User talk:Anaxial/Archive 1

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Archive 4

Coypu

Good reverse on that! Cosnahang (talk) 15:56, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Mammals

You may be interested in this collaboration project. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, yeah, I check WP:MAM every now and then... I just never got around to putting my name on the list! Anaxial (talk) 18:48, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Panthera crassidens

Hi Anaxial, You made a good edit on Panthera crassidens [1]. Thank you. Have some detailed information about this? I have no access to that paper.--Altaileopard (talk) 11:21, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I only vaguely remember typing that, but I think that I found the paper online - although I can't find it now (or at least not in a form I can access). Judging from the small amount I wrote, I suspect that I only found the abstract. Anaxial (talk) 16:47, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Skunks

Hi. I see you recently removed some info from Skunk. I agree with you about Wikipedia:NOTGUIDE, however we also have Wikipedia:Ignore all rules for cases when we think we should make an exception. I'm personally not certain whether that info should be in the article or not. Therefore, I posted a note at Talk:Skunk to see if anyone else has any comments on this. Thanks. -- 201.17.36.246 (talk) 23:59, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for alerting me. I've posted as to why I don't believe this should be an exception at the Talk page. Anaxial (talk) 17:50, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Request reference for controversy re: bat phylogeny

Hello Anaxial. Noticed your request for a reference to the effect that the debate about the relative merits of the DNA versus morphological (versus protein sequence, versus physiological, etc.) in the "Bat" page. Not sure I follow you. This fact is to me self-evident in that studies supporting the monophyletic and diphyletic theories continue to be published in the scientific literature, and even in the dynamic state of the DNA literature. Ideally one would need a major, balanced review article to refer to here. In practice this seems to be a field where people are polarised and quite defensive of their techniques, so I am unaware of any "unbiased" study. Do you have any suggestions, other than to refer to the "Flying Primates Theory" and "DNA" pages?Fluminense (talk) 22:23, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

To be honest, I think all it needs is a recent cite that disagrees with the earlier statement; as you say, that will show that competing theories are still being published. Anaxial (talk) 16:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Birdies

Hey, I've been watching your various contributions, and I'm wondering if you'd like to join The bird wikiproject? I am a particular fan of anyone that works on family articles! Sabine's Sunbird talk 08:00, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm really just passing through. I felt that the family pages could need a little care and attention, but I've focussed mainly on mammals, where I have more information available. Anaxial (talk) 19:58, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Tropidophiidae etc.

Sorry for reverting your recent edits to a number of snake articles, but you were deleting information and altering a format common to some 500 or more snake articles. I admit that the articles you were busy with are somewhat short, but a better example of what it looks like when it's filled in properly would be something like Agkistrodon piscivorus. Cheers, --Jwinius (talk) 14:24, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't intentionally deleting anything (bar some repetition and empty spaces), so apologies for that. Anaxial (talk) 21:00, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Age of Primates

I have given you an article that suggests that primates are around 85 million years old. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 545lljkr (talk • contribs) 00:24, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for telling me how to incorporate an image, you should check out two articles I made: Dryolestida & Peligrotherium 545lljkr (talk) 22:26, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Eutheria

Hi, thanks for your interest in Eutheria. I've over-written your edit with a cynodont-mammal phylogeny in bullet list form, as that requires a lot less width. I think I've done all I can with the article except a lead, which will take only 5 minutes. The greatest remaining weakness is eutherian synapomorphies - most of the others are in jaws and teeth, but Ji, Luo, Yuan et al (2002) are not specific about these and I'm no paleo-dentist. -- Philcha (talk) 21:31, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, the bullet list seems to work better. Still not ideal, but I'm not sure how to improve it. Anaxial (talk) 21:39, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

The problem is that the 2 diagrams say all there is to say about the evolutionary history at present. Some day there may be more - most probably as a result of further discoveries in China - and then a right-floated proper cladogram would work. -- Philcha (talk) 21:46, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I was referring to the page format. But, like I say, I don't have a better suggestion.Anaxial (talk) 22:06, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Straw Poll

The Main Page Redesign proposal is currently conducting a straw poll in selecting five proposals before an RFC in which it will be against the current main page. You're input would be appreciated. ChyranandChloe (talk) 22:58, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Change article name to plural?

I checked a couple of other pages with multiple types of animals and they all listed the subject in the taxobox as singular. I changed the pural because it seemed silly to picture one skunk and say the box described more than one. If you think it's correct, fine with me, I'm no expert, it just sounded odd. Maybe the page name should be changed to plural as well? Maybe some other editor knows format for sure. Thanks Bob98133 (talk) 15:09, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

The particular pages that I'd checked with before writing that were Great ape, Primate, and Armadillo. On checking, I can now see some that use the singular, as you suggest (Mongoose, for example), although it does appear that usage of the plural is more common. It seems to me, though, that the taxobox describes the group, which includes multiple types of skunk, and isn't a caption for the picture underneath. (Obviously, this wouldn't make sense if we were talking about a species - there is only one species of Lion, so the taxobox header should obviously be singular there). I don't think the page name should be changed, though - that always seems to be singular. Anaxial (talk) 18:37, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

felidae edit

hi. i understand why you undid my edit, but i am somewhat in confusion about the matter... the split seems to be fairly split on articles either one way or the other about the subfamily of the marbled cat... is there a definitive article that decides it one way or the other? and if there is some confusion, is it right that it should be listed as anything?

specifically, i found a protein database suggests that they belong to pantherinae... http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/61409 Ivo herries (talk) 21:01, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Jaguar reading

nice reading. There is a minor technical problem: a kind of squeaky crosstalk audible as background noise. It might be an artifact of some electronic effect such as compression. You might want to look into that. Regards, Leotohill (talk) 02:39, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Review of Spoken Article, Jaguar

Hi Anaxial, I've just completed a review of the recording you uploaded of Jaguar. You'll find the review here, on the discussion page of the file. Thank you for the recording, it's a great addition to the Project and to the article, :-) I hope you're happy with the review and in agreement with it, but if there are any problems, please let me know and we can discuss or re-review if necessary.

I see that you've added a notice to the Jaguar talk page to say that you're currently working on the recording, but as it is completed, uploaded, and reviewed, you may like to change the notice to {{Talk Spoken Wikipedia|FileName.ogg}}.

Again, let me know if there are any problems or if you have questions, and thanks for the good work! Maedin\^talk 13:52, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

No problems with that review; it's actually rather more generous than I had expected for my first effort. For future recordings, I think I have fixed the background noise, which should also help with the volume issue. As for the US pronunciation of 'jaguar' - I simply had no idea, and so should obviously have paid more attention to the IPA provided in the article!

The one part I am unclear about though, is the missing introduction... what exactly is missing here? Whatever it is, I'm fairly sure I must have missed it out with Cougar as well, so it would be useful to know so that I include it next time!

Overall, though, thanks - useful advice for making future improvements.Anaxial (talk) 14:08, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

The introduction is to make the listener aware of the name of the article, where it can be found, and the identity of the reader. It isn't necessary, but it may be of use to listeners, perhaps those who have downloaded several recordings at once, for mobile listening. The other reason the introduction may be of use is because the actual title of the article isn't always the same as the article beginning, whether that's because of parenthetical disambiguation or something else, but I realise that's not an issue with jaguar! If you read the date, as well, it acts as a sort of "disclaimer" that the recording isn't necessarily up-to-date. The reader generally begins with: "This is a recording of an article on Wikipedia and was recorded by user Anaxial. The material recorded is current as of the October 25, 2008 revision of the article." <Pause> "Jaguar, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia, at en dot wikipedia dot org." <Begin article>...

I'm glad that you're ok with the review; I certainly enjoyed listening to your recording. Besides, the jaguar is such a lovely beast! Maedin\^talk 16:13, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Horse

Hi! Related to Equidae, Evolution of the horse and some other articles (Equus (genus), etc.) are getting some much needed attention. Care to join us? --Una Smith (talk) 05:36, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Friendly note regarding talk page messages

Hello. As a recent editor to User talk:75.108.73.219, I wanted to leave a friendly reminder that as per WP:USER, editors may remove messages at will from their own talk pages. While we may prefer that comments be archived instead, policy does not prohibit users -including anonymous editors like this one- from deleting messages from their own talk pages. The only kinds of talk page messages that cannot be removed (as per WP:BLANKING) are declined unblock requests (but only while blocks are still in effect), confirmed sockpuppet notices, or IP header templates (for unregistered editors). These exceptions only exist in order to keep a user from potentially gaming the system. Thanks, Kralizec! (talk) 00:27, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Ooops, never mind! I just saw that you reverted yourself [2]. Good work! --Kralizec! (talk) 00:30, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Anthracotheriidae

Hi. You look to be more knowledgeable about this than me. I would appreciate it if you looked at the comment I left on the above article's talk page, concerning the possible evolutionary relationships between anthracotheres, hippos, pigs and whales. Robin S (talk) 21:19, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Ancient Egyptian race controversy

Hi. I notice you've been involved in the discussion in the article talk space. There's a new lead up for a vote here[3], and I'd like your input -- questions, comments/critique, vote. Trying to get this thing unlocked and the article moving forward constructively. Thanks. :) deeceevoice (talk) 17:55, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genetic equidistance

