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| == More unIDed fungi == | |||
| G'day Cas, | |||
| I've been frogging over the past few days, and the fungi season has definitely started! I have a coral fungi that I thought you would like for wiki, plus I also have a puff ball which I will upload later, will leave a message here when it is uploaded. Saw lots of fungi over the last few days, but only photographed the really interesting ones as I was using my small memory card, and wanted to leave some space for frogs. | |||
| http://www.flickr.com/photos/52507572@N00/465979784/?rotated=1&cb=1177065560324 | |||
| Thanks. --] 10:41, 20 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
| :There was another nearby (about half a metre) which was 8cm tall, so I would go with ''Ramaria lorithamnus''. It was taken in rainforest, was very little Eucalypt around. Do you want me to upload it to wiki? Thanks. --] 11:38, 20 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
| == Nomenclature of fungi == | == Nomenclature of fungi == | ||
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| Hey there. I recently stumbled across an issue of ''Nova Hedwigia Beheift'' titled "the genera of fungi" (or was it agaricaceae?). It's filled to the brink with mind-numbing nomenclatural discussions of all the genera ever described (I think, anyway). Would it be any use if I looked up the specific ref or any specific genera? ] 00:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC) | Hey there. I recently stumbled across an issue of ''Nova Hedwigia Beheift'' titled "the genera of fungi" (or was it agaricaceae?). It's filled to the brink with mind-numbing nomenclatural discussions of all the genera ever described (I think, anyway). Would it be any use if I looked up the specific ref or any specific genera? ] 00:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC) | ||
| :That would be friggin' ''trés bién''. The first one that would be absolutely great to get a clarification on is '']'' which was called ''Psalliota'' in many texts fro many years and I've been mystified as to why. Other articles I intend cleaning up are '']'', which is the one I intended taking to FA first but it just didn't come together well, '']'' as a future FA, '']'' as a future FA, and cleaning up the destroying angels |
:That would be friggin' ''trés bién''. The first one that would be absolutely great to get a clarification on is '']'' which was called ''Psalliota'' in many texts fro many years and I've been mystified as to why. Other articles I intend cleaning up are '']'', which is the one I intended taking to FA first but it just didn't come together well, '']'' as a future FA, '']'' as a future FA, and cleaning up the destroying angels – '']'', '']'' and '']''. '']'' would be a good one to check too. let me know if anything interesting pops up. I'll see ifd I can think of any other taxonomic quagmires later today. Work just got real busy :( cheers, ] | ] | ] 02:01, 14 June 2007 (UTC) | ||
| ::Generally, that's pretty arcane and only relevant to genus articles, or species that were tightly involving in defining them (for example, there seems to be an odd debate over the multiple type species for ''Amanita''). I'll look up ''Agaricus'', ''Amanita'' (since ''A. muscaria'''s the current type) and ''Psalliota''. I'll also dig up the ref so you can look it up yourself, with any chance. ] 04:52, 14 June 2007 (UTC) | ::Generally, that's pretty arcane and only relevant to genus articles, or species that were tightly involving in defining them (for example, there seems to be an odd debate over the multiple type species for ''Amanita''). I'll look up ''Agaricus'', ''Amanita'' (since ''A. muscaria'''s the current type) and ''Psalliota''. I'll also dig up the ref so you can look it up yourself, with any chance. ] 04:52, 14 June 2007 (UTC) | ||
| :::Cool, keen to see what pops up. |
:::Cool, keen to see what pops up. Cheers, ] | ] | ] 05:17, 14 June 2007 (UTC) | ||
| ::::I only quickly thumbed through it and noted the full ref (<small>{{cite journal| last=Donk| first=M.A.| title=The generic names proposed for Agaricaceae| journal=Beiheifte zur Nova Hedwigia| pages= |
::::I only quickly thumbed through it and noted the full ref (<small>{{cite journal| last=Donk| first=M.A.| title=The generic names proposed for Agaricaceae| journal=Beiheifte zur Nova Hedwigia| pages=1–320| volume=5| year=1962| issn= 0078-2238}}</small>) because I forgot about it until the last minute. ''Psalliota'' looks like a classic synonym case. It shares the same type with ''Agaricus'', and might be older. ] 01:02, 16 June 2007 (UTC) | ||
| ::Weird! I thought Linnaeus was calling all sorts of things ''Agaricus'' so I wonder how it could predate that really....anyway I am curious.cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 02:46, 16 June 2007 (UTC) | ::Weird! I thought Linnaeus was calling all sorts of things ''Agaricus'' so I wonder how it could predate that really....anyway I am curious.cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 02:46, 16 June 2007 (UTC) | ||
| <references/> | <references/> | ||
| Okay, First thing I have to say is... Damn, |
Okay, First thing I have to say is... Damn, 18th–19th century taxonomy and nomenclature of fungi is ''a right mess''. Whose bright idea was it to give fungi 3 starting dates in the ICBN??? | ||
| LOTS of "''per''" in citation here. See | LOTS of "''per''" in citation here. See | ||
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| :All proposals to conserve ''Agaricus'' against ''Psalliota'' or vice versa have so far been considered superfluous. | :All proposals to conserve ''Agaricus'' against ''Psalliota'' or vice versa have so far been considered superfluous. | ||
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| ;On ''Lepiota'' | ;On ''Lepiota'' | ||
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| Phew! ] 18:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC) | Phew! ] 18:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC) | ||
| :I hope you intend to clean that prose ASAP? It's definitely not article-worthy as is. ] 01:05, 20 June 2007 (UTC) | :I hope you intend to clean that prose ASAP? It's definitely not article-worthy as is. ] 01:05, 20 June 2007 (UTC) | ||
| ::I'm working on it. Got distracted this morning...cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 01:08, 20 June 2007 (UTC) | ::I'm working on it. Got distracted this morning...cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 01:08, 20 June 2007 (UTC) | ||
| == ndashes == | |||
| HTML ndashes suck. If you're on a Windows box, you can get a ''real'' ndash (i.e. unicode) by holding down the ALT key and typing 0150 on the numeric keypad. ] 11:35, 26 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
| :Hmmm...thanks for the tip. I'll try that next. cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 13:33, 26 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thanks for indulging me, dude. :-) ] 00:00, 27 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
| :::If, like me, you're stuck with a laptop without a numeric pad with ALT functionality, n- and m-dashes are the two firsts characters after "insert" in the list placed under the edit window. ] 22:54, 27 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
| ::::FWIW, I've edited my keyboard layout for "easy" dashes with a little Microsoft utility (yes, I use Windows). It takes a while to set up, but now I can add en and em dashes with only two keystrokes—quite an improvement for WP editing :) ]<small> (]·])</small> 23:57, 27 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
| :::::I add shortkeys all the time on various programs. If i used a reallot of weird characters, I'd totally do that to have across windows. ] 16:34, 1 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
| == ] == | == ] == | ||
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| Perhaps a clay tablet with the answer has been destroyed in only the last few years during the "troubles" in Iraq. :( ] (]) 21:27, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | Perhaps a clay tablet with the answer has been destroyed in only the last few years during the "troubles" in Iraq. :( ] (]) 21:27, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | ||
| ::This is the great thing about uncertainty. Lacking an answer, the reports of Maimonides, Mary Douglas and the other guy mentioned are fascinating.Cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 22:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | ::This is the great thing about uncertainty. Lacking an answer, the reports of Maimonides, Mary Douglas and the other guy mentioned are fascinating.Cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 22:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | ||
| :::] is a remarkable article! Thanks for that, lol. ] (]) 21:59, 8 April 2008 (UTC) | :::] is a remarkable article! Thanks for that, lol. ] (]) 21:59, 8 April 2008 (UTC) | ||
| Spotted this. I'll look for a ref to the ] comment. The normal teaching is that pork is no more or less offensive to Jews than any other forbidden meat (dog, horse etc) or forbidden part of kosher animal (blood, ] etc). The pig (NB pig, not pork |
Spotted this. I'll look for a ref to the ] comment. The normal teaching is that pork is no more or less offensive to Jews than any other forbidden meat (dog, horse etc) or forbidden part of kosher animal (blood, ] etc). The pig (NB pig, not pork – an important distinction which is relevant for the Maimonides comment too, I note) is "singled out" because it alone of the animals that have one of the two "signs" (it has split hooves but doesn't chew the cud) lies down with its legs sticking out. Most quarapeds have their legs folded under them. There's a ]ic lesson to be learned there, apparently, that the pig is immodestly and falsely proclaiming its religious cleanliness, when it is not. Anyway, that said, I'll look into the M comment – he was quite ahead of his time in terms of medical knowledge (check his biog). And NB my OR/POV antennae buzzed when I read that little section. --] (]) 22:52, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | ||
| :Someone has tagged the ] for OR, though the talk page seems to indicate it is for a different reason....Cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 23:03, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | :Someone has tagged the ] for OR, though the talk page seems to indicate it is for a different reason....Cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 23:03, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | ||
| ::Hmm... makes me more dubious, but I'll check. btw... I'm not Alastair! --] (]) 23:10, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | ::Hmm... makes me more dubious, but I'll check. btw... I'm not Alastair! --] (]) 23:10, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | ||
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| Hope that helps. --] (]) 09:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC) | Hope that helps. --] (]) 09:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC) | ||
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| ==Bract pattern== | |||
| == Greek proofing on Wikisource == | |||
| ] | |||
| You know what I don't get? On page 245 of George (1981), and again on page 40 of Collins (2007), George gives a diagram showing the arrangement of unit inflorescences on a ''Banksia'' flower spike. Both diagrams clearly show a hexagonal layout; i.e. every common bract is surrounded by six equidistant common bracts, thus forming little hexagons. In support of this, George (1981) states "The unit inflorescences are so arranged on the axis that there are three pattern lines—vertical, and both dextral and sinistral spiral." | |||
| I haven't dissected an inflorescence, but in some species the pattern persists right through flowering and can be seen on the infructescence. You won't get a better example than this ''B. menziesii'' cone. Look at that pattern. There's no way you could call it hexagonal. It is a rectangular (or rather diamond, since the lines are diagonal) grid. Depending on how you define a neighbourhood, you could argue that each common bract has 4 or 8 neighbours, but there's no way you could argue for 6. Similarly, you could argue for two pattern lines (dextral and sinistral spiral) or four (dextral, sinistral, vertical and horizontal), but there is no way you could argue for 3, because there is no reason to include vertical whilst excluding horizontal). On top of that there is a beautiful symmetry in the way each common bract is surrounded by its own floral bracts and those of its neighbours. But George's diagrams destroy that symmetry. | |||
| Hi Cas, | |||
| I thought maybe ''B. menziesii'' was an exception to a general rule, but you can see the same diamond grid, though not as clearly, in ], and I reckon (but am not certain) I can see it in my ''B. attenuata'' cone. And in ] too. What the heck is going on? | |||
| Would you mind bringing your knowledge of Greek to bear on these three Wikisource pages for me please: , , ? It should only take five minutes I think. If you've got a Wikisource or unified account, you can correct any errors you find; else you can let me know and I'll fix them. | |||
| (I'm not just being a pretentious wanker here. I thought the diagram was interesting and informative enough for me to whip up an SVG version for Misplaced Pages. But since copying George's diagram isn't really on, and it is much better to go straight from nature if possible, I was basing my version on this ''B. menziesii'' cone. But it isn't going to work if the diagram shows a rectangular grid and the text has to say it is hexagonal.) | |||
| ] 02:46, 24 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :Much obliged. ] 06:37, 24 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ] 13:28, 29 August 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Easy peasy you say... nearly all of the yellow pages on this work contain Greek. ]. If you could verify even a few of them, especially ], that would be fantastic. <span style="font-variant:small-caps">] <sup>'''(])'''</sup></span> 15:57, 24 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
| : |
:Thanks for reminding me on this one – I think it was Alex (or Kevin??) who told me that every bract pattern was unique to a species and hence diagnostic, but as far as I know not much if anything has been published on this area. The similarity between ''archaeocarpa'' and ''attenuata'' was noted (the bract pattern remaining in the fossils). I seem to recall feeling bamboozled as well by the description when I read it some time ago. I will have to refresh myself with some bedtime reading....] (] '''·''' ]) 13:50, 29 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
| :'''Update''': I had a look at the pages in question in the banksia book(s), there is a little bit more in the 1981 monograph but not much. I meant to ring Alex George about this and should do so in the next few days...I guess the photos look sort of like hexagons stretched vertically :P ] (] '''·''' ]) 06:46, 2 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Hi again, we have a category for them now on English Wikisource: ]. The ones in the "Page:" namespace are accompanied by pagescans; the EB1911 pages usually have a link to the pagescan on the talk page. Cheers, <span style="font-variant:small-caps">] <sup>'''(])'''</sup></span> 23:59, 27 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :: ''Dipsacus fullonum'' Just passing through. I am not an expert with flora but I do take photos now and again. Does from my personal collection help or hinder your discussion? I see diamonds --] (]) 12:58, 22 July 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::: Haha yeah. Not a bad comparison at all. a diamond pattern it is there as well. You sorta let your eyes go a little out of focus and see two diagonal lines....] (] '''·''' ]) 14:12, 22 July 2010 (UTC) | |||
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| I note that the last six images to be posted on your talk page were posted by me. I'm not sure whether to apologise.... | |||
| I added two columns and refined the scan logic on my ], and since you are the originator of the concept, I ]. Feel free to find any problems with the latest update, if you need an incentive, let me just say how disappointed I am that two weeks have passed and it is ''still'' not a solid list of FA's :) Also, if you're thinking of asking for a new program to show the changes between runs of my other program - no (at least not yet:). I'm wondering about putting in the latest "failed" status too, as in (Failed GA), but I'd need some category hints to work that in. | |||
| What is going on in the lower image? Clearly this is an inflorescence in very early bud, but those furry white things are apparently not developing flower pairs. Are they some kind of protective bract or something? | |||
| Thanks for the idea, what a great way to learn about article assessments; the wide range(/incoherence) of category names; and mostly, the great diversity of interests and accomplishments of editors of the wiki! ] (]) 12:21, 24 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ] 01:24, 1 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :Oh heck. I'll go and reply over there...Cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 13:30, 24 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :You certainly see those thingies on the developing buds of alot of banksias. I'd be intrigued what the Nikulinsky book, which is essentially a series of plates of a developing ''menziesii'' inflorescence, says (not sure, I don't recall whether it had commentary...). Another thing to look up. Was about to look up the patterns just now. ] (] '''·''' ]) 02:35, 1 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| == userpage == | |||
