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Re: Tryptofish discussion

I completely agree with your red pill explanation and I think you have a good handle on the problem. But just like in The Matrix, few people could handle going down the rabbit hole. I think Trypto felt like you were attacking him for his arbcom opinion, and he's pretty sensitive about such things. I think you're correct about Kudpung, but there are several differert ways to make your point without directly attacking Trypto. For example, you could have informed him that according to Kudpung's absurd recall criteria, Trypto is no longer allowed to participate in the recall process. Of course, criticizing Kudpung is like shooting fish in a barrel, so it's not very sporting. This is a guy who claimed, quite unbelievably, that the Wifione case was a good reason to keep the tools bundled and adminship as high a bar as possible in the very face of evidence that showed otherwise. Wifione was able to get away with mischief for five years precisely because adminship is an elite process that protects and rallies around its own. If the tools had been debundled, Wifione would have been desysopped at the first sign of trouble. Trypto probably isn't aware of any of this or Kudpung's hilarious recall page, which is literally designed to prevent anyone from recalling him! Go read it if you don't believe me. Viriditas (talk) 03:33, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Only a master buffoon could produce Kudpung's recall page. He places what must be a record 22 restrictions on any attempts at participating in his recall, and then delivers the coup de grâce to any remaining attempts at holding him accountable:

Note: I reserve the right to strike or delete any post or part of a post that I consider irrelevant, uncivil, or piling-on 'as per'.

I'm disappointed at Trypto's seeming indifference and at his or her provocative suppression of objective and demonstrable fact, claiming as a rationale that it is a "personal attack". The context is the election of arbitrators. If we do not have the freedom normally extended in democratic societies to examine the behaviour of election candidates, then our election process is an even greater disgrace than I thought. I can only assume Trypto's energy is focussed on being an apparatchik here, and that he or she is trying to smooth the way towards an RfA. --Epipelagic (talk) 07:34, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

I agree, but I fully understand his personal rationale. I've spent a lot of time getting in his head. :-) As he makes clear in his introductory comments to the thread, he is trying to avoid all drama, attacks on admins and arbs, and off-topic discussion. Believe you me, he has removed lots of my comments in the past, so I know how you feel. Still, I really get the sense you understand the problem better than others, and I'm impressed. It's a good feeling to know that I'm not living in my own private Idaho. I want to discuss this with you further, but I have to finish up several GA's right now. I want you to know how much I appreciate your perspective and it definitely brightened up my day to know I wasn't alone. Viriditas (talk) 20:08, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Nice. I just saw this, but no one told me about it. In case no one noticed, the place where those comments that I "hatted" were, was in a discussion that has nothing to do with my election voter guide. If you are worried about losing content editors, you can worry about losing me. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:31, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Oh, and I sure as shit am not interested in becoming an apparatchik. Nor do I want other editors talking to me like I am one, or calling me one behind my back. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:40, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

And if anyone doesn't like my voter guide, then you can disregard it when you vote, or even write a guide of your own, but you don't need to beat up on me over it. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:47, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Apparatchik! I think you're taking this way too seriously, dude. You have every right to be concerned about running for admin, and I think both Epipelagic and myself would end up voting for you. Our concern about Kudpung and your opinion about him isn't really all that important. We disagree, that's all. Viriditas (talk) 00:01, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry you have reacted this way Tryptofish. Viriditas started the thread here after you hatted and suppressed our attempts to discuss things with you on your talk page. I did consider pinging you, but then realized it was inappropriate given your clear indication that you had no interest in such a discussion. I wouldn't have attempted to engage you on your user guide if I didn't respect your opinion. If you felt my comments were in the wrong place, and if you respected my opinion, you could have relocated them further on in its own thread. As Viriditas indicated, we could agree to disagree, though reaching that point can require open discussion. I apologize for speculating on your motive. That was unnecessary. --Epipelagic (talk) 02:04, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

