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Requested move 13 May 2019

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Withdrawn by nominator. bd2412 T 23:37, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Struthio → Ostrich – Per the discussion at Talk:Common ostrich#Requested move 15 September 2018. This would place both birds known as "ostrich" at that name. bd2412 T 17:35, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. It makes sense having both species of ostrich together under a single article named "ostrich". Rreagan007 (talk) 18:16, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support per common name. Randy Kryn (talk) 19:44, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Malformed request: The proposed destination name is already occupied by an article, and the nominator hasn't suggested what to do about that. —BarrelProof (talk) 22:44, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- @BarrelProof: - you are right. I was thrown off by the fact that Ostriches redirects to Common ostrich. It didn't occur to me that Ostrich was not also a redirect to the same page. That's a separate problem. bd2412 T 23:37, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Requested move 18 April 2020

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The result of the move request was: Consensus to move, currently in process. b uidhe 05:57, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Struthio → Ostrich
Ostrich → Struthionidae

– Per previous discussions, and WP:COMMONNAME. Hemiauchenia (talk) 14:12, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support Struthionidae has one extant genus (Struthio) and three known extinct genera. The content from the family article can be copy-pasted here afterward. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 17:39, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Rreagan007 (talk) 18:39, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The current article Struthio is a terrible place for someone searching ostrich to end up. Srnec (talk) 03:51, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, but the same thing could be said for the current ostrich article, hopefully reducing the scope will encourage other users to improve it. Hemiauchenia (talk) 10:21, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

~~Qualified~~ Support Both articles are rather bare though and I have doubts whether Common ostrich isn't a better primary article for "Ostrich". Only one kind of ostrich is extant; there is no "rare ostrich" and rheas are not usually called ostriches. Struthionidae and Struthio need their own articles as they're concepts different from The Ostrich, as usually referred to, and do not have alternative names. GPinkerton (talk) 05:17, 19 April 2020 (UTC) Edit: Was behind the times on taxonomy of the Somali ostrich. Full support. GPinkerton (talk) 05:23, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. ~ HAL 333 06:38, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Fix grammatical errors in intro paragraph

"They are farmed worldwide, with significant industies in the Philippines, and Namibia ." -> "They are farmed worldwide, with significant industries in the Philippines, and Namibia."

Note I've fixed "industies" -> "industries" and deleted the extra space between "Namibia" and the period. GreenDevolution (talk) 00:05, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thanks User:GreenDevolution for catching that and reporting. I also removed a stray comma. This new content is interesting, User:Carbon Caryatid, but needs citations as it does not summarize any content of the article body. DMacks (talk) 11:25, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Field Ecology and Conservation Technology

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 23 August 2023 and 5 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Arosa569 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Arosa569 (talk) 14:43, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ostrich weight

Which section would be best to add the average weight of an ostrich? Dakolson (talk) 16:59, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Weight

300 pounds or more 2603:8081:401:378E:D958:803A:BF09:D735 (talk) 17:17, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]