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Hello, i bumped into this source while reading on mobile.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46093-2 Yug (talk) 🐲 19:28, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Well, we certainly shouldn't be trying to chase every primary research paper, it's not our function, nor is it even possible. This paper however makes an attempt to review past work and to explain why dating has been difficult, so it's more relevant than many. I've added a note about it. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 08:39, 4 April 2024 (UTC) reply

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under "domestication" section of this article. Remove falsely cited graphic. Map titled "chicken domestication and dispersal" is cited as being from citation [42] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs12915-020-0738-1. If you read the cited article, two things become apparent: 1. the map is not from the article, only created using some information from the article. Clearly, this graphic is not from a peer-reviewed source seeing as it lists the "AD" after the year, not before. And 2. some of the information in the graphic is from an un-cited source. the cited article makes no mention of domestication dates in the Americas. Needs proper citation (and grammar). Generally Bassariscus ( talk) 03:18, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Graphic is stated on Commons to be a standard world map, with the addition of data from cited source. It is not asserted that the map is from the source, indeed if it was it would be in copyright. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 06:56, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

The article currently defines a cockerel as "a young male chicken less than a year old," and cites to reference.com (sketchy?), which no longer includes the time restriction, and even in the archived page, it was wishy-washy. Many dictionaries don't include a specific age constraint, and the current entry in the OED notes the less than a year old factor, but then goes on to say there is a wider definition of "any age," and that the wider sense prevails in popular use. I'm not sure how much "popular use" there is of the word cockerel, but in any case, I don't think it's appropriate define it in such absolute terms on this page. I have tagged it dubious. (Also not sure about the use of reference.com). jhawkinson ( talk) 13:39, 3 May 2024 (UTC) reply

OK, let's ditch it. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 13:42, 3 May 2024 (UTC) reply