And let me say both thank you and my own apologies to both of you, Epipelagic and Viriditas. Epipelagic, what you just said was most reasonable and I appreciate it. Rather obviously, I'm having a tough period of time these days, and I was very sensitive to what I saw. (Viriditas said something above, albeit facetiously, about getting inside my head. Believe me, you don't want to go in there, although I'm sincerely flattered that anyone would care. If you knew what my psychiatrist knows, you'd be horrified. So please understand that I have some reasons to be sensitive.) Viriditas, I'm not running for anything in the foreseeable future, nor was I before the block. I'm not into hat collecting (no reference to the hat template ). Epipelagic, you are right in what you say about which talk threads would be appropriate about it. Here's why I reacted the way that I did. In talking about Kudpung, you are talking about a candidate for ArbCom, but not about a present-day member of ArbCom. Obviously, then, he played no role in my block. It is illogical to discuss him as part of some sort of overall meta-process that led to my block. If you want to disagree with me about my voter guide, that's no problem, but it does not belong as part of the discussion about my block. Not only are those two different things, but I have a very serious interest in how I present the informal poll I am conducting. Any one editor making sweeping comments about how bad all admins are will offend ten more editors who otherwise would have been helpful to me. I have a big talk page, so I have every right to make just one section of it, the section containing the informal poll, a rant-free zone. Now I know that what I just said goes hand-in-hand with the undeniable fact that other editors disagree with me about the entrenched cultures of Misplaced Pages. But, well, we disagree, that's all.

So let me answer here some of what I think you were asking me about Kudpung and those other things that I think are unrelated to my block. I haven't looked at anyone's recall pages. No matter how recall is constructed, it's a meaningless process. It's always a rigged system, and it only differs from one admin to another in the extent to which it is rigged. Please remember that I was the public face and punching bag of WP:CDARFC. We don't have a good system, and no admin's recall page will fix that. And it's fine if you disagree with me about my voter guide recommendations. But I am not going to change them. You should just vote however you wish to vote, and create a competing guide if you feel like it. --Tryptofish (talk) 17:19, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

And this would not be complete without my saying thank you for that helpful reversion at AN. Much appreciated! --Tryptofish (talk) 17:51, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

I gather you don't want me to comment on your talk page about your block Trypto, because you think I am an editor who makes "sweeping comments about how bad all admins are". So I won't. However that is just not true. I have repeatedly stated there are many fine admins, and have probably given more barnstars to deserving admins than to content builders. The view that I "tar all admins with the same brush" is a lie persistently repeated by Kudpung, presumable on the principal that the more he repeats the lie the more it will be believed. I'm dismayed you apparently believe Kudpung's attacks. --Epipelagic (talk) 12:44, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Please let me clarify. All that I "don't want" on my talk is comments in the section about the informal poll that appear to me to be about things other than what I ask in the informal poll. You are very, very welcome at my talk, to say anything you want in any other talk section. And nothing that I said about editors at my talk page has anything to do with anything Kudpung said. It's about what I said. I'm not familiar with any conflicts between Kudpung and you, and none of that played any role in my thinking. But I certainly wish you well. --Tryptofish (talk) 17:24, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for that clarification :) --Epipelagic (talk) 19:37, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Well, I guess it just goes to show, my voter guide obviously did not determine all of the outcome. Which, in hindsight, is OK with me. All the best, --Tryptofish (talk) 22:36, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Misplaced Pages arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:49, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Why?

Do you have idea why Kudpung ran at all? I don't think there was good-faith re chances of being elected. So my theory is somehow he gets off on disputatious confrontation w/ perceived enemies. (Which would explain other edits I've seen of his, for example practically howling to the moon to draw combatants as he was stomping out of WP:Editor Retention, and none came.) IHTS (talk) 07:33, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Kudpung is an admin's admin, deeply committed to further enhancing admin powers and dignity regardless of the cost to content builders. He stormed out of WP:Editor Retention because it is the last organised place on Misplaced Pages where content builders can receive recognition. He was enraged that they were giving content builders awards instead of admins like himself. To fellow admins Kudpung is a warm, hail-well-met friend with a good heart, but his tone can change very sharply if he discovers he is communicating with a member of the content building caste. By his own testimony he is a retired teacher of 11-year olds, which seems to be how he views content builders. He thinks content builders should be seen only by their works, and otherwise are not entitled to opinions. In particular, any criticism of the admin system by a lowly content builder is a personal affront to all admins. He explained recently that admins are a special breed who should keep to their own kind. I expect Kudpung will be elected, because there are enough admins committed to his vision of the admin as grandee to ensure that will happen. Misplaced Pages has become a place where committed content builders experience much unnecessary suffering, and that suffering will intensify if Kudpung has his way. --Epipelagic (talk) 11:49, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

