User talk:Graham Beards
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Lancefield grouping
Re: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lancefield_grouping&oldid=1210678286 : System for classifying bacteria
- Are Streptococcus bacteria or not?
- Wikipedia:Short_description#SDJARGON: avoid jargon, and use simple, readily comprehensible terms that do not require pre-existing detailed knowledge of the subject
--Christopher Ursich (talk) 02:27, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, streptococci are bacteria but "System for classifying bacteria" sounds like Lancefield Grouping is used for all bacterial genera. But it's not. How about "System for classifying streptococci bacteria"?Graham Beards (talk) 07:00, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).
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Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
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Miscellaneous
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I have posted on the ANI noticeboard about Fabrickator.
Thanks for all your awesome actions, not least the undoing of Fabrickator's atrocious reversion of my edit. I've posted here: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Please ban Fabrickator from interacting with me. Polar Apposite (talk) 21:37, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
Proposed move Nudivirus to Nudiviridae
About 2 weeks ago, I proposed to move the page Nudivirus to Nudiviridae (see Talk:Nudivirus), but there has been only one reaction so far. Could you help as a virologist? Bernhard Zelazny (talk) 12:02, 26 March 2024 (UTC)