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History of botany
The Talk:History of botany/GA1 page hasn't been created by anyone, so as you can see it's not under review, hence why I removed that; had I not it would have sat there indefinitely with no one picking it up. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 12:28, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of History of botany
The article History of botany you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold 
. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:History of botany for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 14:43, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Barnstar
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| For History of botany. I don't know why, but I just felt that the article was very compelling. If only all the "history of science" articles were of this grade... Cheers, ResMar 02:42, 10 October 2010 (UTC) |
Hey you... please wake up
Hey... where have you gone Granitethighs? I hope you haven't let that most abysmal "administrator" get to you. You have done some superb work here, way beyond anything he could ever achieve. This stuff is kind of definitive. Don't let one miserable arsehole get in your way. --Epipelagic (talk) 10:14, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
GA nominations
Hi Granitethights - I just wanted to let you know that procedures have changed at GAN over the last few months, and now everything on the GAN page is done by bot. To nominate an article, you simply place the GAN template at the top of the talk page, and the page is automatically entered onto the GAN page for you. The bot is removing your entries from the GAN page because there is no template on the talk page. All of the instructions for the new process are found in the instructional boxes at the top of the GAN page, if you wish to know more or need a refresher on the GAN template syntax. Please let me know if you have any questions. Dana boomer (talk) 22:07, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Félix Delahaye
The article Félix Delahaye you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Félix Delahaye for eventual comments about the article. Well done! AGK [•] 00:04, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
The article Cultivar you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Cultivar for eventual comments about the article. Well done! Jezhotwells (talk) 23:19, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks Jez ... and for tidying up around the edges ... and for stepping in for the former assessor.Granitethighs 23:25, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your thoughtful comments on Talk:Sustainability regarding File:Nested sustainability-v2.gif ... see Talk:Individual and political action on climate change
Thank you for your thoughtful comments on Talk:Sustainability regarding File:Nested sustainability-v2.gif (Environment, Society, and Economy relationship Venn diagram) in Sustainability, and indirectly in Individual and political action on climate change (see Talk:Individual and political action on climate change). 99.190.85.150 (talk) 19:10, 30 March 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.119.128.35 (talk)
- See wp:tea 166.137.141.189 (talk) 22:40, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
- If of continued interest, User:Arthur Rubin (Arthur Rubin) continues to hide other's Talk, this time on User Talk:Zodon http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Zodon&diff=429845197&oldid=429841834 ... on March 30th 2011 it was User talk:Granitethighs http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Granitethighs&diff=prev&oldid=421531277 and User talk:OhanaUnited http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:OhanaUnited&diff=421531280&oldid=421528249 These are related to Template:Sustainability and Sustainability (and related topics). 99.181.147.187 (talk) 08:47, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Autopatrolled
Your account now has autopatrolled rights as per requested by [User:Dadas]] at WP:RFP/A. Happy editing! --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:38, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
User-specified image sizes
Hi Stemonitis - thanks for your interest in the exploration article. I am not much of a user of images and am not sure what "User-specified image sizes" means. Could you please explain on my talk page - thanks.Granitethighs 09:17, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Picture tutorial#Thumbnail sizes; basically, readers can choose how large image thumbnails should appear on their screens, but this flexibility is prevented if a fixed width is given. You can use the
uprightparameter to alter the relative sizes of thumbnails ("upright" on its own is equivalent to "upright=0.75", if I remember rightly), without overruling the readers preferences for overall thumbnail size. --Stemonitis (talk) 09:27, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Ocean acidification misunderstandings with chemistry, carbon, and the usage of organic and inorganic ...
How do I get an editor who understands the difference between organic (carbon in molecule) and inorganic in Chemistry, and "organic" and inorganic"'s other current means in the article Ocean acidification. Two editors are editing the article inaccurately to say "inorganic carbon cycle", which is impossible as a carbon cycle would have carbon in some molecules. Is there a list of editors to call-in who understand this? If you don't know, do you know who might? 99.43.139.176 (talk) 02:13, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
How is Notability determined, regarding Talk:Planetary boundaries?
How is Notability determined, regarding Talk:Planetary boundaries? 99.181.140.154 (talk) 23:28, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Environmental history
I left a message on the talk page of the Environmental history article concerning its style and structure. As far as I can tell (I'm no Wikipedia expert), you contributed most of the content in the article right now. Your expertise is evident, and it appears you've already put a lot of work into it, so I think you would be the right person to improve the article.
