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Padshah UtherSRG 2024

You wrote "Since you can't explain in your own words, I see no reason to unblock you"

What own words? What do mean?

  • What questions should I answer You just decline the unblock request.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Homo sapiens History ( talkcontribs)

Aidan White (Journalist)

Can you help me? I want to identify the issues that led to this page being deleted so that I can make appropriate amendments for resubmission. Aidanpwhite ( talk) 14:24, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

First, please read WP:AUTOB and know that writing about yourself is strongly discouraged. Second, read the deletion discussion. Third, read WP:BACKWARDS and WP:ANYBIO. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:28, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Species of [plural] short description

Referring to Gloveria arizonensis, are you sure this is correct? All the articles I've looked at use a singular. YorkshireExpat ( talk) 15:32, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

A lot of them do, that doesn't mean that is correct. How many moths are in a species? One, or multitudes? Hint: It's not one. - UtherSRG (talk) 16:09, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply
Another way to look at it: "Group of insect" is incorrect. "Group of insects" is correct. Swap out "Group" and put in "Species". - UtherSRG (talk) 16:09, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply
The majority of species articles (including ones where you've edited the short description: e.g. Pyrops sultana Hadropenaeus spinicaudatus) have leads that follow "species of" with a singular term. Higher taxa have leads that follow "genus of" with a plural term. Wikipedia:Short description#Examples gives two examples of "species of" followed by a singular term (and one example of a higher taxon with a plural term). All of the discussions at WikiProject Short Descriptions that mention "species" have it followed with a singular term.
While "fish" is usually both singular and plural, "fishes" is an acceptable plural form in English, but in only contexts referring to multiple species. "Species of fishes" would not be correct. Plantdrew ( talk) 16:57, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply
I'm trying to argue this grammatically but failing in my head. As a technical argument, I might offer that a species is described based on a holotype, a "single physical example", and therefore that one example is the species, therefore use the singular. YorkshireExpat ( talk) 17:27, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Why did you revert? — Trilletrollet [ Talk | Contribs ] 15:20, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

You replaced a category with a less specific one. We don't do that. We place articles in the most specific categories as possible. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:55, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply
I know. But Kudnu is not an unambiguous member of Lepidosauromorpha ( [1]), so it shouldn't be placed in that category. — Trilletrollet [ Talk | Contribs ] 19:51, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply
Why wouldn't the category reflect what we have in the taxobox? If you want to move it out of the category, then you should probably open a discussion on the talk page about adjusting that *and* the taxobox. - UtherSRG (talk) 21:02, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

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zOMG

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I, Hojimachong, hereby award UtherSRG A completely gratuitous zOMG barnstar, for being 110% awesome. Plus 1. -- Hojimachong talk

WikiProject Mammals Notice Board

Happy holidays!

Padshah UtherSRG 2024

You wrote "Since you can't explain in your own words, I see no reason to unblock you"

What own words? What do mean?

  • What questions should I answer You just decline the unblock request.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Homo sapiens History ( talkcontribs)

Aidan White (Journalist)

Can you help me? I want to identify the issues that led to this page being deleted so that I can make appropriate amendments for resubmission. Aidanpwhite ( talk) 14:24, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

First, please read WP:AUTOB and know that writing about yourself is strongly discouraged. Second, read the deletion discussion. Third, read WP:BACKWARDS and WP:ANYBIO. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:28, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Species of [plural] short description

Referring to Gloveria arizonensis, are you sure this is correct? All the articles I've looked at use a singular. YorkshireExpat ( talk) 15:32, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

A lot of them do, that doesn't mean that is correct. How many moths are in a species? One, or multitudes? Hint: It's not one. - UtherSRG (talk) 16:09, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply
Another way to look at it: "Group of insect" is incorrect. "Group of insects" is correct. Swap out "Group" and put in "Species". - UtherSRG (talk) 16:09, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply
The majority of species articles (including ones where you've edited the short description: e.g. Pyrops sultana Hadropenaeus spinicaudatus) have leads that follow "species of" with a singular term. Higher taxa have leads that follow "genus of" with a plural term. Wikipedia:Short description#Examples gives two examples of "species of" followed by a singular term (and one example of a higher taxon with a plural term). All of the discussions at WikiProject Short Descriptions that mention "species" have it followed with a singular term.
While "fish" is usually both singular and plural, "fishes" is an acceptable plural form in English, but in only contexts referring to multiple species. "Species of fishes" would not be correct. Plantdrew ( talk) 16:57, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply
I'm trying to argue this grammatically but failing in my head. As a technical argument, I might offer that a species is described based on a holotype, a "single physical example", and therefore that one example is the species, therefore use the singular. YorkshireExpat ( talk) 17:27, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Why did you revert? — Trilletrollet [ Talk | Contribs ] 15:20, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

You replaced a category with a less specific one. We don't do that. We place articles in the most specific categories as possible. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:55, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply
I know. But Kudnu is not an unambiguous member of Lepidosauromorpha ( [1]), so it shouldn't be placed in that category. — Trilletrollet [ Talk | Contribs ] 19:51, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply
Why wouldn't the category reflect what we have in the taxobox? If you want to move it out of the category, then you should probably open a discussion on the talk page about adjusting that *and* the taxobox. - UtherSRG (talk) 21:02, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Happy Adminship Anniversary!


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