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On line editor support session - Guest Slot 18 January 2021
Hi Ambrosia10, are you able to be our Guest Slot Wikiperson at the online editor support session on Monday 18 January 7.30 -9pm? We may finish earlier if no-one joins and we get through what we want to cover Could you perhaps talk about "Citation Needed" and some of the other things that pop up in an article or at the top of a new article which can mystify new editors? I'll see if giantflightlessbirds is able to put out a newsletter before 18th as we did get a couple of attendees from his initial newsletter. I've just realised that we have only 2 more sessions (18 January and 1 February) before we do an evaluation. Thanks, Noracrentiss (talk) 21:02, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
- Noracrentiss, I've put the date in my calendar and will attend! Looking forward to it. Ambrosia10 (talk) 21:35, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
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Help - I fell down the rabbit hole and tried to create a new article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Arthur_Aldrich I found a page called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93New_Zealand_relations and thought I might add to it since it had nothing before 1928. I found that NZ's first Japanese [honorary] Consul was Arthur Aldrich but he has no Wikipedia page so I thought I'd make one. (He does have a short page on Japanese Wikipedia). So I've had a go and have submitted it as a draft. Could you take a quick look and If there's anything seriously wrong with it let me know? Is he even notable enough? Wainuiomartian (talk) 02:22, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- Wainuiomartian, I've had a look and I think he is likely notable - another resource is here, here and here. I'm also confused by the way the draft article presents in the draft space. I don't normally use this as I'm "autopatrolled" (so I can create a Wikipedia article without others having to check it) I'm not sure whether the look is because of the article being in the draft article space or whether it needs to be corrected. If you like I'd be happy to try to edit the markup to improve the look of it? It is completely up to you though! - Ambrosia10 (talk) 03:01, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- Wainuiomartian, I've also found this and this mention of him being a botanical collector for Kew Gardens as well as this which shows a uniform of his. - Ambrosia10 (talk) 03:20, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, I found more references too. Need permission to put the photo of his uniform up I think. I will pursue that. If you have time to fix the layout that would be great, because I haven't figured that out yet. I will add to the draft article while it is being considered as I keep finding more interesting links.Wainuiomartian (talk) 04:37, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- The article looks strange because it uses a table instead of an infobox. Schwede66 16:59, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- Schwede66, yes - I had a look and it definitely didn't seem right. I'll go and fix it now (if you haven't beaten me to it!) - Ambrosia10 (talk) 17:41, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- Wainuiomartian, I'll go and edit it now to get the markup looking correct. Feel free to revert anything you don't like! - Ambrosia10 (talk) 17:40, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
- Wainuiomartian, There's no mention of his place of birth and death in the body of the article and, therefore, those claims are unreferenced. Nor is his death referenced in the text. Hopefully refs can be easily added.--Oronsay (talk) 19:24, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
Odontria
Actually, the genus Odontria doesn't seem to need disambiguation at all. Peter coxhead (talk) 22:25, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
- Peter coxhead, Thanks for your help. I wasn't sure whether it did or not given that the genus of the butterfly Odontria has been previously synonymised. I wasn't sure whether to leave the redirect or not. Sorry about the extra work! Ambrosia10 (talk) 22:30, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
- Peter coxhead, My silly dyslexic brain - I misread the genus names! Ambrosia10 (talk) 22:32, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
- Oh, I've more than once made this mistake – you see what you expect, I think. But suppose there were an incorrect use of the same name. Then usually it would be enough to use the correct name as the title and just put a hatnote about the other use.
- It's not quite the same, but see Echinacea.
- By the way, there's no need to repeat the same reference after every species. Just put it once after the colon. This is the convention widely used here. Peter coxhead (talk) 22:40, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
- Peter coxhead, Thanks for the information, much appreciated. I was making my life easier by copying the markup from iNaturalist and hadn't edited to correct. I'll make sure to correct that next time. Ambrosia10 (talk) 22:55, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
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Wadestown Wikipedians
Hi, Wadestown Library is hosting a Wadestown Wikipedians session next Tuesday, 9 March, 2.30 -3.30. Would you be able to attend to meet Rob who is the father of a young man with an intellectual disability? Both Rob and his son take photos and do a lot of tramping throughout NZ - in fact Rob's son is currently away, canoeing the Whanganui River! The family are interested in finding out more about Wikimedia Commons as somewhere they can lodge their photos? Thanks Noracrentiss (talk) 07:26, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
- Noracrentiss, I've put the time in the my calendar and am intending to be there! See you next week in Wadestown. - Ambrosia10 (talk) 23:32, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
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Performing Arts Aotearoa - Wiki Project – funding success
We have also talked in person - so thanks for your input!