Hi there, another editor has commented on your recommendation in this AfD, could you revisit it? Tim Vickers (talk) 17:24, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Hutia Edit

Thank you for recognizing that my edit on the Hutia page was "good faith." When I visited the page, there was a slew of red text, as though the conversion tags had gone insane. Glad they are working now, and thank you again. Grumpy otter (talk) 20:47, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Templates and tags

Hi Anaxial,

You're adding a lot of templates and tags to dinosaur articles. Are you planning to clear these up yourself, or were you expecting WP:DINO editors to do the sourcing? I ask because the number of articles you're tagging is quite large, while the number of active editors on the project is quite small. Since you obviously care about sourcing in Wikipedia's dinosaur articles, I thought I'd invite you to add sources as you go along. Feel free, as well, to add yourself to the list of participants here. Best wishes and happy editing, Firsfron of Ronchester 15:50, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

I will certainly add sources where I can find them, but I don't have everything to hand right now. But, while its obviously better to fix something than just tag it, I do think it's better to tag something than to ignore it altogether. I'm not trying to bomb the articles with individual {{fact}} tags, but, if an article has no refs at all, I believe that's worth mentioning - and somebody presumably has the source already, or they couldn't have written it. So, yes, I will fix what I can, but that may not always be immediate, and I see no reason not to tag something in the meantime. Unless there's some WP policy I'm missing here - in which case, mea culpa. Anaxial (talk) 17:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

No, you're not missing any WP policy that I'm aware of. I am only concerned about the tendency for maintenance tags to build up on articles with no subsequent improvement. The author who re-wrote most of the ankylosaurid articles, User:Sheep81, is no longer active, meaning he probably will not be adding sources to those articles, despite his having authored several FAs. I have quite a few reference works in PDF format (which you are welcome to), but adding in-line citations in takes much longer than tagging. Firsfron of Ronchester 17:22, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Please add warnings from your own reverts.

Make sure that you have succesfully reverted vandalism, before commenting on a users page.

This is the job of the reverter.

--

Frankie0607

21:59, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

If you're referring to the recent warning re: Saint Patrick's Day, I thought I had reverted it; that's what it looked like on my computer screen. I suspect you got there a few seconds before I did, and the refresh misled me. So, apologies. Anaxial (talk) 22:07, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Uniforms of the Confederate States military forces

I believe that I have made the proper changes that you have laid forward for me to put in place so that the article, Uniforms of the Confederate States military forces, may be a Good Article. Thanks and Have A Great Day! Lord Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 21:59, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

What Military ranks are redundantly capitalized? Lord Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 21:52, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Ok I will fix those. Have A Great Day! Lord Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 21:58, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm Pretty Sure I have fixed the Rest of the problems. Have A Great Day! Lord Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 23:00, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks SO MUCH! Have A Great Day! Lord Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 00:26, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Action of 14-17 April 1809

Hi, you have listed this as "on hold" on the GAN page but have not so far left a review on the talk page or on a GA subpage. Please clarify the situation, because as long as you leave it in this state, the article will not attract other reviewers.--Jackyd101 (talk) 23:04, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

No problem, thanks for sorting it out.--Jackyd101 (talk) 23:12, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gut and Psychology Syndrome

Hi there, I've replied to your comment here. Tim Vickers (talk) 16:08, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Date_formatting_and_linking_poll/Autoformatting_responses

Regarding your comment in opposition to date autoformatting, I'd like to point out that discussions on a replacement system included the requirement that dates be formatting for anonymous/unregistered users as well as logged-in users. Due to some issues about how Wikipedia's servers are set up, the only actively supported approach was to allow both site-wide and per-article default formats that anonymous users would see (rather than the ideal of allowing everyone to set individual preferences) but nonetheless, date autoformatting can be made to work for everybody in that sense. --Sapphic (talk) 00:56, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

And some users may not like having their vote questioned like this, Sapphic. I'm sure this user read the statements perfectly well and made an informed decision. Tony (talk) 07:39, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Try that again..

What did you mean by "try that again.."? tedder (talk) 23:17, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

So you were repeating "Removing Talk:Smiley face murders#Theory by Mike Flaherty - at least 6 people already involved)"? I'm still a little confused on your intent and if it had to do with the Smiley face murders or with my 3O. (replying here is fine, easier to thread message that way) tedder (talk) 18:39, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Looking at the edit history, it looks as if the edit I was "repeating" actually never registered at all, for some reason - I thought I had mistyped it, but, in fact, nothing happened. So: I had removed the AGV Sports Group request, since it appears to already be the subject of an RfC, and thus not suitable for a 3O. The lack of clarity is entirely my own fault, so sorry about that. Anaxial (talk) 18:49, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Okay, got it. Yep, it's the subject of an RfC, so I'll remove it (since I re-added it). Thanks. tedder (talk) 19:11, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Elephant Shrew

What changes can be made to the elephant shrew article so it does not seem like a personal essay? Since the topic is evolution, it is a theory and has a journal referenced which did a study on the proposed evolution. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks! "Jfluckey (talk) 20:47, 2 May 2009 (UTC)"

It's just the style of the entry, not the factual information presented. It says things like "one can conclude...", and asks rhetorical questions like "so where does the elephant shrew fit...?" These make it seem like a personal reflection. Statements like "the results were shocking!" need to say exactly who was shocked (ideally, including their names), in which publication they used the word "shocked" to describe their reaction and so on, rather than making a bald statement. Plus, the fact that these specific people were shocked has to be notable, of course. And so on. It's not that the facts in this section don't belong here, of course, but they could be presented in a more neutral way, without making it read like a discussion or an essay. Anaxial (talk) 21:02, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I'll try and revise it over the next few days. "Jfluckey (talk) 03:40, 3 May 2009 (UTC)"

Excuse me for trespassing on your time.

I'm a student at Seoul National university doing a research on Wikipedia. My focus is on how disputes are resolved with regard to the Wikipedian policies and culture. I'm also interested in the issue of NPOV- namely, how the manner controversies are settled contribute to/affect the article's neutrality. As you would probably guess, these issues require profound understanding. Explicit things won't give much clue. What I need most is live experience and insight, and for that I'm trying to borrow wisdom from active users.

I see you are a very experienced and active user, and that you are involved in 3O. So, I thought you could provide me with much insight...Would you, by any chance, be able to give me an email interview? If you are willing to give help, please e-mail me and I'll mail you questions. Your help would mean a lot to me.

Thanks for reading.

Little Sheepherd (talk) 20:05, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

FYI

Just an FYI, I have given you IP block exempt status, because I am going to place a hardblock on an IP you may have recently used. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 14:34, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Bear dog

I was editing Bear dog when you restored it. Noles1984 (talk) 22:49, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure what the problem is; I didn't alter your edits, just restored some pre-existing info that you had (I assume accidentally) deleted some 2 hours before. If you think the article needs editing further, be my guest. Anaxial (talk) 23:23, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

As a further comment, I have noticed a number of factual errors in the taxonomic ranking in some of your recently created articles, which I have now corrected. Hope you don't mind. Anaxial (talk) 23:39, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Why???=

Man, why u take away my dancing yoda? It was so cool! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldmanjenkins93 (talk • contribs) 17:43, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

It may or may not be cool, but it has nothing to do with wombat dung. Anaxial (talk) 17:47, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Ur sight... sigh. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldmanjenkins93 (talk • contribs) 18:15, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Some new gastropod articles!

Wow, thanks for the great new articles on the gastropod digestive system and respiratory system; what a pleasant surprise! These are really excellent additions to WikiProject Gastropods. I imagine you have a lot of other interests, but we would be honored if you would like to join us at the project, so here is an invitation:

I've noticed your edits on pages relating to Gastropods; perhaps you'd be interested in joining WikiProject Gastropods?
If you would like more information, please visit the project page or the project talk page.

Best wishes to you, Invertzoo (talk) 15:24, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, I might put you on the "honorary members" list, or the "adjunct members" list or something, if you don't object. Best wishes, Invertzoo (talk) 00:02, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

I also wanted to say one more thing, and please do forgive me if this is not relevant, but I don't have access to the (print) reference you are using, so I can't check for myself. I just wanted to say that all prose has to be re-written in your own words from scratch, not used directly or almost directly from the sources. Sometimes this is quite hard to do, and a lot of us do make the mistake of copying stuff verbatim or almost verbatim when we are first starting out on Wikipedia, not understanding that that is unacceptable. So, as I said, please forgive me if you already know this, but I guess it doesn't hurt to make policy really clear up front. All my very best wishes to you, Invertzoo (talk) 19:15, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind reply. Sorry to go on and on about the same topic, but the reason I am all over this idea is that in March we discovered a copyright problem from one editor in 1000 of our gastropod articles, which all had to have surgery as a result. It took 3 months to cut out all the unacceptable stuff, even without re-writing it.. So I just wanted to say that paraphrasing text can be a bit tricky, and it isn't enough when it is close paraphrasing. Quite often the info has to be read, understood, and then re-written from scratch. So there you go. Sorry once again if this communication is unnecessary. Very best wishes to you, Invertzoo (talk) 23:09, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

OK, thanks for listening to me rant and rave about this and for replying politely! All very best wishes, Invertzoo (talk) 18:47, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I like your cool "gastropod system" articles! I will be continuously looking for images to them. Is this my photo good? What is the name for these breathing structures? --Snek01 (talk) 12:00, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Quantum mysticism

