User talk:Moondyne

Wise words!

Thanks for your comment. It's really lovely to hear that! You don't know how warm it makes me feel. Aurora north 11:57, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

TfD nomination of Template:Campaignbox al-Qaeda attacks

Template:Campaignbox al-Qaeda attacks has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. --— Indon (reply) — 15:17, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bleeding obvious

My apologies for soiling you work of art... there maybe those few who visit the page who need the obvious to be explained? Satu Suro 11:41, 2 March 2007 (UTC) OK - hey I'll take it offf. Hey sounds like I should find you some humour (I'll neede it picking number one from the mercedes post ball partey at 3e abloodym) Satu Suro 12:18, 2 March 2007 (UTC) We've been sprung! Satu Suro 12:24, 2 March 2007 (UTC) Reality (heheh your comments heheh) is a little more complex - he seems to be going to at least 5 balls this year, and he hasnt got around to getting his own suit yet... Satu Suro 12:37, 2 March 2007 (UTC) You got it Satu Suro 12:41, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Banksia

Dryandra is no longer a current taxon. Every former Dryandra species is now a Banksia species, and should be referred to by its new name... except for Dryandra prionotes, which Mast and Thiele forgot to give a new name, so in the short term its current name is invalid :-(

There's a hell of a lot of work involved in this. I'll be p*ssed if Alex George overturns the transfer in a month or so.

The publication is largely a nomenclatural rather than taxonomic work. e.g. they've published Banksia ser. Spathulatae but haven't bothered to give a canonical list of the species that are in it. The taxonomy of Banksia is likely to be completely up in the air for a year or so, until someone gets around to publishing an updated arrangement. That's just fine with me, except that it makes it bloody hard to write about.

Hesperian 12:53, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's only nine pages. But fear not; I won't email it to you. Hesperian 13:03, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also note each of the existing Dyrandra species articles are now redirects to their new banksia equivelants. Gnan garra 13:22, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Most botanists argue that all taxa should be monophyletic. These botanists would see a polyphyletic or paraphyletic taxon as an error, and try to fix it. Some botanists argue that phylogeny is not the be-all and end-all of taxonomy, and that having polyphyletic and paraphyletic taxa is not necessarily a bad thing.

A good example is reptiles and birds. Birds evolved from reptiles, so Sauropsida (reptiles) is paraphyletic with respect to Aves (birds). Most botanists would argue that since birds evolved from reptiles, the taxonomy should treat birds as a kind of reptile e.g. birds as an order within the reptile class. Others argue that taxonomy isn't bound to reflect phylogeny i.e. it is acceptable to rank reptiles and birds alongside each other even though one evolved from the other.

I don't know if it is accurate to characterise George v Thiele as an argument along these lines; or whether George is just being a stick in the mud. All I know is: in '81 George published his classic taxonomic arrangement of Banksia; in '96 Thiele and Ladiges published a new arrangement based on cladistics; in '99 George pretty much completely rejected their arrangement and went back to his own. So I wait with baited breath to see how George reacts to this latest piece of work.

Hesperian 13:26, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I fear the above might be read as a suggestion that there's a bunfight going on, or about to start. In case you didn't see it on my talk page, Cas assures me that these debates are amicable. Hesperian 04:20, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

cry for help

on gmail Satu Suro 13:31, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the response - much appreciated, gt e hwy at 3.30 is remarkably free of traffic, all is well Satu Suro 02:08, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It must have been the moon - i know nurses who work emergency wards fear it like death - indonesia, charles court, and all the rest.. the vndl police must have been sleeping off a drinking friday or something ...sigh Satu Suro 02:36, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

da homie g has spoken... Orderinchaos78 15:22, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hoax summaries

Richard Court has been edited by two diff redlink isps which have put rubbish in - the second has summarised my rvv as blatant vandalism - trust you can see we are dealing with red linkers who cotton on how to make it look like white is black Satu Suro 14:41, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What, like "spelling corrections" that introduce POV paragraphs and ethnic slurs to articles? Never :) You should know this does not happen on Wikipedia, our policies are the light sabre of righteousness that not only advises the rules and guidelines but actively prevents wrongdoing by even the most hardy soul by dazzling their eyes and remotely locking their keyboards. Orderinchaos78 04:14, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hamersley

Thanks :) I'm now actively looking for my next target to get up there, although I'm going to spend a bit of time collaborating with DanielT5 on Wheatbelt articles in the near future - with me doing the facts and figures side of it and him doing the social and historical bits. We're still trying to decide what should go in shire and what in town though as the shires are actually more important than the towns out there - have had some ideas but am still thinking about it. Orderinchaos78 16:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am happy to pass the Dryandra Woodland for GA per my review at its talk page - however, I am happy to leave it open for further feedback if you wish. When I'm less tired I might have another look through the prose (I seem to be having real problems sleeping last week or two :/ return-to-study anxiety sucks!) Orderinchaos78 04:10, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article to edit?

Hi Moondyne - do you have any suggestions on a stub or non-existent article I could bring to FA without months of extensive research? Thanks, Aurora north 08:56, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was a few months ago, so I can't remember. Someday I'll look through my contribs. I enjoy the Wikipedia Maintenance tasks, and I enjoy subjects that can be easily referenced. I don't want something that's already B class or higher. Something to do with Geography or Western Australia, maybe. Thanks in advance, Aurora north 10:06, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your thought. Aurora north (WikiDesk) 11:25, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe

Talk:Launceston Church Grammar School - issues arising from this and the checking of details around australia might be something... Satu Suro 12:12, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ACP Archiving

Sorry man, there is a mis-understanding here. Correct i did "blank" the page, but i actually archived it to archive 2. to find it, go to artice information > peer-review > and then click on "archive 2 - here". Im working on what theyve done, im going to gradually use what theyve said - over the next 4 or so weeks to make the article better. I dont see what im doing wrong - no-one was adding to it in a long time. so i closed it. then i archived it in the peer-review section of the article information which seems plain logical and yea. Smbarnzy 03:37, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Correction, due to the new template that theyre rolling into the talk pages, it is now in article milestones, but if you check the history, you will see what i have done above, and that i havent done anything wrong. If i have, i dont know about it, so tell me what im doing wrong Smbarnzy 03:40, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question on uploading pictures

I have a picture here of Percy Umfreville Henn (copyright expired) and it's on paper. I want to edit it a bit (e.g. slice off the caption and Library barcode) and then upload it to the Commons (if that's the right place). Can you tell me how I can do all this? I'm unsure how to edit it and scan it to the JPEG format. Thanks, Aurora north (WikiDesk) 09:51, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Problem User

Hey, im at a loss as to what to do with a problem user: User:Thewinchester - he has remved the JSHAA and PSA templates from the Aquinas College page, which i reverted. He has now been on the JSHAA page and has removed a link to an article which is up for AfD entitled (List of Western Australian JSHAA Member Schools) and placed a link to the category for it, the article hadnt been deleted (nor is it currently deleted). SM BarnZy 12:05, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for stepping in, saved me alot of pain =P I would give you a bite of my CALIPPO if i knew you =) thanks again, you would have to be one of the best admins on wiki, thanks a million SM BarnZy 12:31, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]