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Dear Funkmonk, you might have noticed that over the last few years my contributions to Wikipedia have gradually become less frequent. We made some plans for cooperation but I failed to fulfil my promises. This was caused by personal circumstances that prevented an adequate commitment on my part. The same situation now threatens to end my presence on Wikipedia completely. Before that point is reached, I thought it best to express my gratitude for your industry, intelligence, great artistic talent and civility that for so many years to me have been one of the main rewards and joys of being active as a Wikipedian. With great fondness,
-- MWAK ( talk) 13:16, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
I have a dilemma. I am pretty sure that Lapitavenator is back under an IP address and has been contributing for months. I reported them thinking that they belonged to Falconfly because one of their drafts cited a preprint by Falconfly. I'm pretty sure that it is Lapitavenator because they using the same commons account as Tatelumps, for instance the image on Roxby Hall, and have the same interests. I'm ambivalent on confirming to the investigation it is them because they have done so much editing (over 500 edits in the last 2 weeks) and most of it is fine, and they have initially created many articles like Afrotapejara, Luchibang and currently has drafts for uncreated new dinosaur species Draft:Lusovenator and Draft:Aratasaurus. Articles created by socks tend to get automatically deleted regardless of other user input, and it's a pain to re-create them afterwards. The Takatika Grit theropod should probably be redirected, but that's fine. I have archives the two pterosaur articles for insurance. What do you think I should do? Kind regards. Hemiauchenia ( talk) 19:32, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for causing an edit conflict while I was trying to fix this. A bit impatient, are we? 47.184.169.209 ( talk) 20:16, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Could you support for the Danish page where is written about "Dansk tilbagetrækning fra EU på dansk" before it https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dansk_tilbagetr%C3%A6kning_fra_EU_p%C3%A5_dansk will be canceled. Wname1 ( talk) 19:19, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
It is better now. Can you improve the page. Wname1 ( talk) 17:54, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
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Can you support this page https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dansk_tilbagetr%C3%A6kning_fra_EU ? Because after some time it could be deleted "Maskinoversættelse og/eller tvivlsomt indhold" "Denne side virker ikke som en encyklopædisk artikel". On this page you can see what was accepted: /info/en/?search=Danish_withdrawal_from_the_European_Union. Wname1 ( talk) 18:22, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
Could you also do a review of the sources for reliability? Thanks. LittleJerry ( talk) 15:57, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
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I had a problem, I am trying to find a paper called "A Miocene vertebrate faunule from the Malu member of Ceylon". cannot find it anywhere on the internet (or anywhere with open access that is) Not even Sci-hub works. But I know a user who seems to have access named Falconfly. Falconfly seems to have been banned due to threats he made. Since you seem to have interacted with him quite a lot, I wanted to ask, do you have access to the paper?-- Bubblesorg ( talk) 03:42, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
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Cross posted from the Signpost On August 7, WikiProject Palaeontology member Rextron discovered a suspicious taxon article, Mustelodon, which was created in November 2005. The article lacked references and the subsequent discussion on WikiProject Palaeontology found that the alleged type locality (where the fossil was first discovered) of Lago Nandarajo "near the northern border of Panama" was nonexistent. In fact, Panama does not even really have a northern border, as it is bounded along the north by the Caribbean Sea. No other publications or databases mentioned Mustelodon, save a fleeting mention in a 2019 book that presumably followed Wikipedia, Felines of the World. The article also appeared in four other languages, Catalan, Spanish, Dutch, and Serbian. In Serbian Wikipedia, a note at the bottom of the page warned: "It is important to note here that there is no data on this genus in the official scientific literature, and all attached data on the genus Mustelodon on this page are taken from the English Wikipedia and are the only known data on this genus of mammals, so the validity of this genus is questionable." Editors took action to alert our counterparts on other projects, and these versions were removed also. As the editor who reached out to Spanish and Catalan Wikipedia, it was somewhat challenging to navigate these mostly foreign languages (I have a limited grasp of Spanish). I doubted that the article had very many