Talk:List of mammals of Nigeria

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Update 2021[edit]

I've started updating the page, as some species and many statuses are badly out of data. I think it's a good idea to post here when anyone updates a section.

Done: Primates Jarne Colman (talk) 11:59, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done: Primate Carnivores All the small groups (1 - 2 species only)

Remaining: Rodents Ungulates Bats True shrews Jarne Colman (talk) 19:00, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I do not agree to removing references to the Red List status of species. In ALL other such country lists, the status IS referenced, though not updated for all the listed species. Why do you insist on THIS list being an exception ? -- BhagyaMani (talk) 19:16, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

When you update, then I recommend you use the proper template {{cite iucn}}. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 20:06, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You mean the template that Wikipedia has provided, which doesn't completely match the IUCN one so makes it enormously time-consuming to update lists like these? It's basically just another format of the same information without the download date. So yeah, I do prefer to just use the IUCN one.Jarne Colman (talk) 20:27, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to have not yet make yourself familiar with that template. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 20:53, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen the template, I've seen how you can fill it in but so far I haven't found a way to fill it in automatically meaning that for every species you need to fill it in by hand. A time consuming job without much added value in my opinion, the IUCN template is allready quite a clear one.Jarne Colman (talk) 22:05, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and for the idealistic talk about references, in several other countries' lists (including some you worked on) references aren't commonly present either. It's just a random game of which species get's referenced and which get's not, that's not how wikipedia is meant to work. Whilst I agree that every species referenced is optimal, doing half of these just makes the article look messy.Jarne Colman (talk) 20:30, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I did not yet work on ALL the pages on mammals, but added only refs on those species' pages, to which I also contributed. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 20:51, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]