I think you're right - a career can have impact how one deals w/ outside world. (It explains why Kudpung occasionally finds a teen RfA candidate outstanding ... I'm sure there were occasionally remarkable kids in his classes.) I personally can't imagine the election could be successful for him (how more self-destructive could he have conducted his Q & A?!). He seems to think if he hasn't abused his tools his admin badge is shiny. But that's just reflection on the high bar to desysop. Another reason this is so bizarre for me ... the prejudice is so blatant & undeniable - how is it that there seems to be no care re reputation, especially when one has previously self-identified?! IHTS (talk) 23:05, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

I hope you've both seen this high strangeness. I feel sorry for the guy. He just doesn't get the problem with his continuous stream of personal attacks (that page is full of them), and he holds bizarre beliefs that I cannot begin to understand. He thinks, for example, that it is perfectly normal to hate teachers. That's a very strange belief. In my entire educational career, I probably disliked four teachers, mostly due to their style, but I would never in a million years describe my dislike as "hatred". While I fully understand that this gentleman comes from a different era where teachers were encouraged to act like little dictators and tyrants, it is 2015 the last time I checked. Viriditas (talk) 22:32, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

BTW, I recall there was one teacher in my early days who wanted his students to hate him, and he literally acted like a tyrant in class, banging desks with a heavy pointer and raising his voice. The thing is, it had the complete opposite effect, and everyone loved him to tears because he really cared about his students and it showed in his firm, but half-serious approach. Kudpung seems to have really lost his way. Viriditas (talk) 22:44, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Kudpung is not a real problem... the real problems arise from the way the system is structured. It is this structure that allows admins like Kudpung the leeway to disempower and inflict gratuitous pain on serious content builders. A successful campaign that opposed Kudpung would achieve nothing, since it would leave the underlying system untouched. Better to vote for and encourage the Kudpungs, so the systemic dysfunction can continue maturing at an optimal rate. It's a waste of time trying to change anything from within the system. Better to work outside it. For example, I am currently transcribing this well-articulated talk (starts at 4h 36m and runs for 42m), given a few weeks ago at WikiConference USA 2015. In this presentation, a prominent physician enumerates some problems Misplaced Pages presents to academically competent content builders, and suggests some directions in which solutions may evolve. He suggests that professional bodies outside Misplaced Pages can over time offer alternatives which Misplaced Pages, if it values its currently privileged position, will need to act upon. Yes the janitorial work that maintenance workers like Kudpung undertake are valuable and important. But the claustrophobic and myopic views that maintenance workers like Kudpung express about content building cannot be allowed to control and restrict the growth of Misplaced Pages for too long. At the moment, the tail wags the dog, and maintenance workers and populist social networkers are allowed excessive control of content building and consequently the substantive development of the encyclopedia.

Misplaced Pages is not the possession of Jimbo Wales and administrators like Kudpung. It was built by the content builders. It is the foremost repository of open source information for the world. If Misplaced Pages is to retain that privileged status, then eventually it is going to have to refine its control of content building and give some dignity back to the content builders. External professional bodies around the world will ensure that as they start to grapple with the increasingly inadequate and incompetent manner in which the Misplaced Pages administration currently addresses these issues. --Epipelagic (talk) 08:45, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Well said, especially re: the tail wagging the dog. - Sitush (talk) 09:56, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

I should have mentioned Viriditas, that we cannot change Kudpung. In another decade he will be as old as I am. And we cannot prevent other janitors and wannabe janitors and social networkers from supporting him. So I suggest just accepting Kudpung, and maybe celebrating him as the almost perfect expression and consequence of having a system where the janitor not only rules but makes up the rules. --Epipelagic (talk) 19:16, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Epi - just wanted to commend you for the following statement: "It was built by the content builders. It is the foremost repository of open source information for the world. If Misplaced Pages is to retain that privileged status, then eventually it is going to have to refine its control of content building and give some dignity back to the content builders." Kudos. Hope it's ok if I quote you from time to time in the future. 😊 Atsme 19:43, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

In any case, the mass mail-out means the arbcom election results will be more random this year. There's an interesting thread here. Whether Kudpung is elected or not will be more like the roll of a die. --Epipelagic (talk) 18:46, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

Nominations for the Military history WikiProject historian and newcomer of the year awards now open!

On behalf of the Military history WikiProject's Coordinators, we would like to extend an invitation to nominate deserving editors for the 2015 Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards. The nomination period will run from 7 December to 23:59 13 December, with the election phase running from 14 December to 23:59 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:05, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

It's that time of year....