Great news. The Wikimedia Foundation gave me the grant for the Performing Arts Aotearoa Wiki-Project. It starts on 17 May 2021 and runs for four months. Thanks for being a volunteer or endorsing it.
Go to the project page for guidance on starting to contribute as an editor. Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pakoire/Performing_Arts_Aotearoa_-_Wiki_Project
I will update this project page regularly plus send out weekly updates. The focus of this grant is on quality content on Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. I encourage you to go in-depth and reach out for hints about where to get resources. There is heaps available on-line. Reach out with problems eg. Categories etc
There will be three formal edit-a-thons in Wellington, Auckland and Dunedin. Dates to be confirmed.
You can email me at any time maule.lisa@gmail.com or message me on my talk page.
My focus once the project starts will be on getting resources available for editors from organisations, and educating people in organisations on what Wiki platforms are and how and why they can be engaged. Pakoire (talk) 07:41, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know your area of interest. You can add this to the project page so other know too. There is also short on-line meeting tomorrow (Tuesday 12.30pm) as a preamble to the project. This will bring together participants, discuss exchange with our Canadian colleagues working in a the same area, and for any questions. For attendance tomorrow email me (maule.lisa@gmail.com) and I will send a link on Jitsi Pakoire (talk) 20:36, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
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WikiProject update - Performing Arts Aotearoa
The project is now two weeks in and the profile of the project is building in the performing arts communities. Editors have created seven new articles in Wikipedia and 291 new and improved entries in Wikidata. These have been tagged in Wikidata to the project using the property p5008 ‘on focus list of Wikimedia project’ – ‘Performing Arts Aotearoa New Zealand.’
Thank you if you have made a contribution already, there will also be lots of other ways to contribute over the coming three and a half months.
The current focus is the Wellington based festival Kia Mau [1]. This weekend Saturday 5th June there is a takeover of the Wellington Meetup with an edit-a-thon focus to Wikify the festival. Kia Mau is an established festival based in Wellington celebrating and promoting “contemporary Māori, Pasifika and international Indigenous live performance experience.” For more information look at the Wellington Meetup page or the Kia Mau Wikiproject Worksheet. Over the next few days resources will be shared, including stubs and links to information. Focusing on this festival will start to address the bias in Wikipedia that means there is low content on indigenous people, plus there are many women involved. Which means you can also add them to the Women in Red projects #1day1woman, some would fit onto the year-long campaign: Women's rights, and some into the June focus Wiki Loves Pride.
Increasing content on women and indigenous people is part of the Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject.
Participating in the Kia Mau editing can be in person or remotely. You can start this week, join for an hour or more on the day, and follow up afterwards also. Any improvements to Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons content will make a difference.
Please let me know if you have any tips or questions to help me help you. If you aren't in a position to contribute right now that's ok too - take care.
Many thanks, Lisa Maule / Pakoire (talk) 22:05, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
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WikiProject update - Performing Arts Aotearoa 20 June
Many thanks to all who have contributed so far. There are 28 new Wikipedia articles and over 500 new Wikidata entries. The Kia Mau Festival mini edit-a-thon happened with useful learning for me about what seems simple and what is possible. I am proud of the persistence of editors – a much improved article for Audrey Brown-Pereira for example, a new article for The Māori Sidesteps and lots of links from performance UPU to various poets. And many Wikidata entries.
You can now link to the project page through my website (http://www.lisamaule.info). Easier to remember and google-able (Wikiproject Lisa) if you want to direct other people where to look.
Things to do:
• DEEPEN CONTENT: Have a look at the new articles on the project page: User:Pakoire/Performing Arts Aotearoa - Wiki Project. Many can be expanded including with this resource: Theatre Aotearoa database https://tadb.otago.ac.nz/theatre
• LINKABLE ARTICLES: Create articles for a venue, a company or a festival. This will help facilitate biographies being linked to other articles. Suggestions on project page.
• KEEP GOING with your own area. Let me know what you are up to. See my new research google doc (linked on the project page) – feel free to comment if you need something (ask me for permission to edit)
• IMPROVE ANY ARTICLE on any performing arts topic, theatre, dance, venues – feel free to use my suggestions as a starting point and then going where it takes you. Reach out for suggestions in your area of interest, or ideas for research. I am a subject expert which helps with searching, and now have a pool of academics and others who I can ask too.
