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Talk:Common kingfisher

message: After the title change, I went through the list WhatLinksHere to fix double redirects.  Out
of the first 100 pages I visited, no more than 10 or 15 mentioned the name "European"; and
a handful mentioned "Eurasian".  
All the rest were existing double redirects, being links to Common Kingfisher, which now became
direct links.  
Unfortunately the talk pages for European Kingfisher, with the justification for the title
change, remains at Talk:European Kingfisher
since CK already had a talk page.  mukerjee (talk) 04:00, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Title Change and Redirects

message: "but the six to seven or even more round white eggs are placed on a litter of fish bones and disgorged pellets. The eggs are pink"
Er...? 85.158.137.195 11:40, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Eggs

message: Under Habitat and distribution it says "Also found in the Western Cape of South Africa". It is not mentioned in my third edition of Birds of Southern Africa (Sinclair, Hockey, Tarboton 2002), Robert's Birds or South Africa (McLachlan & Liversidge 1980) nor Birds of the Southern Third of Africa (Mackworth-Praed & Grant 1962). Although I strongly doubt the truth of the statement (I doubt there are any accepted observations south of Sahara at all) I marked it with "Citation needed". (The statement was added by Gorillaza on 9 Feb 2011.)--Episcophagus (talk) 21:02, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It's obviously wrong, could well have been a GF edit by someone who had seen a similar SA species like Malachite or Half-collared. Removed Jimfbleak -  talk to me? 05:40, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  South Aftrica??? 

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thread_title:  [[:File:Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: Hello! This is to let editors know that :File:Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis ispida) female.jpg, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for October 2, 2022. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2022-10-02. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page.  If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 11:48, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured picture scheduled for POTD
Talk:Common pochard

message: , can you please replace the Cite Q template that you added with a normal  template, or otherwise fix the WP:CITEVAR author formatting problem? Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:02, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind, I found  in the Cite Q documentation and have used that trick to fix multiple citation errors in that reference. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:48, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: That's good , because I didn't introduce the Cite Q template and have no idea how to use it. If you'd checked the history, you'd have seen it was  who introduced that problematic template. ;) MeegsC (talk) 22:32, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: My mistake, and apologies. I misread the history. Your addition of CS1 templates and sfn templates was nicely done. It turns out that editor in question has been asked to comply with CITEVAR in the past. The work of gnomes is never done. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:34, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cite Q template causes CITEVAR error
Talk:Common redstart

message: Hello all... 
An image used in the article, specifically :Image:Gekraagde Roodstaart 20040627.JPG, has a little bit of a licensing issue.  The image was uploaded back when the rules around image uploading were less restrictive.  It is presumed that the uploader was willing to license the picture under the GFDL license but was not clear in that regard.  As such, the image, while not at risk of deletion, is likely not clearly licensed to allow for free use in any future use of this article.  If anyone has an image that can replace this, or can go take one and upload it, it would be best.
You have your mission, take your camera and start clicking.--Jordan 1972 (talk) 00:51, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image needs replacement 

message: Are this species' nests parasitized by cowbirds?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.55.112.199 (talk) 06:25, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cowbird parasitism 
Talk:Common shelduck

message: In the German article (and I have also heard it from people I know) it is stated, that the Shelduck even lives in foxholes that are still inhabited(!), profiting from something we call "Burgfrieden" in German: the fox like some other animals of prey, especially birds, does not attack in close vicinity to its "home". Really fascinating, almost too fascinating, although I have found numerous German sources. Can anybody say anything about this or is it maybe a legend? --Kricket (talk) 21:42, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Common waxbill

message: The title photo looks like an Orange-cheeked Waxbill, rather than Common - change to a different photo? 89.40.74.28 (talk) 09:53, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct.  This is not a picture of a Common Waxbill.  I don't know anything about editing Wikipedia, but someone should fix this. 172.58.206.233 (talk) 20:11, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. - UtherSRG (talk) 21:50, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title photo
Talk:1999 Fiesta Bowl

message: As the most important game in a popular American sport (college football) I think we should have an article for each game, similar to the articles for the Super Bowls. JS 01:35, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

message: The page should be moved and redirected to 1999 Fiesta Bowl.  that is its offical name and it would match the championship games from 2000-2006 Frank Anchor, U. S. American (talk, contribs) 18:36, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: ABSOLUTELY! How do we fix this? It makes no sense! Bcspro (talk) 15:27, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Page Move
Talk:Lefteris Papadimitriou