First thank you for providing a third opinion. Based on comments at my talk page LikeBox has not changed his tune. Do you think its fair to initiate formal arbitration at this point?--OMCV (talk) 23:40, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Wow, I think OMCV is jumping the gun a bit. The owner of this talk page has not given a definitive third opinion yet, just asking some questions. By the way, I think that OMCV is sincere, but wrong. Excluding the Dennett example would make the article less informative in my opinion.Likebox (talk) 02:57, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I would consider my statement of 20:15 25th August to be definitive: "this does, in my view, constitute synthesis". You're free to disagree, of course, and 3O opinions are in no way binding. Should you wish to take this further, RFC is one option short of arbitration, which is usually the very last step in dispute resolution. Anaxial (talk) 12:22, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

I do disagree, and I explained why in the talk, but I respect your decision. I modified the page to remove the specific mechanism of copying. Is this satisfactory?Likebox (talk) 21:01, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

There is currently something of a "vote" at Quantum mysticism regarding the text you offered a WP:3O on. It would be appreciated if you could take the time to offer a one sentence opinion.--OMCV (talk) 03:36, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikiquette alerts

Hello, Anaxial. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts regarding User:Likebox a user with which you have been involved. The discussion is about his activities at Quantum mysticism which may be related to his activity at Talk:History wars further information can be found at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts#User:Likebox. Thank you.--OMCV (talk) 03:20, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Tarsus

Hi, and thanks for the contribution to Tarsus (skeleton) -- I loved reading it. However, I just wanted to know if your reference is valid for the entire section or just for the last sentence. I was about to add a {{refimprove}}. Thanks. --Fama Clamosa (talk) 23:31, 28 August 2009 (UTC)>

It refers to the entire section. I should probably have added <ref name=VB/> tags to each paragraph...Anaxial (talk) 08:32, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

OK, I rearranged the ref tags. Thanks. --Fama Clamosa (talk) 10:26, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Molpadiida

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Service awards proposal

Hello, Anaxial/Archive 1! I noticed you display a service award, and would like to invite you to join the discussion over a proposed revamping of the awards.

If you have any opinions on the proposal, please participate in the discussion. Thanks! — the Man in Question (in question) 04:26, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism

Regarding your post on Talk:Hominidae (not responding there as it'd be off-topic), let me know if there are any pages that you think should get semi-protection; I'll have a look and apply the protection if I and the policy agree. Ucucha 20:44, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Been fairly quiet of late, to be honest. Bat has been getting the most recently, but I don't know if it's enough to justify protection, or I'd have requested it myself. Thanks anyway. Anaxial (talk) 21:51, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps people are still in the Christmas spirit? You're right about bat; it gets quite a lot of vandalism for a biology article, about once per day. It's locked for three months now. Ucucha 21:56, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Sea Shepherd

I stand by my decision to change the article, as I believe it adequately represents their idealism in an unbiased way (after all, how could anyone not think they are stupid even if they support what they do). Thank you. 128.180.237.39 (talk) 21:42, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Nonetheless, that qualifies as a WP:POV statement, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. If you describe what their beliefs are, the reader will be able to determine for themselves whether or not they believe it to be stupid - it is not the purpose of Wikipedia to tell them. Anaxial (talk) 21:47, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

I choose to disagree - as stupid can also be a synonym for troublesome, which, once again their direct actions cause regardless of one's point of view. I feel that the term "direct action" is biased towards them. Thank you. 128.180.237.39 (talk) 21:53, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

I think it's very difficult to argue that "stupid" is not a loaded term, and that nobody would take it as being inherently critical. You are, I suppose, able to ask for a third opinion on this, but I very much doubt you will get a different answer. Terms like this should be avoided in Wikipedia articles, per the NPOV policy, which is a basic principle of how Wikipedia works. Anaxial (talk) 21:57, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

I suppose I probably won't, thank you for the help. Thank You. 128.180.237.39 (talk) 00:26, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Final discussion for Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

Hello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:

Your opinion on this is welcome. Okip 02:07, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you.

Thank you for reverting the vandalism on my page. How did you catch it so quickly?--Dana60Cummins (talk) 03:29, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

For your Third Opinion work

		The Third Opinion Award
		For diligent and faithful service to the Wikipedia community through your work at WP:3O. — TRANSPORTERMAN (TALK) 18:04, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Jillian Becker

Hi Anaxial. I hope you can remember this edit of yours. I have been trying to confirm that Jillian Becker really did go to Roedean School and not the sister school, Roedean School (South Africa), because she was living in South Africa at the time. Unfortunately, I could find nothing to confirm either of these schools as the right one. Did you find any information at the time of your edit? Coyets (talk) 20:57, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

No, I am afraid not. Anaxial (talk) 21:09, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

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[4] Philip Trueman (talk) 18:44, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Disruptive Editing

I see you have warned user:Britney901 about disruptive editing/vandalism. He's done some of that recently at Ann Coulter. I don't know how to warn people, or even if I have the power to do so. Please take a look at his work on Ann Coulter and do whatever you think is right. Lou Sander (talk) 01:29, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Ethnicity

What ethnicity are you? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.73.113.6 (talk) 21:13, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Zombie Survival Guide

I am only attempting to revert vandalism, not start an edit war. The anon in question is removing text from the article for no reason. I also have requested help from the admins. Zombie Hunter Smurf (talk) 18:45, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

I thought that would be your reasoning, although I don't really agree - it doesn't look like obvious vandalism to me. (Clearly, it would be vandalism if he were asserting factual accuracy, but he could just as well be saying that its sufficiently obviously fictional that we don't need to mention that in every paragraph). Anyway, if you've already requested help from the admins, I won't go ahead with a 3RR report (on either party); they can make their own judgement and proceed from there. Anaxial (talk) 18:50, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks...

...For your help with the article Canidae! Here's a link proving you were right about the Red Wolf you might want to use instead of Wikipedia should it happen again: http://www.bucknell.edu/MSW3/browse.asp?id=14000691.Chrisrus (talk) 17:24, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Jigsaw

This wasn't vandalism. Was it a lapse in grammar or a purposely false accusation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.127.230.243 (talk) 17:55, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, yes, I can't see how that happened, but I must have clicked on something I didn't intend to. My apologies - certainly doesn't look like vandalism to me. I've deleted the notice from your User page. Anaxial (talk) 19:20, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

It happens. Thanks. 212.127.230.243 (talk) 19:22, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

I want to say this dear sir,I am not in anyway vandalising the Himesh Reshammiya article on Wikipedia,I am just writing what is the truth and there are people who are regularly vandalising the Himesh Reshammiya article with thier lies and insignificant information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.204.130.25 (talk) 19:13, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

You must provide verifiable information from reliable sources before this information can be included in Wikipedia. The problem is not that your informaiton is necessarily untrue (we have no way of checking that) - it's that it is not properly referenced. Anaxial (talk) 19:16, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Your copyright violation tag of Robert Chartham

You tagged this article as a suspected copyright violation. However, the website that this information was copied and pasted from is actually copied from Wikipedia, as was indicated on the web page. Therefore, there is no copyright violation there. --Slon02 (talk) 02:11, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Covert US regime change

I have explained the reasons for my edits on the talk page. They are all valid until someone disputes my claim to their validity. Unreliable sources and sources which do not support the given assertions should go.70.131.118.198 (talk) 19:30, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you.

		The Fauna Barnstar
		I Award You The Fauna Barnstar for your diligent work on the Felidae articles, most recently that of the Asian Golden Cat. I and all contributors to the many cat articles thank you. --Seduisant (talk) 02:48, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

</noinclude>		The Third Opinion Award
		Catholic beliefs on the power of prayer . History2007 (talk) 13:36, 9 September 2010 (UTC) — ~~~~

Thanks for your rapid response. History2007 (talk) 13:13, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Fraţii Buzeşti High School

There was a great deal of discussion between me and the other party on our Talk pages. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 19:23, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

In that case, you should have linked to that discussion (I did look for a discussion, but couldn't find one). No problem, though; feel free to re-list the request with the correct link. And remember to sign with five tildes, not four! But thanks for the correction. Anaxial (talk) 20:37, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

I think it's resolved because it wound up at WP:ANI. Thanks. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 21:26, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Your note

There is nothing wrong with the image on Erection. What you are complaining about is the wording of the caption. I do not understand the caption to mean that both images are the same person, and there is no need for them to be the same person. The caption only tries to describe the state on the left and the state on the right. It is irrelevant that they are two individuals, and irrelevant whether the one on the right is circumcised or retracted. Instead of deleting the images, you should edit the caption. —Stephen (talk) 21:40, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

One image exists of circumcised in both a flaccid and erect state. The other, contentious, image purports to show un-circumcised in the flaccid and erect state. The un-circumcised erection is disputed, we have no evidence that the image is as it purports to be (or as in the other pairing a single unique individual). We have anecdotal evidence that such a state, an erection with no foreskin whatsoever is neither likely nor the norm. Therefore, as a challenged image with a relevant basis the image requires a supporting ref. And, hence, its removal. 99.141.241.60 (talk) 21:45, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

