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The habitat and range description, at first glance, before my edit just now, seemed to have been politicized, mentioning the range of the bird by country but omitting Israel and apparently covering the area whilst referring to the same state twice, namely Palestine and Palestinian territories. According to Wiki itself, the state of Palestine is tautologous as a geographical area with the Palestinian territories, so this description actually omitted the geographical area of Israel, where the bird obviously exists - assuming that a petty political point was not being implied that "Israel is Palestine" for which there is surely no need or place in an article such as this. In fact, on closer look, though written “Palestine” the word linked not to the state of Palestine article, but to “ Palestine (region)”, in a way which, as I described, is misleading, which is not only inconsistent (since the rest of the bird’s range is described using names of states, and not geographic regions), but confusing and potentially misleading. So although one alternative would have been to change “ Palestine” to “ the geographic region of Palestine” and remove “ Palestinian territories,” for the sake of consistency, and to avoid the unnecessary appearance of a politicization of an article about a bird, I have replaced “ Palestine” with “ Israel” and retained “ Palestinian territories.” So as to be clear that I am not taking a political stance here, I wanted to give a fuller explanation here than the Edit summary allows. Mlevitt1 ( talk) 10:49, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
Hello! This is to let editors know that the featured picture File:Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea osea) male.jpg, which is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for July 29, 2021. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2021-07-29. 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! Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 10:38, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
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The Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea) is a small passerine bird of the sunbird family, Nectariniidae, found in parts of the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa. Its long, downward-curving beak and the brush-tipped tongue are adapted for sipping nectar from flowers. The Palestinian Authority adopted the species as a national bird in 2015. This male Palestine sunbird in breeding plumage was photographed in the Dana Biosphere Reserve in Jordan. Photograph credit: Charles James Sharp |
None of the citations on “Israel's 2013 campaign to remove "Palestine" from the bird's common name” give evidence for the claim. 2 are about the choice of the hoopoe in 2008, and two are articles that claim the campaign was “widespread” but don’t give any citations, time frame, body behind the campaign, etc. Cursory google search also shows nothing. Does anyone have an actual source for this? TheMaddestHatter345 ( talk) 07:06, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
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The habitat and range description, at first glance, before my edit just now, seemed to have been politicized, mentioning the range of the bird by country but omitting Israel and apparently covering the area whilst referring to the same state twice, namely Palestine and Palestinian territories. According to Wiki itself, the state of Palestine is tautologous as a geographical area with the Palestinian territories, so this description actually omitted the geographical area of Israel, where the bird obviously exists - assuming that a petty political point was not being implied that "Israel is Palestine" for which there is surely no need or place in an article such as this. In fact, on closer look, though written “Palestine” the word linked not to the state of Palestine article, but to “ Palestine (region)”, in a way which, as I described, is misleading, which is not only inconsistent (since the rest of the bird’s range is described using names of states, and not geographic regions), but confusing and potentially misleading. So although one alternative would have been to change “ Palestine” to “ the geographic region of Palestine” and remove “ Palestinian territories,” for the sake of consistency, and to avoid the unnecessary appearance of a politicization of an article about a bird, I have replaced “ Palestine” with “ Israel” and retained “ Palestinian territories.” So as to be clear that I am not taking a political stance here, I wanted to give a fuller explanation here than the Edit summary allows. Mlevitt1 ( talk) 10:49, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
Hello! This is to let editors know that the featured picture File:Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea osea) male.jpg, which is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for July 29, 2021. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2021-07-29. 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! Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 10:38, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
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The Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea) is a small passerine bird of the sunbird family, Nectariniidae, found in parts of the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa. Its long, downward-curving beak and the brush-tipped tongue are adapted for sipping nectar from flowers. The Palestinian Authority adopted the species as a national bird in 2015. This male Palestine sunbird in breeding plumage was photographed in the Dana Biosphere Reserve in Jordan. Photograph credit: Charles James Sharp |
None of the citations on “Israel's 2013 campaign to remove "Palestine" from the bird's common name” give evidence for the claim. 2 are about the choice of the hoopoe in 2008, and two are articles that claim the campaign was “widespread” but don’t give any citations, time frame, body behind the campaign, etc. Cursory google search also shows nothing. Does anyone have an actual source for this? TheMaddestHatter345 ( talk) 07:06, 5 March 2024 (UTC)