message: Why is this article called Lefteris Papadimitriou and then in the article, it says Papadimitriou Lefteris ? Can we know which is the first and which is the second word, correctly? Pernambuco 01:36, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Congo peafowl

message: "The Congo peafowl has physical characteristics of both the peafowl and the guineafowl, which may indicate that the species is a link between the two families.[4]"
Species can't be a "link" between families, and the cited reference doesn't assert that it is. "Family" has a precise meaning in taxonomy. The Congo peafowl is in a different genus from the other two species. S C Cheese (talk) 16:46, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taxonomy of Congo Peafowl
Talk:Paranoid fiction

message: I have deleted the section on H. P. Lovecraft for now:
:Another paranoid fiction author considered to have been inspired by his own madness is Howard Phillips Lovecraft.  Descended from two parents who eventually were institutionalized in an asylum, Lovecraft suffered from frequent nightmares up to his death.  Unlike in most other paranoid fiction where the artificiality of the characters' world is merely hinted at, Lovecraft made it clear that these worlds were a direct product of his characters' minds, as they gradually went insane and their imaginary seeings grew progressively more bizarre. Biography of H. P. Lovecraft
Leaving aside the fact that no citation actually characterizes his work as "Paranoid" fiction, this paragraph exagerrates any mental problems he might have had. Most important, though, his characters were decidedly not delusional, and in the fictitious world they inhabited, the horrors that plagued them were all too real. The source cited does refer to the characters as going insane, but this is the result of their exposure to bizarre experiences, not the cause of those experiences. Lusanaherandraton (talk) 04:42, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Crowned lapwing

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) Mikumi shadow lift.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on February 12, 2014. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2014-02-15. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:12, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) Mikumi shadow lift.jpg]] to appear as POTD
Talk:Rowley Island

message: To everyone out there who plans to comment on the island looking like a penis- WE ALL KNOW!  That 'fact' is rather irrelevant.  Since I added the map the history has expanded in size nearly EIGHTFOLD!  All but one of the 49 edits since the map's introduction were either vandalism or reversion thereof.  If you have something to contribute, make sure it has nothing to do with male genitalia first.  --CommKing 01:48, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, clearly some 10-year-old grade schoolers have just found their little treasure trove of sexual immaturity. --Belugaperson 20:22, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Under "Demographics", "Population" is listed as 62. But the article also says "the island is uninhabited". Discrepancy should be explained/resolved. Cmhawke (talk) 08:40, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Population: 62" yet "Uninhabited"
Talk:Sketchbook

message: *Revised introduction - and extended scope to provide more discussion of sketch in the drawing sense (as there is no discussion of this at all on the 'sketch' page of wikipedia)
*Included a new section 'what is a sketch' to outline the various purposes of and reasons why sketches are made
*Introduced new section 'Online and digital sketchbooks'.  Lots of sketchbooks have now been reproduced as digital images and can be accessed via the internet.  This section is split between historial and contemporary sketchbooks of note.  It's intended that this section should largely focus on sketchbooks of some importance.
*Introduced new section 'External Links'
Not had time to include all the links (which come from another project I was working on) and will finish this tomorrow. 
Also need to investigate the scope to link between wiki sections re the sketchbooks of note
Cosmopolitancats 01:52, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: Any links to individuals in the external links needs to be 
* because they are notable individuals - see the wikipedia guidance on notability
* related to an entry up above 
* should ideally be to the website which gives them notability rather their own website
[User:Cosmopolitancats|Cosmopolitancats]] 01:59, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: External Links

message: What is the middle part of a sketch book called  81.100.21.236 (talk) 18:15, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Part of a sketch book
Talk:Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority

message: I don't see why Central Texas Turnpike System should be a separate page. The tollways within the system are all built and maintained by the RMA.
*Support - The turnpike system could be included as a section of this article. Dough4872 00:22, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The CTTS article is a three-paragraph stub article. I now see that CTRMA doesn't control all of them, so perhaps the CTRMA roads should be listed on that page with the TTA routes, along with others around the state, in the article Texas Tollways which is an article in need of improvement anyhow. Fortguy (talk) 18:22, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge discussion

message: The comment about a Charlie Hodge radio show is trivial and inconsequential and does not pass the standard of being encyclopedic.____  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robert Cullick (talk • contribs) 20:42, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The paragraph about a talk show comment should be excised. 