| :Now I have looked at the books and bract architecture, question is are they common bracts or are they something which falls off (don't think so but..). Something else to ask Alex. ] (] '''·''' ]) 06:49, 2 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| (continuing in this thread despite the different topic) I've skimmed through several categories on commons, like ] and ] and ] comes closest to what I think you want. I like the borders, esp. the hue. Unfortunately, it's not easy to lighten and probably not possible at all to remove the ink (I gave it a half-assed try with GIMP). Anyway, just to see if we're on the same page as to your idea. Ideally, several similar but non-identical images of blank pages could be used for something similar to the DT userpage, considering that you have quite a lot of stuff on your userpage (with a different section on each page and some playful navigation). Or did you have something like a central disambiguation in mind, putting all the stuff in different subpages? I envision a self-made treasure map (the real problem would be to get the ragged border to look authentic) with an imagemap overlay on the different words (rendered into the image, possibly handwritten), linking to all the different sections (like on my old userpage or using subpages). And I see a compass rose in one of the corners (bottom right?). ] (]) 18:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :(i) I like the font, but I'm not sure how well it would blend into the treasure map concept. (ii) I still can't believe that commons wouldn't have dozens of images like we're looking for among their ''roughly estimated'' ten thousand primary and secondary sexual characteristics copyvios. Oh well. On a related note, my GF is a graphic designer, maybe she has an idea where to get such an image, or can help create one that could be filled in. She's also great —professional, actually— with Photoshop, maybe she can alternatively clean up the Vineland map with some of those tools I never use). ] (]) 06:13, 3 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
| Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. Yes, I look for compass roses on commons, too, and I agree this one is nice and can also easily be used to put it in another picture. It's a pity that the background you found isn't free, because then we'd be ready to go. I've asked my GF about the Vineland map, but she said it would take ages to get it right. ] (]) 23:09, 4 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ::Having found nothing in George, I've been reading Douglas's stuff on ontogeny of Proteaceae flowers, and found nothing there either.<p>If you snap a spike axis in half, they are just that brown colour, and essentially made of closely packed fuzz. I wonder if there is initially no gap in the axis for the flower to grow, so the developing flower literally has to shove some of the axis out in front of it as it extends. This would explain everything except for the white tip. ] 10:23, 2 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| == ] == | |||
| I see you've taken it on, good work. The display and vision bits at Crested Tern apply for all the genus. The opening sentence isn't fully supported by Bridge - although Elegant is very close, Lesser Crested isn't, other than being in the same genus. I won't abandon this article (after all, one good ... ''aaaarrrggh'', it's catching), but let me know if there's anything specific esp from BWP, Olsen or Harrison, where I have the books. Now, must be time for a couple of slices of bread with some meat in. 10:36, 8 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
| I have today taken a long lunch and gone bushwalking with Gnangarra. While he took happy-snaps, I did some OR on this question. My diagnosis is: these are peduncles that have developed common bracts, but have not yet developed floral bracts or flowers. | |||
| == Australian figs == | |||
| In very young spikes like the one pictured here, they are not yet very densely packed together, so they can be perceived as individual peduncles. Given time, they will continue to grow, and as they do so they will become more and more densely packed together, until eventually they are jammed together so tightly that their dense coverings of hairs form the fibrous brown material that comprises a typical flower spike, and the common bracts at their apex will form the bract pattern on the surface of the spike. At that point, they will no longer be distinguishable as individual peduncles, but will simply be part of the spike. | |||
| Been a bit of a the few days... ] (]) 00:22, 13 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
| When the flowers start to develop, they get squeezed together even more. At this point, sometimes, a peduncle may break off the axis and be squeezed right out of the spike as the flowers around it develop. Thus you may see one or two of these furry things sitting at random positions on the surface of a developed flower spike. | |||
| :Cute tool that. We'll see how many GAs, DYKs and FAs we can get. Got bits and pieces of horticultural stuff to add yet :) ...just musing on how to bonsai my species... Cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 03:34, 13 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
| As evidence for this hypothesis I offer the following observations: | |||
| == UFOINFO == | |||
| #Wherever one of those "furry things" is found loose on the surface of a spike, you will also find a gap in the bract pattern beneath it, where the common bract is absent; | |||
| #"Furry things" may occasionally be found partly out of the spike, but partly in, in which cases the white tip is quite obviously the common bract. In such cases removal of the "furry thing" leaves behind a visible hole in the spike where a common bract ought to be. | |||
| ] 05:58, 15 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Hi, a site called is used in multiple articles as reference. Do you think it should be considered RS? I cannot see any editorial board or anything by which it can be considered RS. ''']''' (]) 05:04, 10 August 2008 (UTC) | |||
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::Interesting – Gah! Forgot to ring Alex – evening is a crazy time with little availability for me, but will see what I can do. ] (] '''·''' ]) 20:57, 15 September 2009 (UTC) | ||
| Not OR any more. Look at the picture of "Banksia flower bud seen in profile" : clear evidence of the common and floral bracts forming one of those little furry upside-down pyramids, with the flower arising from it. ] 03:38, 19 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| == perennial user page project == | |||
| :On a tangential point, the first image would most likely pass FPC if it ever finds a home that is appropriate. ] (]) 06:55, 17 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
| How about ]? The hue is crap, but it's just a quick edit to see if you like the direction. <span style="font-family:lucida sans, console;">''''']:]'''''</span> 14:11, 11 August 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ::Hmmm, okay, hopefully Hesperian will see this thread. :) ] (] '''·''' ]) 11:31, 17 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::Gosh, would it really?! I was quite proud of it but a bit unsure whether it had enough depth of field. But if I'll take anyone's word that it would probably pass, I'll take Noodle snacks. :-) ] 23:27, 17 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
| == ''Banksia menziesii'' with persistent florets == | |||
| ::Ooo-arrrr me hearties, it be a fine 'n' tidy start, I be lookin' with keen oyes at what comes next..''(seriously looks good, be good if you could make it somehow stretch, as in slot in horizontal bits to keep the bottom pattern at the bottom IYKWIM)'' Cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 14:20, 11 August 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ] | |||
| I see a minor typo. It says "Welcome to Casliber's Cove" where it should say "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." ] 14:33, 11 August 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ] | |||
| While I was out a-walking in the bush one day last week, I spied a banksia with an unfamiliar jizz. Even on closer inspection I was bamboozled for half a minute until the pieces fell together and I realised I was looking at a ''B. menziesii'' with persistent florets. Not just a bit late to fall: there were old cones from previous seasons with the florets still bolted on. In fact, there wasn't a single bald cone on the whole tree. I've never seen anything like it. Have you? ] 04:42, 2 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| : |
:Hmm..interesting. I have not ever noticed a menziesii like this, but not to say it can't happen. Might it be a ''menziesii/prionotes'' hybrid – how far is the tree from you? I'd compare the newgrowth/leaf dimensions/trunk all for comparison. Did it have any new flowers? Some of these old cones have an aura of prionotes about them...] (] '''·''' ]) 05:11, 2 February 2010 (UTC) | ||
| ::''prionotes'' crossed my mind at first, but the bark is that of ''menziesii'', and nothing like the distinctive ''prionotes'' bark. And the flower spikes lack the woolliness of old ''prionotes'' florets.<p>It's quite near my place; about ten minutes drive. Even closer to where Alex lives (assuming he still lives at the address he has been publishing under lately): only five minutes drive from there I would guess. If it's ''prionotes'' (which it isn't), then we've extended the known range of that species 10km south. Likewise, a hybrid means there's a ''prionotes'' population nearby, so it amounts to the same thing. ] 05:30, 2 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| You could use the image as a fixed frame, with a scrollable text frame overlaid within it, and/or you could use it as a frame for different "pages" like my old userpage (the final revision of my old userpage combined both: "individual pages" each with a scrollable "inner" frame for the content of each page. btw: could you do me a favour and restore it? I find I need access to some formatting tricks I've collected there). At any rate, I'm going to work over the hue and upload a version without the text. It'd be possible to clone the middle (blank) part, but the limitations are manifold (apart from the challenge of making it look halfway acceptable): Different browsers and different users prefer wildly different font sizes, so you'd end up with a scrollable frame any way (where people would have to scroll "twice", once within the page and once within the frame) or you'd end up with blank space towards the bottom. <span style="font-family:lucida sans, console;">''''']:]'''''</span> 14:52, 11 August 2008 (UTC) | |||
| == '']'' again == | |||
| * At ], I've installed a simply formatted proposal to get us started. Let me know what you think. My idea is to slowly and occasionally keep exchanging until something you like develops (otherwise until you decide you want something completely different, or to keep the current design). <span style="font-family:lucida sans, console;">''''']:]'''''</span> 17:04, 12 August 2008 (UTC) | |||
| I finally made it to the library and got a hold of you had asked about a couple of weeks ago. There's enough info there to make DYK-worthy stubs on the genus, and three of the species (''macrocarpus'', ''katerinae'', ''toomanis''), or, alternatively, maybe enough for a GA on the genus. What are the chances of images? Apparently these fungi make small but visible apothecia on the seed capsules. Berkeley and Broome first wrote about the fungus in 1887, so maybe there's a sketch from the protologue that's useable. Anyway, I'll start adding text in a day or two and maybe we can have the first Banksia/Fungi wikiproject collaboration? ] (]) 14:25, 18 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| * I've made it width-scalable. I image a pseudo-frame layout similar to my old page, with the added fun of people clicking the Welcome text to arrive at a table of contents with every entry right next to the inner (text frame) scrollbar, at the point corresponding to the position of that section. Should be great after I brush up the background images. <span style="font-family:lucida sans, console;">''''']:]'''''</span> 18:27, 12 August 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :::Berkeley & Broome (1887) is online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13683 — see page 217. There is a picture at Plate 29 figure 18. ] 02:09, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::::That's a nice image on plate 29 there. They call it ''Tympanis toomanis'' on page 224 decription of plate. How do we capture that image and replicate it on commons? ] (] '''·''' ]) 03:06, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::::]. ] 03:37, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::::On page 222, they talk about finding it on a banksia cone near the ] in southern NSW, which leaves me thinking it is a cone of ''Banksia marginata'' although they do not state this (OR alert ++++). Funny looking marginata cone but marginata is a hugely variable species....] (] '''·''' ]) 03:11, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| == ''Banksia sphaerocarpa'' var. ''pumilio'' == | |||
| :::::Check your email; I've sent you a copy of Beaton (1982), where they ''do'' state that the cone is ''B. marginata''. (You guys should have asked me first; I could have saved Sasata a walk to the library.) ] 03:26, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::::@Sasata – I'll leave it up to you whether a solid GA and one DYK for the whole shebang, or 4 species articles – you've got the material and I am happy either way. cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 03:11, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| FloraBase has an entry for this, but no other information. Know anything about it? ] 04:54, 26 September 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :Never mind; I found it. ] 04:55, 26 September 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ::... and I see your name in the Acknowledgements too.... ] 05:00, 26 September 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Am working on the article behind-the-scenes now... that picture you uploaded is excellent, and thanks Hesp for finding the protologue. Too bad the scan resolution is so crappy; I can upload a screen capture/crop to Commons, but will first investigate to see if there's a copy of the original around here so I might rescan at higher resolution. Four DYKs and 1 GA doesn't sound unreasonable for the lot, but I'll see what I can come up with. ] (]) 03:32, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::: XD - cool! We were all always arguing about the distinctness of northern ''ashbyii'', and Alex told me about the ''incana''. ''sphaerocarpa'' makes my eyes goggle, I knew about ''latifolia'' but had no knowledge of ''pumilio''. Wow, must go and read it now. Cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 06:09, 26 September 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::The resolution is good. I guess you were looking at it at 25%. Try zooming in. ] 03:40, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::Yeah, it'll do the trick. I gave the article a good push towards GA. Hesp, do you have easy access to Beaton 1984, or maybe Fuhrer, B,; May, T. (1993). "Host specificity of disc-fungi in the genus ''Banksiamyces'' on ''Banksia''." ''Victorian Naturalist (South Yarra)'' '''110''' (2):73–75? I think once those two are located and added, that'll be it from journals (but you may find stuff to add from your Banksia books?). I could start stubs for the species, but it would be a shame to have to leave out ''B. maccannii''. ] (]) 07:09, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::I can probably get Vic Naturalist at UNSW Library next tuesday or friday (slim chance on weekend). ] (] '''·''' ]) 07:25, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::When you get to ''Victorian Naturalist'', you'll also want to grab {{cite journal | author = Sommerville, K.; May, T. | year = 2006 | title = Some taxonomic and ecological observations on ''Banksiamyces'' | journal = The Victorian Naturalist | volume = 123 | pages = 366–375}} ] 08:43, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::Thanks for finding that, wonder why it didn't show up in my database search. Cas, if it's too mush hassle for you to get these, let me know and I can order them, would take 1–2 weeks to get here. | |||
| ::::::::I'll have easy access to Beaton (1984) on Monday. No access to ''Victorian Naturalist''. ] 08:38, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::Sorry, forgot again. I've just scanned it now. Cas: I'll forward shortly; if you have Sasata's email address, can you forward it on please? Otherwise, Sasata: send me an email so I know where to send this scan. ] 04:16, 25 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::I don't see any email link on your user page... I can wait until Cas forward a copy. Thanks kindly ] (]) 15:25, 25 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::::::I guess you've never noticed the "Email this user" link in the sidebar toolbox.... ] 23:22, 25 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::::::! Wouldya look at that... That's embarrassing! Now excuse me while I go give eyewitness testimony in a murder trial. ] (]) 23:46, 25 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::::Hang on a sec, will send. Also, will be near the library again for Vic Naturalist. ] (] '''·''' ]) 20:03, 25 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :Hahaha. Fantastic. I just realised I never uplaoded a funny photo I took in WA a few years ago. I need to double check. ]'' had these dark objects on it which might be a fungus as they certainly weren't on any other cones I saw about the place.]] ] (] '''·''' ]) 20:25, 18 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| I guess you might want to have a look at too. ] 11:47, 26 September 2008 (UTC) | |||
