Talk:Atlantic puffin

message: Added by Moomoop2: "The Atlantic Puffin is sexually mature at age 5-6 and breeding occurs for approximately 3 years. This bird incubates by holding the egg up to its brood patch with its wing." (1) Sexually mature at 5-6, yes, sure. (2) Breeding occurs for 3 years??? What does that mean? It's nonsense - they often live into their 20s. Deleted. (3) holds the egg against the brood patch with its wing? Sounds like nonsense. Any evidence? Meanwhile, I have deleted it.  Gnusmas 13:00, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: well done - it really was moo poop! jimfbleak 13:51, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think I need to rewrite the entire thing. Some truths, much rubbish, with half-baked additions coming along frequently, and mostly very badly written.  I guess it's a species with a high nonsense-attraction factor! It needs more than mere editing... I'll get around to it and do a complete new article soon. Gnusmas 07:45, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Breeding

message: I'd like to see a map of the Atlantic puffin's range. Unfortunately, I have no experience in making that kind of map. --Gray Porpoise 03:07, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed it would be great. Here the IUCN map as a base, for anybody with the time and skills. --ELEKHHT 20:01, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map 

message: Repeated additions of the website devoted to the island of Runde have been removed because they are specifically about the puffin.  See WP:EL.  There are already plenty of photos on the article page not to require external links to a site purely bercuase of photos. --JBellis 17:53, 26 April 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: Is it worth mentioning in the article that there are Atlantic Puffins on display at places like the National Aquarium in Baltimore (see here)?  --Amanojyaku (talk) 20:57, 21 April 2007
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::No, unless a zoo collection is of particular importance, eg working on saving a highly threatened species, it's just another animal in another zoo Jimfbleak -  talk to me? 19:36, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Atlantic Puffin Exhibits? 

message: Fratercula means "little brother".--Wetman (talk) 22:17, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fratercula 

message: It seems to me that when this bird is mentioned in the text as just a "puffin" (rather by its full name), the word should be lower-cased. As in, for example, the article Bald Eagle, which uses "eagle" throughout when not using the full name. Colonies Chris (talk) 16:12, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't disagree with you, but having brought the article to FA and having been made to capitalise all the uses of the word puffin on the way, I think it best to leave them capitalised. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:49, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalisation 

message: There is an American cereal line called Puffins that comes in several flavors. Is that worth mentioning? Brutannica (talk) 18:15, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I suppose it could be added (properly referenced) to the "In culture" section but I am not enthusiastic! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:32, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: What would that addition tell us about Atlantic Puffins? - absolutely nothing.  Make additions that improve the article - we don't need trivia. Richerman   (talk) 19:44, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Cereal

message: An editor (Paul venter) has added some information to the article Atlantic puffin derived from a TV documentary, referencing it to the TV show webpage although the facts referred to are not mentioned on the webpage. I removed this new information as being insufficiently cited but it has been replaced. The claim is about an unusual behaviour involving puffins and ravens, and I think it should only be included in the article if supported by a reliable source such as a research study. Other views on this would be welcome. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:15, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Tricky. We do accept videos and TV programmes as sources, but I agree that it would be better if we could reference the behaviour to an  academic source. The reference is inadequate as presented anyway. This sort of reference should give the episode and timing within the episode. It may be worth having a search to see if a better ref can be found, but I don't think it's currently acceptable without the required additional info. leave it for a day or two and I'll see what I can find. If it can't be verified, and the info isn't improved, I'll revert I'll revert Jimfbleak - talk to me? 11:09, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Wild Scotland

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message: I have several concerns before marking this Satisfactory at WP:URFA:
* This is a 2002 source, and begs for an update or at least an as of date: They are still caught and eaten in Iceland and the Faroe Islands,[64]
:*updated to 2021 Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:48, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: *updated Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:48, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

text: *Still permitted, tweaked to use same ref as for first bullet Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:55, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

text: * no sign that it happened, amended Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:48, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

text: *, could you take care of this? LittleJerry (talk) 00:13, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

text: Perhaps  could fix this? LittleJerry (talk) 23:12, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: , I'll have a look, but it may be next week before I get time, very busy in RL at present Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:31, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:   I've fixed the specific queries regarding old sources and updates, and removed a few bits of unsourced or inadequately sourced minor points. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:24, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

text: Another one on my list, will get to it ... as soon as I can :) SandyGeorgia (Talk)  22:01, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: , I don't think that's necessary since we are merely citing the main page of the charity so we can see the logo. I removed mention of it anyway. LittleJerry (talk) 20:46, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  WP:URFA/2020 

message: I'm proposing merging Faroese puffin into this article. That article is about Atlantic puffins as food and contains only a few pieces of information that are not already in this article's section on hunting or elsewhere in this article. Additionally, "Faroese puffin" does not appear to be a widely attested name for puffins as food. D loaf (talk) 04:46, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

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