Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Ontario birds

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The list was promoted by User:The Rambling Man 13:52, 8 August 2008 [1].

List of Ontario birds

This is a list I've built from scratch over the past few days. It's modeled after List of birds in Canada and the United States (which was the first FL promoted). It is fully sourced and any concerns will be addressed by me. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 00:19, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

:*TOC doesn't work as a link to sections because the original non-MOS capitalisation has been fixed, but not the hidden link. For example, the original [[#Ducks, Geese and Swans|Ducks, Geese and Swans]] has been changed to [[#Ducks, Geese and Swans|Ducks, geese and swans]] which looks right, but doesn't work, should be [[#Ducks, geese and swans|Ducks, geese and swans]]

New World Vultures is still incorrect, should be New World vultures also Caracaras and Falcons should be Caracaras and falcons

One of the factors in this diversity are the size and range of environments in Ontario as well as the Great Lakes, many birds use the shores as a stopping point during migration. One...are, also second clause doesn't fit grammatically

~~I've fixed a few other bits and pieces, AOU ref, repetition in lead etc~~

jimfbleak (talk) 12:38, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done, done and done. Thanks for taking a look. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 22:15, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support ~~and further comments~~ I'm happy to support this now, just two things

Earlier, I put the author (the committee) for the AOU list so that it didn't begin with (1998) - must have an author. This seemed to have disappeared, but I can't see where. Assume removal was a mistake, since no ref can begin with a date. Removed retrieval date since not needed for a paper publication even though you linked to the on-line version. No action needed unless you disagree with this.
Ontario is known for its diversity of bird species. This is meaningless - known by whom? Compared to where - Peru? the Amazon basin? Thailand? The Gambia (800 species in a country 200 miles long and 20 wide.)? needs to go

I changed it to "has a diverse amount of bird species". -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 16:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

jimfbleak (talk) 05:56, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that you can have a diverse amount, but my change to that may not be better

I scrapped the references section. AOU was also in notes, and ABA appears not to be used

Good luck, jimfbleak (talk) 17:01, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Don't wikilink as of 2008 as it's a stand alone year
"This list of Ontario birds is a comprehensive listing" do we need to say it's comprehensive? That's automatically implied through its FL status
"There are 32 species, world-wide" comma isn't needed
What are "lobed toes"?
"There are 8 species world wide" MOS:NUM says eight. There's a few of these. 2, 5, 8,
"world wide" and "world-wide" --> "worldwide" (there's a few of these)

A very interesting list. Matthew Edwards (talk • contribs • email) 23:56, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed all the above except the toes, not sure how to access the template used for that jimfbleak (talk) 06:08, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Looks good, everything checks out. Couple things though: 'Crested Caracara', 'Mew Gull' and 'migration' lead to disambig pages. There are a number of redirect, but I don't know how you would want to deal with them (eg. pipetrick or rename or not bother at all), like, Gray Partridge→Grey Partridge, Ring-necked Pheasant→Common Pheasant, Willow Ptarmigan→Willow Grouse, Rock Ptarmigan→Ptarmigan, Northern Bobwhite→Bobwhite Quail, etc. --maclean 03:00, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

done jimfbleak (talk) 05:54, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Very good list. Matthew Edwards (talk • contribs • email) 06:15, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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