I can barely understand your English. The image on the right is erect with no visible prepuce. That is what it is and that is what the caption attempts to say. I have no idea what you are disputing or what reference you are requesting. —Stephen (talk) 21:51, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

The image on the right, "erect with no visible prepuce" does not appear to be an un-circumcised penis. The image caption's claim to be otherwise is disputed.99.141.241.60 (talk) 21:56, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

I still cannot understand what you are trying to say. You seem to dispute something in the caption. Please cite the particular words that you disagree with and then restate them the way you think the caption should read. —Stephen (talk) 22:04, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm not arguing for a re-write. It would be the encyclopedically accurate "Image on left is a flaccid and uncircumcised penis. Image on right is an erect penis. It appears likely it is circumcised." The image is useless for our article there, and the current caption is unsupported and disputed. Other images are available, including the Wiki commons image here earlier.99.141.241.60 (talk) 22:15, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

I see you've re-written the caption. What is your basis for claiming that "the foreskin is retracted"? Whose to say any foreskin exists? How do we know it's not circumcised?99.141.241.60 (talk) 22:19, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

It is not about foreskins or circumcision, it is about erection. As I said before, it is irrelevant whether it is circumcised or retracted, it is only to show the state of erection. I put retracted because that, to the best of my ability, was what I believed you were attempting to say. If you don’t like the word "retracted", describe it in another way. If you have better images showing flaccid and erect states with prepuce, replace the image. The caption can be fixed or the images can be replaced. —Stephen (talk) 22:29, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Done. 99.141.241.60 (talk) 22:32, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

I think you have to have both flaccid and erect together as in the earlier image. Otherwise it’s just a penis. —Stephen (talk) 22:46, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

"I think you have to have both flaccid and erect together as in the earlier image." We already have that in the image lower down the page, showing the states of circumcised. The image you've re-written is not a trusty source for the two states of un-circumcised, ideally we need an image that is. The one I removed just has no purpose, it's not like the other image, it's just an untrustworthy mishmash.99.141.241.60 (talk) 23:58, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Just a thought, but might it be possible to continue this discussion on one of your Talk pages? Or the Talk page for the article, even? Thanks. Anaxial (talk) 18:20, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Pending changes/Straw poll on interim usage

Hi. As you recently commented in the straw poll regarding the ongoing usage and trial of Pending changes, this is to notify you that there is an interim straw poll with regard to keeping the tool switched on or switching it off while improvements are worked on and due for release on November 9, 2010. This new poll is only in regard to this issue and sets no precedent for any future usage. Your input on this issue is greatly appreciated. Off2riorob (talk) 23:27, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Reply on uncivility

Hi there ANAXIAL, VASCO from Portugal here,

regarding this message you sent to my anon IP (see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:217.129.65.5#September_2010), i can only say the following: please have a quick glance at this discussion, you will see how frustrating it was to deal with the user i (unduly, i admit it) insulted (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football/Archive_45#User:Zombie433).

As you can see, i have an account, and rest assured, i am a well-intended user, not a vandal, just have to work on my manners (a lot!). Cheers, keep it up - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 20:54, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Rollback

Why don't you apply to become a rollbacker? —Waterfox (talk) 21:29, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

I already have Twinkle, which has all the rollback functionality I require, so I don't really see the need, to be honest. Thanks for the recommendation, though. Anaxial (talk) 23:45, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

User talk:68.167.83.210

Hi, I'm wondering if you could block User talk:68.167.83.210 for repeated and ongoing vandalism on Toni Braxton re your last warning message. Thanks Span (talk) 20:01, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

I didn't warn him about vandalism, I warned him that he was getting close to the 3RR limit - which, indeed, he has since stopped short of breaking. Of course, that doesn't give him the right to vandalise the page (if indeed that's what he's doing), but you'd have to report that yourself at WP:AIV once he's had sufficient warnings about it, or at somewhere like WP:ANI if it's something other than vandalism. Better yet, engage him on the Talk page, if he's willing to discuss his edits - and I note that this does look more like some sort of dispute over sources than deliberate addition of false information on his part. Anaxial (talk) 22:07, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for your contribution to the article... Bat! Chrisrus (talk) 18:08, 30 October 2010 (UTC);

...Hell pig! Chrisrus (talk) 18:59, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Your warning about edits to Siula Grande

Dear Anaxial,

I most humbly request you to READ before undoing edits and posting warnings on talk pages. The edit that you "undid" was an "undo" edit to revert vandalism. Just because I don't login, doesn't mean my edit is incorrect.

Here is why:

22:40, 1 November 2010 168.156.43.239 (talk) (4,457 bytes) .... The vandalism edit Which says "1936 July 28 North Ridge by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Erwin Schneider from Germany."

17:58, 4 November 2010 117.195.211.24 (talk) (4,451 bytes) (Undid revision 394263717 by 168.156.43.239 (talk))... This was my edit, which was nothing more than an undo of the last edit above

Then you undid this... so if you really think Arnold Schwarzenegger climbed the fucking mountain, then best of luck as a Wikipedia editor.

How long have you been editing? You depend on automated tools to determine if an edit was vandalism or not, and then post warnings too? This irrational discrimination against Anon posts, is what made me hang my shoes and stop logging in, long before you came to know about Wikipedia's existence.

-Vikas (--117.195.211.24 (talk) 19:54, 4 November 2010 (UTC))

You're being discussed at the 3RR noticeboard

Hello Anaxial. Please see WP:AN3#User:Anaxial reported by User:117.195.211.24 (Result: ). You may add your own comment there if you wish. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 23:20, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Anthony Fennell

Is a skilled actor and a fine comedian. His article should not be deleted as it will soon grow once his show is released on tv within the next six months. He writes a lot of material for more commercial comedians that deserves more credability. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Actingsociety (talk • contribs) 14:22, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

You need to make that argument at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Anthony_fennell, not here. Otherwise, there's a danger your voice won't be heard. Anaxial (talk) 14:24, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Removing old templates

Pretty sure getting rid of tagcruft is covered in WP:PRESERVE. -- 67.98.206.2 (talk) 22:31, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Actually, I believe WP:PRESERVE says the opposite; that problems should be fixed where possible, and tagged if they can't be. It doesn't say (at least by my reading) that if a problem is left unfixed for a long period of time, the tag can be removed. The issue in this case was that the maintenance tag still applied, and therefore should not have been removed without fixing the problem to which it referred. Anaxial (talk) 22:14, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Kevin Trudeau

I agree with your rejection of the phrase "con man" in the lede, but it's not unsourced. The article has many sources for convictions, jail time and civil settlements establishing Trudeau's involvement in pyramid schemes, credit card fraud, false and misleading marketing claims, and pushing junk science for financial profit.

Also, he's included in the WP list of real life con artists.

Because it's amply sourced and reported in the body of the article, and described sufficiently in the lede, I agree with your reversion on WP:BLP grounds. But I think I'd lean on WP:WEIGHT rather than WP:RS. "Con man" is reliably sourced, unless there's some nuanced distinction between "con man" and "con artist" I'm not getting.

I know I'm picking at nits. But the page needs a lot more BLP attention. I hope to avoid wikilawyering about the reliability of the sources when the real problem, even with oodles of reliable sources, is the potential for giving those sourced derogatory facts undue weight in the bio of a living person.

I'm planning to try to do some more copy-editing on the page over the next month. I expect pushback from editors like the one you just reverted. I'll welcome reality checks from other editors concerned about BLP policy. I have no corner on the wisdom market. Hell, some days, I'm pretty sure I don't even have a stall there. Happy editing, David in DC (talk) 22:03, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Announcement

Hello! I'm The Arbiter, one of the coordinators for WikiProject Zoo. I am proud to announce the launch of a new portal: Portal:Zoos and Aquariums! ZooPro, ZooFari, and I worked hard to create a new portal for information on zoos, aquariums, and the associated projects and articles on Wikipedia. If you could head on over, take a look at our work, and maybe learn some more about zoos and Wikiproject Zoo, it would be great! Cheers and Happy Editing!

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of The Arbiter (talk) at 03:36, 14 December 2010 (UTC).

Hercule Poirot is french

I made an edit to an article from Begalian to french and you say its vandalism? Why? 90.200.233.212 (talk) 23:10, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Because it isn't true. If you have sources that say it is true, by all means cite them in the article, as I said in my message on your talk page. Anaxial (talk) 23:12, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism#What_is_not_vandalism that isn't vandalism.