message: The Projects section is an ugly mess. There is a whole paragraph apparently copied from the website (which isn't even cited), and it lacks sufficient citations in general. The different projects should probably be in a table. Intrinsicanomaly (talk) 21:39, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Projects section
Talk:Rick Kosick

message: The article this triv is sourced from seems to be extremely tongue-in-cheek. WP:BLP is pretty tight on this kind of thing.
"*Kosick was conceived and born in mass murderer John Wayne Gacy’s house in Illinois."
Deizio talk 02:10, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia 

message: This article is one of a small number (about 100) selected for the first week of the trial of the Wikipedia:Pending Changes system on the English language Wikipedia. All the articles listed at Wikipedia:Pending changes/Queue   are being considered for level 1 pending changes protection.
The following request appears on that page:
However with only a few hours to go, comments have only been made on two of the pages.
Please update the page as appropriate.
Note that I am not involved in this project any more than any other editor, just posting these notes since it is quite a big change, potentially.
Regards, Rich Farmbrough, 20:23, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Pending changes
Talk:Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling

message: Not to be picky, but shouldn't this article be renamed Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling? I don't see why wrestling is capitalized. It would fit with the format that many other college sport-specific articles are currently written (see here and here). Just a suggestion.↔NMajdan•talk 14:18, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename? 
Talk:Central Park West

message: there's a note here that says that Bono (of U2) has an apartment in the Dakota.  At the San Remo article, it says that Bono lives there.  Of course, he could have apartments in both, but this should be documented and cited.
Bono lives in the San Remo-- I'm changing the article. GG The Fly (talk) 02:02, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bono of U2: Dakota or San Remo?
Talk:Mercury toxicity

message: I propose an article on the health hazards of mercury, the liquid metal used in dental fillings and glass thermometers. It's also used in trace amounts as a vaccine preservative. Large amounts, as were dumped in a Japanese harbor for three decades, will get into fish and poison people (one thousand died). 
There's a campaign in the U.S. to ban mercury altogether. Some medical groups have begun compliance.
I invite scientists and well-read laymen to write an article about the hazards of mercury. How much liquid (or vapor) will poison an adult or child? How dangerous are thermometers (which might break) or dental fillings or Thimerosal? --Uncle Ed 02:22, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Article proposal
Talk:Yashica

message: A short series of edits by a single IP on 17 July 2006 culminating in this version turned "Yashica" from a redirect into a substantial article with a remarkable resemblance to the  21 June 2006 version (then the most recent) of the Camerapedia article on Yashica.
The plot thickens. The Camerapedia article itself had a stunning resemblance to part of "A History of Yashica 35mm SLR Cameras", a page that is signed "Glen" but that also says "Copyright (C)2000 Cees de Groot -- All rights reserved." The Camerapedia contributor (and occasional Wikipedia contributor) Rebollo fr asked about this. You can see the exchange here, but it's summarizable as "I wrote the article, I'm free to do what I want with it, and I chose to contribute it to Camerapedia, knowing that I was thereby releasing it under GFDL, so you can ignore the original copyright message" (my words, not Glen's). -- Hoary 05:16, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright status

message: Two of the distinctly different iterations (of the three I have been able to identify) of the Yashica 44 are marked "YASHIMA OPT. IND. CO., LTD." on the trim plate between the objective and viewing lenses. The third iteration is marked "YASHICA CO., LTD." in the same location, as is the later Yashica 44LM. As the three iterations of the Yashica 44 are nearly identical it is extremely unlikely that Yashina Seiki Co. Ltd. used the name "Yashima Optical Industries Company, Ltd." as it clearly was one of the early corporate names for Yashica. Please note that I am specifically not referring to the Yashica 44A and Yashica 44LM as being iterations of the Yashica 44, they are separate models in their own right.
Was able to acquire an original Yashica 44 camera with its original box, and a (matching) serial numbered original sales receipt. The camera is labeled "YASHIMA OPT. IND. CO., LTD." as noted above, the box is marked "Manufactured in Tokyo By Yashima Optical Ind. Co., Ltd.", and the sales receipt is dated 3/8/1959 from Henry's Camera Corp. in Los Angeles. --Wdance 14:24, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yashima vs. Yashica 

message: Hey, how about my Yashica Electro 35 GX. It's not listed on the page. Should it be?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.231.240.27 (talk) 18:23, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Electro 35 GX 

message: Removed this (source)--John Bessa (talk) 00:40, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: M42 R/F -- no way
Talk:Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

message: Are the IMDb links really necessary? DrWho42 02:23, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think so. In fact, I think the format used at Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is better. Muad (talk) 19:59, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: December 2006
Talk:ABC Weekend Special

message: I added an episode list section, with just two entries. I know there are a lot more of them than this; does anyone wish to help? Most of the episodes are TV movies or mini-series in their own right. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 02:23, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Episode List Section

