User talk:Enwebb

Question concerning William Robert Sherrin

Hi,

I read in William Robert Sherrin, that he was an articulator in the Natural History Museum. You wrote that. My question is: what is an "articulator"? I'm not a native English speaker, and I don't know the word. I can't find it on the normal places either. Can you please help me? Thanks, --Dick Bos (talk) 18:40, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Dick Bos, articulation is reassembling a dead animal's skeleton. I'll add a gloss into the article to explain the term for readers :) Enwebb (talk) 15:43, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Updating the J&J COVID-19 content

Hello Enwebb, I noticed you created the Ad26.COV2.S Wikipedia article and contributed edits to the Johnson & Johnson article. Thank you for your additions. Would you be open to collaborating on a few organizational improvements on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 section? I do have a COI with Johnson & Johnson, so I won’t edit the article, but I want to be helpful to improve the article further.--Chefmikesf (talk) 18:38, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Chefmikesf, improvements to the organization of the article are welcomed. Given your COI, it is best that you put suggested revisions on the talk page in the format of "change x to y". I have the article watch-listed and I check my watchlist regularly. I might be able to help review changes you make. Enwebb (talk) 18:41, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Enwebb Can you take a look at this post? Please let me know if you prefer further delineation. Thanks!--Chefmikesf (talk) 18:48, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 March newsletter

Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
• Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
• ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
• Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
• Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.
• The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
• Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
• Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
• Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.
• Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.

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Who's Category is this anyway?

Greetings,

Hope today finds you well.

I have been taking it from both sides about my inclusion on Taxa Categories.

Some don't want a category until a number of species have been identified.

Some don't want a "Red" Category at the bottom of a fish.

I have put a lot of work and effort in this project and did not expect to get so much flack.

I have been studying fish for over 58 years and thought I could add my knowledge to the pool.

I would appreciate your feedback, regarding the situation.

Phil Fish (talk) 21:01, 4 March 2021 (UTC)Phil

Phil Fish, it can be hard to start out on Wikipedia. It's both an encyclopedia (we love to collect and organize knowledge) and a community (we have guidelines and discussions so that people can work together effectively).

I have made "Taxa named by X" categories in the past. This is the process I use to judge 1) if I should create the category; 2) which articles can be placed in that category once it is created.

I identify a taxonomist. Since I'm a mammals fan, we'll take the prolific Oldfield Thomas as an example. He's described a lot of mammals, and most of the taxa he described will link to his biography. From his biography, I can click the "what links here" button in the left toolbar. In the top, I can filter the "namespace" at the top to list only "articles". Judging by the number of articles listed, you can get an idea if a category should be created or not. Once you create the category, you can use the "what links here" list as a starting point for populating the category. If a biography doesn't exist, you will need to create it, then search for taxa to link to it, and then use those steps to see if enough taxa link back to warrant a category.

We could always use more good editors, especially in less "charismatic" taxa like fish. No one wants to run you out of town! But we also don't want one editor's process to create work for others (nominating underpopulated categories for deletion, removing nonexistent, redlinked categories from taxa articles).

I hope you will see this as a bump in the road down an otherwise happy future editing fish articles. The rest of your contributions are good, but I think many editors would like you to change your approach to categorization to something like I described above. Enwebb (talk) 02:29, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi me again,

I have found a page where the name of the subject is incorrect, how does one go about correcting the page title?Phil Fish (talk) 22:46, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Phil Fish, at the top of an article (near the edit button) is a "more" dropdown menu. Click it and select "move". For moving a misspelled article, you want to make sure you keep it at the "(Article)" namespace and then type in the corrected spelling in the bar. Give your justification for moving the page ("corrected spelling" or something like that would suffice). Keep the "Move associated talk page" box checked, and it's up to you if you want to add the page to your Watchlist by checking the second box. Cheers, Enwebb (talk) 15:17, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Well I was going to take on that task, cause I am always learning something here on Wikipedia. Still haven't figured out how to have the same reference material with different sections on one page. I have decided to pass on the task of changing a persons name to you. WHY! You may ask? Yesterday an editor named Diannaa decided that the Etymology of a fish is copy righted material and I need permission from the copyright holder. I have been using a couple of web pages as reference for Etymology and People names. As I am sure you are aware sometimes all you have is the persons name and what his significance to the describer might be. There were a couple of fish in a genus that were red lined, but which had interesting Etymologies. I thought creating a page for each fish would be some to create pages for. For these two fish, I just copied what was on the etymology web page to the genus section, so I could find the information easily when I went to create those two fishes page later on. Diannaa pointed out that I should rewrite the added material so it's in my own words. But rather than pointing out the error of my ways and asking me to correct it, she decided to delete it all. That really put me over the edge. I had quite a few fish wiki pages open that I was working on. I closed them all. It was bad enough when one of the editors decided that because the category did not have a page associated with it, they should delete the page even though it had items in it. Then of course, when the category is deleted, all the links to that category go red, and along comes these editors and deletes all the "Category:Taxa named by" Tags. As much as I was enjoying adding information to Wikipedia, I am not sure some of these editors realize that this is a voluntary job, not a paid position where you can just bully. So for now, I will be back to reading Wikipedia and if I run across something that I can improve, I will. But the other taxonomist/Etymology project will be put in the back of the line. So here is the Name of the page Petre Mihai Bănărescu his name is Petru Mihai Bănărescu I have seen his original descriptions of fish and he used Petru. Thanks for listening.Phil Fish (talk) 00:32, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

