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Request for comment
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Hey
Hi, just wanted to say that I'm sorry to see you go. A lot of people feel the same way for the same reasons. I wish you all the best for the future. SlimVirgin (talk) 14:27, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

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This user has left because he's sick of your shit .. well, not mine, baby, come back, we do need people like you. Hafspajen (talk) 20:04, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Precious
  birds

Thank you for quality articles on birds, such as the Golden White-eye, for you major contributions to Bird, and for having "managed to not destroy Wikipedia yet", - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (29 December 2009)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:16, 5 December 2012 (UTC) Two years ago, you were the 325th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:35, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

Four years ago, you were recipient no. 325 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:29, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for today's White-naped xenopsaris! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:46, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for today's pittas, "one of a lovely and hard to see bird family found mostly in Asia and Africa (and a bit of Oz). Has an astonishing 6 featured images!" - I have a "songbird" on the same page, DYK? ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:34, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Seven years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:57, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you today for Rainbow pitta, "a jewel of an Australian species. I never even really planned to write it but I photocopied the wrong pages at the library. Oh well, turned out to be a great mistake as its lovely." - Did you know that I wrote about an opera director, only to find out when finished that I meant a different one? - DYK that I have a "song bird" on the same page, on Handel's birthday? Enjoy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:02, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * Good job hanging onto your admin bit with that one-letter edit, sport! You haven't even used it since 2011, and even that was three years before you diva quit the project. Have some decency and just let it go. —  Scott  •  talk  08:20, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
 * It's rich coming from you talking about Diva Quits. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:46, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
 * My diva quit was more epic than that ;) Sabine's Sunbird  talk  03:16, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

Bee-eater
Hi, I've started working this up to featured article status, some way off yet though. I notice that you were a major editor on this, and I'm happy to submit it as a joint nomination when it's ready, if you are OK with that. I don't mind doing the grunt work, I've got decent sources although I might possibly need some help with sources when I get to "Predators and parasites" (haven't even started looking yet). Let me know what you think Jimfbleak (talk) 05:33, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I know we are some way off posting yet, but a few quick comments (not sure how recently you've done an FA, forgive me if I'm telling you what you already know).
 * There shouldn't be any refs in the lead
 * No wikilinks to continents or sovereign countries
 * parts of the article are in AE spelling, eg "defense" (noun) and "behavior". No AE country has bee-eaters, whereas many BE countries in Africa, Australia, Europe and South Asia do. Article should be consistently in BE
 * No galleries, although obviously some of the pics could be placed in the text if appropriate

No rush to fix these, I'm still collecting refs for predators and parasites. Would you be happy for future discussion to be on the article talk page? That seems more logical than our talk pages. We went to the Western Cape some years ago, great birding and climate and good fun Jimfbleak (talk) 05:31, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Seabird
I do not know whether you are a native speaker of the English language. My edit relates to an issue of grammar. To "fight" buoyancy is not a grammatically or even a physically correct concept. Feel free to change the wording, but reverting a good-faith edit that is grammatically and conceptually correct, without at least discussing it and/or supplying an inline citation, is just plain rude. DiverDave (talk) 15:18, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

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List of birds of New Zealand
Sabine's Sunbird.......welcome back! I thought I'd let you know I've been working on the New Zealand bird list, and am now working on the Chatham Islands list.....I've been using a 200 mile circle around North Island, South Island, and Stewart Island for border definition purposes. This would give the Kermadec Islands, Auckland Islands, Chatham Islands, Campbell Islands, Antipodes Islands, and Bounty Islands their own distinct listing area. The Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau already have distinct lists. Just an FYI, unless you'd like to offer suggestions......Pvmoutside (talk) 22:12, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Sabine's Sunbird.....I've moved all your tableized work from your sandbox to the List of Birds of New Zealand. Let me know if you have questions or concerns.......now on to the rest of the families and set definitions of the classification.....Pvmoutside (talk) 16:10, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I've finished standardizing the list, and returned the offshore island endemics. Still some small cleanups to do, and adding the TOC to the top of the page........Pvmoutside (talk) 17:24, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Hey!
Hi Sabine's Sunbird! Great (belatedly) to see you're back, at least partially. Hope you're doing well down there. Thought of you recently as I was watching some courting Laysan Albatrosses, and telling people about your sad pictures of the albatross chick skeletons stuffed with bits of plastic. MeegsC (talk) 13:46, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

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I've been talking about you behind your back...
Not in a bad way. I don't wanna engage the debate in that forum, but... I discussed it in my very final tl;dr post here. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 01:00, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Lead of red-billed quelea
Hello Sabine's Sunbird. Thanks for prepping the Q.q.-article before review and your offer for assistance. As you suggested, I have somewhat extended the lead, but perhaps it needs a bit more. I also have removed some of the subheadings or merged them, but not entirely to the level that may be consistent with some other articles. I did split up the gallery, although with some feeling of loss, as its intended function was to enable easy comparison of the different plumages among the sexes and subspecies, but since it was far from complete and also contained also other images, I concur it is better to split this one up. However, I think a gallery is sometimes very useful, such as in the Peony-article where I included three galleries: one for different stages in the development, one for as many species as images where available for and one containing an image of each of the six flower types in cultivars. Anyway, could I ask you to have another look at the Q.q.-article and push it a little bit further? Thanks in advance and kind regards, Dwergenpaartje (talk) 09:17, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Inaccessible Island rail
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White-naped xenopsaris scheduled for TFA
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Your GA nomination of Hooded pitohui
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Your GA nomination of Melampitta
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Preparation of article on nelicourvi weaver for GAN
Dear Sunbird, I think I would like to attempt another GA-nomination, this time for Nelicourvi weaver. Last time you gave valuable advise to prep the red-billed quelea article for GAN, which succeeded. Could you have a look and perhaps give me some pointers again. Thank you in advance.`Dwergenpaartje (talk)

