# Talk:Nelicourvi weaver

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

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

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)
 Done

@Casliber: Thanks for the useful comments. I think I've covered them all. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 16:36, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
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.
1. Well written?:

Prose quality: 
Manual of Style compliance: 
2. Factually accurate and verifiable?:

References to sources: 
Citations to reliable sources, where required: 
No original research: 
3. Broad in coverage?:

Major aspects: 
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4. Reflects a neutral point of view?:

Fair representation without bias: 
5. Reasonably stable?

No edit wars, etc. (Vandalism does not count against GA): 
6. Illustrated by images, when possible and appropriate?:

Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales: 
Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions: 

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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)
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)
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)

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)