watchers, so I knew I had to find some WikiProjects where I could post a machine translation advising of the hoax, and asking that users follow local protocols to remove the article. I was surprised to find, however, that Catalan Wikipedia does not tag articles for WikiProjects on talk pages, meaning I had to fumble around to find what I needed (turns out that WikiProjects are Viquiprojectes in Catalan!) Mustelodon remains on Wikidata, where its "instance of" property was swapped from "taxon" to "fictional taxon". How did this article have such a long lifespan? Early intervention is critical for removing hoaxes. A 2016 report found that a hoax article that survives its first day has an 18% chance of lasting a year. [1] Additionally, hoax articles tend to have longer lifespans if they are in inconspicuous parts of Wikipedia, where they do not receive many views. Mustelodon was only viewed a couple times a day, on average. Mustelodon survived a brush with death three years into its lifespan. The article was proposed for deletion in September 2008, with a deletion rationale of "No references given; cannot find any evidence in peer-reviewed journals that this alleged genus actually exists". Unfortunately, the proposed deletion was contested and the template removed, though the declining editor did not give a rationale. Upon its rediscovery in August 2020, Mustelodon was tagged for speedy deletion under CSD G3 as a "blatant hoax". This was challenged, and an Articles for Deletion discussion followed. On 12 August, the AfD was closed as a SNOW delete. WikiProject Palaeontology members ensured that any trace of it was scrubbed from legitimate articles. The fictional mammal was finally, truly extinct. At the ripe old age of 14 years, 9 months, this is the longest-lived documented hoax on Wikipedia, topping the previous documented record of 14 years, 5 months, set by The Gates of Saturn, a fictitious television show, which was incidentally also discovered in August 2020. How do we discover other hoax taxa? Could we use Wikidata to discover taxa are not linked to databases like ITIS, Fossilworks, and others?
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I think I have a compulsion to make lists, it doesn't show up in my real life, but online I secretly get a lot of satisfaction making orderly lists and tables. It's a bit of a secret of mine, because it doesn't manifest in any other part of my life. My background is in biology, so this was a natural (haha) fit.
This experiment was just to see if I could get any random article to FA status, so I picked the very first alphabetical animal species according to the taxonomy and made that attempt. Technically, there isn't enough information for a species page so I just merged the species into a genus and went from there. It was a fun exercise, but doing it alone is not the most fun so it's probably on pause for the foreseeable future. Note: Aporhynchus is the first alphabetical taxon as follows: Animalia, Acanthocephala, Archiacanthocephala, Apororhynchida, Apororhynchidae, Apororhynchus
I would recommend getting a good article nominated, then a featured list up before tackling the FA. Lists are a bit more forgiving but give you a taste of what standards to expect from FA. The most time consuming thing is proper citations so make sure that is in order before starting either.
My personality in real life does not match my wikipedia persona. I'm not a very organized, or orderly in real life, but the wikipedia pages I brought to FL or FA are all very organized. Maybe it's my outlet for a more free-flowing life as a scientist/teacher.
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TFA after TFA, thank you today for your share to Elasmosaurus, "the most viewed articles about a long-necked plesiosaur genus, and gets more hits than even Plesiosaurus itself"! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:35, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
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Today, thank you for the Réunion Ibis, to which you "added practically all known info about, most PD images, and presented all controversies relating to the bird"! - The above went well, and the list appeared already on 21 August. Don't miss Monteverdi's Vespers on 1 September ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:05, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
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When you finish your current GA review, would you be able to look at scorpion? Thanks. LittleJerry ( talk) 20:16, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
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Do you know if there is a way to directly use preview images of PDF pages on Commons? I'm thinking of adding an image to Dromopus from one page of this file: [1] Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 00:16, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
You're welcome! Thought I might copy someone familiar... :P
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I know you did this all the way back in 2008, but can you remember what skeletal or reference you used to make your chilantaisaurus drawing all those years ago?
