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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Dabomb87 14:12, 27 March 2010 [1].

List of birds of South Carolina[edit]

List of birds of South Carolina (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Nominator(s): Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 03:58, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The birds of South Carolina mimics the structure of the Maryland birds list, which passed less than a year ago and was largely agreed to be a template for future state bird lists. It is comprehensive, including all birds the record committee does, organized, and well-illustrated. Thank you. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 03:58, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Nice to see WP:BIRDS back at work on lists. One thing that this list needs that the Maryland birds list does not have is alt text. Dabomb87 (talk) 05:35, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I added alt text to the lede image. Is this what the alt text is supposed to be? Also, are the pictures in this list purely decorative, as they just illustrate examples of common SC birds instead of illustrating a key point? If yes to both, I'll run through and add alt text. Thanks. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 07:37, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Decorative has multiple meanings, but I don't think these images are "purely decorative", so they all need alt text. The lead alt text is excellent, by the way. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:40, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I'll get started on it, will report back when done. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 21:06, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have a conference this weekend and am not sure if I will have internet. Alt text should be done by the 8th if not sooner. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 21:49, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well that took longer than expected. Sorry for the delay- midterms and conferences kept popping up. Anyways, done with the alt text and I think all the comments. Thank you for your patience. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 16:29, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Good work. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:01, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 18:38, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments a good, comprehensive, well-illustrated list. Some thoughts...
  • Is the state bird referenced anywhere?
  • "as appearing in " do you mean it's been seen?
  • " If the record is accepted, it will be the first recorded appearance of the species in the state." is repeated verbatim five times, this is not great for the prose.
  • Same with "was/were reported in South Carolina"...
  • Is there any reason that the (I) etc is bold?
  • "Birds marked with asterisk (*) not identified to species" are we missing an "are" between asterisk and not? And an "a" between to and species?
  • Should measurements (e.g. metres) be in USEng to be consistent?
  • Is it "Carolina Bird Club" or "The Carolina Bird Club"? Refs/See also need to be consistent.

The Rambling Man (talk) 20:31, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've bolded the (I) etc to make the species they mark stand out more as they mark birds with something unusual about them being in the state. Otherwise I think I've changed everything else. The first records section for the other two lists I've done only includes one or two records, but South Carolina has had five since their committee last met. Hopefully they will meet this year. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 21:06, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Good stuff, will re-assess when you finish alt-text. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:38, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I revisited the alt text and on a random sample I found three from six being grammatically incorrect. Could you check the rest please? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:42, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about that, I think I fixed it up. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 20:16, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support a very nice piece of work. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:21, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Dabs; please check the disambiguation links identified in the toolbox. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:19, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 21:06, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I can't see any glaring prose or comprehensiveness errors. Looks good. Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:54, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support and nitpick. Although it's implicit that the article is following the SC list, I don't think that is actually stated explicitly in the lead Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:20, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Possible omission: A map showing the location of South Carolina would be useful for those that do not know USA very well. The map could show some of the geographical features relevant to birds. Snowman (talk) 16:44, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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