Incidentally, I have no expert knowledge of environmental history at all - I stumbled on the article while reading Donald Worster's "Nature's Economy". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.227.170.15 (talk) 23:38, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
I got through "Development of the subject". Some of the deleted material from the introduction could be re-incorporated elsewhere. In general the two biggest problems with the article are that it cites a few scholars over and over (Worster Nash and Hughes especially), and that it stinks of the academy. Including direct quotes from the same people eventually gives diminishing returns, especially since their verbiage to content ratio is pretty high. Unlike a term paper, this article does not need to be a certain length - the difficulty is to take the cushioning out and shift the genre to Wikipedia w/o losing content.
Anyway, please give feedback, and do with my changes what you like. I will try to come back later and work on the rest if this process improves the article. Also, all but the most important of the "seminal works" should probably end up on a separate page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.227.170.15 (talk) 01:08, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Lord Howe Island
I see you've been doing lots of good work on the Lord Howe Island article. It may not be of any help, but I thought I'd mention that I'm compiling a list of the Lord Howe biota on one of my subpages User:99of9/LordHowe. (My plan is to take photos of some of these species when I go to the Island next year). It's amazing how many redlinks there are. --99of9 (talk) 04:59, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
- You're welcome. It was an easy call, it's a very solid B already. You've also done well with the photography. Those are the kind of pics I was hoping to get, I'm glad the article didn't have to wait until I go next year. They're the encyclopedic range of photos you only get when an active wikipedian visits a place. Can I request that you categorize under Category:Lord Howe Island when you upload in Commons? I'll be happy to give some comments when you're ready to go for GA. --99of9 (talk) 13:00, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Some comments based on reading --99of9 (talk) 13:42, 2 July 2011 (UTC) :
section 1:
- Giving both the common name and scientific name of each plant/animal looks a bit ugly. If there is a wiki page, I'd suggest linking to it with only the common name. If there is no page, I suppose it's worth being specific with both (is there convention on this?)
- Take some detailed numerical figures out of the lead? Put some history into the lead?
- "The island was uninhabited and unkwown..." could come before details of the European arrival.
Done - Move the White Gallinule image up into the section where early watercolour sketches are discussed? Done
- "In the 1850s vessels avoided the mainland as crews would abandon ship for the goldfields" it took me a little while to comprehend this. Perhaps "In the 1850s vessels avoided the mainland where crewmembers may abandon ship for the goldfields"? Done
- "As well as George Campbell (who died in 1856) and Jack Brian (who left the island in 1854), the third, Nathan Thompson, brought three women from the Gilbert Islands, Botanga, Bogoroo and a girl named Bogue." was unclear to me. Are Botanga and Bogoroo places or women's names? Was Bogue included in your count of three women? Done
- "From 1860 to 1872 forty-three ships had collected provisions, but from 1873 to 1887 there were fewer than a dozen" This sentence occurs twice in section 1.4. Done
- "With Bowie was a team of scientists" Who is Bowie? You just mentioned John Wilson as the guy who was sent out. Done
Section 2:
- Reads well, but the wikilinking looks a little odd.
Section 3:
- More info is available from the ABS and could be useful in expanding this [1]
- "there was a suspension of games and labour" What does this mean? I presume it's referring to Sunday sabbath-observance. Adding "(on Sundays)" might help.
Section 4
- "the most popular decorative palm in the world distributed by the Lord Howe Island Kentia Palm Nursery". Huh? The most popular of all decorative palms? Or only those distributed by LHIKPN? Surely the latter title is not hard to achieve.
- "a dry atmosphere and low – ideal for indoor conditions". Low what?
Cultivated plant taxonomy
I reduced the number of columns in the references section from 5 to 2 because it makes it much easier to read at normal window widths and doesn't take up any more vertical space. Most references sections only use one column, but since these have been abbreviated well, two columns works. With more columns than that, many of the items are broken up so much that it's really hard to follow. -- Nonenmac (talk) 11:44, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
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Belated Barnstar
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The Editor's Barnstar | |
| I was thrilled to learn that the Sustainability article received GA status. This was in no small measure due to your efforts. Thank you. Sunray (talk) 19:35, 25 June 2011 (UTC) |
Turnabout
Thank you for your kind words. I always appreciate getting a barnstar, and yes, you do have all the required authority to award one. If you go to this page, you just select the one you want and then copy what appears in the "What to type" column. Then paste it on the user's talk page, substituting whatever message you want for the word "message." Et voila! Sunray (talk) 02:50, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
- And thank you for the barnstar. It is much appreciated. Perhaps we should resume work on getting the article to FA status. I'm fairly busy at the moment, but hope to have more free time soon. What is your timing like? Sunray (talk) 00:44, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for checking on Sustainability.
Thank you for checking on Sustainability. (",) 99.181.130.125 (talk) 10:42, 6 July 2011 (UTC)