	Time To Spread Some Happy Holiday Cheer!!
	I decorated a special kind of Christmas tree in the spirit of the season. What's especially nice about the digitized version is that it doesn't need water, and it won't catch fire.
	Wishing you a joyous holiday season... ...and a prosperous New Year!! 🍸🎁 🎉
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Thank you Atsme. You are very kind. --Epipelagic (talk) 22:57, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

HMNZS Canterbury

I don't know how to cite a video showing HMNZS Canterbury entering habour with her 4x .05 cal you can clearly see them all 4 atop the bridge when she is entering the harbour ... I have also toured the ship and seen them... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=090NZ-ZcXrE — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.188.59.162 (talk) 10:39, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

I agree it does look like four guns on the YouTube video. Still, that's not what the Navy says on their official web page for the ship (see bottom left), and you cannot cite the video as a reliable source. Can you find a report somewhere which says the ship upgunned? This discussion would be better recorded on the article's talk page, so I have moved it there. --Epipelagic (talk) 10:56, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

The Navy don't update their page that often (one of those annoyances)... ie; before the old HMNZS Canterbury was paid off, according to them it never had PHALANX Close In Weapon System according their website at the time it still had seacat... The site will probably never get that updated saying they now have 4 .05 cal and it will probably never get mentioned as it is such a minor thing. It is not really classed as up gunned either, as they are have probably always carried that many but in the passed on had the 2 mounts.

As for MASS Decoy some odd reason you are saying I edited it. "No I did not", However I do know we are getting the MASS Decoy system when the two frigates are up-graded starting next year but I didn't edit any page. Every time I log on to the net I get a different IP address??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.188.59.162 (talk) 11:27, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. It must a coincidence with other people using the same IP address (that happens). If the Navy can't be bothered to maintain accurate information on their own official web pages then the corresponding Misplaced Pages article can't be expected to be accurate either. The policy on Misplaced Pages is that statements of fact should be verified by citing reliable sources. That's about the best that can be done. Normally a Navy's official web pages would be regarded as reliable sources. If the official pages are unreliable then the Navy is the problem, which is not something Misplaced Pages can fix. If, on the other hand, you can find an independent reliable source documenting the unreliability of the Navy web site, then that could be reported on Misplaced Pages. --Epipelagic (talk) 12:11, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

A search for Septima Clarke (mispelled) redirects to We Shall Overcome when it should redirect to Septima Clark. I mistakenly overwrote We Shall Overcome while trying to correct the redirect. I immediately undid my mistake, but I see it automatically undid it anyway. I'll figure it out soon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adelphious (talk • contribs) 11:28, 15 December 2015 (UTC) Fixed now. 206.248.175.112 (talk) 11:33, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings!

Hello Epipelagic: Enjoy the holiday season and upcoming winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Misplaced Pages. Cheers, North America 23:16, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

Thank you, and the same to you. --Epipelagic (talk) 07:33, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Golden Galen barnstar

		The Golden Galen barnstar
		You have been awarded the prestigious Golden Galen award for your contributions to anatomy articles on Misplaced Pages. Thank you for your contributions!

I hereby gift to you this barnstar for your any contributions to the general field of anatomy on Misplaced Pages. We might not always agree, but I want to let you know that your contributions, especially towards animal anatomy, are recognised and appreciated :) --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:54, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much Tom. That is a totally unexpected surprise! --Epipelagic (talk) 19:07, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Teleost

Thanks for deciding to join. Would you be able to work on "Development and growth"? LittleJerry (talk) 22:10, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Well perhaps, but I'm not sure so far about this rewrite. I have difficulties with the idea that you can pick out teleosts and write extensively about them without at the same time attending equally to the complementary and balancing material for bony and ray-finned fish, etc. Teleosts need to be firmly put in context. It's not like writing an article about a species. You are talking here about most of the aquatic vertebrates and nearly half of all vertebrate species. This means there is enormous diversity amongst teleosts, though focusing on diversity too much is not going to give a good sense of what a teleost is. --Epipelagic (talk) 22:51, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

"pescatarianism" vs. "pescetarianism"

Hi Epipelagic. I've replied to this discussion on Talk:Pescetarianism#Requested_move_17_January_2016. Cheers. --Rekkss (talk) 14:32, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Another barnstar

		All-Around Amazing Barnstar
		You are thoughtful, reflective, and provide interesting commentary and content. I notice. I notice you. And I thank you for it! KDS4444 12:49, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