Examples of articles to get formatting ideas:
• Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
• New Zealand Festival of the Arts
Very simple stub articles:
DIARY the three in person edit-a-thons now scheduled 10am - 4pm:
Dunedin Saturday 10 July (location tbc) - topic Allen Hall and contemporary companies in Dunedin
Auckland Saturday 14 August (location tbc) - topic Auckland Women in performing arts
Wellington Saturday 21 August (Nola Millar Library, Te Whaea) - topic Toi Whakaari and New Zealand School of Dance alumni
Many thanks – do what you can (might be nothing, might just be one citation) and take care,
Lisa
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Hi!
Thank you for all your help! AmiriaTaumata (talk) 01:12, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
Thankyou
Thankyou so much :)Wood&Trees (talk) 02:49, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
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WikiProject update - Performing Arts Aotearoa 04 August
Many thanks to all who have contributed so far. Half way through.
There are two more scheduled edit-a-thons as part of this project:
- Auckland on Saturday 14 August 10.30am - 4pm at the Auckland Theatre Company studio - 487 Dominion Road, Mt Eden, Auckland 1024. The focus is influential Auckland women in performing arts.
- Wellington on Saturday 21 Augusts 10.30am - 4pm at the Nola Millar Library, Te Whaea: National Dance and Drama Centre - 11 Hutchison Street, Newtown, Wellington. The focus is staff and graduates of Toi Whakaari and the New Zealand School of Dance.
Please diary and attend in person or remotely if you are able.
- Examples of articles to create: Tanea Heke, Turid Revfeim, Taiaroa Royal, Taane Mete, Sarah Foster-Sproull, Paul Mathews, Dolina Wehipeihana, Miriama McDowell, Cathy Downes, Elizabeth Whiting
- Examples of articles to improve: New Zealand School of Dance, Hori Ahipene, Mitch Tawhi Thomas, The New Zealand Dance Company, Pop-up Globe
Add suggested articles to the project pages or get in touch with me. A Women in Red (WIR) August campaign is Indigenous women and there are heaps on my list so if you create or improve these articles be sure to tag WIR on the talk page. Pakoire (talk) 09:15, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
UPDATE
WIKIPEDIA
There are now 31 new Wikipedia articles reported on the project page that include 19 new biographies, 14 of these about women and six are of people of colour (three Māori people). Keep up the good work. Keep seeking out women and people of colour to celebrate through Wikipedia.
WIKIDATA
The targets specified in this project for Wikidata were exceeded within the first week of the project with the concerted efforts of two editors. A Wikidata item was created to track entries. Performing Arts Aotearoa New Zealand (Q106787482).
With claims of ethnicity the policy is to include references from a biography, interview or personal website. Ethnicity of white people is strongly encouraged to be included where this information is available. Māori is listed and then also iwi (tribe/s).
EDIT-A-THON DUNEDIN
The Ōtepoti Dunedin Edit-a-thon was a success. It was at the Hocken Library on Saturday 10 July. The coordinator Pakoire and co-host DrThneed were joined in person by seven others, which included six new editors from the performing arts community, and two people working remotely in Wellington and Christchurch.
The new editors added 27 references to Wikipedia between them and a total of 2,017 words. Comments from new editors after they had learnt the basics and started editing related to how accessible they found doing it. There was motivation amongst many in the group to continue to meet as a way of progressing the articles they are interested in. With the experienced editors overall including Wikidata the edit-a-thon added 48.1K words, 4 commons uploads, 245 references, across 53 articles including 4 new Wikipedia articles and 15 new Wikidata articles.
COI
Conflict of interest (COI) is an area of consideration for editing in performing arts, since most subject experts are also practicing arts and producers. The edit-a-thon / meetup format was useful and people worked on unrelated articles but in tandem with others who knew where to get information.
IMAGES
There is more work to do to create opportunities to upload images to Wikimedia Commons under appropriate licences, as predicted this involves a lot of education with individuals and organisations as well as motivating people to follow through.
Take some pics of a local entertainment venue and upload them. Music venues, amateur arts, town hall, converted theatre, you would be surprised what isn’t there.
SUPPORT
All edits count - reach out if you need help or guidance and many thanks for any contribution you can make.
Pakoire (talk) 09:15, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Beddomeia waterhouseae
On 5 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Beddomeia waterhouseae, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the range of freshwater snail Beddomeia waterhouseae consists merely of a small tributary in Tasmania? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Beddomeia Waterhousae. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Beddomeia waterhouseae), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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A kitten for you!
For your work on New Zealand endemic moth articles.
