Talk:Rock pigeon

A rock pigeon is any of several species of Australian pigeon. The rock pigeons are related to, and in many ways similar to, the bronzewing pigeons. A rock pigeon is not, repeat not a Rock Pigeon Columba livia. Tannin 09:38, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * That may well be so but unless you want to change every wikilink in every other article or write something in this one with a disambiguate link - leave the redirect. Otherwise you screw up several other articles. --DV8 2XL 10:53, 21 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Mate, fair go. I already fixed the other articles - as you can readily verify by checking the "what links here" link (near the bottom right of the page, but it may be somewhere else for you if you are using a different skin). Please stop reverting this: you obviously are not up to speed when it comes to bird articles, or you would see for yourself that it is quite stupid to have a redirect from a term that means "a particular group of endemic Australan birds in the dove/pigeon family" that leads to a single European bird species that does not belong to that group and, aside from being a member of the same family, is completely unrelated!


 * You know, I think I've just remembered why I have spent almost a year away from Wilkipedia after making many thousands of edits and writing a great many of the fauna articles from scratch - it just gets so bloody frustrating to continually have good and useful work, in an area where one has a substantial amount of expertise, mucked about by (usually well-meaning) people who haven't get the faintest idea about the topic.


 * Please, before you revert again, check your facts. Look at the "what links here", find out what a rock pigeon and what a Rock Pigeon is. If in doubt, ask me. Or, if you don't trust me, ask any of the other bird experts on Wikipedia. I don't know which of the old hands are still about, but anyone who knows anything about Australian birds, or has access to an Australian field guide will be able to confirm the facts above for you. Tannin 12:22, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Maybe you're been away so long you forgot that we don't leave empty pages hanging around. I found this because I was dumped here on a redirect. I care little about birds. If your going to do a half ass job of 'fixing' something and don't explain yourself in full don't get snarky when others don't think you haven't quite got it. Finish what you start before dumping on others. --DV8 2XL 12:37, 21 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I'll tell you one thing that hasn't changed: people here are still rude and arrogant as hell. I think I'll take another year off. Tannin 13:06, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't let the door hit you on the way out --DV8 2XL 13:09, 21 May 2006 (UTC)