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Requested move 30 May 2022

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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The result of the move request was: Withdrawn Columbianmammoth (talk) 21:36, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]


(non-admin closure)

Long-billed wren (New Zealand)New Zealand long-billed wren – The word order "New Zealand long-billed wren" represents a more customary approach to disambiguating names. For example, see New Zealand rock wren, European robin, and American robin. For all three of these species, the shortened names "rock wren" or "robin" are the most common vernacular names in their native range. Of course, an encyclopedia like Wikipedia needs to disambiguate. The three examples I give show that it's customary to include a geographical identifier like "New Zealand," "European," or "American" at the beginning of the name as part of the name, rather than after the name in parenthesis. Columbianmammoth (talk) 00:35, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for your comment. The name "long-billed wren" appears to be widely used and recognized for this species. See Checklist-of-Birds.pdf (nzbirdsonline.org.nz) and Rock wren | Pīwauwau | New Zealand Birds Online (nzbirdsonline.org.nz) as authoritative examples, and Long billed wren - New Zealand Bird of the Week - YouTube as another interesting example.
Actually, Checklist-of-Birds.pdf (nzbirdsonline.org.nz) and dozens of Wikipedia pages for individual species like this one refer to New Zealand birds that became extinct after Polynesian settlement and before European settlement by their common names.
For these reasons, even the current name "Long-billed wren (New Zealand)" is preferable over the scientific name by the standards of WP:UCRN. Columbianmammoth (talk) 18:21, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding your comment that you "now support the current name" – please note that procedurally, you would be allowed to close this request as "withdrawn" now if you wish, since no one has supported the proposal (see WP:RMCI, which says "a move request proposer may close their own move request as withdrawn ... if opposition is unanimous"). Of course, that would not prevent someone else from submitting a different RM request if they choose to do that. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 00:33, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(non-admin closure)