| As OZtrylia has a notoriously under described rang of and field of mycology study – any signs of further fungi or algae work is to be encouraged at all points ]] 01:51, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| == Vampire == | |||
| An astute observation about vampires in movies: . --] (]) 14:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| Taking pity on poor Cas, whose ''Banksia'' books are still packed up in boxes: | |||
| :Nice little read that, need to keep it up me sleeve for those befanged daughter articles was gonna get round to doing for a featured topic sometime...Cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 14:25, 21 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| From Collins, Collins and George (2008), page 47, first paragraph of a section entitled "Fungi and lichens": | |||
| :: An even better one: . --] (]) 04:05, 26 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| "Many kinds of fungi are associated with Banksias. There is even a genus of fungi named for their association with these plants—''Banksiamyces''. The first species of these was recognised in the 1880s and placed in the genus ''Tympanis'', then in the 1950s transferred to the genus ''Encoelia''. Further collections and research led to the description of the genus ''Banksiamyces'' by Beaton and Weste in 1982, with two further species. Six taxa are now recognised, so far known from 13 species of ''Banksia'' (Sommerville & May, 2006). Commonly known as banksia discs, they have all been found on eastern Australian Banksias and one is also known in Western Australia. They are discomycete fungi, growing on the fruit and appearing as small, shallow dark cups on the follicles (Fuhrer, 2005). When dry they fold inwards and look like narrow slits. Their effect is unkown but it seems unlikely that they are responsible for degradation of the seeds." | |||
| ::: Gawd, gotta get 'round to making all teh befanged stuff a Featured Topic at some stage, a more immediate one is critters in my garden what make drive my dog crazy and make him bark at 5AM...], ], ] (FA), ] ''(in neighbour's compost bin)'', ] ''(we..ell, they don't make him bark but they should be included for all-round cuteness)''....the first two species have tunnelled a hole in my 6m high date palm and littered the patio with crap. Stupid pooch wants to catch them...Cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 04:16, 26 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| At the bottom of the page there is a photo of ''Banksiamyces'' on ''B. lemanniana''. They look like little light grey maggots on the follicles. Based on the photo and textual description, I would suggest that the ''B. violacea'' photo doesn't show this genus. ] 11:17, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| == BLP cases == | |||
| :Hmmm, that's what I initially thought when I read the description and sketches in Beaton 1982, but after seeing B&B's 1872 sketches, I was pretty sure Cas's pic was a ''Banksiamyces''. I guess I should reserve judgment until I get more info. ] (]) 17:09, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::From the abstract of Somerville and May 2006: "Apothecia of these crops are of different macroscopic appearance, with lighter apothecia being mostly immature, and darker apothecia producing spores." ... so who knows? ] (]) 17:11, 19 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| Anything else to add to this article? Shall we put it up for GAN? ] (]) 17:39, 18 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :Yeah put it up, there might be some bits and pieces. I'll take a look. ] (] '''·''' ]) 20:32, 18 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::Any ''Banksia'' experts you're chums with that might be able to give a confirmation on your putative ''Banksiamyces'' photo? ] (]) 05:45, 21 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::damn, I meant to contact Tom May about it (who has been helpful before). Will dig up his email and see what he says. ] (] '''·''' ]) 07:09, 21 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| == ] == | |||
| If you're searching for cases related, I think two of the more important are the Badlydrawnjeff case and the Footnoted quotes case. Footnoted quotes isn't really about BLP content, but it established the "special enforcement" provisions that relate specifically to BLP. The Matthew Hoffman case also wasn't directly about BLPs, but it did get into how we deal with BLP-like problems involving editors and administrators who edit with their real names. Fair amount of interesting discussion in the workshop and on the proposed decision talkpage, although you'll have to wade through neck-deep crap to find it. | |||
| You may want to have a look there as well. Appears to have been improved by a Szasz fan. I've read diagonally , but even that doesn't seem to support the light in which the Halpern-Szasz issue is presented in Misplaced Pages. ] (]) 13:19, 3 November 2010 (UTC) | |||
| Going through the closed cases page, here are some links: | |||
| :Just go back from a weekend break with no innernet..now where was I.....] (] '''·''' ]) 10:21, 7 November 2010 (UTC) | |||
| * ] (wheel war on the protection of a high profile BLP) | |||
| * ] (special enforcement provisions) | |||
| * ] (The subject of the case was also the subject of a BLP, Bluemarine edited the article about him almost exclusively and the issues discussed related to his conduct and the leeway given to an article subject) | |||
| * ] (only tangentially related to BLP, mostly "conduct on BLPs" and no new principles that I'm aware of) | |||
| * ] (same basic issue as Bluemarine, subject of a BLP editing Misplaced Pages) | |||
| * ] (prohibits admins from undeleting content removed as violating BLP without full discussion with deleting administrator) | |||
| * ] (More internal drama than anything else, but is specifically about the deletion of a BLP) | |||
| == Aboriginal Astronomy == | |||
| Those I think are the big cases that deal with BLPs in 2008 and 2007. I'm sure I'm missing one or two, but if you look into them I'm sure any major principles articulated are cited to previous cases if they aren't new. I didn't follow arbitration prior to 2007, and the descriptions aren't very in depth, so I'm not completely sure which if any of the pre-2007 cases apply. I don't recall any being major factors in the above decisions. ]] 00:34, 26 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| Hi Casliber – thanks for your note. Yes there's quite a bit more out there which Duane Hamacher and I are slowly trying to get written up. You can find some more stuff on www.emudreaming.com and you may find some papers you havent come across on http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rnorris/papers/papers.htm | |||
| Have fun! ] (]) 03:34, 8 October 2012 (UTC) | |||
| :Thanks for that, much appreciated. My free time is frustratingly evaporating ATM...Cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 02:27, 26 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :Great! I'll have a look and if I find anything specific to nag you on...I will :) cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 03:49, 8 October 2012 (UTC) | |||
| == A book you might enjoy == | |||
| == Orange-bellied Parrot == | |||
| It's all about flowers ... well, err, kind of. | |||
| ] (]) 07:58, 19 February 2014 (UTC) Hi. I would like to open for discussion the format of the entry for 'Orange-bellied Parrot'. As news occurs in the recovery program for this species, the limitations of the current format of the Misplaced Pages entry become more obvious. | |||
| * Patricia Fara, ''Sex, Botany and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks'', (Sydney: ], 2003). | |||
| The heading, 'Conservation Status' should, I believe, be reserved for the actual conservation status in Australia, and in the three states, SA, Tasmania and Victoria. What follows after that, but still under that heading, at present, is a running commentary of events since about 2010. | |||
| This is not acceptable. | |||
| I propose another heading be inserted, 'Recovery Program' or similar. In it, a short history of the OBP recovery program could be given – since 1980 or so – and then, new events could be smoothly inserted as they happen. | |||
| What do others think? The Misplaced Pages entry is an important first port of call for many people interested in this bird. We owe it to them, and to history, to provide a better entry. | |||
| ] (]) 07:58, 19 February 2014 (UTC) | |||
| She's a senior tutor in philosophy at Cambridge, written several very entertaining and informative books related to the history of science, probably including her doctorate. | |||
| : Agreed. <s>Will take a look.</s> sounds good – helps with seamless updating and no doubt there is a lot of info that could be added. ] (] '''·''' ]) 08:52, 19 February 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == got any advice for writing a constellation FA? == | |||
| :Hmm, interesting. No I haven't heard of her. I will chase this up :) Cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 12:14, 7 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Thinking of diversifying and trying Corona B. ] (]) 16:17, 7 September 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :It's easier than stars as there is less hardcore physics involved, but trickier as you have to make the material not "listy", which it sort of is by very nature. Smaller constellations are easier as there is less material to list generally. Star guide books, alot of which are on google, are good for general overview, how to find things, what's next to what etc. but alot of their factual info (distance/luminosity) is outdated. I have even suspected this in newer reprints/editions where new material is coming out. SIMBAD is a godsend and makes finding other material easy. I was using it as a ref itself but probably better to use the refs it cites. Overall I find astronomy articles more challenging than biology ones – trickeir to make engaging. We can collaborate on CrB if you like as I did plan on taking it All the Way at some point and then having it as a double mainpage with CrA. Collaborating is good as it makes for less work in some ways – each of us can copyeidt the other etc. 20:43, 7 September 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::Just popping in during some of the rare free time I have at the moment to say that the hardest part of the constellation articles is figuring out exactly what objects to write about, since there is generally quite a bit of discretion in whether or not something should be in the article. I generally try to write about all stars brighter than magnitude 5.0, and the most-studied astronomical objects within the constellation, as well as a few other things such as extremes (e.g. R136a1) and unusual objects. One tip to find notable stars, I've found, is , which lists all Bayer, Flamsteed, and variable stars in each constellation by number of refs. Of course further research is necessary for other stars without said designations, but it's a good start. I would help, but I don't anticipate having much free time at all until at least December. ] (] • ]) 21:18, 7 September 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::{{u|StringTheory11}} Wow! Great idea/find! That really helps. Agree with what you've said. I think it is good to get these in order as it also highlights what other articles are underdone or incorrect etc. ] (] '''·''' ]) 01:51, 8 September 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Yup the small size was part of the reason I chose CrB (it's not the only reason though :-P). I'm cool with a collaboration. ST11's suggestions, as always, make a lot of sense. Going to read through some constellation FAs to get an idea of what to write – not least CrA... ] (]) 02:38, 8 September 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::{{u|Double sharp}}, I have started buffing with this one. Just arting with the brighter stars – SIMBAD is best place to start and then chasing refs. Not sure how much you know about them (figuring distance from parallax etc...) so just ask away..or start on deep sky objects and I'll continue with stars (??) ] (] '''·''' ]) 01:05, 12 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == Carcinoma in situ == | |||
| ==Huia - suggestions== | |||
| Re this: | |||
| :"In section "Relationship with humans", can the phrases, "In some legends," and "In other traditions," mention the legends and traditions? Not strictly necessary, I am suggesting this because the above lines are consider Weasel words.". | |||
| The ] page has been updated and it explains the different views that sometimes carcinoma in situ is seen as a cancer and sometimes it is not. You will probably remember earlier this year that you supported changing my use of the term "invasive cancer" to "cancer". The expression "invasive cancer" is used frequently in books particularly when talking about cancer of the cervix and in my opinion using the term "invasive cancer" can improve clarity. What do you think of the explanations in the carcinoma in situ article? ] (]) 13:13, 4 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| This will be hard to fix since I don't have the book Kotare used - and I wouldn't want to either, probably, since a pet hate of mine is anything which lumps traditions from different regions together without giving the sources. I would suggest getting rid of all of this: | |||
| :As it reads , which ones are you thinking should have invasive added to them? ] (] '''·''' ]) 19:35, 4 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :In Māori culture, only people of high rank wore Huia feathers. In some legends, the Huia was one of the birds attained from the heavens by Tāwhaki so that his wife could decorate her hair with its feathers; this celestial origin meant that the feathers of the Huia were treated with the greatest respect. | |||
| ::Whoops, I have phrased it badly above, but you seem to have understood me. I should have said that you did not support my use of "invasive cancer" and you preferred the use of "cancer" instead. Actually, to me, it is not as simple as just inserting the word "invasive". Back then, I saw a better phrase in a reference and I thought about using it, because I thought that it would be accurate, readable, and I hoped keep everyone happy; however, the situation become unnecessarily tense and I felt like I was walking on eggs (and you know what that means). I did not get around to developing the article any further nor mentioning the "magical" phrase. I will see if I can find the phrase again. I recall that the solution was to use a short phrase in the place of cancer or invasive cancer in the introduction. I am talking in riddles at the present time, because I want to make sure that I can find that phrase again, and that will mean thinking about the introduction again. ] (]) 20:32, 4 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::Okay, let me know what you are thinking of once you get it clear. It is an intriguing question. ] (] '''·''' ]) 11:56, 5 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::I would recommend the amendment belew, because the demarcation between non-cancer and cancer varies according to the literature, as we have seen, and this is made more difficult by a simplified language and vocabulary used to communicate the complex situation to patients. A definition of cancer that includes in-situ cancer is well established, but perhaps the world of the cytologist or histopathologist is a small world, where to say "invasive cancer" is not unusual. This is the current line in the introduction; ''"Cervical cytology tests can often detect precursors of cervical cancer and enable early successful treatment."''. I think that it would be more accurate if it said something like; ''"The main aim of cervical cytology screening is to detect precursors of cancer and early cervical cancer to enable early successful treatment."''. In this new line a full spectrum from viral changes to dysplasia to carcinoma-in-situ to early invasive cancer is included, so the controversy over where to put the non-cancer/cancer line disappears, and the meaning is clear no matter where the reader puts the line in his or her own mind-map. ] (]) 13:05, 6 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::I reworded it like to make it flow better yet be inclusive and cover all interpretations. ] (] '''·''' ]) 13:24, 6 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::After some deep thought, I think that your edit is good enough. ] (]) 14:09, 6 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| *What do you think about making a joint nomination with me to take the cervix article to FA review sometime? I would not be planning to edit much of the "History" and "Other animals" sections, because I do not know much about those topics. I am not usually on the nominator's side of the fence, but I would be willing to step into that role here, partly to test the water. ] (]) 13:29, 6 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :In other traditions, the Huia was the leader of the hākuturi, the spirit guardians of the forest, which included Whiteheads and Riflemen. A single Huia feather was worn as a talisman against misfortune. If a man dreamed of a Huia or its feathers, it meant his wife would conceive a daughter; if he dreamed of Kōtuku feathers it implied the conception of a son. | |||