message: This article needs and appropriate infobox. Check WP:TV for assistance.--Opark 77 10:36, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox

message: Is anyone going to do anything more with the episode tables?  Information on the program is very minimal in the references I have, but I might be able to do a little clean up.  I would delete the Synopsis and Production columns in the table if no one is going to complete them. JimVC3 (talk) 23:41, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I could add a synopsis for about 60-70% of the episodes, but I'm planning to try and start working on the Afterschool Specials we talked about as soon as I get some extra time, so I probably won't get a chance to work on these for a while.  I'd probably switch the tables layout when I do get around to working on them anyway, so you can go ahead and make whatever changes you think are best. --- Crakkerjakk (talk) 20:33, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmmm.  Okay, I'll pass for now.  I just wanted to check to see if someone was going to pursue this.  If you have it on your list, even if you don't get to it for a while, I'll move on to something else.  Thanks. JimVC3 (talk) 03:53, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Episode Tables

message: I question if we should present these specials as universally being 30 minutes long. 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111105/ for example says "The Secret Garden" was 69 minutes. The version I found was about an hour and 8 minutes 59 seconds, so that fits it exactly.
I don't know how many others may differ from this. Ranze (talk) 01:10, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Running time difference
Talk:List of state highway spurs in Texas

message: I'm slowly converting this over to the templates a section at a time. If anyone would like to help, there's plenty of information that needs to be added.
Taking the first row as an example, before completing it, the coding looks like:

Now, if I look up the designation in the Highway Designation Files, I can change the established year to the more specific 1939-09-26, change the decommissioned year to the more specific 1943-12-16 and give it some termini. Because the one terminus should contain a link to the location, I should unlink it in the local name column as well. I can verify the name of the spur, and if the HDF had the length, I could insert that. Finally, I can apply a citation using  for the dates (and the length, if possible). That would look something like:

Just one last note, but since the first  in the first footnotes for Spur 1 will link to Texas Department of Transportation, all of the others should add  to the template so that the department's name isn't linked in every footnote. Imzadi 1979 →  10:21, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Filling out the table
Talk:Texas State Highway 137

message: I think that the 2 routes are related to each other. I think the second route was a new southern extension of the first route. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexlatham96 (talk • contribs) 19:02, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: untitled

message: Please check my edit to the article which I made to correct an error that was showing in the infobox. I removed a reference that you misplaced. Please move it to wherever it is needed. Johnuniq (talk) 04:33, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Extraneous reference
Talk:Texas State Highway 152

message: Around 6:25 PM first responders were dispatched three miles west of Pampa on State Highway 152 to an accident involving a SUV and truck. 28-year-old Kristen Knoop was driving eastbound in a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer when she went across the lane going westbound for an unknown reason. 63-year-old Michael Lugar of Orange Park Florida was driving a 2021 GMC Sierra westbound and was unable to avoid a head-on collision with Knoop. Lugar’s vehicle came to a rest on all four wheels. Knoop’s came to a rest on it’s top in the westbound lane. Knoop was pronounced deceased on the scene. Lugar was transported to the Pampa Regional Medical Plaza and treated with non-life threatening injuries and was in stable condition. 107.178.28.75 (talk) 02:09, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Memorial Day Accident May 30th, 2022
Talk:Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

message: How should we describe this in regard to 76's Shiny New Year or 64's Reindeer? The initial scenes predate Santa coming to the north pole as they tell the story of Boreal and Winterbolt, then it revisits Donner putting the black soot on Rudolph's nose, then it revisits Rudolph adventuring alone...
Is this basically after he leaves the island of misfit toys but before he returns home as a stag? The conflict there seems to be that Santa already wants him to be part of his team.
I haven't seen Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys so maybe that fills in the gaps? The article says it happens after the 64 special yet Rudolph/Clarice are younger. Are they possibly de-aged by Santa's magic to keep Rudolph active and happy? Ranze (talk) 21:02, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: These movies are not connected beyond the central figure so talk of them being so is not really relevant. Not trying to be a jerk, but they are all standalone shows. Ckruschke (talk) 19:34, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Prequel or sequel or midquel

message: "This was the final Rankin/Bass special to use Rudolph and Frosty. All other specials/movies starring the characters were produced by another company."
Not sure what this means, but Rankin/Bass clearly produced the original 1964 Rudolph, the 1969 Frosty, and several other sequels. Before I remove this wholesale, can anyone explain what it was trying to say?
Rehcsif (talk) 22:30, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Strange assertion