References

Phil Fish, I know this isn't what you want to hear, but Diannaa did what was legally necessary. If Wikipedia hosts material that is protected by copyright, Wikipedia can be sued. That's why it is important to 1) always put things in your own words and 2) delete copyright-protected material immediately. One of the principles of Wikipedia is to assume good faith. If another editor does something that upsets you (deletes content you wrote or a category you created) you should try to assume that they had a good reason for doing so, and not just to upset you. If you don't understand their reasoning, it's fine to ask for clarification.

Yes, all editors realize this is a voluntary job because we are all volunteers. I have the sense that you decided how you were going to do something (categorize fish articles) and were not receptive to suggestions for how you should alter course. Sometimes, even when you think you are in the right, you need to "go along to get along" and work within the community parameters on your projects. I will look into the Bănărescu situation and move the page and associated categories if necessary. Thanks, Enwebb (talk) 15:03, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

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Gerda Arendt, thank you :) I display my precious icon proudly! Enwebb (talk) 13:25, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 May newsletter

The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in Round 2 were:

• The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
• Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
• Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
• Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
• Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.
• Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.
• Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.
• Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.

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Proposed deletion

An article you created, Mortar (organization), may meet WP:CSD#A7. CatFly86 (talk) 20:21, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Mortar (organization)

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A tag has been placed on Mortar (organization) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, a group of people, an individual animal, an organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content, or an organized event that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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(talk page stalker) Just saying, the article was brought to AfD after an admin declined the {{db-a7}} tag. The AfD is here. --littleb2009 (^she/_her) (talk • contribs) 21:57, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2021 July newsletter

The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:

• The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
• Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
• Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
• Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
• Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
• BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.

In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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Popular Culture of "Mechanical Turk"

Greetings. I noted your edit on the Popular Culture section of the Wikipedia article "Mechanical Turk", a subject about which I had heard many years ago. Today I saw a motion picture from 1940, "Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum" in which features a replica of the 'Turk. Unfortunately, the Popular Culture section of the 'Turk article doesn't mention the movie, nor does the movie's Wikipedia article mention the Mechanical Turk. I regret that I am not a skilled researcher or writer in such things and would presume that you would have far greater knowledge than me on how to trace information about them (or at least know of someone in that field) and include the information in the Mechanical Turk article. The movie's relevant scene can be viewed at youtu.be/JAcPpkGX8cI?t=242 . I know it's not Earth-shattering importance but thought that someone in the Wiki Education Foundation may want to 'dabble' in it. Best regards, Lez. Lezman (talk) 14:55, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, The Rambling Man and Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, Lee Vilenski, BennyOnTheLoose, Amakuru and Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:

1. The Rambling Man (submissions) with 5072 points
2. Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 3276 points
3. Amakuru (submissions) with 3197 points
4. Epicgenius (submissions) with 1611 points
5. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1571 points
6. BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 1420 points
7. Hog Farm (submissions) with 1043 points
8. Bloom6132 (submissions) with 528 points

All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for 8 FAs in round 5.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 5.
• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured topic prize, for 13 articles in a featured topic in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 63 GAs in round 4.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the good topic prize, for 86 articles in good topics in round 5.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 68 FAC reviews and 213 GAN reviews, both in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 30 did you know articles in round 3 and 105 overall.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 71 in the news articles in round 1 and 284 overall.

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thanks for your help

I made a mistake changing the flying fox page to endangered and you noticed and reverted it. Thanks for your help and other great work on wikipedia. 159.196.248.22 (talk) 13:01, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

We all make mistakes, no worries! Enwebb (talk) 17:10, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Bat

Hi. Could you find a citation for the first sentence of the second paragraph. It doesn't seem to be supported by Sears (2006). Thanks. LittleJerry (talk) 13:33, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

@LittleJerry: you mean of the lead? Enwebb (talk) 17:58, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Sory. I meant in the wings and flight subsection. LittleJerry (talk) 18:52, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

@LittleJerry: how about this? Long bones of bat wings are less mineralized than long bones of non-flying mammals [47], which in addition to a proximodistal gradient of decreasing mineralization in wing bones [15], provides the wing with enough elasticity and low flexural stiffness to hold high bending strains during flight [47]. And this one talks about flattening of the bones in the wing on page 9. Enwebb (talk) 23:40, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Great! Add it! LittleJerry (talk) 00:44, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

New Page - Sean Bush

Hi there,

I started a draft page for Dr Sean Bush. It was reviewed a few times with suggested edits along with comments from JSFarnum I received suggestions from a Wiki admin Jim (Cullen328). He felt that the draft met the Wikipedia: Notability (academics) but he is not an expert and suggested I reach out to a member of the science group for a review. I'm looking for an editor that can assess academic notability for Dr. Bush.

Here is his page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Sean_Bush

Thanks, Nicole Beansalad3 (talk) 22:41, 30 December 2021 (UTC)