| :I think it is a good idea – the prerequisites for being a nominator are being reasonably familar with the article and having the ability to address issues raised at FAC. Do you see anything else that needs fixing before listing it at FAC? 02:15, 7 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::Oh good. I would like to have a long look at the article before FA nomination, and I expect that I will not feel happy with the article as a potential FA nomination for several weeks. There is some content and page organization in the article (as it is now) that I would like to reflect on. The peer review is also worth re-visiting to see what was not achieved there. I will probably attempt to start a few discussions on the article talk page where relevant. Do you have any time frame in mind or any particular schedule of your own to work around? Of course, I would ask you to constructively criticize my work whenever you think that anything can be improved, and I will try to focus on the issue and answer honestly and objectively trying not to be fractious nor stubborn, with a view to learning from my errors. It think that it will work better like that, than keeping quite or not speaking up when you do not agree with your co-nominator. I am saying that because I guessed that you have not felt easy about not supporting your co-nominator in FA reviews previously. Also, as before, please be alert to my writing style, which can sometimes need re-phrasing owing to clumsy grammar, although the content is often unambiguous (to me at least). Apart from that, it could be challenging writing for general readers and even more challenging writing for specialist readers that are unfamiliar with the small world of histopathology. ] (]) 12:08, 7 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::{{u|Snowmanradio}} I have no time scale on this so it sorta takes as long as it takes. The refs need fixing for page numbers. The material is pretty good – only thing from PR left is double checking lymphatic drainage really I thought. Anyway. Posting things step by step on talk page is good. ] (] '''·''' ]) 20:39, 7 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| *I would have though that the "Function" heading would be about normal function. Surly, putting a barrier in front of the cx is not a normal function of the cervix. Also, oc pills are more about pharmacology and modified functioning of the cervix. Should the "Contraception" heading have its own level-2 heading? This has been discussed before, but it is worth starting another discussion on the talk page about this? ] (]) 21:42, 7 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::I think that the human altering of function is fine there. I think it is fine as a level 3 heading underneath ''function'' ] (] '''·''' ]) 23:10, 7 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::: When medicines affect function, it is called pharmacology. ] (]) 22:49, 12 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| *In the introduction; "... the cervix is usually between 2 and 3 cm long and roughly round in shape". Change to: ? | |||
| ::1. "... the cervix is cylindrically shaped usually between 2 and 3 cm long and roughly round in cross section". | |||
| ::2. "... the cervix is usually between 2 and 3 cm long and roughly round in in cross section" ] (]) 17:30, 8 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| I think the first one or something like it – will take a look now. I wonder if the fact it is roughly cylindrical makes saying it's round in cross-section redundant. ] (] '''·''' ]) 22:22, 8 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::Your amendment looks find to me. ] (]) 11:32, 10 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| *Should there be more consistency in using <nowiki>{{main|</nowiki> under more of the headings where there is an obvious main article else where? ] (]) 11:49, 12 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::{{u|Snowmanradio}} Yes that sounds like a good idea. ] (] '''·''' ]) 18:54, 12 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::OK, I expect that I will add some when I do some editing there. ] (]) 20:47, 12 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| *Re ]. Have you got any ideas on what to do with this article on the portio (or ectocervix)? I do not know why WP Anatomy has so many articles on sub-parts. If relevant, I expect that a formal discussion would be needed to consider a merge. ] (]) 20:47, 12 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::I think it should be merged. Will post something. ] (] '''·''' ]) 21:42, 12 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::I plan to watch for a while and express an opinion, if needed. ] (]) 22:49, 12 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::It is off to a good start over there. I think that there is nothing on the unreferenced portio page that can be copied over to the cervix page. We could start planing how to present the portio (and its various names) on the cervix page. ] (]) 12:04, 13 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| * In have found what to me looks like a 2003 copyrighted version of ], so I have started a deletion discussion on Commons. Commons administrators will now have a look at it. Initially, I left an message with the uploader on Commons to ask a technical question about the image, and I noticed that he is currently blocked for three months, so I did a search for other copies of the cervix dilation image. The image should show the babies head moving down the birth canal as the cervix dilates, but the head looks stuck. The image is on about a dozen or more Wikis, so they might all be removed by a bot in due course. I am not sure if the image needs removing from the Cervix page at this juncture or not, so I wonder what you think about removal from the en Wiki. ] (]) 09:01, 13 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::Oh dear – I suspect it will have to be removed, though maybe hold for a moment and see if an explanation is forthcoming. ] (] '''·''' ]) 09:23, 13 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::I recently found a photograph of a rare parrot with the wrong copyright and it was deleted from Commons one week after I started the deletion discussion. ] (]) 14:23, 13 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::That sounds in keeping with deletion discussions elsehwere – around 1 week. ] (] '''·''' ]) 19:17, 13 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Update: Image was deleted this yesterday. ] (]) 13:10, 21 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| *The ] article has had a lot of work on it since about June, and it is well worth looking at. I expect that we could shorten (or otherwise amend) the section on cervical cancer in the "cervix" article, because the "cervical cancer" article offers a good readable account. ] (]) 12:40, 14 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::{{ping|Snowmanradio}} I will take a look. ] (] '''·''' ]) 10:05, 15 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| *Re ]. Sometimes, I like to tidy up the linked pages. This article was moved from the singular to the pleural in March 2014. I am aware that there is more than one HPV vaccine, but I would expect this to be on the singular name, unless there something controversial about it that I have missed. ] (]) 12:59, 14 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::{{ping|Snowmanradio}} yes that is unusual and I think I prefer it at singular. I think it is worth discussing on the talk page. ] (] '''·''' ]) 10:05, 15 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| *The "Anatomical abnormalities" section looks like a mixture of acquired and congenital diseases. Could this be organized differently? I nearly did a reorganization, but a little re-organization does not change much, and I suspect that it would be easier to do a bit of a re-write. Also, it may be possible to expand the section with a little about the developmental abnormalities of the female genital tract seen in Cryptophthalmos syndrome, Johanson-Blizzard syndrome, Rokitansky Anomalod, and as less commonly seen in Roberts syndrome and Trisomy 18 syndrome. These diseases are not at the front of my mind, however these are in the index of my rather old second-hand book on human malformation. This is not a small change, so I welcome your opinion. ] (]) 13:34, 14 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::{{ping|Snowmanradio}} let me take a look. I don't recall it right now and I thought I was happy with it before but will look. ] (] '''·''' ]) 10:05, 15 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::I have become unexpectedly busy in real life, so I have not had much time for editing the Wiki. I hope that I will be able to contribute with more editing and work on the cervix article again after about two or three months . ] (]) 10:03, 15 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::{{ping|Snowmanradio}} no worries. I found that I have lost interest in it. My free time (of which I have little) has to be enjoyable and thus something I have real enthusiasm for. I found I did get a bit enthusiastic about this one but comes and goes. More interested in ] and ] now. ] (] '''·''' ]) 10:11, 15 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Also ] – very interesting story. I find writing about extinct species makes me sad (I leave them to {{u|FunkMonk}}) but rare ones are ok. ] (] '''·''' ]) 10:12, 15 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Apart from manual editing, I was hoping to write a few scripts for fun to do scanning and mass editing tasks on the Wiki this Autumn and Winter, but can not participate in a meaningful way at the present time. I plan to return when I can and I will look to see what you and User FunkMonk are doing then. Incidentally, have you any thoughts on why discussions about anatomy topics tend to be rather brittle? I might ask that question on the WP Anatomy talk page. ] (]) 10:49, 15 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::What do you mean by 'brittle'? ] (] '''·''' ]) 12:30, 15 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::I will ask open-ended questions instead. Do you have any observations about discussions on anatomy topics? ] (]) 12:48, 15 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| We could use as a partial source ''Traditional Maori Stories by Margaret Orbell, Reed 1992, pp82-83'', and rewrite as follows: | |||
| == Running a contest (talk page watchers welcome) == | |||
| ::In Māori culture, the "white heron and the huia were not normally eaten but were rare birds treasured for their precious plumes, worn by people of high rank".. <START FOOTNOTE: Orbell mentions some of the sacred associations of the Huia, saying that if a man dreamed of a Huia or its feathers, it meant his wife would conceive a daughter.<END FOOTNOTE> | |||
| Right folks...I can't decide which (long overdue) contest to run again. Putting this out there to see what folks reckon the 'pedia most needs or would be most fun (as without enthusiasm, it won't work). For folks unfamiliar, I try to get a wikigrant so several folks have a chance of winning a $25 (''or more'') Amazon voucher. ] (] '''·''' ]) 00:37, 19 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
| We can also add a supporting reference from this page: and could perhaps still add the reference no . | |||
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| Hope this helps ] (]) 20:22, 9 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
| # ] (]) 03:08, 19 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
| # ] (]) 10:03, 19 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
| # <span style="font-family:Papyrus">] (])</span> 20:39, 19 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
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| #] (]) 03:21, 19 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
| # ] (]) 09:16, 19 September 2019 (UTC) (just as a side-note I wouldn't take any voucher but would chuck it back into the pot) | |||
| # ] (]) 11:58, 19 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
| # ] (]) 12:36, 19 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
| # ] (]) 17:36, 19 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
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| How 'bout ]? In all seriousness, it seems like an interesting subject. ] (]) 02:00, 11 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| :Weird...did you actually mean ]? Cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 03:35, 11 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
| #] (]) 03:21, 19 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
| ::Yea, it does seem weird of me. And yes. I'm sure the FAC people will get a kick out of it, but it has potential. Excuse my demented signature above, accidentally clicked off raw signature. ]<font face="Gill Sans MT">] →(]→] →])</font> 02:09, 13 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
| #] (]) 11:47, 19 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
| ::: hmmm, got potential. Will need some sources from dead trees, need to go to the library some time, and then...Cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 02:17, 13 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| :Believe me I know, but I am stuck with work. I also dobbed you into someone hehehehe ''(ask PM and Witty Lama)'' ] (] '''·''' ]) 10:57, 12 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::Oh, PM intends to come? I thought he was still a bit on the unsure side. But I'll definitely ask Witty what you're on about... *eyes suspiciously*. —<strong>]</strong>] 11:16, 12 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::unsure slid into 'not possible' I'm afraid :-( - but I have an idea what Cas is talking about..... ;-) - I've been sniffing around some contributions to see how it went this arvo, but haven't found any yet - maybe it sort of morphed into something else? (or maybe several wiki volunteers are locked up in the Powerhouse Vault! That's what they were up to - looking for another exhibit!.... who knows.......) cheers, ] (]) 05:51, 13 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| :: There's still a citation tag in the "Man-eaters" section. Looking good! ] (]) 20:09, 13 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| :Is there anything left to do I might be able to help with? —<strong>]</strong>] 22:27, 13 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| ::I got all four cite tags - you are more than welcome to compare the current version with the c. Sept 2007 version and see if anything else stands out as poorly written, contradictory or other wise odd. I'd appreciate that as I have gotten myself enmired in something else and haev limited time - thanks for the offer. Sorry I haven't helped more with ], this is a great task you've set yourself and we need to see that one through too. ] (] '''·''' ]) 22:30, 13 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::I'm going to compare the featured rev and then the current one, see what's changed there. And no problem, don't even consider it; the sheer quality and amount of featured content you've been producing is incredible, and you're to be congratulated for that. :) —<strong>]</strong>] 00:00, 14 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Hi Cas: I'm wondering if I can get you to cast your seasoned eye over ]. I'm going to try for FA, and wonder if you – as someone not particularly interested in lichens – find any of it hard to understand or lacking in information. Any comments much appreciated! ] (]) 19:38, 25 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
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| ==Merry Christmas!== | |||
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| --] (]) 02:38, 16 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| <big>Have a great Christmas, and may 2024 bring you joy, happiness – and no trolls, vandals or visits from ]!</big> | |||
| == Buckingham Palace == | |||
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| confident? ''']''' ('']'') 02:41, 16 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| == Time to unprotect ]? == | |||
| :Err...dunno...see waht happens :) ] (] '''·''' ]) 02:47, 16 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Over a decade ago, you semiprotected ]. Can you please remove that protection so we can see if it's still necessary? Thanks! ] (]) 03:24, 21 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
| == ] == | |||
| :Alright, let's see how this goes. ] (] '''·''' ]) 05:48, 21 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
| == Seasons Greetings!== | |||
| I just noticed (after looking at ]) an ''oppose'' !vote by ] (oppose #1), in which you indef blocked as a sock. Could you please strike that one out, as well, like you already did that with the Thumperward and Baseball Bugs RFAs? (He also !voted ''support'' at the ], but that is moot since it did not pass.) Thank you, ] 16:22, 16 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| On behalf of the ], we just want to spread ] by wishing you a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Sincerely, --]<sup>'']''</sup> 15:21, 17 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| <small>I'm wishing you a Merry Christmas, because that is what I celebrate. Feel free to take a "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings" if you prefer. :)</small> ] (]) 00:15, 23 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 52, 2023) == | |||