"Misinformation, accidental A user who, in good faith, adds content to an article that is factually inaccurate but in the belief that it is accurate is trying to contribute to and improve Wikipedia, not vandalize it. If you believe inaccurate information has been added to an article in good faith, remove it once you are certain it is inaccurate, or discuss its factuality with the user who has added it." 90.200.233.212 (talk) 23:17, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

The notice I placed on your page simply states that your edit appeared to have added incorrect information to the article. That's an accurate statement, and the edit would have had to be reverted anyway. Anaxial (talk) 23:22, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Yes but I noticed the thing in page history, "Reverted 2 edits by 90.200.233.212 (talk) identified as vandalism to last revision by Siepe. using TW" 90.200.233.212 (talk) 23:32, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Fantastic Four

The death of (at least) one of the Fantastic Four has been hyped up for MONTHS now. The fact that it still doesn't have a single mention on the Fantastic Four page, the day before the comic's release, is ridiculous. I didn't source it properly and I don't know exactly what would be a reliable source here, or what the proper way to cite it would be, but a quick Google search can prove that I'm not just pulling this out of my arse. I'm not going to repost what I posted before, but you should probably add back that information in some form, with whatever sources are deemed adequate here on Wikipedia. 74.88.212.242 (talk) 01:37, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm not suggesting its vandalism, but this sort of thing (like anything on Wikipedia, really) does need a source, especially since it hasn't actually happened yet. If it's been reported everywhere, I don't see how it can be difficult to find somewhere reliable that mentions it.Anaxial (talk) 06:03, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Lancashire

dear anaxial you said my edits appear to be incorrect well i just want to tell you they are not.they are 100% correct. if you carry on removing my edits i will use a more correct source of informaton,because if wikipedia believes that Greater Manchester is a county they arenot only wrong but really unuseful.Greater Manchester is not a County. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.8.193.141 (talk) 20:02, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

You're confusing me with someone else. I only reverted your edit stating that Bolton is 1,500 feet above sea level, which you failed to provide a citation for. If you have a citation, all you need to do is provide it in the article. On the other hand, if you do have a concern with the accuracy of the Greater Manchester article, the best place to have that discussion would be on that article's talk page - it has nothing to do with me. Anaxial (talk) 20:10, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

anaxial i am really sorry,i thought you meant to correct me about Counties,sorry about that i hope ive not affended you,your right about the height above sea level i know it would be aout 1,500 i know its in the West Pennine Moors,so it is high up.sorry about before

No problem. Anaxial (talk) 20:23, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Anyonomous

I didnt know how to type in messages so sorry to whoevers i just deleted

Why did you say my edit to the 2nd lady page vandalizim?

You changed the meaning of the first line of the article to refer to something other than the topic of the article. Anaxial (talk) 21:06, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Aardvark

To quote the guideline:

"This page documents an English Wikipedia content guideline. It is a generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though it is best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply"

I understand your concern for rules and the purity of the project, but this happens to be a rather good informative link.

μηδείς (talk) 21:41, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

My edit has been reverted now by someone else, so I'll say consensus is against me on this one, and leave it at that :) Anaxial (talk) 22:01, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

My first impulse on seeing youtube was to delete the link myself, but after watching it I found it innocuous and informative. μηδείς (talk) 22:11, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Aardvark and Cetacea taxoboxes

Looks good! I'm glad Erik was able to assist you with fixing these and apologize for the inconveniences at Aardvark and Cetacea. While these inconsistencies are nearly satisfyingly rare, there are the occasional exceptions that require some discussion. The ultimate goal with the automation is to make taxonomic revisions faster and easier to control across the entire wiki at once rather than hundreds of articles remaining outdated, so I'm glad you were willing to work through this rather than just reverting it. Bob the WikipediaN ^{(talk • contribs)} 00:39, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Article

Hello! Your submission of Article at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Drmies (talk) 06:01, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm pasting the template here for ease of use. The hook as it is is fine and I've verified it with the article in Mammalian Species, but I wanted to propose an addition or two. Please look at the DYK page and see what you think. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 06:01, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Anaxial, I'm sorry--in all the busynesse of work and other things I forgot about your beautiful moths. I've proposed a modified hook. If you think it's too saucy, we'll go with ALT 1 (that's yours, right?). Again, my apologies, Drmies (talk) 00:59, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Silver-tipped Myotis

On 14 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Silver-tipped Myotis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that female Silver-tipped Myotis bats are able to store sperm in their bodies for up to three months after mating? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 08:14, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

GOCE / Mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 backlog elimination drive

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter.

Participation

So far, 79 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 64 have participated. Interest is high due to a link to our event from the Watchlist page, and many new and first-time copy editors have joined us for the drive. If you signed up for the drive but haven't participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the Requests page. We have assisted in the promotion of seven articles to Good article status so far this month.

Progress report

We have already achieved our target of reducing the overall backlog by 10%; however, we have more work to do with the 2009 backlog. We have almost eliminated May 2009 and we only have some 700 articles left from 2009. It is excellent progress, so let's concentrate our fire power on the remaining months from 2009. Thank you for participating in the March 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success!

Utahraptor resigns

The Utahraptor ^{Talk to me} has decided to step down from his position as project coordinator due to real-life issues.

Your drive coordinators – S Masters (talk), Diannaa ^(Talk) and Tea with toast (Talk)

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 04:40, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat

On 24 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that female Sundevall's Roundleaf Bats (pictured) have a large pair of false teats, whose only function may be to give their young something to hold on to? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:02, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Adelaide

Look Mate, Do you live in Adelaide?

I do. So back off with your unconstructive edits.

I don't think the contention that racially offensive terms [5] should be preferred in demographic statistics for urban areas is particularly defensible.Anaxial (talk) 11:39, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

You are obviously a dork. Get a woman. Get a life. And get real. By the way, You should edit your own posts. Your pettiness is exceeded only by your grammatical retardation.

GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 backlog elimination drive report

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating in the March 2011 drive! This newsletter summarizes the March drive and other recent events.

Participation

There were 99 signups for the drive; of these, 70 participated. Interest was high mainly due to a link to our event from the Watchlist page. We had a record-breaking 84 articles listed on the Requests page in March; 11 of these have been promoted to Good article status so far. Several of our recent efforts have received Featured Article status as well, and the GOCE is becoming a solid resource for the Wikipedia community. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog.

Progress report

Remarkable progress was made in reducing the backlog this month, as we now have fewer than 500 articles remaining from 2009. We are well under the 4,000-article mark for the total number remaining in the queue. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 53% of the backlog. A complete list of results and barnstars awarded can be found here. Barnstars will be distributed over the next week. If you enjoyed participating in our event, you may also like to join the Wikification drives, which are held on alternate months to our drives. Their April drive has started.

New coodinators

On March 21, SMasters appointed Chaosdruid (talk) and Torchiest (talk) as Guild coordinators to serve in place of The Utahraptor, who recently stepped down. Please feel free to contact any coordinator if you have any questions or need assistance.

Your drive coordinators – S Masters (talk), Diannaa ^(Talk) and Tea with toast (Talk)

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 14:33, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

March barnstars

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		This barnstar is awarded to Anaxial for copy edits totalling 63,372 words during the March backlog elimination drive. Thank you for all your help! Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:33, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

		Leaderboard Award – Article Count – 2nd Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Anaxial for copy editing an impressive 71 articles during the WP:GOCE March 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you so much for your efforts. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:33, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

		Leaderboard Award – Word Count – 5th Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Anaxial for 5th place, word count (63,372 words) during the WP:GOCE March 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you so much for participating. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:33, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tasmanian Pygmy Possum

On 15 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tasmanian Pygmy Possum, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Tasmanian pygmy possum is the world's smallest species of possum? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Citation suggestion

In case you haven't already seen this, please check out User:Diberri's Wikipedia template filling tool (instructions). Given a PubMed ID, one can quickly produce a full citation that can be copied and pasted into a Wikipedia article. If you want to include the citation "in-line", be sure that the "add ref tag" option of the template tool is turned on. If you want to include a reference in the further reading section, the "add ref tag" option should be left off. For example:

<ref name="isbn1-84110-100-1">{{cite book | author = Kumarasen C, Anthony S-Y L | title = Manual of diagnostic antibodies for immunohistology | edition = | language = | publisher = Greenwich Medical Media | location = London | year = 2003 | pages = 59-60 | quote = | isbn = 1-84110-100-1 }}</ref>

Cheers. Boghog (talk) 20:06, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, but I'm not really clear what the advantage of this would be. And what if I don't have a PubMed ID, or can't figure out how to get one? Anaxial (talk) 21:36, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

The advantage of the tool is that it can save you a lot of work and the citation templates produced insures that are citations are displayed in a consistent manner. The tool works with ISBN numbers (which you included in the book citation you added, you can find these at amazon.com for example.) The tool also works with PMIDs for scientific articles which you can find by searching PubMed. Boghog (talk) 12:18, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Ah, so you're saying that I got the formation of the citation wrong? That's possible, since I don't often edit biomedical articles. If you could explain what I did wrong, I'll do my best to change it. Thanks again for bringing this to my attention. Anaxial (talk) 21:57, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Algerian mouse

On 29 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Algerian mouse, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, unlike the closely related house mouse, the wild Algerian mouse clears away its own droppings? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

The Guild of Copy Editors – May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive

The Guild of Copy Editors invite you to participate in the May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive began on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this backlog elimination drive are to eliminate as many articles as possible from the 2009 backlog and to reduce the overall backlog by 15%. ! NEW ! In an effort to encourage the final elimination of all 2009 articles, we will be tracking them on the leaderboard for this drive.

Awards and barnstars
A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants. Some are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.