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Hi. Could you create a range map for both beaver species? [3] [4] Thank you. LittleJerry ( talk) 23:56, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
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ok but im pretty sure it was bigger than 10m right? i will try to find an article ^^ Jakegaming7788 ( talk) 18:58, 26 November 2020 (UTC) ok i edited it is it ok now ^^ Jakegaming7788 ( talk) 19:07, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
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Hi FunkMonk (I am back!). I saw that you recently deleted my size comparison image from the article on Cynthiacetus (yes, "Sneaking Stoat" have been my second name for some time). Was it something wrong with the Cynthiacetus? Conty~enwiki 20:01, 30 November 2020
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Why aren't you an admin? @ Barkeep49: so he can talk you in to it. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 19:53, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
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If that FAC is still open when I get back to my laptop on January 3, ping me and I'll claim a reviewing spot. Hog Farm Bacon 01:02, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
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While reviewing this one for URFA/2020, I discovered an update was needed, as all four species are now listed as endangered, not just three. I've updated it, but I'm not familiar with ref formatting standards for science articles, so could you look over my edits to make sure I didn't break the formatting sometime? Hog Farm Bacon 05:14, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
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Hey, I wasn't sure where it should be placed. I scrolled through the entire page and did not find a proper subject region. So did you just remove it completely? Or did you move it where it belongs? PalaeontologyAndOtherSciences ( talk) 19:19, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
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On another note how long do you think the deliberation will take for the Bodashtart FAC. I ping'ed the lagging reviewer but did not get a response. I also wrote to them on their talk page to no avail. What do you advise me to do? _Elias Z. ( talkallam) 10:20, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
I have left a message on their talk page. Their edit was AGF because the newspaper article has intentionally misled readers, as they often do. William Harris (talk) 22:42, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
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Might you glance at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Guinea pig/archive1? Femkemilene thinks it is salvageable. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 17:14, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
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A lot of work has been put into this, but did you ever sign off Talk:Staffordshire Bull Terrier/GA1 as a pass? William Harris (talk) 08:27, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for recropping the ring ouzel photos. It was laziness on my part - although I knew of the existence of croptool, I had never used it. Instead, I used Photoshop and exported the jpg as "high" quality. - Aa77zz ( talk) 11:34, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
Do you know how to clean an article of overlinking? LittleJerry ( talk) 22:08, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Hey, thanks again for checking out Tibesti Mountains and attempting a rescue. I don't think I'll ever nominate it again. I think with articles that are by their nature hard to find sources for, there is always going to be this natural tension between truthfulness (and prose) and the requirements of FAC. For example, I was called out on applying the word "today" to a source from 2001. I think it's correct to call me out on this per the FAC rubric, but I was lucky to find a source dated as late as 2001 for the claim, and given its obviousness the truth correspondence principle almost requires me almost morally to say "today", for the reader's sake ha. Anyway, sorry to lament on your talk page, just wanted to explain why it probably won't pop up again at FAC. Cheers again for the attempted rescue and I'll see you round here. Brycehughes ( talk) 10:07, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
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Do you speak Arabic? SpinnerLaserzthe2nd ( talk) 16:50, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
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I've managed to find an image on Shutterstock that is a (presumably unauthorised) copy of your Morganucadon life restoration. Hemiauchenia ( talk) 19:25, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
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The classification section seems poorly sourced, the first paragraph has no citations and [47] only supports the last sentence. Also once I send turtle to GA review, can we update Styracosaurus? LittleJerry ( talk) 02:53, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hello:
The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Cimoliopterus has been completed.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
You'll notice I placed a "Clarification needed" tag at the end of the second paragraph in the Cimoliopterus cuvieri I've removed the "sigfig=1" so it doesn't round off the conversion. I think thus makes more sense here. Please have a look and then remove the tag.
Best of luck with the GAN. It looks as though you've landed an engaged, thorough reviewer.