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| Thank you today for ], "about another sulid". Thank you also for another year of great contributions, and best wishes for 2024! For me, 2023 was a year of stories, and a click on "music" will give you the latest music and memories, promised. -- ] (]) 08:51, 31 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
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| |style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free and may Janus light your way. ] (]) 14:25, 31 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
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| --] (]) 05:17, 18 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :Heh thanks - and ditto! To everyone who has posted here in this festive season! ] (] '''·''' ]) 21:50, 31 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
| ==Camperdown Cemetery== | |||
| Hi! Thanks for your help. I've got a blinking problem. I've put Chrys Meader's book down somewhere and can't find it in the mess! Chrys and I were trustees together, so if you've ever done a tour, it may well have been me that took it. What's the name of that lilyish thing with the iris-like flowers, grows in thick clumps with leaves that look like sword grass, but are soft? There is a lovely clump around a tree, and the ground nearby had dionella spreading out... ] (]) 08:54, 18 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :I have not done a tour )heck, or have I?? Can't remember now). I have been interested in plants of the inner west and reorganised the list of plants . Are you talking indigenous species? The only thing that comes to mind is '']'' (or is that too big?) ] (] '''·''' ]) 19:03, 18 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| == This week's ] (week 1, 2024) == | |||
| ==Cockatoos== | |||
| Well if there were a single source I would not have put it where I put it. We cannot (at present) put the whole thing in the article. But we can add some of the info. Here's how: | |||
| Every time we cite a cladistic study, we automatically accept arguments from ]. This is not immediately obvious to the novice reader, but if would not accept arguments from parsimony, each and every cladistic analysis is baseless mumbo-jumbo. | |||
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| We could not argue like this if this were Conservapedia or if we'd subscribe to intelligent design - a Creator could invoke any trait out of thin air, without precedent in the ancestors. Whereas if you accept the premises of cladistic studies as valid, it is automatically accepted that anything that is frequent in the basal and rare in the advanced lineages of a clade is presumed to be the ancestral character state because "it is more parsimonious" to assume a single origin than multiple origins. | |||
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| So we can take all the phylogenetics papers that have been published - as we'll do anyway - and arrive at a consensus phylogeny. And we can reference the appearance of all cockatoos with a single source - Juniper/Parr, HBW, Forshaw/Cooper for example (I would not prefer HBW here, as the other sources are more detailed) and cross-refer them to the consensus phylogeny. And then we can say "It is notable that among the basal lineages, the following plumage patterns are generally seen: ... This suggests that it is most ] that such plumage was already present in the last common ancestor of all living cockatoos." | |||
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| We could cite some phylogenetics textbook's part on character evolution for this, but we don't cite a physics textbook's part on gravity either any time some article mentions something falling down. | |||
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| Taking this, we can note that certain plumage patterns are seen in (almost) all the basal lineages and only lost in the advanced lineages. "Almost" because the question of why '']'' is ''aterrimus'' ("the blackest") is unresolved. So we cannot be certain about details, but we can point out that all the data ''contradicts'' certain patterns of plumage evolution pretty certainly. As regards the original cockatoos, what is ''unparsimonious'' would for example be: | |||
| * Absence of barring, in particular in the tail feathers. | |||
| * Absence of intense carotenoid coloration on the head, especially the ear region. | |||
| * Some elongation of the crown feathers (though this need not have been a crest - something like seen in '']'' would fit the bill just as well). | |||
| * Absence of any carotenoid coloration outside head and undertail coverts (i.e. body plumage pure black, grey or white without any brownish hue). | |||
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| What we can also use is one of the psittaciform phylogenies that puts the NZ clade at the base (which is essentially any modern psittaciform phylogeny) as corroborating evidence - a cryptic pattern involving some degree of barring is appartently plesiomorphic for all crown Psittaciformes (and I suspect for all Psittaciformes in general). | |||
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| In any case, one thing needs to be noted: the placement of the Cockatiel is not determinable with certainty at present! (IIRC one possibility is slightly more likely than the other, but I'd have to sift through all the papers to find out which. Given how singular it is, even that cannot be regarded as proof; we need fossil evidence from near the point where the Cockatiel branched off from the other lineages, and we do not have this.) ] (]) 09:35, 19 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Thank you today for ], "about a cute little parrot that has not been much-studied...meaning it is a shorter article than many bird articles"! | |||
| Gang Gang might actually not warrant inclusion in either subfamily - while the analysis results for the Cockatiel are contradictory because you can get quite good support for either possibility (IIRC), ''Callocephalon'' simply refuses to fit into the "nice" dichotomies phylogenetics software will try to construct. As regards the synthesis stick, my take is with ] - it is pretty hard to challenge the obvious (namely that some taxon has some phenotypical traits), especially considering Felsenstein's "Phylogenies and the comparative method" (which should provide sufficient justification for a "naive" character mapping) gets cited in scholarly works on average once every three days since 24 years... Note though that as soon as the phylogeny gets contentious, a dedicated source ''is'' surely needed - see for example the very fine paper . | |||
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| One can actually turn the burden of evidence, in this case for example: "provide a source that suggests that the LCA of cockatoos was all-white/all-black". Otherwise, where would one stop? The conclusion that chimpanzees were never bipedal in their evolution is generally accepted at face value by precisely the same reasoning, although there is simply not a single shred of material evidence to support this assumption: no fossils on the chimp side of the lineage are known, and the fossils on the human side of the lineage are all (at least preferentially) bipedal. | |||
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| But as I said, claims cannot be made with finality as long as there is no study where ''Probosciger'' tail and cheek feathers have been photographed in UV or observed under a SEM. What we can do at this point is to observe the obvious, describe the situation as far as can be plainly seen. | |||
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| I have a DYK, but ] would be different, about ], - . --] (]) 11:05, 12 January 2024 (UTC) | |||
| PS: the molphyl/clock studies of psittaciforms and the fossil record square NO WAY, you guys gotta be careful. The recent "proves Cretaceous" paper was technically far better as I thought, but in the context of Misplaced Pages it would be accused on severe POVpushing... For one thing, the Cretaceous scenario together with the molphyl trend to put them close to passeriforms (which may well be good, though I suppose not as close as the first large-scale trees suggest) puts the origin of ''a lot'' of birdy stuff into the Mesozoic nether regions. Also, a lot of fossils that ''ought'' to be there have not turned up, I mean not even traces in well-studied regions. And finally, the entire theory is probabilistic, but if that other paper on Cenozoic NZ and sea levels is right (it is cited off-handedly in the Cretaceous paper), the probability for a deep Mesozoic origin of the Psittaciformes is around 2.769126%ish ;-) (it is hard for kakapo ancestors to survive on a submerged microcontinent...) If they had titled it "cannot refute a Cretaceous origin", I'd have been delighted. But this way, it is just like the bad old times of molphyl 15 years ago -trying to outrace each other with data with a signal/noise ratio that reaches abysmality after 100 Ma. | |||
| On the Main page: ] who ] --] (]) 19:49, 16 January 2024 (UTC) | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 3, 2024) == | |||
| Today's work: ], or so it seems. ] (]) 05:19, 20 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| What a beautiful mushroom! Nice work. I look forward to more FAs on poisonous mushrooms. --] (]) 09:55, 19 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| :OK - PS: '']'' just Featured (>2 years after beginning to impriove it) :) ] (] '''·''' ]) 02:22, 20 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| Would ] need to go through AfD in order to be deleted? ]<sup>]</sup> 02:13, 20 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :I would think so. A quick google suggests there are some references from sources out there and a suggestion of notability. I would alert the Indian Wikiproject...but right now I need to eat some lunch. I suspect an AfD would not result in deletion, but might hasten the aggressive removal of unreferenced claims ''(or you could do that now)''. ] (] '''·''' ]) 02:20, 20 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| ::It's a typical unreferenced and possibly defamatory BLP. I guess I could try and clean up every one out there, but I would need to get rid of all my responsibilities for the next week so I could edit Misplaced Pages all day, every day. :P ]<sup>]</sup> 02:22, 20 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ! <div style="margin:0; background-color:#E2E7FF; border:1px solid blue; text-align:center; color:#082840; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; font-weight:normal">{{AFI/Picture box|week=2024/4}} Hello, Casliber. The ] of the week is: | |||
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| :::Ok, how's this? If totally unreferenced, add a ] tag, with a reason that it is bordering on defamatory (well it is if it is untrue) and notify anyone who may be interested (eg WP:India). If there ''are'' references, move mateiral that is unreferenced to the talk page. | |||
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| :::PS: I feel much better after a luchtime snack of crispy skin pork, duck, rice and vegetables :) ] (] '''·''' ]) 02:59, 20 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 5, 2024) == | |||
| ::::OK, I PRODd it. Tag expires in less than a day. By the way, ]. Can you figure out what to do with that one? ]<sup>]</sup> 06:39, 24 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| == DYK for Lactarius chrysorrheus == | |||
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| == Mentor request == | |||
| Hi, | |||
| seeing that you're the only one of the mentors listed at ] naming astronomy among his interests, I would like to request mentoring from you before an FA nomination of ]. For some background: I achieved GA for that article back in 2018, and have recently restored it to that level. I have attempted to bring an article to FA once (in a completely different field: railways), but aborted it for some reason - after lots of work based on helpful reviews, which taught me about some finer points of the English language and citation templates -, and it was 13 years ago, so I barely remember it & standards probably changed a lot since.] (]) 17:29, 31 January 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :Heh, I'll take a look. Cool article BTW. ] (] '''·''' ]) 19:02, 31 January 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::If you have the time, could you please take another look at the article, and tell it it's now ready for FA nomination? Over the past two weeks, I have re-ordered the history, impacts & close approaches sections in a sequence that seems logical, trimmed some sections covered in greater detail in linked articles, and changed access/archive date format after all. ] (]) 09:48, 2 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == This week's ] (week 6, 2024) == | |||
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| ! <div style="margin:0; background-color:#E2E7FF; border:1px solid blue; text-align:center; color:#082840; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; font-weight:normal">{{AFI/Picture box|week=2024/6}} Hello, Casliber. The ] of the week is: | |||
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| == WikiCup 2024 February newsletter == | |||
| The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017. | |||
| Our current leader is newcomer {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}}, who has one FA on ] and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers: | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|AirshipJungleman29}}, with one FA on ], two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Vami IV}}, with one FA on ], one GA on ], and 11 reviews; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|MaranoFan}}, with one FA on ], a nine-article FT on ], and two DYKs; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Skyshifter}}, with one FA on ] and one DYK; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}}, with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|voorts}} and {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Elli}}, both with one FA and one DYK each. | |||
| As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on ]. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on ] and the judges ({{User|Cwmhiraeth}}, {{User|Epicgenius}}, and {{User|Frostly}}) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from ].</small> ] (]) 17:57, 11 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 7, 2024) == | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 8, 2024) == | |||
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| == Beer == | |||
| I obviously owe you one. Thanks! ] (]) 21:11, 21 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 9, 2024) == | |||
| == Re: ACID == | |||
| thanks for the heads-up. –] ] ] 02:55, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| :no probs, I was (and still am) hoping that this gets up a bit of steam and a few broader-type articles get to GA or FA...leaving me to do more of my other mob. ] (] '''·''' ]) 02:57, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ! <div style="margin:0; background-color:#E2E7FF; border:1px solid blue; text-align:center; color:#082840; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; font-weight:normal">{{AFI/Picture box|week=2024/9}} Hello, Casliber. The ] of the week is: | |||
| ::It should be fun. If nothing else, it'll be the first "important" article I've ever worked on (unless you consider a ] or a ] important). –] ] ] 03:04, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::: :) ] (] '''·''' ]) 03:06, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| == radioactive user talk page... == | |||
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| Here, have one of these - 50k and five years...wow. congrats. ] (] '''·''' ]) 03:26, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| :Thanks very much, Cas! :) I feel radioactive already! Hey, how are things going for you? What's new? Do you like the ArbCom? <font color="#0000FF">]</font> 03:34, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| ::rather busy....but I did chisel out some time to revive ] to try and get editors to imporve some broader articles...PS: you did see ]? ] (] '''·''' ]) 03:37, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| ::I hadn't seen WP:ACID... It would be great to improve more articles. I did see ''Edmontosaurus'', and am working a bit behind the scenes to add improvements as editors on the FAC suggest them. It's quite exciting to see J. nom another article! :) <font color="#0000FF">]</font> 03:41, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| :::Will do! <font color="#0000FF">]</font> 23:35, 22 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| == WikiCup 2024 March newsletter == | |||
| == Some Arbs are sadly out of touch - or maybe it's me :) == | |||
| The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2. | |||
| Where have you been? And how did you get any results at all from wannabe_kate? It's dead, dead, dead - but still linked from a million places. I've been waging this war for several months now. Interiot left the scene long ago, and when I contacted them they asked where I got their contact information - so that they could remove their contact information. The wannabe_kate software used hardcoded namespaces (failed on the File: change), didn't use the API, and had a fall-through algorithm that counted anything not recognized as ''other-space'' as ''mainspace'' - I spotted at least one huge (non-Image:) miscount there, which is when I began the death-march. Dead, dead, dead. Shoot on sight. </rant> | |||