That's very nice of you. Thank you. Yes, we are screwing ourselves, that and on another hundred other upcoming issues. There is an article specifically on that particular issue. Gives perspective to editing Misplaced Pages. --Epipelagic (talk) 22:41, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Just a thank you for the consideration of writing that transcript. Whatever becomes of it, I truly appreciate the effort. If you'd like me to help clean up areas where my diction (or the recording) made it more difficult, just say the word and I'll dive in. Regardless, it was extremely thoughtful and I thank you. — soupvector (talk) 03:09, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Two years ago ...

fish
... you were recipient no. 778 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Cavefish vs. template

Just wonder about cavefish in the template here. It looking at the Cavefish article, it easily matches or surpasses several of the templates other habitat articles in quality and it has high quality references throughout (compare that to Coldwater fish, Tropical fish, Freshwater fish and Groundfish; that's almost half the articles under habitat). It is definitely also a distinct habitat. Could you provide a good argument for its removal? Regards, 62.107.218.185 (talk) 15:01, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Oops... that was an inadvertent deletion, and I have reinstated your addition. I meant only to edit the group heading for "habitat". Cavefish most certainly belongs on the template, and you've done an excellent job creating the article. --Epipelagic (talk) 16:01, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your replies and the star. It's appreciated. Yes, both IPs are me. If you see a fish article edited by IP 62.107..., there's a good chance it's me. I sometimes edit other animal-related articles, but that's pretty much it. I may well have 10K+ edits by now? It's a dynamic IP and changes every few days, but the first five numbers usually stay the same (if it can be controlled somehow, it's beyond my capabilities). Since I only care about editing articles –I try hard to avoid wiki politics– I've not bothered with the hassle of setting up a "proper" account.

I've left a reply @User talk:62.107.218.229#Citations (if you have further comments on that, please leave them over there). Thanks, 62.107.218.185 (talk) 21:17, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

William Lane Craig

Why did you revert?

“The Kalam Cosmological Argument, as it is presented by William Lane Craig who is best known for using it and defending it, is first and foremost a piece of philosophy that represents no particular (or single) world religion and over which there is intense debate.”

If you agree with the statement above, and there is no reason not to unless you have the ulterior motive of wanting people to dismiss the idea that William Lane Craig is firstly a philosopher, it is clear for the following reasons that, whatever else William Lane Craig is, he is best known as a philosopher.

1. We can't use the adjective Christian because the argument itself does not represent any single world religion. We are talking about an individual argument, not his cumulative set of arguments that include discussion of the Resurrection and what we know about it (for which there is a veritable crowd of scholars such as Bart Ehrman). He is less well known for defending the other arguments he defends such as fine tuning teleological arguments for a designer of the universe. I agree the whole is 'Christian apologetics' (after all the 'whole' contains arguments for the Resurrection of Jesus) but we are talking about an individual part considered separately from the whole, not the whole.

2. Apologist, without the word Christian, just means that William Lane Craig defends the concluding position of the Kalam argument (that the universe has a cause of its existence) in philosophy. That tells people nothing new as they already know philosophers often do that with specific positions in intense debates over various philosophical arguments.

3. The idea that the universe has a largely indeterminate cause of its existence is clearly one, first and more foremost belonging to philosophy, not Christian apologetics.Col8lok8 (talk) 09:45, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

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Wikiproject Food and Drink Newsletter – April 2016

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Relevant template?

Hi. This template is relevant to Breaking wave, as I know. But its link doesn't exist in template. Link must be added to template or tp removed from article? Mahdy Saffar 14:05, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Although breaking waves frequently occur along coastal areas, a breaking wave is not in itself a coastal land form. Strictly, the template should be removed from the article (though it's not a big issue). --Epipelagic (talk) 17:07, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

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Chinook salmon

I, of course, would completely disagree that the images I added in my good-faith-edit to the Chinook salmon article "don't really add anything". In fact, these images add far more to the article than the group of generic images there. They are also placed in context-relevant sections dealing with; the life-cycle of this salmonoid, the harvesting in the last century, the Alaskan aboriginal fishing. I'm surprised anyone with knowledge of this subject and Misplaced Pages article improvement would decide to revert the edit. The short reason you gave does not really do justice to what is considered best practice in documenting a reverted edit. To quote: A substantive explanation also promotes consensus by alerting the reverted editor to the problem with the original edit. The reverted editor may then be able to revise the edit to correct the perceived problem. The result will be an improved article, a more knowledgeable editor and greater harmony.