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Thank you today for Podokesaurus, "about the first dinosaur discovered and named by a woman (Mignon Talbot in 1911), and also one of the first well-known small theropods discovered, which attracted international scientific interest at the time. Unfortunately, the only known specimen was destroyed by a fire, so it has become fairly obscure over time. All that will probably ever be known about the dinosaur is summarised here, so hopefully it can bring some attention to its historical importance."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:31, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
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Check the new paper of juvenile pterosaurs!
While Sinopterus is clearly a valid taxon and has obvious tapejarid affinities, Huaxiapterus and Nemicolopterus are probably junior synonyms of Sinopterus.
On 29 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cimoliopterus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Cimoliopterus was among the first pterosaurs to be depicted as models (pictured) in Crystal Palace Park in the 1850s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cimoliopterus. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Cimoliopterus), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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The Navajoceratops and Terminocavus says that Bravoceratops is invalid, but the papers of Beg and Menefeeceratops later do mention Bravoceratops' name. but you said that the Beg Phylogenetic paper is already done before Bravoceratops is reinterpreted. Should we still wait until another paper after Menefeeceratops to conclude that others reject it being invalid?
In the Daspletosaurus paper in 2017, Carr puts Qianzhousaurus as a species of Alioramus. In Reid says that there is no mention of Qianzhousaurus being a species of Alioramus. In fact every subsequent paper describing new genus of Tyrannosauroids mentioning Qianzhousaurus indicates that they all continue using the name. so those who says Qianzhousaurus is Alioramus should shut up, haha.
I wonder why even S.Paul and Horner doesn't lump Qianzhousaurus? though they deleted a lot of genera.
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Dear Funkmonk, you might have noticed that over the last few years my contributions to Wikipedia have gradually become less frequent. We made some plans for cooperation but I failed to fulfil my promises. This was caused by personal circumstances that prevented an adequate commitment on my part. The same situation now threatens to end my presence on Wikipedia completely. Before that point is reached, I thought it best to express my gratitude for your industry, intelligence, great artistic talent and civility that for so many years to me have been one of the main rewards and joys of being active as a Wikipedian. With great fondness,
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I have a dilemma. I am pretty sure that Lapitavenator is back under an IP address and has been contributing for months. I reported them thinking that they belonged to Falconfly because one of their drafts cited a preprint by Falconfly. I'm pretty sure that it is Lapitavenator because they using the same commons account as Tatelumps, for instance the image on Roxby Hall, and have the same interests. I'm ambivalent on confirming to the investigation it is them because they have done so much editing (over 500 edits in the last 2 weeks) and most of it is fine, and they have initially created many articles like Afrotapejara, Luchibang and currently has drafts for uncreated new dinosaur species Draft:Lusovenator and Draft:Aratasaurus. Articles created by socks tend to get automatically deleted regardless of other user input, and it's a pain to re-create them afterwards. The Takatika Grit theropod should probably be redirected, but that's fine. I have archives the two pterosaur articles for insurance. What do you think I should do? Kind regards. Hemiauchenia ( talk) 19:32, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for causing an edit conflict while I was trying to fix this. A bit impatient, are we? 47.184.169.209 ( talk) 20:16, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Could you support for the Danish page where is written about "Dansk tilbagetrækning fra EU på dansk" before it https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dansk_tilbagetr%C3%A6kning_fra_EU_p%C3%A5_dansk will be canceled. Wname1 ( talk) 19:19, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
It is better now. Can you improve the page. Wname1 ( talk) 17:54, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
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Can you support this page https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dansk_tilbagetr%C3%A6kning_fra_EU ? Because after some time it could be deleted "Maskinoversættelse og/eller tvivlsomt indhold" "Denne side virker ikke som en encyklopædisk artikel". On this page you can see what was accepted: /info/en/?search=Danish_withdrawal_from_the_European_Union. Wname1 ( talk) 18:22, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
Could you also do a review of the sources for reliability? Thanks. LittleJerry ( talk) 15:57, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
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I had a problem, I am trying to find a paper called "A Miocene vertebrate faunule from the Malu member of Ceylon". cannot find it anywhere on the internet (or anywhere with open access that is) Not even Sci-hub works. But I know a user who seems to have access named Falconfly. Falconfly seems to have been banned due to threats he made. Since you seem to have interacted with him quite a lot, I wanted to ask, do you have access to the paper?-- Bubblesorg ( talk) 03:42, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
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I think I have a compulsion to make lists, it doesn't show up in my real life, but online I secretly get a lot of satisfaction making orderly lists and tables. It's a bit of a secret of mine, because it doesn't manifest in any other part of my life. My background is in biology, so this was a natural (haha) fit.
