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Category:Birds of (African countries)[edit]

Isee back in 2016 someone deleted Categories: Birds of...(African countries)but just for the African countries, nowhere else. Long term project is to try to restore them in some fashion....Pvmoutside (talk) 11:06, 17 July 2023

Discussion at Talk:Northern harrier § Redirect from Marsh hawk[edit]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Northern harrier § Redirect from Marsh hawk. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 18:22, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Cleanup of laughing owl[edit]

Hi folks, I want to make some updates reflecting the change of Laughing owl from Sceloglaux albifacies to Ninox albifacies. The new synonym's noted in the article but the underlying data and categorisation still need cleaning up. I think this will involve updating the item for N. albifacies to fill it in properly, and changing the label of the Laughing owl item to S. albifacies and linking it as a synonym. Then, creating an N. albifacies commons category and moving the contents of the S. albifacies one over, and finally updating the article.

Does that make sense? Am I missing anything essential? Thanks! Avocadobabygirl (talk) 20:13, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I've renamed the Commons category, but yeah, the rest should definitely also be done. FunkMonk (talk) 09:12, 12 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks @FunkMonk! Avocadobabygirl (talk) 21:07, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The Wikidata situation is a mess, as the sources with identifiers use a mix of the names and most other Wikipedias still use the old name. If we change the sitelink, we lose the interwiki links. The German wikipedia remains sitelinked to Sceloglaux albifacies even though it has changed to Ninox albifacies. —  Jts1882 | talk  10:26, 12 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ah, that is complicated. I've done some additions to the N. albifacies item, and moved a few bits over from the old one but I see there's still a lot intertwined. How doable is it to make the changes to the other language wikis/what's the best way to ask other users to make those changes? Avocadobabygirl (talk) 21:10, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ernst Mayr[edit]

It seems to me that this edit ('toning down') strikes me as incorrect revisionism. What do you think? - Kweetal nl (talk) 02:07, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ernst_Mayr&curid=9238&diff=1199339955&oldid=1199257038 Kweetal nl (talk) 02:07, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Agree. The reference on his life (On the Importance of Being Ernst Mayr) makes clear his important role in developing evolutionary theory, which describing him as a German-American evolutionary biologist fails to convey. Some people know the value of nothing (to continue the Oscar Wilde theme). Perhaps the reference should be moved to the end of the sentence to make clear this is a sourced evaluation of his importance. —  Jts1882 | talk  09:03, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Unidentified taxidermied Falco[edit]

Unidentified taxidermied hawk at Stromness Museum, Orkney

Can we identify the bird in c:Category:Unidentified taxidermied Falco, Stromness Museum? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:20, 17 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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