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WikiProject update - Performing Arts Aotearoa 19 August
A short update this time.
The project has created 74 new Wikipedia articles and improvements to many. An example is one person has been working through improving and creating notable composers of New Zealand which is a great enhancement to Wikipedia. There is a now a regular meetup happening in Ōtepoti.
The COVID19 status of New Zealand means the next workshop is fully online. Wellington Saturday 21 August
Please add yourself to the project page and dashboard of you are able to do any editing. You can join into the zoom (link below) – come to the introduction at 10.30am, pop into the ‘Tearoom’ to say hello to others and informally ask questions. You can also work by yourself (please add yourself to the dashboard for the reporting).
Here is a google doc with suggested articles categories as 'dance' and 'theatre' with links to references. You can make suggestions with comments.
Saturday 21 Aug ZOOM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 10.30am - 4.00pm Join at any time - you might have to wait to be let it.
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85672644820?pwd=QnJWdXk1TCtZenBEaHJMZEZGbXRWdz09
Meeting ID: 856 7264 4820 Passcode: 907118
An afghan for you!
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(The afghan is the unofficial biscuit of Wikimedia Aotearoa.)
Kia ora Siobhan; it was great to have a chance to explain Wikisource to you. I just wanted to say thanks for all the great work you do, and how well you champion the Wikimedia movement in Aotearoa. See you at the next Wellington meetup. Ka kite ano. — Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 07:18, 23 August 2021 (UTC) |
Interview Request
Hi Ambrosia10!
My name is Seve, and I am a Product Manager at the Wikimedia Foundation. I am reaching out to GLAM users as part of an upcoming research study I am conducting.
We wish to learn more about how editors discover and use tools and hopefully come up with related products or services that meet your needs and the needs of people like you. I would like to request an hour to interview you for whatever time works best for you. Let me emphasize that I don't wish or intend to interfere with your day or waste your time.
If you want to learn more details about participating in this study, I'd be happy to give you a call and explain more.
Thank you, Seve
SKim (WMF) (talk) 19:51, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Seve, I'd be happy to be interviewed, however I am on New Zealand time which may cause difficulties. On the plus side as we are currently in Level 4 lockdown in New Zealand due to a COVID outbreak I'm available most days and am very flexible with times I can meet. I'm available from 8am to 9pm New Zealand time most days so let me know what suits you and I'll be happy to be interviewed. - Ambrosia10 (talk) 19:59, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
September 2021 at Women in Red
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WikiProject update - Performing Arts Aotearoa 08 September
The Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject officially ends in 2 days. I am happy with the momentum that has built since the project started. Many thanks to everybody who was able to contribute.
There are 99 new articles listed on the project page. Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject
- If there are others not listed please can you update.
- If you have a draft waiting to be moved into main space please list it too (or move it)
I am looking to maintain the project in an ongoing way connected to New Zealand Wikipedia, I will let you know where.
Pakoire (talk) 03:35, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you...
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| For your work in responding to all of my comments in the Kererū GA nomination. It's been a pleasure to work with you and all of your dedicated teammates at WikiProject New Zealand. Mover of molehills (talk) 01:08, 15 October 2021 (UTC) |
- Thanks to you @Mover of molehills as well as all the other contributors who have helped get the article over the line. It was great to go through the process for the first time, with a successful outcome. I very much appreciate all your hard work. Ambrosia10 (talk) 02:03, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
- Ambrosia10 You certainly deserve this recognition. Congratulations!--Oronsay (talk) 03:31, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
- Righty-ho then, youse are coming along for the FAC ride. It buffed up well so this should be doable. Hang on.....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:13, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
- Hi @Casliber, thanks for all your help getting the article to GA status, as I very much appreciated it. I'm afraid I'm currently over committed for the next three or four weeks. I'm participating in #WeDigBio campaign, then I'm attending the TDWG conference and then I'm working on collating data in Wikidata for a proposed scientific paper. However I'll definitely share the link to the FA nomination page you've given me with the Wellington Wikipedia Meetup group and encourage them to participate. If the process is still underway in three-ish weeks time I'll be able to jump on board again then. Ambrosia10 (talk) 19:43, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
- I actually have some time now, so I could help a bit with the FA upgrade (from an ornithologist's POV). Also we have a reasonable Māori collection at the library so could scour it for more cultural-use info. And congrats to all those who (unlike me) did so much work to get this to GA status. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 22:13, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
- Okay, @Giantflightlessbirds: feel free to add any cultural or ornithological stuff we've missed - and yes Ambrosia10 these things often take longer than three weeks...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:20, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
- I actually have some time now, so I could help a bit with the FA upgrade (from an ornithologist's POV). Also we have a reasonable Māori collection at the library so could scour it for more cultural-use info. And congrats to all those who (unlike me) did so much work to get this to GA status. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 22:13, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
- Hi @Casliber, thanks for all your help getting the article to GA status, as I very much appreciated it. I'm afraid I'm currently over committed for the next three or four weeks. I'm participating in #WeDigBio campaign, then I'm attending the TDWG conference and then I'm working on collating data in Wikidata for a proposed scientific paper. However I'll definitely share the link to the FA nomination page you've given me with the Wellington Wikipedia Meetup group and encourage them to participate. If the process is still underway in three-ish weeks time I'll be able to jump on board again then. Ambrosia10 (talk) 19:43, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
- Righty-ho then, youse are coming along for the FAC ride. It buffed up well so this should be doable. Hang on.....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:13, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
- Ambrosia10 You certainly deserve this recognition. Congratulations!--Oronsay (talk) 03:31, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
November 2021 at Women in Red
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WikidataCon !