We look forward to meeting you on the drive! Your GOCE coordinators: SMasters, Diannaa, Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest

You are receiving a copy of this newsletter as you are a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, or have participated in one of our drives. If you do not wish to receive future newsletters, please add you name here. Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 07:03, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Margaret Henderson

Hi,

I notice that you copyedited Margaret Henderson as part of the copyediting drive. You might have noticed that the original article was created by a relative, and as such included many unverifiable facts and eulogised constructions not suitable for an encyclopaedic entry. I have excised these and given the article a complete rewrite, with appropriate emphasis. --Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 03:01, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

I noticed that it was poorly referenced, but it was already tagged to that effect, so I concentrated on the copyediting - and removing the more obvious POV statements. Was that insufficient? I can remove it from my word count, if you feel that the fact you needed another rewrite would make that appropriate. Anaxial (talk) 20:54, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

I think since it is such a short article that no penalty should be assessed. Please review the extra work Ohconfucius did on the artice and the rationale given above. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:26, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm not challenging the wordcount nor the copyedit work per se. As I said above, I was a little surprised to see the eulogy, which I prefer to see cleanly and aggressively removed – but that's strictly clean-up work. --Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 02:43, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive update

Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive update

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter.

Participation

So far, 54 people have signed up for the drive, and 33 are actively participating. If you signed up for the drive but have not participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you have not signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now. If you have questions about getting started, feel free to talk to us. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the Requests page. We currently have 17 articles awaiting edit.

Progress report

We are making slow progress on achieving our target of reducing the overall backlog by 15%; in order to accomplish this goal we will need to complete about 400 more articles. However, we are making good progress on the 2009 backlog, as we have eliminated over half of the articles from 2009 that were present at the start of the drive. Let's concentrate our fire power on the remaining months from 2009; leaderboard awards will be handed out for 2009 articles this drive. Thank you for participating in the May 2011 drive. We hope it will be another success!

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GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive report

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating!

Participation

There were 63 signups for the drive; of these, 45 participated. Although we did not award a bonus for articles from the Requests page this drive, we are not experiencing lengthy delays in getting the articles processed. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog.

Progress report

During the month of May we reduced the backlog by approximately 10%, and made remarkable progress on eliminating articles tagged from 2009. There are now only 15 articles left, down from the 415 that were present when the drive started. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 54% of the backlog. A complete list of results and barnstars awarded can be found here. Barnstars will be distributed over the next week. If you enjoyed participating in our event, you may also like to join the Wikification drives, which are held on alternate months to our drives. Their June drive has started.

Coodinator election

The six-month term for our first tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the second tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page.

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May GOCE barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This Barnstar is awarded to Anaxial for copy edits totalling over 20,000 words during the GOCE May copy edit drive. Thank you very much! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 02:03, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Re:

If next time I edit, should I cite the source if something is not my own? What is a sandbox? Ribonucleicacid563 (talk) 10:49, 6 June 2011 (UTC)Ribonucleicacid563

About animals & formats of citations

So you learned a lot about animals and edit articles regarding any kind of animal? If the citation is a book citation, what format should I use for book citations? Format for web citations? Ribonucleicacid563 03:34, 12 June 2011 (UTC)Ribonucleicacid563

Thanks...

...for your contribution to the article Capra (genus). Readers like me may now understand the difference between sheep and goats! Chrisrus (talk) 15:30, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Finnish parliamentary election 2011, give your thoughts...

Hi! Seems like you've been involved in writing about the US elections. Therefore, I'd like to hear your thoughts on the talk page of the article Finnish parliamentary election, 2011. To the point: I re-wrote the first sentence of the article, because I thought it was somewhat poor English. Afterwards, my edits have been reverted, on (IMO) dubious grounds... I'd like to hear your opinion! :) Regards. -- Frous (talk) 05:32, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Southwestern pygmy possum

On 21 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Southwestern pygmy possum, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Southwestern pygmy possum can give birth just two days after weaning a previous litter, even though this requires dramatic changes to her mammary glands? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:04, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Cape dune mole rat

On 2 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cape dune mole rat, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Cape dune mole rat can excavate up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) of soil in a month? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 16:02, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive invitation

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

The latest GOCE backlog elimination drive is under way! It began on 1 July and so far 18 people have signed up to help us reduce the number of articles in need of copyediting.

This drive will give a 50% bonus for articles edited from the GOCE requests page. Although we have cleared the backlog of 2009 articles there are still 3,935 articles needing copyediting and any help, no matter how small, would be appreciated.

We are appealing to all GOCE members, and any other editors who wish to participate, to come and help us reduce the number of articles needing copyediting, as well as the backlog of requests. If you have not signed up yet, why not take a look at the current signatories and help us by adding your name and copyediting a few articles. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words".

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DYK for Bushy-tailed olingo

On 12 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bushy-tailed olingo, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the bushy-tailed olingo (pictured) can produce a foul-smelling liquid from its anal scent glands when alarmed, despite being more closely related to a raccoon than a skunk? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:02, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors July 2011 backlog elimination drive update

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors July 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter.

Participation

So far, 45 people have signed up for the drive, of which 30 are actively participating, a very high participation rate. If you have not signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now. If you have questions about getting started, feel free to talk to us.

Progress report

Progress has been less than that needed to meet our target for the drive (which would reduce the backlog by about 400 articles). Remember though, if everyone copy edits one or two articles every day, we will easily meet our goal. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the Requests page. Reducing the number of articles on this list has been a major success of this drive. Thanks for participating!

Your drive coordinators – Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02 and SMasters

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GOCE drive report

Guild of Copy Editors July 2011 backlog elimination drive report

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors July 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Here is your end-of-drive report.

Participation

50 people signed up for the drive, of which 39 participated. Thanks to all who copy edited articles and helped us reduce the backlogs in both the total articles and requests. We offered a bonus for copy edits from the Requests page, and have been somewhat successful in reducing that backlog, as a record 89 new requests were received in the month of July.

Progress report

During the month of July we reduced the backlog by 338 articles, or by about 8.5%. We did not reach our goal of a 10% reduction, but we came close, and did very well considering the small size of the group participating. Since our Backlog elimination drives began in May 2010, we have reduced the backlog by 4,708 articles. End-of-drive results can be found here. We will be handing out barnstars within the next week or two.

Requests page

Please remember that the GOCE Requests page is receiving a high number of requests, with the number of August requests already above three per day. Any assistance to help keep the backlog down would be greatly appreciated.

Our next drive will be in September. We hope to see you there!

Your drive coordinators – Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02 and SMasters

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Guild of Copy Editors barnstar

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		For copy editing 32,947 words during the July 2011 Guild of Copy Editors Backlog elimination drive, you get The Old School League of Copy Editors Barnstar. The Utahraptor ^Talk/_Contribs 23:20, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination for The Naked Monster

Perhaps you might revisit the article and the DYK nomination? Keeping in mind your concerns toward "copyediting for spelling and mangled sentences", I and others have been working on it,[6] and I believe issues have been addressed to satisfaction. Thanks, Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 01:53, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK nom for Elliot's short-tailed shrew

Hi Anaxial, I have reviewed your nom for Elliot's short-tailed shrew at Template talk:Did you know/Elliot's short-tailed shrew and I have one quick suggestion. Could you give feedback at the nom page? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:27, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Elliot's short-tailed shrew

On 14 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Elliot's short-tailed shrew, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the eyelids of some Elliot's short-tailed shrews are permanently closed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/Elliot's short-tailed shrew.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

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The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their September 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy editing backlog. The drive will begin on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles in the backlog, as we want to copy edit as many of those as possible. Please consider copy editing an article that was tagged in 2010. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". See you at the drive! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters.

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DYK for Northern tamandua

On 30 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Northern tamandua, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the northern tamandua eats up to nine thousand ants and termites per day? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Northern tamandua.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 00:03, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	For revealing the Northern tamandua to be a greedy bastard. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:13, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

September barnstar

		The Modest Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Anaxial for copy editing articles totalling over 4000 words during the GOCE September copy edit drive. Thank you for participating! Dianna (talk) 04:48, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2011 backlog elimination drive report

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors September 2011 Backlog elimination drive! We would like to thank all who participated in this drive. Here is the end-of-drive report.

Participation

There were 58 editors who signed-up for this drive, of which 42 participated. This is a slight increase from the July 2011 drive participation, where 39 out of 50 people that signed up participated. Thank you to everyone!

Progress report

During the drive, we reduced the backlog by 146 articles, or by about 4%. Overall we did well, especially considering the exceptionally large number of articles that were tagged during September. Thus far we have reduced the copy edit backlog by 4854 articles, or by about 58%. If we keep up our current rate of copy editing, the backlog should be reduced by 65–70% by the end of this year. End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here. Barnstars will be handed out this week.

Once again, thank you for participating in the Guild's September 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Our next drive will be in November, and we hope to see you there!

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Angry Island mouse

Just FYI, reviewed your DYK nomination of Angel Island mouse, which I first read as Angry Island mouse (see above header). IvoShandor (talk) 23:58, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Angel Island mouse

On 18 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Angel Island mouse, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the entire population of Angel Island mice on the island of Estanque in the Gulf of California may have been killed by a single domestic cat in a period of just two years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Angel Island mouse.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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vandalism - Old World monkey

Hi Anaxial , I've noticed that you've reverted an edit to Old World monkey by User:208.111.239.105 which you marked "AGF". Please be aware that this appears to be the latest work of a serial IP vandal - I've described some of his past history here. Part of this vandal's MO is to insert spurious scientific classifications - in this case, he assigned a fictitious subspecies name (of a South-east Asian monkey species) to a legendary Aztec creature! Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 05:05, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Delacour's langur

On 25 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Delacour's langur, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, largely due to hunting for traditional medicine, fewer than 250 Delacour's langurs are believed to remain in the wild? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Delacour's langur.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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You seem like a great person to tell me if I edited incorrectly.

