Talk:Grey go-away-bird

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Surely the whole article should be about the Grey Lourie also known at the "Go-Away Bird" rather than the other way round? Grey Lourie would be the birds common name and the Go-Away Bird as its regional name.

Apparently the name "lourie" is no longer technically correct, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-away-bird, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knysna_turaco, https://www.naturesheart.co.za/blogs/the-birding-blog/when-is-a-lourie-not-a-lourie, http://thornybush.co.za/blog/the-grey-loerie-is-no-more, Agbneill (talk) 13:54, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

this is just an attempt at breaking our language and instead of using the given name, onomatopoeia is used as a lazy replacement. At least the cuckoo was the original common name given. 197.184.183.179 (talk) 09:06, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As a writer and previous nominee of the Loerie award for creative writing, I'm disappointed with this. Especially with the impracticality of using onomatopoeia to officially replace a given name, where it's usually the onomatopoeic or slang name that got an upgrade to a proper noun. I suppose winning the go away award for creative writing is going to be very different, especially if such lazy language is the set bar to live up to. 197.184.183.179 (talk) 10:27, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is the name chosen by the International Ornithologists' Union and Wikipedia follows their lead. See https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/ioc-lists/master-list-2/ . SchreiberBike | ⌨  12:07, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't like it, then please "go-away". We follow the IOU's naming conventions. Your recent changes against this well-established standard have been reverted, and I've blocked you for 1 month for disruptive editing. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:29, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]