Talk:Nightingale

message: The photograph seems to show a Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia not a Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos on the basis of the dull colouration, mottled breast and yellow gape. 
Also, the second sentence under symbols make no sense!
Puffinbillyunst 21:16, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've tried to make that bit intelligible. I agree it looks more Thrush Nightingale, but the picture location is right for breeding Nightingale, bit southerly for  Luscinia luscinia. Can't see primary projection in this image. jimfbleak
Agreed. On range it should be Nightingale, although it could be a migrant/vagrant I suppose, but either way it doesn't look like a Nightingale and so isn't a good choice. An encyclopedia photos should show a typical bird. Puffinbillyunst 10:23, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree, but all the iw articles either use this image or the old Naumann painting, so no alternative really at present. jimfbleak 12:37, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: double gamma in greek is read with "ng"  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.246.237.172 (talk) 02:21, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: An excellent point; I've removed the Eliot example. --Eyrian 21:32, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That was a very questionable edit. A list of how nightingales have been treated in classical literature can be very useful in some circumstances. I agree that it looked strange to have the list integrated in the article about the animal, but it should not have been deleted; it should have been moved to a better place - or, if no better place can be found, it should have been left where it was. Mlewan 19:43, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, a list is not. An analysis is. An analysis is welcome, but it must be cited, or it's original research. The short little blurbs that surround these lists tend to be original research. --Eyrian 23:38, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: May I ask if you have ever studied art? Have you ever studied literature? Have you ever asked yourself why Eric Maschwitz choose the nightingale as bird? What time he lived in? How the nightingale was perceived in the time he lived? What influential cultural manifestations with nightingales he may have had access to, directly or indirectly? What the nightingale may have meant to him? Mlewan 05:19, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No. How about you write a nice, cited section about it? Clearly, you know a great deal. --Eyrian 05:57, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latest edit 

message: The nightingale's song is probably it's most notable aspect. This article needs a sound file. MMetro (talk) 17:04, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ogg file 

message: Can anyone tell me if the nightingale is found in Morocco? If so, during what season? Can it be kept as a cage-bird? No, I don't want to keep one in a cage - I'm writing a story, and the plot hinges on a caged nightingale in Morocco). PiCo (talk) 09:10, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nightingales in Morocco? 

message: The Dark Ages reference should be nuanced. Medieval versions of the Ovidian tale exist. Moreover, the nightingale (rossignol, etc) can be found throughout medieval literature (Marie de France, etc)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.48.231.155 (talk) 03:25, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dark Ages 

message: I have a problem with the following, which is the only entry in the In popular culture section:I know nothing at all about Spooks (I haven't even read the WP article), but this sentence gives no indication at all how it is relevant to the bird, which is the subject of this article. How does giving the name "Nightingale" to a terrorist organization enhance anyone's understanding of the bird's cultural importance? It seems to me that the authors of Spooks could just as well have picked any word at random as the name of that organization, and the fact that they happened to choose "Nightingale" does not qualify them for mention in this article. Since that section was added anonymously, I cannot ask the editor to justify its presence, so I am going to remove it.--Jim10701 (talk) 22:36, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I left a note on the anonymous editor's talk page explaining why I reverted that edit, because I honestly do not mean to start an edit war.--Jim10701 (talk) 23:20, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Spooks''