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Puerto Rican spindalis was a good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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October 20, 2007	Good article nominee	Not listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 15, 2006.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that the Puerto Rican Spindalis is the national bird of Puerto Rico and often participates in mobbing, a behavior in which it attacks predators to defend hatchlings?

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Consensus

The following is to determine which would be the best pharse to describe the Puerto Rican Spindalis. Please vote between "National" or "Official". Arguments have already been placed (see above). The consensus will last for a period of five days. It is agreed that the final results will be respected by all particpants.

National Tony the Marine 14:41, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

National Nnfolz 15:21, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

National - Guettarda 15:33, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

National- Antonio Patria Keeper Martin 08:52, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Official- Algr 08:03, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

National <<Coburn_Pharr>> 17:56, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

National Joelito 22:37, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

National Smylere Snape 02:41, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

National Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! (Whisper...) 05:57, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

A consensus has been reached, voting is now officially closed.

Final Results: "National": 8, "official": 1

It is suggested that the originator of the article place a footnote in regard to Puerto Rico's relationship with the United States.

As organizer of the consesus I would like to thank all those who participated in the same. Tony the Marine 19:17, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS): Develop (Expand) lead a little bit more; make it cover all aspects of the article in a brief summary
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): The references are there, but they are not cited properly. Please look at the Cite Web template and follow its instructions. Also, while not necessary, you could try to find a book source b (citations to reliable sources): I put in one cite needed tag c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): There is nothing about its Relationship with Humans except for a sentance in the lead. Make a new section at the end of the article and talk about how it became Puerto Rico's national bird: Why was a bird that only became a species in 1997 chosen over, say, the Puerto Rican Parrot? Did it play a role in the lives of the natives? Also, is there anything about its conservation you could add? b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
a (fair representation): b (all significant views):
It is stable.
Talk page and history both correspond to references and no major upsets.
It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
a (tagged and captioned): b lack of images (does not in itself exclude GA): c (non-free images have fair use rationales):
Overall:
a Pass/Fail: