Talk:Pheasant

message: I have reviewed many of the edits on the original article as well as this talk page, and I find no justification whatsoever for altering the article. It may have started by some well-meaning American who honestly felt that "characterised" was a misspelling of "characterized" (I admit I didn't look that far back). Regardless of how the war began, the article should be left in in the current dialect, Ye Olde Englishe (just teasing), and if the Americanizer (see, it's my native dialect too) continues to 'correct' the spelling of words that are already spelled correctly, it is my opinion he should be dealt with as a vandal by WikiAdmins. Let's hope this ends the problem. I will remove the request for a third opinion. Aumakua 19:16, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Third Opinion

message: The following was removed from the article:
:In many countries pheasant species are hunted, often illegally, as game, and several species are threatened by this and other human activities such as illegal logging and habitat loss.
This may or may not be true (it is certainly not true for at least some species), but it is extraordinary, and should be cited.  Consequently, I moved it here to the talk page for others to find sources and/or disagree. TableManners (talk) 02:52, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  uncited sentence moved to talk page 

message: How come the Monals/Lophophorus are not listed under the list of species?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.167.219.53 (talk) 19:35, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Monals 

message: AFAIK, in the USA, the term "Ring-necked pheasant" refers to Phasianus colchicus, and Phasianus colchicus is generally known as the Ring-necked pheasant.E.g.: 
*American Heritage Dictionary - http://bartleby.com/61/33/R0253300.html 
*Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary - http://mw1.m-w.com/dictionary/ring-necked%20pheasant 
*Natural Resources Conservation Service / United States Department of Agriculture (government) site - http://www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ecs/biology/technotes/biotechnoteMT11.html 
*U.S. Geological Survey (government) site - http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i3091id.html
*Interagency Ecological Program (government) site - http://www.iep.ca.gov/suisun_eco_workgroup/workplan/report/wildlife/pheasant.html-- Our articles should reflect this standard usage. -- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 00:37, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe we should have a note on US usage, but bear in mind that Common Pheasant states that ' "Ring-necked Pheasant" is a collective name for a number of subspecies and their crossbreeds. ', which means they are inevitable just going to use P.colchicus unless they are referring to a specific subspecies. PJTraill (talk) 19:50, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Actual usage in USA

message: What is the relationship between this article and Phasianidae?
If this article should not be merged with Phasianidae, it should at least link to it and explain the difference in scope between the articles.
It is also unclear to me if the :Category:Phasianidae is appropriate.
PJTraill (talk) 19:24, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relationship to other Pheasant articles 

message: I think that an interesting addition to this article could discuss the history of pheasants as a game bird. Pheasants are a commonly hunted game animal and even stocked in regions of North America. An inclusion of the game history of pheasants would be an interesting addition.
Alecthefruitbat (talk) 19:55, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Alecthefruitbat, see Common pheasant Jimfbleak (talk) 06:06, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Jimfbleak Thank you!
--Alecthefruitbat (talk) 02:42, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pheasant as game 

message: Both of these are pretty much the same page with little differences --Cs california (talk) 02:18, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with Phasianinae

message: See here:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasan 2A02:908:2813:F180:1445:F70A:B2BE:4B74 (talk) 01:20, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. - UtherSRG (talk) 10:47, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! 2A02:908:2813:F180:F0A9:CF19:367D:593D (talk) 02:43, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is there no link to the German article?