Talk:Nelicourvi weaver

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Reviewer: Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:07, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ok I will take a look, and jot questions below: Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:07, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Use descriptors to let readers know who Scopoli, Sonnerat and Gmelin (e.g. "German naturalist" etc.) are.

• In 1827, George Shaw assigns L. pensilis to the genus Ploceus - err, why present tense?

• Also - two "assigned" in consecutive sentences, suggest choosing a synonym for one of them...

• No subspecies have been describes -?described?

• Vernacular names in Malagasi are... - the following names should not be in bold but either italics (I like italics but these get confused with scientific names) or quote marks

• and these are morphologically very distinctive from the remaining species. - ...very distinct from the remaining species (surely?).

• Link canopy, story, Aframomum, leaf litter, (bird) colony/ies, clutch

• Copulations start during.. - why not just "mating begins during..."

• I put scientific names in parentheses if I list the common name - e.g. barn owl (Tyto alba)

Nice read, though a few grammar issues here and there. I think we got them all...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:19, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

 Done

@Casliber: Thanks for the useful comments. I think I've covered them all. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 16:36, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Do we have any sources for the meaning of any of the malagasi names?
• I'd link waxbill

For the record, Earwig's copyvio check was clear.

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Pass or Fail: - the last couple of things are not deal-breakers. I think we sorted all the prose issues. Either you'll find some sources for malagasi names or not. In any case, is ok. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:25, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Cas Liber for your review work.

Waxbill is linked now. Two web-based Malagassy dictionaries confirm the vernaculars as "name of a particular bird", but do not provide etymologies. Google Translate recognises the names as Malagassy, but do not provide a explanatory translation. I found one brief essay on etymology of Malagassy animal names but it does not include our species. We may have to rely on a native speaker to identify sources if these exist. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 13:53, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry about it. If we can't find it we can't find it, so no problem Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:09, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This might be the worst bird GA article ever I've seen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.194.141.59 (talk • contribs)

Could you be specific about the gaps you noticed? Shyamal (talk) 17:31, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]