| The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points: | |||
| For general counting, you can use (~river on the toolserver) or the generally accepted where I miss Interiots's Christmas-y red-and-green motif. And now that I look at it, sox was in on those supercession discussions but their output doesn't look as good as it used to. Strange how tools that people store links to and use regularly come and go with no great discussion. (And sorry for the rant, it's just 'cause I seemed to be the first to spot the wannabe_kate problems and start jumping up and down) | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}}, who has 916 points mostly from one FA on ], 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews | |||
| On the uContribs topic, noted. That's a whole 'nother subject of guilt where I feel an obligation to several people, I have to satisfy them in order, and I need to make software tweaks first and Oh God do documentation! If I bail on the upgrades, I will do the requests in order and notify you in turn. I just need to figure out these template/locator maps first, deal with a few minor disputes people are having, look at a new user who I've encouraged to contribute. Less than 40 things, I promise. Then uContribs, I promise ;) Maybe more than 40, but let me express my sincere desire. lol | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Vami IV}}, who has 790 points from two FAs on ] and ], two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|AirshipJungleman29}}, who has 580 points from one FA on ], two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}}, who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|MaranoFan}}, who has 351 points from one FA on ], a nine-article FT on ], and three DYKs | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Skyshifter}}, who has 345 points from one FA on ], one DYK and two reviews | |||
| In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Vami IV}}, who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five ] articles, eight other good articles, and two ]s. Vami also wrote an essay on ], a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his ]. | |||
| Also, nice Arb'ing! Given your top article edits to lions, vampires, toxic mushrooms, mental illness &c, I was seriously thinking of calling in Bishzilla for a cage match. You would have multiple avenues of attack OTOH I still haven't stretched my window large enough that Bish wouldn't fill it completely. :) ] (]) 05:57, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on ]. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on ], and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from ].</small> ] (]) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :hah, thanks for the reply - look forward to souped up ucontribs :) ] (] '''·''' ]) 06:54, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 10, 2024) == | |||
| == edit links on your user page == | |||
| First poke; I did 'Articles' and 'DYK'. On 'Articles' you have 'show' the box to see the edit link (which is built into the subpage), on 'DYK' the link is in the main page and always shows. Which way you like? It will be easy to do them all either way. nb: some talk page stalker may offer a canned tool to do this; I couldn't use tnavbar as it assumes template space. Cleanest route would probably be to use real headers and let MediaWiki generate the links but your page has momentum in other directions. Cheers, ] 08:19, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| :Cool. either way is ok. Like DYK is probably best. Hurriedly, thx ++, ] (] '''·''' ]) 09:16, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ! <div style="margin:0; background-color:#E2E7FF; border:1px solid blue; text-align:center; color:#082840; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; font-weight:normal">{{AFI/Picture box|week=2024/10}} Hello, Casliber. The ] of the week is: | |||
| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/10/1}}'''</span> | |||
| ::{{Done}}. Cheers, ] 13:34, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Please be bold and help improve it! | |||
| :::Fantastic, much appreciated...now for some shut-eye. ] (] '''·''' ]) 13:41, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 11, 2024) == | |||
| :::: fyi; other large chunks could be split-off to subpages, the two sections of the right column, for example. The main body content, too. Let me know. Cheers, ] 14:11, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| == Oversight help == | |||
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| Hi. I had sent a request for oversight assistance two or three hours ago and am basically waiting up to see if it brings a response or there is anything I need to add. I noted you are listed on oversight and thought I'd ask if there is anything you can do about it. This situation is quite upsetting. I'd be glad to send a copy of my oversight email. Thanks. ] (]) 11:01, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ! <div style="margin:0; background-color:#E2E7FF; border:1px solid blue; text-align:center; color:#082840; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; font-weight:normal">{{AFI/Picture box|week=2024/11}} Hello, Casliber. The ] of the week is: | |||
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| ==dyk== | |||
| It ain't the most exciting hook, but I can't think of anything better myself. I made a distribution map for it. ] 11:11, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| I left you note . I've also started a stub on ] which you may find interesting. I'll try to add some stuff to ], but if you find yourself getting impatient, feel free to mine the sources I linked to yourself. ]<sup>]</sup> 11:44, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
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| == RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I == | |||
| :Thanks for that - I see a ] nomination a-comin' for ]....] (] '''·''' ]) 11:49, 21 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the ] is now '''no longer accepting new proposals'''. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving ]'s structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion: | |||
| == Four Award == | |||
| * ''']''', initiated by {{noping|HouseBlaster}}, provides for the addition of a text box at ] reminding all editors of our policies and enforcement mechanisms around decorum. | |||
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| * ''']''' and ''']''', initiated by {{noping|Barkeep49}} and {{noping|Usedtobecool}}, respectively, provide for trials of discussion-only periods at RfA. The first would add three extra discussion-only days to the beginning, while the second would convert the first two days to discussion-only. | |||
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| * ''']''', initiated by {{noping|SilkTork}}, provides for a trial of RfAs without threaded discussion in the voting sections. | |||
| * ''']''' and ''']''', initiated by {{noping|BilledMammal}}, provide for allowing users to be selected as provisional admins for a limited time through various concrete selection criteria and smaller-scale vetting. | |||
| * ''']''', initiated by {{noping|Lee Vilenski}}, provides for the "General discussion" section being broken up with section headings. | |||
| * ''']''', initiated by {{noping|Reaper Eternal}}, provides for the requirement that allegations of policy violation be substantiated with appropriate links to where the alleged misconduct occured. | |||
| * ''']''', ''']''', and ''']''', initiated by {{noping|City of Silver}}, {{u|Ritchie333}}, and {{u|HouseBlaster}}, respectively, provide for reducing the discretionary zone, which currently extends from 65% to 75%. The first would reduce it 65%–70%, the second would reduce it to 50%–66%, and the third would reduce it to 60%–70%. | |||
| * ''']''', initiated by {{noping|Novem Lingaue}}, provides for periodic, privately balloted admin elections. | |||
| * ''']''', initiated by {{noping|Kusma}}, provides for the creation of some minimum suffrage requirements to cast a vote. | |||
| * ''']''' and ''']''', initiated by {{noping|Thebiguglyalien}} and {{noping|Soni}}, respectively, provide for community-based admin desysop procedures. 16 would desysop where consensus is established in favor at the ]; 16c would allow a petition to force reconfirmation. | |||
| * ''']''', initiated by {{noping|BilledMammal}}, would extend the recall procedures of 16 to bureaucrats. | |||
| * ''']''', initiated by {{noping|SchroCat}}, provides for "on-call" admins and 'crats to monitor RfAs for decorum. | |||
| * ''']''', initiated by {{noping|theleekycauldron}}, provides for lowering the RfB target from 85% to 75%. | |||
| * ''']''', initiated by {{noping|SportingFlyer}}, provides for a more robust alternate version of the ]. | |||
| * ''']''', initiated by {{noping|Femke}}, provides for the requirement that nominees be extended-confirmed in addition to their nominators. | |||
| * ''']''', initiated by {{noping|WereSpielChequers}}, provides for the creation of a training course for admin hopefuls, as well as periodic retraining to keep admins from drifting out of sync with community norms. | |||
| * ''']''', initiated by {{noping|HouseBlaster}}, tightens restrictions on multi-part questions. | |||
| To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see ]. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! ] (] • she/her), via: | |||
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| == TCC 2024 == | |||
| Hi Cas, any interest in judging again for TCC this year? Myself and Femke are already interested. If you're too busy, I'm happy to find someone else. Best – '''<span style="font-family:Lucida;">]]</span>''' 05:43, 20 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :Happy to do so. Will head over to look at discussion. ] (] '''·''' ]) 07:43, 20 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == ] == | |||
| I just made a few small edits; feel free to revert or discuss. - Dank (]) 16:04, 24 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :They're good/improvements. thx. ] (] '''·''' ]) 19:57, 24 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == This week's ] (week 13, 2024) == | |||
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| ]—Misplaced Pages's most exciting contest—returns again this year from April 15 to May 31. The goal: to improve ] or other core articles, with a focus on those in the worst state of disrepair. Editing can be done individually, but in the past groups have also successfully competed. There is {{GBP|300}} of prize money divided among editors who provide the "best additive encyclopedic value". ''']'''. Cheers from the judges, ], ], ]. – '''<span style="font-family:Lucida;">]]</span>''' 02:20, 25 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
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| == Move protection of ] == | |||
| In 2015, you had protected the page to temporarily restrict edits to autoconfirmed editors and at the same time, indefinitely restrict moves to sysops only. Is it OK with you to have the move protection to be dropped? ] (]) 03:57, 31 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 14, 2024) == | |||
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| Thank you today for the beautiful ], introduced (in 2010): "What's not to like? The state emblem and a darn fine flower at that....and it's been attracting birds and looking nice and red for over 60 million years....."! - I ], and if you see me just naming one "red flower" and know better, please correct ;) -- ] (]) 06:29, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
| plum tree blossom for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk --] (]) 20:35, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == WikiCup 2024 April newsletter == | |||
| We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round. | |||
| Our current top scorers are as follows: | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}} with 642 points, mostly from 11 ]s about radio and television; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|voorts}} with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (] and ]) and three GAs; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|SounderBruce}} with 497 points, mostly from a ] about the ] and two GAs; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Tamzin}} with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink ] and three GAs; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Kusma}} with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist ] and a GA. | |||
| Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on ]. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from ] to receive more points. | |||
| If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read ]. Further questions are welcome on ] and the judges ({{User|Cwmhiraeth}}, {{User|Epicgenius}}, and {{User|Frostly}}) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from ].</small> ] (]) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
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| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/16/1}}'''</span> | |||
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| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/17/1}}'''</span> | |||
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| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/18/1}}'''</span> | |||
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| == WikiCup 2024 May newsletter == | |||
| The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014. | |||
| The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points: | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}} with 707 points, mostly from 45 ] reviews and 12 ]s about radio and television; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 ] nominations about coinage and history; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|SounderBruce}} with 552 points, mostly from a ] about the ], three ], and two good articles; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|BennyOnTheLoose}} with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player ], two featured lists, and one good article; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|voorts}} with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (] and ]) and three good articles. | |||
| The full scores for Round 2 can be seen ]. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 ] credits and at least 200 ] credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to ] and ]. | |||
| Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on ]. | |||
| If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see ]. Further questions are welcome on ] and the judges ({{User|Cwmhiraeth}}, {{User|Epicgenius}}, and {{User|Frostly}}) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from ].</small> ] (]) 13:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
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| == Problematic digital media use and Major depressive disorder == | |||
| Hello there! I noticed that the Digital media addictions subsection from the Major depressive disorder article that was excerpted the Digital media use and mental health article Depression subsection. Considering that you are a psychiatrist and helped get the Major depressive disorder article up to featured article status (per your user page), I was wondering if you'd be willing to trim that section on the Digital media use and mental health article in accordance with WP:MEDSAY. I've been trying to improve the Digital media use and mental health article (hopefully to featured status if possible), initially by just tracking down systematic reviews and meta-analyses that find associations between the various problematic digital media use categories and recognized mental health disorders by the DSM and ICD and other human factors issues associated with problematic digital media use. Unfortunately, I am not a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist so all I can do is look things up using Google Scholar and often do not have access to entire articles. Another editor has raised issues with the article's layout at its talk page, if you have the time to comment on it. Thanks! -- ] (]) 01:12, 30 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :Okay, difficult topic and I have little time for the stuff I want to prioritise on as is. First thing, some context is good but too much is unnecessary - e.g. paragraph is just too distant from the topic at hand. Am even unconvinced about whether the remaining paragraph is needed (leaning to not but need to read and think some more) ] (] '''·''' ]) 02:41, 30 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins == | |||
| Hi there! Phase I of the ] has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus: | |||
| * '''Proposals 2 and 9b''' (''']'''): ] and ] | |||
| * '''Proposal 3b''' (in trial): ] | |||
| * '''Proposal 13''' (in trial): ] | |||
| * '''Proposal 14''' (implemented): ] | |||
| * '''Proposals 16 and 16c''' (''']'''): ] and ] | |||
| * '''Proposal 17''' (''']'''): ] | |||
| * '''Proposal 24''' (''']'''): ] | |||
| * '''Proposal 25''' (implemented): ] | |||
| See the ] for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. ] (]), via ] (]) 08:08, 5 May 2024 (UTC) | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 21, 2024) == | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 23, 2024) == | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 24, 2024) == | |||
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| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/24/1}}'''</span> | |||