DYK for Hooded pitohui
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Pigeon guillemot
Would you like to co-nom the pigeon guillemot to WP:FAC soon? RileyBugz 会話 投稿記録 18:59, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Pigeon guillemot
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Your GA nomination of Rainbow pitta
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Thanks for helping at the Women in Science edit-a-thon
Thanks for sharing your expertise :-) Ballofstring (talk) 23:15, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I love the idea that I'm sharing, rather than just boring people endlessly. Sabine's Sunbird  talk  23:28, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you!
Hello, I hope you are doing great! The FAC of the mallard was closed before I could leave a thank you note for the review comments and then withdraw it. I thought it was good to go after the PR, GOCE copy-editing, GA passing, and talk page comments on any issues, but I think I was wrong. I hope to fix all the issues and re-nominate it again when all the issues mentioned and any more of them (would ask after I first fixed the issues mentioned on the talk page ). I realized later that it actually was a complex article, when I started editing more on other bird articles. Anyways, thank you again for your comments, and I hope I did not cause much trouble! I hope you have a great day. Adityavagarwal (talk) 02:49, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

HBW pages
The HBW page for any bird species would be very very helpful, but it is inaccessible without subscription (for example, for the great white pelican). Could you suggest any way to check out the HBW pages for this (and for any other bird species in future)? Thanks! Adityavagarwal (talk) 08:31, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Arctocephalus forsteri requested move discussion
Sabine's, I just set up a RM discussion on the talk page for what you may know as New Zealand fur seal. Some controversy about whether to use scientific name or use common name. You having some interest in New Zealand wildlife, I thought you'd like to add your opinion....Please invite any Aussies or Kiwis you think would be interested in commenting. Any other Bot should have page ready within the hour.....Pvmoutside (talk) 13:41, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Australasian wrens
Hello Sabine's Sunbird, could you help move Australasian Wren (the former Maluridae family page) to Australasian wren (presently a redirect page)? I do not wish to lose the page history in doing so improperly. Thanks, Loopy30 (talk) 03:49, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:21, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Steller's sea eagle
ok yeah let's do this one - should be an easy buff as a collab. Focussing on history and taxonomy at the moment. Feel free to get stuck in anywhere. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:20, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

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A badly composed season's greetings
 Happy Holidays!   Hello Sabine's Sunbird! Hope you have a great Christmas, New Year, or whatever you celebrate! RileyBugz 会話投稿記録 22:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Vandalism
hi i think we need protection on article Passenger pigeon due to vandalism — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yournewsboy (talk • contribs) 19:39, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedian at Large grant proposal needs volunteers and endorsements
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Draft page in article space
You've created Editing User:Sabine's Sunbird/training, which is presumably intended to be in your user space. Please move it, or if it is intended to be an article, title it more appropriately.- gadfium 20:41, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply on my talk page. I've moved it to User:Sabine's Sunbird/training, and fixed the link to it on your user page.- gadfium 21:59, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

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"addled mandible" in Red-and-white crake
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shearwaters
If they are cited texts, they should be in line and show up in references76.189.141.88 (talk) 23:19, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

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Capillus and rostris
Dear Sabine's Sunbird, in this edit you state that rostris means "bill" and capillus "head", but the proper Latin word for bill is rostrum and capillus actually means hair (of the head). I can not access full content of the source you have provided. Is explicitely stated in this source that rostris means bill and capillus means head? Thanks for the response, Wimpus (talk) 21:30, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 * According to the source the first can mean either headed or hair of the head, the second I have amended. Sabine's Sunbird  talk  20:41, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

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You know what else is a stub?
Coconut lorikeet - some interesting molecular data published on this group at last. NB: I am just excited that I finally got to see this on my 5th visit to Norfolk Island....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:29, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks!
Thank you for helping and welcoming the new users at the editathon. Much appreciated. –Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 02:34, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
 * No worries! Shame I couldn't be there. Sabine's Sunbird  talk  02:35, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

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Only ten years late (after being selected as a collaboration)....
Hey, if you have any time, if you could have a look at secretarybird before we nominate at FAC? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:40, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Latin family name correction
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I've tried to fix a few links to the (nematode) family name Leptosomatidae to links to the (bird) name Leptosomidae where appropriate. Your page User:Sabine's Sunbird/families is an obvious candidate; but since it's a user subpage, and since I do not know whether you "keep it mainly for nostalgia" or as an active work tool, I won't do that fix myself. Thus, it's all up to you. Regards, JoergenB (talk) 14:15, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

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hooded pitohui
hello, Sabine's Sunbird! i had a quick question regarding this article and the associated blurb. is "kleptotoxicism" a word used in the relevant literature? it appears to have been added to the article by an ip user,, without a reliable source. the word appears on this site as well, though it cites wikipedia as a source. dying (talk) 14:04, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Just happened to see this and removed the claim per WP:OR, it does appear to be an original invention on Wikipedia. Shyamal (talk) 09:59, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

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TFA for Inaccessible Island rail?
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 * Now April 30. - Dank (push to talk) 16:03, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

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