Talk:Red-backed fairywren

GA review notes
yes, yes, before you ask, I am chasing a map and a couple of further shots...Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * review will be on the subpage as per new instructions, jimfbleak (talk) 09:59, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I made a rough map if you want it. Sabine's Sunbird  talk  05:10, 14 June 2008 (UTC)


 * ....agh! many thanks SS, I did ask someone and sent them a map with both subspecies and the square area of hybridization. I will see if they have done it. If not I can send you the pic I got. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:34, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Singular or plural/
Hi Casliber, another fine article. Can we think about pronouns? The article uses "it" a lot as a prounoun for, (I presume), species. In many places, I think "they" would be better. I keep getting this stupid image in my head of this poor solitary bird making its lonely way around Australia. :-) Graham Colm Talk 17:35, 17 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Also, this sentence:

To denote the status of being paired or unpaired, the male experiences a bill darkening, which occurs within three weeks of being paired. is confusing. How about: When the male pairs his bill darkens, and this happens within three weeks. Graham. Graham Colm Talk 19:34, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

OK, sentence is good and I inserted it. Good pickup. The 'singular vs plural debate is a bit of a headache which reminds me a bit of the passive tense one. At FAC, we've often completely singularised articles as per others' comments. I did leave many plurals while helping on ant as they were (a) communal and (b) the article was talking about the family rather than the species. So, to sum up, I am a bit unsure how to proceed here and am happy to see what others think and go with consensus. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:52, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, let's do that, (see what others think), and, on reflection, the title of the article is singular; perhaps its my having a problem in  not liking the word "it"? Best wishes, Graham. Graham Colm Talk 22:17, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

P.S. I will no doubt be adding my support. G.


 * It's funny. I wasn't going to work up any more fairy-wrens after the first four, but a couple of new users added alot of info to both this one and White-winged Fairy-wren. I thought it would be straightforward to work them up from there but got rather more involved....Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:45, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Photo request
Is there still a specific photo request of some sort (something not covered by existing pictures)? There are a couple of pictures at Flickr that could be useful, e.g. juvenile and chick photos. Richard001 (talk) 02:23, 28 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Chick photos would be fantastic. Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:16, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

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