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| == Mr. Two Hundred Thousand == | |||
| {{stupid t-shirt|'''I MADE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND EDITS AND EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT AROUND MUCH ANYMORE I STILL GOT THIS STUPID T-SHIRT!!!'''}} <b style="font-family: monospace; color:#E35BD8">]×]]</b> 02:19, 16 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :''(Hyuk hyuk hyuk)'' fair point. I keep trying to reignite the fire...but hard competing as I've returned to being a DnD DM...competing priorities...sigh ] (] '''·''' ]) 02:26, 16 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == This week's ] (week 25, 2024) == | |||
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| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/25/1}}'''</span> | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 26, 2024) == | |||
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| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/26/1}}'''</span> | |||
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| == WikiCup 2024 July newsletter == | |||
| The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points. | |||
| The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3: | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 ] on ], 11 ], 18 ] nominations, and dozens of reviews; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Skyshifter}} with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on ] and ], 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}} with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on ], 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|AryKun}} with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on ], with a high number of bonus points from that article. | |||
| The full scores for round 3 can be seen ]. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 ] credits, and at least 285 ] credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to ] and ]. | |||
| Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on ]. | |||
| If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see ]. Further questions are welcome on ] and the judges ({{User|Cwmhiraeth}}, {{User|Epicgenius}}, and {{User|Frostly}}) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from ].</small> ] (]) 21:29, 29 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 27, 2024) == | |||
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| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/27/1}}'''</span> | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 28, 2024) == | |||
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| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/28/1}}'''</span> | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 29, 2024) == | |||
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| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/29/1}}'''</span> | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 30, 2024) == | |||
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| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/30/1}}'''</span> | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 31, 2024) == | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 32, 2024) == | |||
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| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/32/1}}'''</span> | |||
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| == Humpback whale FA == | |||
| Do you think the article is Satisfactory? I could expand a little more, but I'd also like for your to participate since you were the original nominator. ] (]) 22:36, 11 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :I'll take a look. It's been a long time so will undoubtedly need something ] (] '''·''' ]) 01:09, 12 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::Here are some more articles you could use and ] (]) 15:09, 12 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::How are things going? Do you still plan on working on this. I would do it by myself but am a bit hesitant since I didn't nominate it and I may have already made it into the ]. ] (]) 22:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == This week's ] (week 33, 2024) == | |||
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| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/33/1}}'''</span> | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 34, 2024) == | |||
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| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/34/1}}'''</span> | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 35, 2024) == | |||
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| <span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Misplaced Pages:Articles for improvement/2024/35/1}}'''</span> | |||
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| ==]== | |||
| You protected this article 5 years ago. I thought it could be unprotected as vandals would have long gone? ] (]) 09:49, 27 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :Let's give unprotection a whirl. ] (] '''·''' ]) 22:09, 27 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thanks ] (]) 22:58, 27 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == Good article reassessment for ] == | |||
| ] has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the ]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ] (]) 20:38, 27 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == WikiCup 2024 August newsletter == | |||
| The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points: | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 ]s, 2 ], 7 ], and 13 ] nominations; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Arconning}} with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews; | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|AirshipJungleman29}} with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on ] and 2 good articles; and | |||
| * {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|BennyOnTheLoose}} with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on ], 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles. | |||
| Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen ]. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 ] credits, and at least 333 ] credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to ] and ]. | |||
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| *{{pagelinks|Shuhada' Davitt}} | |||
| Hi. An article you protected over a decade ago seemed to have its protection settings removed recently. Do you mind removing protection settings from its redirect as well?] (]) 18:51, 31 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :Sure, why not. Done. ] (] '''·''' ]) 19:20, 31 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == This week's ] (week 36, 2024) == | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 37, 2024) == | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 38, 2024) == | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 39, 2024) == | |||
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| == RFA2024 update: Discussion-only period now open for review == | |||
| Hi there! The trial of the <strong>RfA discussion-only period</strong> passed at ] has concluded, and after open discussion, the RfC is now considering whether to retain, modify, or discontinue it. You are invited to participate at ''']'''. Cheers, and happy editing! ] (]) 09:38, 27 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
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| == Vandalism of Gold standard articles by a person who's disruptive edits you've dealt with previously. == | |||
| Dear administrator. Can you please take a look into the edit history of these Karnataka dynasty pages | |||
| 1) ] | |||
| 2) ] | |||
| 3) ] | |||
| 4) ] | |||
| 5) ] | |||
| 6) ] | |||
| They have been continously getting vandalised by a Maratha caste IP looking to promote his caste. Please take a look at his edit history https://en.m.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/2409:408C:ADB5:3805:E56B:A989:87F5:F563 | |||
| I think similar edits were made by the same person in the ] dynasty page (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Rashtrakutas&action=history) which made you protect the page for a period of 3 months about 4 days back. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Rashtrakutas&diff=prev&oldid=1247580284) | |||
| Kindly do the same for the other dynasty pages he is targetting as well. He is using old British period sources which according to WP:RAJ is unreliable (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_172#Are_British_Raj_ethnographers_unreliable.3F.) | |||
| The same account seems to be adding those dynasties to promote his caste here as well ]. Please look into it (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/search/?title=List_of_Maratha_dynasties_and_states&action=history). | |||
| Thank you. ] (]) 10:25, 29 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == This week's ] (week 40, 2024) == | |||
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| == Any chance of a DYK prep to queue promotion (or two)? == | |||
| Casliber, it looks like things are busy where you are, but in case you have any time, might you be able to promote any DYK preps to queues? The queues are all empty, and six preps are full; it would help if we could get some movement here. Many thanks even if now's a bad time; you've done so many promotions over the years. ] (]) 02:35, 1 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :Taking a look ] (] '''·''' ]) 04:50, 1 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thank you so much! ] (]) 19:45, 1 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::Not a problem. Been busy (and busy still). Will try to keep an eye on it. ] (] '''·''' ]) 01:03, 2 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == Mentor for GA/FAC == | |||
| Hi Casliber, I am wondering if you would have some time (not urgently) to be a mentor/provide some specific advice regarding the ] article I've helped significantly revise over the past couple of years. It is currently rated as B-class, but I believe it to be much improved since that assessment. I have requested an independent assessment of it on ] as I think it may be of A-class now. Additionally I am considering either a ] or ] listing, but would appreciate advice from a more experienced editor. Thanks for your time. ] (]) 02:04, 2 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :Taking a look ] (] '''·''' ]) 05:11, 2 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == October music == | |||
| {{User QAIbox | |||
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| You may remember ], thank you for promoting her to the queue, - my ] as ]. ] was unusual: last compositions and eternal light, with ] mentioned in story and music. -- ] (]) 21:22, 3 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
| I made Leif Segerstam my ] story today. -] (]) 08:53, 16 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
| Happy whatever you celebrate today, - more who died, more to come, and they made the world ]. Greetings from Madrid where I took the pic of assorted ] in 2016. --] (]) 16:10, 31 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == DYK credit == | |||
| Hello Cas Liber, it seems my DYK credit for ] has not been processed despite it being part of a double hook with ]? I had added it to my nomination within seven days of it being created and bolded it.--'']]'' 00:25, 5 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == Mentor for Tumor Necrosis Factor FAC == | |||
| Hi Casliber, I am a new editor and recently got ] promoted to GA status. I'd like to go for Featured Article status, and am wondering if you could be a mentor and provide some advice. Would greatly appreciate any help! ] (]) <!--Template:Undated--><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added 00:03, 7 October 2024 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| :Ah ok. Bit busy but will do so in a few days ] (] '''·''' ]) 05:34, 7 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == This week's ] (week 41, 2024) == | |||
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| == WikiCup 2024 November newsletter == | |||
| The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|AirshipJungleman29}}, who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|BeanieFan11}}, who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}} with 879 points, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Hey man im josh}} with 533 points, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|BennyOnTheLoose}} with 432 points, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Arconning}} with 244 points, and {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|AryKun}} with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated! | |||
| The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Misplaced Pages has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone! | |||
| All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field. | |||
| *{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall. | |||
| *{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Hey man im josh}} wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall. | |||
| *{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|MaranoFan}} wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1. | |||
| *{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Hey man im josh}} wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall. | |||
| *{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|BeanieFan11}} wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall. | |||
| *{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Fritzmann}} wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2. | |||
| *{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}} wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall. | |||
| *{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|BeanieFan11}} wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall. | |||
| *{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Muboshgu}} wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall. | |||
| Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to ''']'''; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2025 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 45, 2024) == | |||
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| == This week's ] (week 46, 2024) == | |||
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Nomenclature of fungiHey there. I recently stumbled across an issue of Nova Hedwigia Beheift titled "the genera of fungi" (or was it agaricaceae?). It's filled to the brink with mind-numbing nomenclatural discussions of all the genera ever described (I think, anyway). Would it be any use if I looked up the specific ref or any specific genera? Circeus 00:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
LOTS of "per" in citation here. See
References
A first incarnation from Tentamen dispositionis methodicae Fungorum 65. 1797 is cited as devalidated: "Introduced to cover three groups already previously distinguished by Persoon (in Tent. 18. 1797) under Agaricus L., but at that time not named. It is worth stressing that was not mentioned."
Donk concludes the earliest valid type is A. muscaria, the species in Hooker, adding that he'd personally favor A. citrina.
Phew! Circeus 18:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
PorkLOL, I love your sense of humour. Maimonedes is a good reference. The reality is that Islam takes food restrictions from Judaism; and Christianity doesn't have any restriction (courtesy of three references in the New Testament). The reason why pork should be restricted (along with many other things) is not given explicitly in the Hebrew Bible, hence Bible commentators have been offering guesses since ancient times. My own favourite, however, is Mary Douglas, wife of Louis Leakey, daughter of a Lutheran pastor. Her theory is excellent, based on her cultural anthropological observations, with a decent feel for how Biblical text works. It's rather an abstract theory though. Anyway, I'll see if I can manage a literature review of dietry restrictions in the ANE, especially if there's anything explicit about pork. Don't think I'll find a reference for "why" the pork taboo is in place, though, if it's documented, I'd have read about that in commentaries. Perhaps a clay tablet with the answer has been destroyed in only the last few years during the "troubles" in Iraq. :( Alastair Haines (talk) 21:27, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Spotted this. I'll look for a ref to the Maimonides comment. The normal teaching is that pork is no more or less offensive to Jews than any other forbidden meat (dog, horse etc) or forbidden part of kosher animal (blood, Gid Hanasheh etc). The pig (NB pig, not pork – an important distinction which is relevant for the Maimonides comment too, I note) is "singled out" because it alone of the animals that have one of the two "signs" (it has split hooves but doesn't chew the cud) lies down with its legs sticking out. Most quarapeds have their legs folded under them. There's a midrashic lesson to be learned there, apparently, that the pig is immodestly and falsely proclaiming its religious cleanliness, when it is not. Anyway, that said, I'll look into the M comment – he was quite ahead of his time in terms of medical knowledge (check his biog). And NB my OR/POV antennae buzzed when I read that little section. --Dweller (talk) 22:52, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Have found good stuff, including online version of Maimonides text. I'll dump it here for you to use as you wish.