I hope this will either assist in explaining your action in more detail than a personal opinion, or to just undo the revert.

Thank you in advance. 72.234.220.38 (talk) 07:35, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your interest. The images shown in the article should be chosen because they are of reasonable quality and because they illustrate and clarify points that are made in the body of the article. There are over 700 images relating to Chinook salmon on commons, so it is not just a matter of arbitrarily adding further images you happen to find. If you had examined my edit properly, you would have noticed that I didn't remove the historic image of native Americans holding what may be a Chinook salmon. But I did remove the very grainy and unclear image captioned "landing an 18lb Quinnat Salmon in the Rakaia River - 1920". What is the point of adding that image to the article? You can hardly claim I have a negative bias, since the image is from an area where I have lived most of my life. Likewise, I removed the image of "dead post-spawn Chinook". The image is of very poor quality and does not blow up to show any real detail. There is a more appropriate image here. Nor is adding that the dead salmon happen to be on the Palena River in Patagonia relevant to a general article on Chinook. A user talk page, like this one, is not the place to discuss content issues like this. If you want to discuss the matter further, please continue on the article's talk page. Regards. --Epipelagic (talk) 09:23, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. I've chosen to not continue this on the the article's talk page as I'll leave the edit at the current status-quo. The images were not chosen arbitrarily from the commons, they were chosen to specifically bolster the visual & education value of this article. I had noted that you did leave the "historic image of native Americans holding what may be a Chinook salmon." (Common visual clues should remove the word "may". That size & shape of salmon can only be reached by Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha.) As to the NZ Quinnat image, I'll yield to your "local jurisdiction" on this, though, it was placed in the article section discussing the placement of Chinook in NZ. Some detail may be better than none when no other image is available. Which applies equally to the third image you mention. This was the only commons image of the often seen decaying carcasses of Chinook post-spawn - no matter what river it may be. There is not "a more appropriate image here". The salmon species in that image is of Oncorhynchus nerka or "red salmon" as called in Alaska where this photo was taken (but word is that nerka transplants in the last century failed in NZ, so you get a pass on that ). Perhaps a better image will show up or be sourced, one can hope. I do thank you for the "Hello, and welcome to Misplaced Pages! Thank you for your contributions so far. I hope you like the place and decide to stay" note you sent. I feel that since I've been editing articles here for at least as long as you have, I'll decide to stay. I just chose to not "become a Wikipedian and create an account", a choice quite a few very talented editors have also decided to make. Keep working to make Misplaced Pages better as I myself do . Regards. 72.234.220.38 (talk) 10:39, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

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NZ animal welfare legislation

Hi Epi - yes, I wasn't able to stay away too long! ;-) I have been working on writing a Pain in cephalopods article (it is in my sandbox if you want to look at it). I was rather surprised to see that the NZ law on animal welfare seems to protect octopuses and squids, but not cuttlefish and nautiluses. I have been using this reference , scroll down and click on the version "as at 09 November 2015", and go to page 11 (the top) where the protected animals are defined. Am I interpreting this correctly? It seems rather an unusual dichotomy. I could understand the nautiluses perhaps being left out because of their very different brain structure, but I really do not understand why the cuttlefish would be considered distinct from the octopuses and squid. Any help would be much appreciated. DrChrissy 19:00, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Template default

Eh? The normal template default is simple autocollapse, which works perfectly with nothing in the template header. The aquatic one had really peculiar behaviour, which I switched off, so it behaved normally in the presence of other templates. If you know another way to make it do that, fine - the simplest is just to let it be like everything else, and it's certainly the least tricky. Rationale: the template should collapse completely when any other template is present. Currently, part of it sticks open regardless, pretty horrid. Hope that's enough rationale for you - I look forward to seeing it fixed, or let me know if I can do it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:48, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Very odd. I supplied a title (same as the template's name), and this both fixed the missing buttons issue, and straightened out the odd behaviour automatically. I suspect that having subsidiary templates for components must cause stay-open behaviour unless the parent has default, and that happens if there is a default title, but it's not fathomable without more delving into template geekdom than is healthy. I'm glad it fixed itself. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:13, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

June 2016

Please do not revert real edits on grammar and punctuation, such as the one I made here, or then the ones I made after that, until you have not only read, but actually understood the Misplaced Pages Manual of Style. And then go read the definition of the word "consistency" and apply that to your life as well. "Thanks," though! --Too Small a Fish to Fry (talk) 01:46, 2 June 2016 (UTC)