Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 20 Nov 2016 at 21:54:44 (UTC)

Reason: very nice picture of a tiger in the reserve
Articles in which this image appears: Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: Stephenekka

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 21:54, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support however query caption - shouldn't it read "tigress", not "female tiger"? Otherwise it's like calling a lioness a "female lion" when there's actually a correct name for that animal. MurielMary (talk) 02:03, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --PetarM (talk) 18:54, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Alchemist-hp (talk) 08:24, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support And 5....--LivioAndronico ^(talk) 11:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)5...[reply]
Support And @MurielMary:: Not necessary to change "female tiger" to "tigress". Either way is OK. Most basic animal names include both sexes; e.g., "tiger" includes male and female tigers. What's more, there's no separate word for the male of most species, including tigers. So "female tiger" is fine, IMHO. (Others may disagree.) --Thnidu (talk) 16:05, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If the animal in the image was a male, would the caption read "male tiger"? No? Then clearly in common usage "tiger" = "male animal" and the female should be referred to by its name of "tigress". Otherwise, we are assuming that male = normal/standard/default and everything else must be tagged to clarify what it is. MurielMary (talk) 01:17, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also, following your logic @Thnidu:, if "tiger" = "male and female animals" then the caption should actually read "Maya, a tiger". MurielMary (talk) 01:19, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@MurielMary: (Not a vote, just continuing a discussion.) Not necessarily. We can use "deer" for an adult animal of that type of either sex, but we also have the option of saying "doe" or "stag" as appropriate. As I said above, "Not necessary to change female tiger to tigress. Either way is OK."

Dog words are similar to "tiger/tigress". From Quora: In the breeder's world, a male dog is simply called a "dog." (Females are called "bitches.") In the breed ring you have classes for "dogs" and classes for "bitches." Only males show as dogs, and only females show as bitches.

Support--Godot13 (talk) 18:15, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support as the nominator on Commons. --Nikhil (talk) 05:24, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Jobas (talk) 12:58, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per my !vote at Commons. Daniel Case (talk) 06:06, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Panthera tigris tigris Tidoba 20150306.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:37, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]