and made the mortal sin of not just finding a better source but replaced “a writer” with the writer’s name. Doug Weller talk 20:12, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In this specific case, I think we actually do want the name stated, since this is a second-level quote. That is, we are summarizing Heuvelmans saying "Radermacher says". In the interest of stating precisely what our cited sources say (that is, Heuvelmans), providing the name seems more appropriate than leaving it out. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 21:05, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]