This experiment was just to see if I could get any random article to FA status, so I picked the very first alphabetical animal species according to the taxonomy and made that attempt. Technically, there isn't enough information for a species page so I just merged the species into a genus and went from there. It was a fun exercise, but doing it alone is not the most fun so it's probably on pause for the foreseeable future. Note: Aporhynchus is the first alphabetical taxon as follows: Animalia, Acanthocephala, Archiacanthocephala, Apororhynchida, Apororhynchidae, Apororhynchus
I would recommend getting a good article nominated, then a featured list up before tackling the FA. Lists are a bit more forgiving but give you a taste of what standards to expect from FA. The most time consuming thing is proper citations so make sure that is in order before starting either.
My personality in real life does not match my wikipedia persona. I'm not a very organized, or orderly in real life, but the wikipedia pages I brought to FL or FA are all very organized. Maybe it's my outlet for a more free-flowing life as a scientist/teacher.
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TFA after TFA, thank you today for your share to Elasmosaurus, "the most viewed articles about a long-necked plesiosaur genus, and gets more hits than even Plesiosaurus itself"! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:35, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
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Today, thank you for the Réunion Ibis, to which you "added practically all known info about, most PD images, and presented all controversies relating to the bird"! - The above went well, and the list appeared already on 21 August. Don't miss Monteverdi's Vespers on 1 September ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:05, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
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When you finish your current GA review, would you be able to look at scorpion? Thanks. LittleJerry ( talk) 20:16, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
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Do you know if there is a way to directly use preview images of PDF pages on Commons? I'm thinking of adding an image to Dromopus from one page of this file: [1] Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 00:16, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
You're welcome! Thought I might copy someone familiar... :P
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I know you did this all the way back in 2008, but can you remember what skeletal or reference you used to make your chilantaisaurus drawing all those years ago?
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Hi. Could you create a range map for both beaver species? [3] [4] Thank you. LittleJerry ( talk) 23:56, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
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ok but im pretty sure it was bigger than 10m right? i will try to find an article ^^ Jakegaming7788 ( talk) 18:58, 26 November 2020 (UTC) ok i edited it is it ok now ^^ Jakegaming7788 ( talk) 19:07, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
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Hi FunkMonk (I am back!). I saw that you recently deleted my size comparison image from the article on Cynthiacetus (yes, "Sneaking Stoat" have been my second name for some time). Was it something wrong with the Cynthiacetus? Conty~enwiki 20:01, 30 November 2020
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Why aren't you an admin? @ Barkeep49: so he can talk you in to it. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 19:53, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
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If that FAC is still open when I get back to my laptop on January 3, ping me and I'll claim a reviewing spot. Hog Farm Bacon 01:02, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
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While reviewing this one for URFA/2020, I discovered an update was needed, as all four species are now listed as endangered, not just three. I've updated it, but I'm not familiar with ref formatting standards for science articles, so could you look over my edits to make sure I didn't break the formatting sometime? Hog Farm Bacon 05:14, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
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Hey, I wasn't sure where it should be placed. I scrolled through the entire page and did not find a proper subject region. So did you just remove it completely? Or did you move it where it belongs? PalaeontologyAndOtherSciences ( talk) 19:19, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
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I have left a message on their talk page. Their edit was AGF because the newspaper article has intentionally misled readers, as they often do. William Harris (talk) 22:42, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
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Might you glance at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Guinea pig/archive1? Femkemilene thinks it is salvageable. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 17:14, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
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A lot of work has been put into this, but did you ever sign off Talk:Staffordshire Bull Terrier/GA1 as a pass? William Harris (talk) 08:27, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
You're welcome! Thought I gotta give you a kitten, lightens up the mood, hehe!