I saw you were the most recent editor on Brush Script before I made a change to an external link as well as being a long time editor. Could you double-check the edit I made and let me know what I did right/wrong? I'd like to help with making small cleanup edits as I see them, but the task has always seemed daunting as I don't want to create even more that needs to be cleaned up.

Thanks

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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report

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We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2011. Read all about these in the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report.

Highlights

Membership grows to 764 editors, an increase of 261
Report on coordinators' elections
Around 1,000 articles removed through six Backlog elimination drives
Guild Plans for 2012
Requests page report
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Requests for comment/Uncivil

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Thieffry Metro Station named after Vietnamese beauty

Hey there,

sorry, I'm new to (the editing of) Wikipedia.

What would you consider a reliable source?

[I'm the guy who changed the article about Thieffry Metro Station yesterday - just with a new dynamic-range IP]

Best regards, Jones — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.183.126.235 (talk) 06:25, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

(Responding here since you'e not using a single IP). The guidelines at WP:RS and WP:V should give you an idea of what's required - essentially, you need a reliable, published, third party source. Wikitravel does not count because it is circular and a facebook page does not count because it is self-published. Furthermore, the source should actually support the claim being made. Presumably you have gained this information from somewhere - where was that? Anaxial (talk) 09:07, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for answering. I read it in some kind of magazine, I don't remember which one. 84.183.126.235 (talk) 11:10, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Did you get that backwards? I do that occasionally. Cheers! Jim1138 (talk) 20:37, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Odd. It's either that or I hit something at the wrong time. Certainly not an intentional edit on my part! Anaxial (talk) 21:06, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

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Old World monkey

Why no infraclass? I had reverted most of Y12J's edits of this nature, but left this one since it follows the rule of thumb. - UtherSRG (talk) 04:23, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

I believe the standard is only major except include all of the minor between the subject and the major taxa just above the subject. Since the next major taxa above the superfamily is Order, by your thinking suborder would come out as well. I'll restore infraorder. Cheers! - UtherSRG (talk) 06:55, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

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Pardofelis vs. Catopuma

Hi Anaxial, and first, thanks for your dogged and ceaseless work lo these many years on the Felidae articles. Your contributions are invaluable to the improvement of these pages.

Regarding the subject issue... at some point, "we" need to resolve the species classification of the bay cat, marbled cat, and Asian golden cat on the Felidae and Felinae pages. The species lists in both these articles place only the marbled cat in Pardofelis, with the other two in Catopuma. Is there any zoological/taxonomic consensus on placing all of them in Pardofelis? Does this need to be discussed somewhere, or can "we" just achieve concurrence amongst all the articles, perhaps with a note or something outlining the "evolving" or "disputed" classification of these cats?

I'd appreciate your thoughts on this when you have a moment. Cheers... --Seduisant (talk) 14:37, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

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Fauna names

What determines if a word retains a capital, like Indian in Small Indian Civet? CMD (talk) 01:10, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

GOCE March drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! This is the most successful drive we have had for quite a while. Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter.

Participation

Of the 70 people who signed up for this drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Special acknowledgement goes out to Lfstevens, who did over 200 articles, most of them in the last third of the drive, and topped all three leaderboard categories. You're a superstar! Stfg and others have been pre-checking the articles for quality and conformance to Wikipedia guidelines; some have been nominated for deletion or had some preliminary clean-up done to help make the copy-edit process more fun and appealing. Thanks to all who helped get those nasty last few articles out of the target months.

Progress report

During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—October, November, and December 2010—from the queue, and have now eliminated all the 2010 articles from our list. We were able to complete 500 articles this month! End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here.

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Dispute resolution survey

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cyberterrorism

hi anaxial,

i would love to get into a conversation with you about cyberterrorism because i believe i have a unique and unusual view on the subject.

thank you, lynn — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.69.96.202 (talk) 22:05, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

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Science lovers wanted!

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GOCE May mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter

Participation: Out of 49 people signed up for this drive so far, 26 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!

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GOCE May drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up

Participation: Out of 54 people who signed up this drive, 32 copy-edited at least one article. Last drive's superstar, Lfstevens, again stood out, topping the leader board in all three categories and copy-editing over 700 articles. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: We were once again successful in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog—while removing 1166 articles from the queue, the second-most in our history. The total backlog currently sits at around 2600 articles, down from 8323 when we started out just over two years ago.

Coodinator election: The six-month term for our third tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the fourth tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg

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DYK nomination of Pale spear-nosed bat

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GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

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DYK for Pale spear-nosed bat

On 24 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pale spear-nosed bat, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that pale spear-nosed bats (pictured) have up to twenty different calls, a similar vocal repertoire to many non-human primates? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pale spear-nosed bat. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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A bowl of strawberries for you!

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Mobile Phone Virus

I pressed the wrong button, I meant to press "show Preview" but pressed save because it is next to it. I didn't know what to do so I ran away. 92.39.194.154 (talk) 20:03, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

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Adam Goldenberg

Hi there: Earlier today you (quite rightly) restored an AfD template to the above-captioned article. I'm hoping you can help me work out what needs to happen to it. I think what's happened is that an IP editor attempted to open an AfD on the article and then was unable to complete it, since IPs cannot; the IP apparently added a brief note to the article's talk page, as the template suggests, and then left the article in disarray (and left a line in today's AfD listings that is a redlink). I was going to go ahead and delete the AfD template but the line on the talk page has left me not knowing whether this is appropriate or not, especially since I can't decide if the article should be AfD'd. Any thoughts you have on this matter -- or perhaps bold actions -- would be appreciated. Ubelowme _U ^Me 22:50, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Since you wrote the above, a discussion has begun at AFD, so it's no longer appropriate to delete the template. You may, of course, which to participate in the discussion (linked from the template). Anaxial (talk) 18:51, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Many thanks for your kind attention to this -- I'm happy to let it run its course. Ubelowme _U ^Me 18:59, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Cape mole rat

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Spoilers?

Sorry I do not know how t use a talk page I could not find instructions.

Exposing magic does not belong on wikipedia. Below is the wikipedia definitions of a spolier.

A spoiler is a piece of information in an article about a narrative work (such as a book, feature film, television show or video game) that reveals plot events or twists, and thus may "spoil" the experience for any reader who learns details of the plot in this way rather than in the work itself.

The method to a magic trick is not its plot. It is not a twist. They are not intended to be known by anyone but someone that is performing the magic trick, or by someone that has the necessary tools and equipment to perform the illusion. Hundreds of thousands of dollars go into designing and building illusions. Most illusons cost $5,000 or more to purchase. Some illusions cost more than $25,000. Months and years of practice and rehearsal go into preparing an trick or illusion for audiences. By leaving methods out in the open, it makes it harder for magicians and illusionists to entertain, and their hard work goes to waste. If people do not want to be entertained by magic, they have no reason to know the methods to tricks and illusions.

Plain and simple. Methods do NOT belong on wikipedia. If someone wants to know how a trick or illusion is done, they can go out and buy the trick or prop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Q642a (talk • contribs) 20:54, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Whether or not is a spoiler, it is referenced information, published in the public domain, and, for that reason, should not be deleted. If they didn't want it to be known, they shouldn't have published it in a book for anyone to read. Once that has happened, WP is fully entitled to repeat the information (so long as it isn't libellous, which clearly doesn't apply in this situation). Anaxial (talk) 21:02, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Doesn't matter if it is published or not. Published books are copyrighted, and are published for MAGICIANS. WP is NOT entitled to reveal secrets to magic tricks, and neither are you. Unless you have written permission from the person that designed the trick or illusio Wikipedia will have NO right to repeat information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Q642a (talk • contribs) 21:06, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Not true; WP has every right to repeat published information. It's not a violation of copyright unless it's a verbatim copy, or a close paraphrase, in which case, yes, it should be altered (not removed). According to WP:CENSOR, "Wikipedia will not remove content because of the internal bylaws of some organizations that forbid information about the organization to be displayed online." While this is a profession, not an organisation, the same principle applies. Anaxial (talk) 21:21, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

It does not matter what wikipedia says, it has no right to publish secrets to magic tricks. Why doesn't wikipedia publish recipes for people to make home made generic medicine? You have absolutely no argument. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Q642a (talk • contribs) 21:28, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

If you wish to change WP policy, I would advise you to take out an RfC. There's nothing further I can do on that front. Anaxial (talk) 21:39, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

It has nothing to do with policy, it has to do with respect for the lives and careers of others, which you have NONE. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Q642a (talk • contribs) 21:41, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

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Giant peccary move

Thank You for moving Giant Peccary. Will you be fixing all the now-redirected links or will other users have to it? Outback the koala (talk) 18:37, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

see [7]. Outback the koala (talk) 18:37, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Any double redirects should be fixed automatically (if, indeed, there were any), but, yeah, the regular ones will remain on the system unless someone else chooses to change them - although they'll still work, so it's not a great problem. There were, after all, a similar number previously pointing to giant peccary and being redirected to the capitalised version. So, swings and roundabouts, really. Anaxial (talk) 18:52, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Deer

