GCBabbler

G'day and welcome on board (I'm sure someone will come along and stick a welcome message with hints and things soon), good on you for getting stuck int oa few bird articles - I just tweaked a couple of things as I found making the sections about taxonomy and naming allowed the scection to be about classification etc. as well, which made them more comprehensive since the scietific names are intimately linked with classification. Have a look at some featured articles such as Kakapo and Common Raven to see how big they can get. I was thinking of getting the ol' orange belly up to that level at some stage as it is a fascinating read. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:44, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the positive feedback and constructive criticism. I'm new to this and can use all the help I can get. No problems at all with any of the changes you have made. Thanks. GCBabbler 08:11, 23 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Just had a look at the Common Crow and Kakapo. Spectacular. The poor old OBP and Turq's have got a long way to go. GCBabbler 08:16, 23 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Bird article edits

Latest comment: 17 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Thanks so much for your additions on conservation status of a few bird articles - what's more they're referenced which is great. Keep up the good work - especially using reliable references for each addition - too many don't and it doesn't help wikipedia's reliability. The only suggestion I can make is to continue using the <ref>blah blah blah</ref> or <ref name> formats instead of simply using [url]. Your use of citation templates is good too. Anyway, I fixed up one article (but no cite template yet though). Welcome to wikipedia and happy editing. If you have any questions, let me or others know. cheers --Merbabu 07:53, 27 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the warm welcome. I have looked at your editing, and will endeavour to reference as you have suggested in the future. There's so much more information to add to so many of the bird articles, and so few hours in the day. I'll keep plugging away a little at a time. GCBabbler 09:04, 2 October 2007 (UTC)Reply