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Thank you for recropping the ring ouzel photos. It was laziness on my part - although I knew of the existence of croptool, I had never used it. Instead, I used Photoshop and exported the jpg as "high" quality. - Aa77zz ( talk) 11:34, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
Do you know how to clean an article of overlinking? LittleJerry ( talk) 22:08, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Hey, thanks again for checking out Tibesti Mountains and attempting a rescue. I don't think I'll ever nominate it again. I think with articles that are by their nature hard to find sources for, there is always going to be this natural tension between truthfulness (and prose) and the requirements of FAC. For example, I was called out on applying the word "today" to a source from 2001. I think it's correct to call me out on this per the FAC rubric, but I was lucky to find a source dated as late as 2001 for the claim, and given its obviousness the truth correspondence principle almost requires me almost morally to say "today", for the reader's sake ha. Anyway, sorry to lament on your talk page, just wanted to explain why it probably won't pop up again at FAC. Cheers again for the attempted rescue and I'll see you round here. Brycehughes ( talk) 10:07, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
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Do you speak Arabic? SpinnerLaserzthe2nd ( talk) 16:50, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
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I've managed to find an image on Shutterstock that is a (presumably unauthorised) copy of your Morganucadon life restoration. Hemiauchenia ( talk) 19:25, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
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The classification section seems poorly sourced, the first paragraph has no citations and [47] only supports the last sentence. Also once I send turtle to GA review, can we update Styracosaurus? LittleJerry ( talk) 02:53, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
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You'll notice I placed a "Clarification needed" tag at the end of the second paragraph in the Cimoliopterus cuvieri I've removed the "sigfig=1" so it doesn't round off the conversion. I think thus makes more sense here. Please have a look and then remove the tag.
Best of luck with the GAN. It looks as though you've landed an engaged, thorough reviewer.
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Thank you today for Podokesaurus, "about the first dinosaur discovered and named by a woman (Mignon Talbot in 1911), and also one of the first well-known small theropods discovered, which attracted international scientific interest at the time. Unfortunately, the only known specimen was destroyed by a fire, so it has become fairly obscure over time. All that will probably ever be known about the dinosaur is summarised here, so hopefully it can bring some attention to its historical importance."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:31, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm currently doing a GA review for Rice's whale at Talk:Rice's whale/GA1. As it's my first GA review, I thought that I should get a second opinion on it. It would be great if you could look over the review. AryKun ( talk) 07:48, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
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Check the new paper of juvenile pterosaurs!
While Sinopterus is clearly a valid taxon and has obvious tapejarid affinities, Huaxiapterus and Nemicolopterus are probably junior synonyms of Sinopterus.
On 29 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cimoliopterus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Cimoliopterus was among the first pterosaurs to be depicted as models (pictured) in Crystal Palace Park in the 1850s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cimoliopterus. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Cimoliopterus), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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The Navajoceratops and Terminocavus says that Bravoceratops is invalid, but the papers of Beg and Menefeeceratops later do mention Bravoceratops' name. but you said that the Beg Phylogenetic paper is already done before Bravoceratops is reinterpreted. Should we still wait until another paper after Menefeeceratops to conclude that others reject it being invalid?
In the Daspletosaurus paper in 2017, Carr puts Qianzhousaurus as a species of Alioramus. In Reid says that there is no mention of Qianzhousaurus being a species of Alioramus. In fact every subsequent paper describing new genus of Tyrannosauroids mentioning Qianzhousaurus indicates that they all continue using the name. so those who says Qianzhousaurus is Alioramus should shut up, haha.
I wonder why even S.Paul and Horner doesn't lump Qianzhousaurus? though they deleted a lot of genera.
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