![]() | Long-tailed widowbird was nominated as a Natural sciences good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (January 21, 2013). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated. |
The Wikipedia entry for the Long-tailed Widowbird leaves much to be desired. The article merely mentions the species is a member of the Ploceidae family and in which countries it might be found. No other information is given in the text portion of the article. The information bar on the right of the page includes a photo of a male Long-tailed Widowbird (though the sex of the animal, despite being apparent by the male’s distinct tail, is not mentioned), its current conservation status (least concern), and known scientific classifications. The History tab indicates little editing of page, and the Talk tab merely indicates that the article is a stub, of undetermined importance, and part of the Wikiproject Birds. No mention is made of the distinct mating practices of the species, including the female choice of males with long tails, nor is there any mention of the lack of parental input by males. As expected with such a sub, there is only a single citation in the article. Thus, this page is in dire need of editing and expansion.
-cobiorower — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cobiorower ( talk • contribs) 17:33, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
I have added a great deal of information to the article to expand on both the bilogy of the species as well as our current understanding of the sexual selection that takes place within Long-tailed Widowbird mating.
-- Cobiorower ( talk) 01:32, 10 October 2012 (UTC)cobiorower
Cobiorower, good job with the additions you made to the article! I only made a few grammatical/ wording corrections. I also corrected a few run-on or fragmented sentences for better flow. Great coverage of Andersson's experiment. Ihyuan ( talk) 03:59, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
I added some hyperlinks. I italicized Eleusine jaegeri since it is a Latin name. I was not sure if The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is supposed to be underlined or italicized. I also changed “remove” to “removed”. Zhangt2413 ( talk) 04:31, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Hey Eamon, great job! I was thinking you could just add a morphology section to this article, instead of describing the bird to such great detail in the introduction. If you include more detail, it could definitely just be its own section. I also felt like the last sentence of the introduction didn't seem necessary for Wikipedia, so I deleted it. On that note, I also felt that the first two paragraphs under Sexual Selection were a little too heavy on Charles Darwin. I understand the significance of his contributions, but I didn't feel this was appropriate for wikipedia standards for an article specifically on a bird. I also linked a lot of things, and changed a few typos, and changed the question under The Male's Tail and Epaulet. That also didn't seem appropriate for a wikipedia article. Also another question, why can't they fly in wet weather? Overall, great job. Alexliu818 ( talk) 04:44, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
I have added a morphology section to the article and several photos.
-- Cobiorower ( talk) 04:10, 16 November 2012 (UTC)cobiorower
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Reviewer: Samara levine ( talk · contribs) 02:31, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
*Don't use symbols like ">" or "<" in formal writing. Change all of them to words.
*Be sure to standardize your capitalization of the bird's name. Per
WP:MOS, it's Long-tailed Widowbird. There are a number of places in the article where it's capitalized differently.
*This bird wasn't first identified by Pieter Boddaert, it was first described by him. And a wikilink to his article would be appropriate.
MeegsC ( talk) 17:53, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
range map added — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danoue92 ( talk • contribs) 03:21, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
The nominator, reviewer, and primary author (Cobiorower) were all part of a fall-semester course, and none have edited on Wikipedia since December 20, over a month ago. As the new semester began a week ago, it's clear that this article and nomination has been abandoned. Consequently, this article cannot be listed at the time. If someone wishes to work on the previously noted issues—none of the ones noted by Atrian have been addressed, and it's not clear how many are left over from the earlier comments—they are welcome to renominate the article after they've finished. BlueMoonset ( talk) 18:43, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
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The Wikipedia entry for the Long-tailed Widowbird leaves much to be desired. The article merely mentions the species is a member of the Ploceidae family and in which countries it might be found. No other information is given in the text portion of the article. The information bar on the right of the page includes a photo of a male Long-tailed Widowbird (though the sex of the animal, despite being apparent by the male’s distinct tail, is not mentioned), its current conservation status (least concern), and known scientific classifications. The History tab indicates little editing of page, and the Talk tab merely indicates that the article is a stub, of undetermined importance, and part of the Wikiproject Birds. No mention is made of the distinct mating practices of the species, including the female choice of males with long tails, nor is there any mention of the lack of parental input by males. As expected with such a sub, there is only a single citation in the article. Thus, this page is in dire need of editing and expansion.
-cobiorower — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cobiorower ( talk • contribs) 17:33, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
I have added a great deal of information to the article to expand on both the bilogy of the species as well as our current understanding of the sexual selection that takes place within Long-tailed Widowbird mating.
-- Cobiorower ( talk) 01:32, 10 October 2012 (UTC)cobiorower
Cobiorower, good job with the additions you made to the article! I only made a few grammatical/ wording corrections. I also corrected a few run-on or fragmented sentences for better flow. Great coverage of Andersson's experiment. Ihyuan ( talk) 03:59, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
I added some hyperlinks. I italicized Eleusine jaegeri since it is a Latin name. I was not sure if The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is supposed to be underlined or italicized. I also changed “remove” to “removed”. Zhangt2413 ( talk) 04:31, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Hey Eamon, great job! I was thinking you could just add a morphology section to this article, instead of describing the bird to such great detail in the introduction. If you include more detail, it could definitely just be its own section. I also felt like the last sentence of the introduction didn't seem necessary for Wikipedia, so I deleted it. On that note, I also felt that the first two paragraphs under Sexual Selection were a little too heavy on Charles Darwin. I understand the significance of his contributions, but I didn't feel this was appropriate for wikipedia standards for an article specifically on a bird. I also linked a lot of things, and changed a few typos, and changed the question under The Male's Tail and Epaulet. That also didn't seem appropriate for a wikipedia article. Also another question, why can't they fly in wet weather? Overall, great job. Alexliu818 ( talk) 04:44, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
I have added a morphology section to the article and several photos.
-- Cobiorower ( talk) 04:10, 16 November 2012 (UTC)cobiorower
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Reviewer: Samara levine ( talk · contribs) 02:31, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
*Don't use symbols like ">" or "<" in formal writing. Change all of them to words.
*Be sure to standardize your capitalization of the bird's name. Per
WP:MOS, it's Long-tailed Widowbird. There are a number of places in the article where it's capitalized differently.
*This bird wasn't first identified by Pieter Boddaert, it was first described by him. And a wikilink to his article would be appropriate.
MeegsC ( talk) 17:53, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
range map added — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danoue92 ( talk • contribs) 03:21, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
The nominator, reviewer, and primary author (Cobiorower) were all part of a fall-semester course, and none have edited on Wikipedia since December 20, over a month ago. As the new semester began a week ago, it's clear that this article and nomination has been abandoned. Consequently, this article cannot be listed at the time. If someone wishes to work on the previously noted issues—none of the ones noted by Atrian have been addressed, and it's not clear how many are left over from the earlier comments—they are welcome to renominate the article after they've finished. BlueMoonset ( talk) 18:43, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
This article was the subject of an
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on the course page.
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