Talk:Common eland

Subfamily
I think an error occurred: the subfamily of common Eland is not "Bovinae" but "Antilopinae". I'm going to correct it. --Suhardian 20:12, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The |Integrated Taxonomic Information System, American Society of Mammalogists |Cumulative Index for the Mammalian Species and classify eland in subfamily Bovinae. I Have reverted it back to Bovinae. -- Rooivalk 05:04, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

upto 3,5 m tall. The second tallest land animal then? Herds of upto 400? whos writing this?


 * These pages seem to agree, although the 3.5m figure does seem too high. I've adjusted it.   . Lunkwill 09:37, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Scientific Name

Should the scientific name be amended to Tragelaphus not Taurotragus? IUCN use Tragelaphus and has the note: ''The genus Taurotragus, in which the Common Eland and the Giant Eland, T. derbianus, are sometimes included, is here included in the genus Tragelaphus, in accordance with recent genetic evidence and classifications (see Kingdon in press for summary). Three subspecies of Common Eland have been recognized, although their validity requires investigation (Thouless in press).'' Adelophryne (talk) 09:57, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your suggestion. I have observed that Taurotragus is the commoner name, and the article already mentions that Tragelaphus is often used. It can not be really changed till we are completely sure. Sainsf  &lt;^&gt; Talk all words 12:52, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Life span
How long does it live? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jnw222 (talk • contribs) 18:44, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

It lives for 15-20 years generally, and some are recorded to be living for even 25 years. I've expanded this article and mentioned this fact about life span in the 'Description' section too. Thanks.--Sainsf&lt;^&gt; (talk) 14:11, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Uses
I don't think it is appropriate to call the Israel Defense Forces "Israel Occupation Army", even though it is called so in the source. --JewBask (talk) 03:07, 27 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I have removed that part. I don't think its source is so good to trust. -- Sainsf &lt;^&gt;  ( talk )  01:42, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

There are continuing statement about uses of eland that simply are not true, specifically exaggerating their domestication and use as dairy animals. The sources for this, when they are even cited, are circular or even incestuous, as if someone got something from a bad earlier version of this article, put it on their webpage, and then later it got fed back into Wikipedia. There were experiments in Russia in the 60s or 70s, but that's it. https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA00382353_9710 Seeing this here is bizarre, and I'm not sure exactly what modifications would be made to the article to demonstrate the negative of something that never should have made its way to an article.

Page move?
Shouldn't this page be moved to Common eland, lower case "e"? Unless I'm missing something, that seems to be the implication of Naming conventions (fauna). WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules: simple/complex 13:34, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I have always thought of moving the article. After all, the whole article should have the 'e' either lower case or higher case, the former being more appropriate.-- Sainsf &lt;^&gt;  ( talk )  11:50, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: already moved to Common eland by Topbanana. Uncontroversial like so many recent mammal renamings. Favonian (talk) 15:22, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Common Eland → Common eland – The 'e' in the Common Eland need not be capital anyhow. The lower case is much appropriate. But there is a redirect page, Common eland, that is causing problem. -- Sainsf &lt;^&gt;  ( talk )  09:56, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:FNAME. Jenks24 (talk) 00:24, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:MAMMAL guidelines. Jack (talk) 09:32, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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Size information inconsistent
The size and weight information in the lead is not entirely consistent with that at Common eland. I would suggest that the lead be changed to give a less precise set of ranges consistent with the later information. Peter coxhead (talk) 10:37, 29 April 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅. I have fixed it. I think it is consistent now.-- Sainsf &lt;^&gt;  ( talk )  12:14, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

GA review
With all due respect to the nominator and the reviewer (of GA2) who have made this a well-written article, I see some problems here esp. in the references. Not all of them are templated/done in the same way, and some of them are not to reliable sources. References 3, 4, and 5 are not to a reliable source; surely there are better sources for these etymologies. The citation for ref 7 is incomplete, and ditto for 10 (besides, Oracle Thinkquest is NOT a reliable source). I corrected an error in the template for 16 (and put the notes in the proper order). Note 17 cites a chapter, but the inclusive page numbers aren't given (and it has pp. for a single page). This was a good reason to not pass it as a GA; if these errors are corrected and more, better sources are found, it can maintain GA status. Sorry, but them's the shakes. Drmies (talk) 15:36, 6 June 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅. I have fixed these errors and added good references for the etymology. -- Sainsf &lt;^&gt; Talk all words 05:35, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

MSW3 online
Is there a reason why FN16 (ref name = wilson) only references the printed version, when there's a much more accessible online version here? The usual way to reference it would be, giving:



--Stfg (talk) 13:29, 12 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Good idea. I have put that reference. Thanks for your help! -- Sainsf &lt;^&gt; Talk all words 05:05, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

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