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Raphinae edit

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Contributor(s): Reid,iain james, FunkMonk

The lead is a Good Article, and the two topics are both Featured. Raphines are extinct birds, and include the very well known Dodo. The only other raphine is the Rodrigues Solitaire, which has been found to be related to the Dodo since the early 1800s. The two birds were hunted to extinction one after another by human settlers, who also introduced carnivorous mammals like cats and pigs. --IJReid (talk) 00:47, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Spectacular work. Just address some red links on the Raphinae article (sentence- "and so placed Inepti in the order Rasores, as the sister family to Gallinacei, Epollicati, Columbini, and Crypturi." --WonderBoy1998 (talk) 11:44, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

All the images except to Epollicati have been fixed. I cannot find what the modern name for Epollicati is, so currently I cannot fix its redlink. WonderBoy1998, it this a problem or not? IJReid (talk) 14:45, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A red link is definitely a problem since it just leads to a page that doesn't even exist. Why don't you just remove the link to Epollicati? --WonderBoy1998 (talk) 16:33, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The point of a red link is also to encourage people to create articles when they encounter them. These examples seem to be obsolete taxa though, so could probably redirect to something. I and Ian can maybe figure out what they're referring to... FunkMonk (talk) 16:40, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks FunkMonk for replying for me, btw my name is Iain (misspelt often as Ian and once even Iaian). Turns out the link should be removed, which I did, because by definition, Epollicati paraphyletic. IJReid (talk) 00:25, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sweet' Nergaal (talk) 09:42, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - What's with the redirects in the topic? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:49, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I just corrected the links. IJReid (talk) 13:48, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Much better. Articles all look solid to me. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:12, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Closed with a consensus to promote to Featured Topic. - GamerPro64 15:25, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]