Hi! Would you care to share your opinion about the composite/single infobox image issue here? I would really appreciate it. Thanks! --Life is like a box of chocolates (talk) 07:10, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I have responded to your review comments and made revisions to the article. Thanks. Mgrē@sŏn 16:49, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
DYK nomination of Choiseul Pigeon
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Hi, could you swap the image in the template as per Crisco's suggestion, please? As soon as you can get that done I will give the nomination an approval tick. Thanks!
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DYK for Negros Fruit Dove
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I've got a busy few days, but I'll fit these in as and when I get the chance, Jimfbleak - talk to me? 18:49, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'll sort out a derivation for Uratelornis too Jimfbleak - talk to me? 19:01, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I tried my hand at it, and the best I got was, roughly, "bird that urinates without end." Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 19:04, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
LOL James A. Jobling (2010) The Helm dictionary of scientific bird names Published by Christopher Helm, an imprint of A&C Black Publishers Ltd, London
. p396 Uratelornis Gr. oura tail; genus Atelornis Pucheran, 1846, ground-roller, p58 Atelornis Gr. ateles indeterminate, incomplete; ornis bird.
Ah. I was assuming it had something to do with tails, but I found ateles for "without end" and the only place I found "ur" was as a prefix for urination. Thanks. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 19:58, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Uro refers to tail and telo is end - so perhaps something like tail-tip bird. Shyamal (talk) 03:53, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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I don't usually write about pigeons, but stumbled upon the once when researching Pigeon pie. Since you work in this area often, feel free to award it to other pigeon/dove focused Wikipedians! Sadads (talk) 01:31, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for the "skeleton" of today's Passenger pigeon, "one of the most famous bird species to have been exterminated by humans"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:36, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for today's Long-tailed ground roller, "an elusive bird that is found only in a small area of Madagascar's spiny forest. It digs nesting burrows in the sand and is so unobtrusive that the locals used to believe that the species hibernated."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:37, 16 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Totodu74:, a specialist birdguide like Waterfowl would not provide "wingspan", it must be wing length - which is measured from the bend of the wing to the tip of the longest primary. I would think only the text "wingspan" needs to be changed to "wing length". I could check it later. Shyamal (talk) 15:20, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
@Shyamal: You must be right, 31-32 cm seems good to me. I let you change this when you feel it's ok :) Totodu74 (talk) 15:40, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Capitalization of Adjective Rufous and noun Sparrow - Question and Thoughts on Proper Noun with Adjective
Hello Rufous-crowned Sparrow,
Given your use of capitalization of Rufous-crowned Sparrow for your user name give me a hint and perception that you would like to see bird names capitalized and that you consider bird names as proper nouns.
Am I correct in my perception and hint of this suggestion?
My opinion is that bird names are proper nouns and require capitalization, yet I must adhere to the MOS rules of Wikipedia. I am learning to live with this rule.
I take great pleasure and calm that the trend is to use capitalization, as I see this pattern occurring in birding magazines and that AOU (AOS) and the committee that makes names believes this to be correct, to consider bird names as proper nouns.
A few years ago, I was beginning my education toward obtaining a journalism certifivate at a college, and in my first class, I learned of the rules in journalism with newspapers that bird names cannot be capitalized. The exception is if the bird is name for a political geography place such as California, in California condor. And there is second exception when a bird has a person name in the adjective as in Anna in Anna's hummingbird.
I remain frustrated that they do not capitalize California Condor or Anna's Hummingbird, or Rufous-crowned Sparrow.
And yet I was able to use capitalization in my writing to you, and you are allowed to use capitalization in your User name.
The glass ceiling is cracking ever so slowly, but is cracked with regard to rule of using lower-case letters and spelling of proper nouns.
So glad there is no movement to making the names of our states and countries as lower case, since those are not really proper nouns, so I can write to you and write california in lower case letter and I can write to you and use united states of america or usa if I wish to do so, and you can write back to me with the use of lower case letters for california and usa.
I have rambled on a fair bit now. And I apologize if you do not like what I have written to you, and I will not write again to you, but my perception is that you may like what I have written and are going to share your thoughts and opinions with me, including some guidance and advice in this topic.
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