So, Maimonides argues "pork contains more moisture than necessary , and too much of superfluous matter", whatever that means! More importantly, the "principal reason" is that if you keep pigs, you end up with a dirty and unhealthy environment. Important note: Maimonides was writing from Islamic Egypt at the time, which is why he mentions "as may be seen at present in the country of the Franks." (ie France) The comments about the pig's habit of lying with its legs outstretched come from Midrash Vayikra Rabba (ch 13) where it is mentioned as part of an elaborate metaphor, but not in connection with any reason for particularly abhorring the creature. Hope that helps. --Dweller (talk) 09:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC) References
Bract pattern You know what I don't get? On page 245 of George (1981), and again on page 40 of Collins (2007), George gives a diagram showing the arrangement of unit inflorescences on a Banksia flower spike. Both diagrams clearly show a hexagonal layout; i.e. every common bract is surrounded by six equidistant common bracts, thus forming little hexagons. In support of this, George (1981) states "The unit inflorescences are so arranged on the axis that there are three pattern lines—vertical, and both dextral and sinistral spiral." I haven't dissected an inflorescence, but in some species the pattern persists right through flowering and can be seen on the infructescence. You won't get a better example than this B. menziesii cone. Look at that pattern. There's no way you could call it hexagonal. It is a rectangular (or rather diamond, since the lines are diagonal) grid. Depending on how you define a neighbourhood, you could argue that each common bract has 4 or 8 neighbours, but there's no way you could argue for 6. Similarly, you could argue for two pattern lines (dextral and sinistral spiral) or four (dextral, sinistral, vertical and horizontal), but there is no way you could argue for 3, because there is no reason to include vertical whilst excluding horizontal). On top of that there is a beautiful symmetry in the way each common bract is surrounded by its own floral bracts and those of its neighbours. But George's diagrams destroy that symmetry. I thought maybe B. menziesii was an exception to a general rule, but you can see the same diamond grid, though not as clearly, in File:Banksia serrata4.jpg, and I reckon (but am not certain) I can see it in my B. attenuata cone. And in File:Banksia prionotes mature cone.jpg too. What the heck is going on? (I'm not just being a pretentious wanker here. I thought the diagram was interesting and informative enough for me to whip up an SVG version for Misplaced Pages. But since copying George's diagram isn't really on, and it is much better to go straight from nature if possible, I was basing my version on this B. menziesii cone. But it isn't going to work if the diagram shows a rectangular grid and the text has to say it is hexagonal.) Hesperian 13:28, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Question  I note that the last six images to be posted on your talk page were posted by me. I'm not sure whether to apologise.... What is going on in the lower image? Clearly this is an inflorescence in very early bud, but those furry white things are apparently not developing flower pairs. Are they some kind of protective bract or something? Hesperian 01:24, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
In very young spikes like the one pictured here, they are not yet very densely packed together, so they can be perceived as individual peduncles. Given time, they will continue to grow, and as they do so they will become more and more densely packed together, until eventually they are jammed together so tightly that their dense coverings of hairs form the fibrous brown material that comprises a typical flower spike, and the common bracts at their apex will form the bract pattern on the surface of the spike. At that point, they will no longer be distinguishable as individual peduncles, but will simply be part of the spike. When the flowers start to develop, they get squeezed together even more. At this point, sometimes, a peduncle may break off the axis and be squeezed right out of the spike as the flowers around it develop. Thus you may see one or two of these furry things sitting at random positions on the surface of a developed flower spike. As evidence for this hypothesis I offer the following observations:
Hesperian 05:58, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Not OR any more. Look at the picture of "Banksia flower bud seen in profile" here: clear evidence of the common and floral bracts forming one of those little furry upside-down pyramids, with the flower arising from it. Hesperian 03:38, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Banksia menziesii with persistent florets  While I was out a-walking in the bush one day last week, I spied a banksia with an unfamiliar jizz. Even on closer inspection I was bamboozled for half a minute until the pieces fell together and I realised I was looking at a B. menziesii with persistent florets. Not just a bit late to fall: there were old cones from previous seasons with the florets still bolted on. In fact, there wasn't a single bald cone on the whole tree. I've never seen anything like it. Have you? Hesperian 04:42, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
Banksiamyces againI finally made it to the library and got a hold of the article you had asked about a couple of weeks ago. There's enough info there to make DYK-worthy stubs on the genus, and three of the species (macrocarpus, katerinae, toomanis), or, alternatively, maybe enough for a GA on the genus. What are the chances of images? Apparently these fungi make small but visible apothecia on the seed capsules. Berkeley and Broome first wrote about the fungus in 1887, so maybe there's a sketch from the protologue that's useable. Anyway, I'll start adding text in a day or two and maybe we can have the first Banksia/Fungi wikiproject collaboration? Sasata (talk) 14:25, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
As OZtrylia has a notoriously under described rang of and field of mycology study – any signs of further fungi or algae work is to be encouraged at all points SatuSuro 01:51, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
From Collins, Collins and George (2008), page 47, first paragraph of a section entitled "Fungi and lichens": "Many kinds of fungi are associated with Banksias. There is even a genus of fungi named for their association with these plants—Banksiamyces. The first species of these was recognised in the 1880s and placed in the genus Tympanis, then in the 1950s transferred to the genus Encoelia. Further collections and research led to the description of the genus Banksiamyces by Beaton and Weste in 1982, with two further species. Six taxa are now recognised, so far known from 13 species of Banksia (Sommerville & May, 2006). Commonly known as banksia discs, they have all been found on eastern Australian Banksias and one is also known in Western Australia. They are discomycete fungi, growing on the fruit and appearing as small, shallow dark cups on the follicles (Fuhrer, 2005). When dry they fold inwards and look like narrow slits. Their effect is unkown but it seems unlikely that they are responsible for degradation of the seeds." At the bottom of the page there is a photo of Banksiamyces on B. lemanniana. They look like little light grey maggots on the follicles. Based on the photo and textual description, I would suggest that the B. violacea photo doesn't show this genus. Hesperian 11:17, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Anything else to add to this article? Shall we put it up for GAN? Sasata (talk) 17:39, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Abraham HalpernYou may want to have a look there as well. Appears to have been improved by a Szasz fan. I've read diagonally this article, but even that doesn't seem to support the light in which the Halpern-Szasz issue is presented in Misplaced Pages. Tijfo098 (talk) 13:19, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Aboriginal AstronomyHi Casliber – thanks for your note. Yes there's quite a bit more out there which Duane Hamacher and I are slowly trying to get written up. You can find some more stuff on www.emudreaming.com and you may find some papers you havent come across on http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rnorris/papers/papers.htm Have fun! RayNorris (talk) 03:34, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
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got any advice for writing a constellation FA?Thinking of diversifying and trying Corona B. Double sharp (talk) 16:17, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
Carcinoma in situThe carcinoma in situ page has been updated and it explains the different views that sometimes carcinoma in situ is seen as a cancer and sometimes it is not. You will probably remember earlier this year that you supported changing my use of the term "invasive cancer" to "cancer". The expression "invasive cancer" is used frequently in books particularly when talking about cancer of the cervix and in my opinion using the term "invasive cancer" can improve clarity. What do you think of the explanations in the carcinoma in situ article? Snowman (talk) 13:13, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
I think the first one or something like it – will take a look now. I wonder if the fact it is roughly cylindrical makes saying it's round in cross-section redundant. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:22, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
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The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics. Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Misplaced Pages talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:29, 29 June 2024 (UTC) This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2024)
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Humpback whale FADo you think the article is Satisfactory? I could expand a little more, but I'd also like for your to participate since you were the original nominator. LittleJerry (talk) 22:36, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2024)
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This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2024)
 Director Sergio Leone (right) and actor Enzo Santaniello on the set of the film
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Marie Antoinette
You protected this article 5 years ago. I thought it could be unprotected as vandals would have long gone? LibStar (talk) 09:49, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
- Let's give unprotection a whirl. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:09, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks LibStar (talk) 22:58, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Good article reassessment for British people
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WikiCup 2024 August newsletter
The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:
Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.
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Shuhada' Davitt
Hi. An article you protected over a decade ago seemed to have its protection settings removed recently. Do you mind removing protection settings from its redirect as well?197.2.203.207 (talk) 18:51, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- Sure, why not. Done. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:20, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2024)
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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2024)
 Map of the Caroline Islands Archipelago
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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2024)
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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2024)
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RFA2024 update: Discussion-only period now open for review
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Vandalism of Gold standard articles by a person who's disruptive edits you've dealt with previously.
Dear administrator. Can you please take a look into the edit history of these Karnataka dynasty pages
1) Chalukya_dynasty 2) Western_Chalukya_Empire 3) Kadamba_dynasty 4) Pallava_dynasty 5) Hoysala_Kingdom 6) Kalachuris_of_Kalyani
They have been continously getting vandalised by a Maratha caste IP looking to promote his caste. Please take a look at his edit history https://en.m.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/2409:408C:ADB5:3805:E56B:A989:87F5:F563
I think similar edits were made by the same person in the Rashtrakutas dynasty page (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Rashtrakutas&action=history) which made you protect the page for a period of 3 months about 4 days back. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Rashtrakutas&diff=prev&oldid=1247580284)
Kindly do the same for the other dynasty pages he is targetting as well. He is using old British period sources which according to WP:RAJ is unreliable (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_172#Are_British_Raj_ethnographers_unreliable.3F.)
The same account seems to be adding those dynasties to promote his caste here as well List_of_Maratha dynasties_and_states. Please look into it (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/search/?title=List_of_Maratha_dynasties_and_states&action=history).
Thank you. Mpatrol (talk) 10:25, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2024)
 Eight gold Spanish escudo (1687), issued during the reign of Carlos II of Spain
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Any chance of a DYK prep to queue promotion (or two)?
Casliber, it looks like things are busy where you are, but in case you have any time, might you be able to promote any DYK preps to queues? The queues are all empty, and six preps are full; it would help if we could get some movement here. Many thanks even if now's a bad time; you've done so many promotions over the years. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:35, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Taking a look Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:50, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you so much! BlueMoonset (talk) 19:45, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Not a problem. Been busy (and busy still). Will try to keep an eye on it. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:03, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you so much! BlueMoonset (talk) 19:45, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Mentor for GA/FAC
Hi Casliber, I am wondering if you would have some time (not urgently) to be a mentor/provide some specific advice regarding the Geologic Time Scale article I've helped significantly revise over the past couple of years. It is currently rated as B-class, but I believe it to be much improved since that assessment. I have requested an independent assessment of it on Wikiproject Geology as I think it may be of A-class now. Additionally I am considering either a GAN or FAC listing, but would appreciate advice from a more experienced editor. Thanks for your time. Jarred C Lloyd (talk) 02:04, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Taking a look Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:11, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
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You may remember Maryvonne Le Dizès, thank you for promoting her to the queue, - my story today as on 28 August. Some September music was unusual: last compositions and eternal light, with Ligeti mentioned in story and music. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:22, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
I made Leif Segerstam my big story today. -Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:53, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
Happy whatever you celebrate today, - more who died, more to come, and they made the world richer. Greetings from Madrid where I took the pic of assorted Cucurbita in 2016. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:10, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
DYK credit
Hello Cas Liber, it seems my DYK credit for Juno (song) has not been processed despite it being part of a double hook with Bed Chem? I had added it to my nomination within seven days of it being created and bolded it.--NØ 00:25, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Mentor for Tumor Necrosis Factor FAC
Hi Casliber, I am a new editor and recently got Tumor Necrosis Factor promoted to GA status. I'd like to go for Featured Article status, and am wondering if you could be a mentor and provide some advice. Would greatly appreciate any help! AdeptLearner123 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 00:03, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Ah ok. Bit busy but will do so in a few days Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:34, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2024)
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This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2024)
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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2024)
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The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, 
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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2024)
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Good article reassessment for American robin
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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2024)
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This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2024)
 Josephson voltage standard chip developed by the National Bureau of Standards as a standard volt
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Mentoring for FAC
Hi, I'm contacting you because I noticed your username is listed at WP:FAM and I am interested in nominating a FAC but have never done so in the past. I'm contacting several people listed as FA mentors so if you are busy that is okay. The article is Neurocysticercosis, a parasitic brain disease. I have started a peer review for the article which can be found at Misplaced Pages:Peer review/Neurocysticercosis/archive1. Thanks in advance for your time and consideration! IntentionallyDense 21:55, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
- I'll take a look when I can. Been busy IRL and wikipedia has been pushed aside for higher priorities alot of the time but I'll see what I can do. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:32, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks so much I really appreciate it! IntentionallyDense 01:16, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2024)
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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2024)
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This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2024)
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Good article reassessment for Vampire folklore by region
Vampire folklore by region has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 23:28, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
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My third Christmas story is different ;) - enjoy the season! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:44, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2025)
 Entomology is the scientific study of insects.
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Copy of deleted article Vaughn J Featherstone
Hi. Could you please provide me a copy of the deleted article Vaughn J Featherstone or Vaughn J. Featherstone? Many additional sources are available and I'd like to see whether I might be able to flesh it out. Thanks much. Davemc0 (talk) 19:16, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Okay I have userfied it and placed it at User talk:Davemc0/Vaughn J. Featherstone. Just keep an eye on notability requirements before moving it to article space. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:11, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- I think it should have been moved to Draft:Vaughn J. Featherstone. If there was a problem with that, it should have been moved to User:Davemc0/Vaughn J. Featherstone. It is not a talk page. Anomalocaris (talk) 21:18, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for providing it. Yes, I'll see whether I can solve the notability problem. Davemc0 (talk) 17:53, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2025)
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Good article reassessment for Geography of Croatia
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This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2025)
 Wool weaving shuttle, with pirn in middle
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Happy new year 2025! Today, pictured on the Main page, Tosca, in memory of her first appearance on stage OTD in 1900, and of principal author Brian Boulton. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:22, 14 January 2025 (UTC)