Talk:Somali pigeon

A fact from Somali pigeon appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 March 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the rare Somali pigeon urgently needs a population survey?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Somali pigeon.

Wikipedia

Birds Low‑importance

Somali pigeon is part of WikiProject Birds, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative and easy-to-use ornithological resource. If you would like to participate, visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Please do not substitute this template.BirdsWikipedia:WikiProject BirdsTemplate:WikiProject Birdsbird articles

Low

This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

It is requested that an audio file(s) be included in this article to improve its quality.

An editor has requested that an image or photograph be added to this article. Wikipedians in Somalia may be able to help!

WikiProject Birds To-do:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : Endemic birds of Papua New Guinea (more)
Cleanup : Bullfinch • Vesper sparrow • Bird flight • Bird bath (more)
Copyedit : Plushcap • Magpie duck • Saker falcon (more)
Expand : Phalarope • Nidicolous • Gouldian finch • Cathartes • Cnemophilidae • Avian malaria (more)
NPOV : Debeaking • Driven grouse shooting • Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital (more)
Stubs : Cathartiformes • Semiplumbeous hawk • Rainbow-bearded Thornbill • Sunda scops owl (more)
Update : Coal tit • Scottish crossbill • New Caledonian lorikeet • Operation Migration (more)
Verify : Argus (bird) • Blyth's frogmouth • Nik Borrow • Pytilia • Fregata • Chestnut-headed tesia • Darter • Pallid scops owl • Starling (more)
Wikify : Ninox boobook ocellata • The Institute for Bird Populations (more)
Other : Add photos to bird articles needing photos (search Flickr for free images). Add taxonomic authorities to genus articles.

More outstanding tasks at the project's cleanup listing, Category:Birds articles needing attention, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/Todo.

Somalia Low‑importance

	Somalia portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Somalia, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Somalia on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SomaliaWikipedia:WikiProject SomaliaTemplate:WikiProject SomaliaWikiProject Somalia articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 16:04, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(

Comment or view
Article history

)

... that the rare Somali pigeon "urgently" needs a population survey? Source: "There has been no survey or conservation work carried out in recent years; something that is urgently required to improve existing knowledge of this species's abundance, distribution, ecology and possible threats." — http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/somali-pigeon-columba-oliviae/text
- Reviewed: N/A
- Comment: No QPQ needed.

5x expanded by An anonymous username, not my real name (talk). Self-nominated at 17:57, 19 February 2022 (UTC).[reply]

A quick comment: The image needs a caption, still assessed as a stub, D. Goodwin reference: Remove WP:ALLCAPS, Section Relationship with humans needs citations. Cheers--Chanaka L (talk) 18:50, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- I fixed most of these, but I can't find a reliable source that discusses the designs of the coins of Somaliland. --An anonymous username, not my real name (talk) 19:18, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Expanded enough at the time of nomination, and is long enough. No QPQ needed. Source spotchecks find no issues with supporting text, or with plagiarism. Earwig also finds no issues. The hook is supported, and I have duplicated the relevant source to the specific hook point in the article. I note the Goodwin source uses "Somaliland pigeon" as an alternative name, which is probably worth including (the citation as written also lacks the journal and page number fields). However, these are not DYK issues, so passing this. CMD (talk) 09:51, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Theleeycauldron I have been told before to always use page numbers for DYK. Just seeing what you think. SL93 (talk) 19:04, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Theleekycauldron. SL93 (talk) 19:04, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - @SL93: I've never come across that particular requirement—Narutolovehinata5 or BlueMoonset would know better than I do. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 19:09, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    - I will restore the approval since the two pinged editors didn't respond and I found nothing in the written rules. However, the article is currently semi-protected per recent vandalism so I'm not sure if stability is an issue at the moment. SL93 (talk) 15:41, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      - Stability is not an issue, the protection is due to tangential vandalism. CMD (talk) 16:00, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
        Ok. SL93 (talk) 16:04, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]