Hi, Thanks for your comment explaining why you had removed my edit. I did not provide a citation because I looked for guidance through the rest of the article, and saw that similar words such as "buck", "doe", "stag", "bull", "cow", "herd" and "fawn" were not given a citation. Looking closer, I see that this is not consistent, and that "hind" and "hart" are cited from the OED online. I do not have access to this, and all my books are in storage, but having had a quick look online could cite from, say, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/havier?s=t or http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Havier. I don't know whether these are acceptable sources? Thanks for your guidance on this. OnHawkspur (talk) 21:57, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

They're good enough for me. Anaxial (talk) 18:15, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

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Ginger ale

The source is in the talk page, hence I was bold and made the edit even though I have not figured out how to make citations. /BP 81.225.216.15 (talk) 22:51, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Exact link is http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/jf02/canadianfoodfirsts.asp , about halfway down the page. /BP 81.225.216.15 (talk) 23:02, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Seems you've already dealt with that, now, so that's great. Thanks! Anaxial (talk) 06:47, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

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Sword of Marathon

The novel 'Sword of Marathon' is a complete description of the Battle of Marathon, however in the form of a novel. To my mind this makes it perfectly suitable to place on a Wikipedia page called 'Battle of Marathon'. I think it is valid that it appears somewhere on this page. Where would you think most appropriate? Or should I create a new section entitled 'Novels based on the Battle of Marathon'. There are about three, that I know of. I would put all three in this new section.

For instance, on the 'Battle of Thermopylae' Wiki page, there is a 'See Also' section, which contains a link to this novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_of_Fire . Perhaps I should create a 'See Also' section, to mirror the 'Battle of Thermopylae' page? Let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JackEngland (talk • contribs) 13:52, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Also, forgive my lack of Wikipedia formatting knowledge. It was as much as I could do to get this far. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JackEngland (talk • contribs) 13:48, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

My concern is that the page you linked to only seems to be selling a copy of the book, and doesn't actually provide any information on the battle itself. A section on fictional depictions of the battle would be perfectly reasonable, IMO, so long as you provide references (to reviews of the books, say) rather than links to where you can buy them - that's considered spam, unfortunately, and will only get deleted. Anaxial (talk) 13:53, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for that - It might be best if I create a Wiki page for my new novel, such as the one on 'Gates of Fire' above, which provides the detail you would like to see above, also one on myself, as the author, in the manner of the page on Neal Stephenson, and then use those Wiki pages to link to. I will try to avoid any accusations of spam, once I've figured out how to decently edit and create Wiki pages. I will try to follow the style of the similar series of linked articles on the 'Battle of Thermopylae', to create a sense of consistency. I've used about ten different non-fiction books as references, to make my fictional account as accurate as possible. Will also wait until some reviews start appearing, for this new novel, which should be over the next few weeks. Right, now I've got to learn how to create a Wiki article! :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by JackEngland (talk • contribs) 14:41, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

I've put some links on your talk page; hopefully you'll find them helpful. If you're intending to write about yourself, you'll probably also find this page useful. Anaxial (talk) 14:54, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks :-) JackEngland (talk) 21:06, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

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I am sorry I did not leave an edit summary, but the content i removed concerns Acipense Sinensis the Chinese Sturgeon not Acipencer Dabryanus the Dabry's Sturgeon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.212.232.67 (talk) 20:29, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

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Keith Lemon

Hello, I realise it was completely non-constructive - I just wanted to write it before I deleted the words "Hi Joe, I love Joe" that someone had written. Quick editing though! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.58.80 (talk) 20:30, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

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RE: IE 8200 Class.

Hi, Anaxial. The link I posted on the page (named above) is confirming that the 8200 Class is indeed for sale now. Apologies if this seemed inappropriate, but would mind explaining to me why? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.28.251.179 (talk) 19:31, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

While it might be legitimate to add a link confirming that the item is for sale, it can't be to the actual site selling the item. It is important to ensure that nobody clicking on the link might be taken to a sales site, since this would be considered spam. If you can find a link confirming the fact, published in a reliable third party source (covered in a newspaper, say) but from which it is not possible to make a sales enquiry, that would be fine. Anaxial (talk) 19:37, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for making this clear to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.28.251.179 (talk) 20:44, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

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DJ Khalid

Hi Anaxial I was just trying to correct some obvious defacing (asdfasdfasdfasdf, poopyhead, etc), so I reverted to the page prior to the changes. Sorry if I re-introduced factual error. I didn't actually make any edits, so any factual errors would have been present prior.

Please point in the right direction for proper procedure. Wlanphear (talk) 21:34, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

No problem, sounds like it was my mistake; these things happen. If it wasn't your intention, then there's nothing to worry about. Anaxial (talk) 19:08, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

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Sorex araneus

September 2012

Hello, I'm Anaxial. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Shrew, but you didn't provide a reliable source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Anaxial (talk) 20:49, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I hadn't noticed the message ^^;

So, there are maybe the following "links" to provide reliable sources about chromosomal polymorphism within Sorex araneus specie :

White M.J.D. 1973. The chromosomes. Chapman & Hall, London. p169
Polymorphism: when two or more clearly different phenotypes exist in the same interbreeding population of a species. Ford E.B. 1975. Ecological genetics, 4th ed

Also there is Sorex antinorii. Well... If not enough, I'm very sorry for disturbance (wish you also forgive my horrible english...)

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Baxter Stockman

He already appeared so I updated it. As for the Mousers the episode list on HERE. says they will be n episode 11

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So long as you ensure that you source the statement properly (note that another page on Wikipedia is not acceptable as a source), then there's no problem, and you're welcome to add the information. Anaxial (talk) 21:05, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

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Request to Clarify Past Third Opinion

Hi, awhile ago you generously provided a third opinion at La Luz del Mundo article. This was your opinion [8] Since your opinion a new section was added to the article called "Criticism." The section "Silver Wolf Ranch" was the subject of your opinion where you expressed that it should remain as a controversy and not be deleted. The Silver Wolf Ranch subsection was since moved into the new "Criticism" section. An editor states that you meant that the subsection, "Silver Wolf Ranch," should not be anywhere else but in the Controversy section. See his comment here [9] Can you please clarify your third opinion? Did you mean that the Silver Wolf Ranch subsection ought to always be in the Controversy section and thus bar it from being moved elsewhere in the article? Thank you for your assistance and your time. Have a good day. Fordx12 (talk) 03:57, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

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Talk: La Luz del Mundo.

Hi, if it interests you, would you please review my proposed revisions to La Luz del Mundo here? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. RidjalA (talk) 05:18, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Since this is already at DRN, I'll leave the process with them for the time being. Anaxial (talk) 21:27, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

GOCE November 2012 copy edit drive update

Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter

Participation: Out of 31 people signed up for this drive so far, 22 have copy-edited at least one article. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!
Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive. We have reduced our target group of articles—November and December 2011—by over 50%, and 34 of the the 56 requests made in September and October this year have already been fulfilled. However, the rate of tagging for copy edit has increased, and this month we are just keeping the size of the backlog stable. So, all you copy editors, please do come along and help us!
The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest was won by Baffle gab1978 for his copy edit of Expulsion of the Acadians. Runner up was Gareth Griffith-Jones for his edit of I Could Fall in Love. Congratulations to both.
The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight November 30 (UTC). You don't have to make a submission to vote!
November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight November 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin.
Seasonal oversight: We had a slight fall from grace in the title of our last newletter, which mentioned the season in the northern hemisphere and thus got it wrong for the southern. Fortunately an observant GOCE member was ready to spring into action to advise us. Thanks! In future we'll stay meteorologically neutral.

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GOCE November drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up

Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 38 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy-edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. All the barnstars have now been distributed.

Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing November and December 2011 from the backlog. For the first time since the drives began, the backlog consists only of articles tagged in the current year. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2690 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 56 requests outstanding before November 2012 as well as eight of those made in November.

Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the October 2012 competition, and prizes have been issued. The November 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The December 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote.

Coodinator election: The six-month term for our fourth tranche of Guild coordinators will expire at the end of December. Nominations are open for the fifth tranche of coordinators, who will serve from 1 January to 30 June 2013. For complete information, please have a look at the election page.

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GOCE mid-December newsletter

End of Year Events from the Guild of Copy Editors

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events:

The December 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best December copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC).
Voting is in progress for the November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not.
From Sunday 16 December to Saturday 22 December, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} from January 2012. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded.
January 2013 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in January, February, and March 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2012. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in January, February, and March 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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Thank you

Thank you for your kind welcome, Anaxial. I do love editing Wikipedia, but for personal reasons I feel more comfortable interacting as an IP only. Thanks again, —86.162.64.42 (talk) 12:06, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

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GOCE 2012 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2012 Annual Report

The GOCE has wrapped up another successful year of operations!

Our 2012 Annual Report is now ready for review.

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Laden

I consider your inclusion of my name Barry Laden in the Arabic surname Laden as wrong, and poorly researched. I was born Ladenson and my name is German meaning shop. I am also Jewish so you are wrong in every way. Barry Laden — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barryladen (talk • contribs) 14:59, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

So it's just in the wrong section of the dab page? I'm sure that can be fixed. Anaxial (talk) 16:16, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

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