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Lancefield grouping
Re: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Lancefield_grouping&oldid=1210678286 : System for classifying bacteria
- Are Streptococcus bacteria or not?
- Wikipedia:Short_description#SDJARGON: avoid jargon, and use simple, readily comprehensible terms that do not require pre-existing detailed knowledge of the subject
-- Christopher Ursich ( talk) 02:27, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, streptococci are bacteria but "System for classifying bacteria" sounds like Lancefield Grouping is used for all bacterial genera. But it's not. How about "System for classifying streptococci bacteria"? Graham Beards ( talk) 07:00, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
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Thanks for all your awesome actions, not least the undoing of Fabrickator's atrocious reversion of my edit. I've posted here: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Please ban Fabrickator from interacting with me. Polar Apposite ( talk) 21:37, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
About 2 weeks ago, I proposed to move the page Nudivirus to Nudiviridae (see Talk:Nudivirus), but there has been only one reaction so far. Could you help as a virologist? Bernhard Zelazny ( talk) 12:02, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- I have commented there.
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- Thanks a lot. Bernhard Zelazny ( talk) 12:22, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
This pertains to the Diagnosis section of the Campylobacter jejuni article. Upon collection, it was noted that stool samples are typically grown at 42 degrees Celsius with 5% - 10% oxygen. It is important to note that the oxygen levels for stool cultures have a more comprehensive range than the actual environment in which Campylobacter jejuni grows. This is because it is a diagnostic tool to confirm Campylobacter jejuni and other microbes. Regarding the growth conditions for Campylobacter jejuni, it is a thermophile and microaerophile. I sincerely appreciate the edits and attention you have given to the page. Your input has been constructive. Nathaniel Yankey ( talk) 14:26, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, I will copy and paste this comment on the article's Talk Page. It doesn't really belong here. Graham Beards ( talk) 14:47, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:14, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I hope you're doing well and thank you for your feedback on our paper. I noticed you disregard the zoonotic portion on our page, therefore, I would like to further elaborate. More research and scientific studies are coming out suggesting the ancestor of B. pertussis is B. bronchiseptica. With further research and cases coming out of Bordetellae infections, I intended to emphasis the importance of having veterinary and human fields interact and encourage research of B. pertussis zoonotic potential. There were also statistics and research in the zoonotic potential category that wasn't pertaining to B. bronchiseptica. Averihardwick02 ( talk) 17:22, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, this really belongs on the article's Talk Page, and not here. Having said that, I deleted the paragraph because it is out of place in an encyclopedia article on Bordetella pertussis. The research is speculative and unconfirmed and as far as I can tell, comes from just one research paper. The article is also at risk conflating the disease, whooping cough, with the bacterium. The inclusion of this speculation does not help in this regard. In any case, full marks for questioning me on this. Graham Beards ( talk) 17:32, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
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Lancefield grouping
Re: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Lancefield_grouping&oldid=1210678286 : System for classifying bacteria
- Are Streptococcus bacteria or not?
- Wikipedia:Short_description#SDJARGON: avoid jargon, and use simple, readily comprehensible terms that do not require pre-existing detailed knowledge of the subject
-- Christopher Ursich ( talk) 02:27, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, streptococci are bacteria but "System for classifying bacteria" sounds like Lancefield Grouping is used for all bacterial genera. But it's not. How about "System for classifying streptococci bacteria"? Graham Beards ( talk) 07:00, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).
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Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
- Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.
Technical news
- The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. ( T353388)
Miscellaneous
- The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
- Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.
Thanks for all your awesome actions, not least the undoing of Fabrickator's atrocious reversion of my edit. I've posted here: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Please ban Fabrickator from interacting with me. Polar Apposite ( talk) 21:37, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
About 2 weeks ago, I proposed to move the page Nudivirus to Nudiviridae (see Talk:Nudivirus), but there has been only one reaction so far. Could you help as a virologist? Bernhard Zelazny ( talk) 12:02, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- I have commented there.
Graham Beards (
talk) 12:10, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot. Bernhard Zelazny ( talk) 12:22, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
Technical news
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. ( T313405)
Arbitration
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
Miscellaneous
- Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.
Hello Graham Beards,
Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.
Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.
Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.
It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!
2023 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.
Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.
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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
This pertains to the Diagnosis section of the Campylobacter jejuni article. Upon collection, it was noted that stool samples are typically grown at 42 degrees Celsius with 5% - 10% oxygen. It is important to note that the oxygen levels for stool cultures have a more comprehensive range than the actual environment in which Campylobacter jejuni grows. This is because it is a diagnostic tool to confirm Campylobacter jejuni and other microbes. Regarding the growth conditions for Campylobacter jejuni, it is a thermophile and microaerophile. I sincerely appreciate the edits and attention you have given to the page. Your input has been constructive. Nathaniel Yankey ( talk) 14:26, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, I will copy and paste this comment on the article's Talk Page. It doesn't really belong here. Graham Beards ( talk) 14:47, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:14, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I hope you're doing well and thank you for your feedback on our paper. I noticed you disregard the zoonotic portion on our page, therefore, I would like to further elaborate. More research and scientific studies are coming out suggesting the ancestor of B. pertussis is B. bronchiseptica. With further research and cases coming out of Bordetellae infections, I intended to emphasis the importance of having veterinary and human fields interact and encourage research of B. pertussis zoonotic potential. There were also statistics and research in the zoonotic potential category that wasn't pertaining to B. bronchiseptica. Averihardwick02 ( talk) 17:22, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, this really belongs on the article's Talk Page, and not here. Having said that, I deleted the paragraph because it is out of place in an encyclopedia article on Bordetella pertussis. The research is speculative and unconfirmed and as far as I can tell, comes from just one research paper. The article is also at risk conflating the disease, whooping cough, with the bacterium. The inclusion of this speculation does not help in this regard. In any case, full marks for questioning me on this. Graham Beards ( talk) 17:32, 18 April 2024 (UTC)