Hello Ambrosia, was nice to meet you at the WikidataCon 2021. :) Yug (talk) 🐲 19:21, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Yug!!! Really enjoying our chat . Ambrosia10 (talk) 20:08, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
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Merging species
Hi there. Do you have any advice/resources for merging species articles on Wikipedia? Based on what I can find, merging articles seems fairly straightforward but I'm not sure if there's things to keep in mind when merging species articles (what to do with two sets of identifiers, for example). THe scenario I'm thinking of is when two species are synonymized.Friesen5000 (talk) 00:56, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
- Hi User:Friesen5000, I've only recently (like in the last year) started doing this myself. My workflow is to choose the one article that I collate/combine all the information into. Sometimes this can require me to move the page I've chosen as THE page to a new scientific name. Once I've got the title etc how I like I then take any pertinent information from the other page and merge it. Once that's finished and I'm happy I've stripped out all the information I need from it I delete all the information on that second page and turn it into a redirect to the first (I'm assuming here that the second species page is a synonym of the main page). Once Wikipedia is sorted I then go to WikiCommons and check categories. You may also need to merge the WikiCommons categories by recategorising all the images and adding them into the correct category . Again you will likely have to create a redirect. Once the images are all appropriately categorised I now also check the structured data and correct that as well. Once all that is sorted I then go to Wikidata and make sure all article links are sorted - you may have to remove the link to the old wikipedia article on the synonym wikidata item (you may have to do the same for the old Wikicommons category) as redirect pages shouldn't be linked on Wikidata. I DONT merge Wikidata items as normally the Wikidata item for the old Wikipedia page will be a synonym. What I do do is add statements for synonym items. We did some of this workflow at the Wikipedia Weekly Biodiversity #4 youtube livestream which hopefully might help.
- Perfect! Thanks so much for these details - exactly what I was looking for. Seems like a workflow that would benefit from some attention by a coding type that could automate some of these steps across wiki platforms. Until then...*rolls up sleaves* Friesen5000 (talk) 15:51, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
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Hello @Ambrosia10 Question about the 'Taxa named by Author' categories - should the author have their own article to create such a category, or does it not matter? Lots of species named by people who may not be notable (yet). Thanks for your wisdom Friesen5000 (talk) 15:40, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
- Hi @Friesen5000, I'm of the opinion that the category is very useful whether or not the author has a Wikipedia article. But then I'm ALSO of the opinion that authoring scientific names should make the author automatically notable for a Wikipedia article! I tend to create the "Taxa named by Author" category and link it to the Author Wikidata item if there is no Wikipedia page as well as do a little summary about the person. Hope this helps!
- Yes, I definitely agree that categories by author would be useful regardless of Wikipedia notability (and apparently naming a bunch of species doesn't necessarily make one notable - see Raymond Gagné). Can you point me to one that you've linked to Wikidata with a description? Friesen5000 (talk) 17:44, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
- @Friesen5000 See Category:Taxa_named_by_John_Stewart_Dugdale - I really must get round to doing an article on Dugdale considering how prolific he was (he's definitely notable). It was easier to create a new category than try to find one I'd done previously! Ambrosia10 (talk) 18:02, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
- Yes, I definitely agree that categories by author would be useful regardless of Wikipedia notability (and apparently naming a bunch of species doesn't necessarily make one notable - see Raymond Gagné). Can you point me to one that you've linked to Wikidata with a description? Friesen5000 (talk) 17:44, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
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