User talk:Casliber/Archive 4

Physical description

This is a synonym for morphology, that's all. But description itself is not, because you may describe other things about the animal than its morphology, such as its dentition, its behavioural or migratory patterns, its biochemistry, the physics of its blubber. I'm not dead set that this is the perfect term, but it has been used and continues to be used in biology, outside of the molecular realm that appears to think morphology does not exist. I'm all for conformity on Wikipedia, frankly, and I appreciate the tremendous amount of work done by dedicated editors who do nothing but pick at all the little details related to lack of homogeneity in articles. I think you're insane to do it without compensation, but I do appreciate it. In this case, though, I think the text describes only the physical description, and precisely the physical description, this is acceptable use biologically, and it clearly lets the reader know what is in this section. Description is too vague, and could be the decription of anything not covered in other sections--life history, rearing habits, pod behaviour, inner ears, whatever. I think it is necessary in this case and should be the default value. Please do respond on my talk page, as I'm rather busy, but would like to resolve this issue. KP Botany 21:14, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Us tree of lifers never reach consensus. Problematically the issue is different for birds, fungi and dinosaurs, as in these have a predominance of field guides written for amateurs. On the other hand, if you're willing to do the work, I'm game to go with your decision on the matter, as you have at least offered up some evidence and arguments and looked into the issue. Why don't you ask the cetacean folks, leave the birders and dinosaurs out for now, find out what the cetacean folks think, then post on TofL? Yes, an ounce of prevention. If you get the chance, please look into it for plants, insects and mammals or butterflies. If you don't get the chance stick with cetaceans, then try to be open-minded, make a call, and I'll support you either way, as a little continuity would be nice. KP Botany 06:30, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You reverted it to what, what it originally was or what you changed it to that I reverted? Wait, does it say, "physical description" or "description" now? KP Botany 06:50, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, description it is. KP Botany 06:57, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Science Collaboration of the Month

You voted for Infrared and this article is now the current Science Collaboration of the Month!
Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia science article.

NCurse _work 19:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK

On March 3, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Actinotus_helianthi, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Hello Casliber and many thanks again. And congrats on the sysop. Always glad for another fellow DYK Wikipedian. Best regards, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:24, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not the Bankstown psychiatrist by any chance?

Cheers. Alastair Haines 23:43, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm keen to get reading your articles, I'm interested in both dinosaurs and botany, as part of a new interest in biology. Then again, I'm kinda interested in everything. Have a great day Cas. :D Alastair Haines 00:04, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Humpback

It needs some references for Humphrey - all those quoted in the Humphrey the whale article seem to be from books for children with a reading age of 4-6 (no kidding and not sources I feel particularly like trying to defend at FAR). I've been able to find some for the general "he was rescued twice" statements but nothing for the method (specifically I can't find anything for "oikami" which is worrying as it should be an easy key word to track down when combined with Humphrey). If you can find anything it would be handy, otherwise I think we'll have to cut that section back. Cheers, Yomangani ^talk 00:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're up early or late! I think kids' books are fine for pop culture references, but not for giving technical details (I think quoting Dinosaurs Don't Die (redlink! I shall go and fix that immediately, what a disgrace!) in the description for the Iguanadon might be pushing it). I'll have a more in-depth search next week: as I've got to add citations for the various stats, I might come across something anyway. I don't see any real problem with saving the article though. Good idea on the headings, btw. Yomangani ^talk 14:37, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Whitehead (bird) article.. bumping up its quality scale rating

Hey there, I've been doing alot of work on this article so thanks for your recommendations on how to get it up to "Good article" status- I was just wondering about what these sort of requirements might be today! I'll try to have a look into where I might find sources with info. regarding their relation to Whistlers in the future but in the meantime what do you think is needed simply to bump this article to "B class"? Cheers, Kotare 10:14, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE RfA

Thanks for the advice. I would say that the only time I've really lost my temper was after the failure of my first RfA, when I complained at an editor (KazakhPol) who gave what I saw as an uncivil oppose vote. However, I apologised to him and he accepted my apology, and there has been no further conflict. A couple of times I've also had people take issue with my comments on XfDs, but in all cases I've been able to resolve these amicably and civilly. I've never had anything remotely resembling an edit war, or anything like that. I've also been involved in resolving other people's disputes as a member of the AMA. So in my case, I would expect inexperience to be more of an issue than incivility. Walton ^{Vivat Regina!} 16:18, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I've changed quite a lot since my old RfA. I participate in a lot of XfDs (not just AfD; I'm active at CfD and RfD as well). I am a regular recentchange patroller and active in reverting vandalism to pages (and I always remember to warn the vandal per WP:WARN). As to political bias, I've never had that brought up as a problem previously. Walton ^{Vivat Regina!} 11:36, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Just saw Thescelosaurus was promoted; thanks for keeping up on these things, Cas. You know, we've got a lot of work to do on Deinonychus, but I was considering eventually nominating an Australian dinosaur, based on your comments on the collaboration talk page about there being a distinct bias toward Northern Hemisphere genera. Do you think a dinosaur like Minmi might work as a collaboration, Cas? Firsfron of Ronchester 05:57, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks so much for the Triple Crown barnstar thingy! It's pretty damn cool. I'm glad someone has seen & enjoyed my work. Thanks, Spawn Man 03:10, 13 April 2007 (UTC). P.S. I'm off to expand Neck frill. :)[reply]

Meh, I did contribute to 2 GA's when Diplodocus was still a GA, but after it got featured, that went down to one. Anyway, I've been editing Neck frill (since no one wanted to expand it on the Dino portal) & its aquaitance Dewlap (pretty cool name eh?) Anyway, I've got important plans to attend to, (As you may or no know - only one person has mentioned it lol, so I'm asuming nobody knows yet...), so I'll be off soon... :) Regards, Spawn Man 08:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Erm, Cas, I know you're really really interested in our mouldy friends, but I have no interest or knowledge in fungus. Frankly, I'm a little disappointed no one has taken notice of my personal life notice on my user page (you don't have to say anything now - defeats the purpose by me telling you...). Anyway, so yeah, not really much help with fungi. Dinosaurs, yes, prehistoric animals, yes, modern animals, yes, space, yes, World War 1, yes, fungi, no... :) Thanks, Spawn Man 11:30, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you haaave to - you can reply here you know though - nothing to hide really. Anyway, thanks Cas. :) Spawn Man 11:50, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cas!

Thank you very much for the Triple Crown award. I didn't even know it existed. I can't believe you not only searched around enough to find it (Don't laugh! You're clearly more observant than I am!), but also realized I qualified for the award. Thank you so very much. What a pleasant surprise! (For the record, aside from the DYK for Europasaurus, I also did some editing on DYK article What's the Story). I'm really honored you'd take the time to check my contribs, Cas. Thank you! Firsfron of Ronchester 07:27, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He he, first DYK

Hi mate! I loved the Platypus article, some of it was even relevant to my thesis! Alex's NewArtBot recommended my Generic antecedents for DYK ... and it went through! I'm working on some time consuming but valuable refinement of someone's great work to do with Language families. Your dinosaur collection sustains me with mind-expanding, nicely phrased reading material when I need a break. I wonder if I can get some language articles up to the same level. Cheers. Alastair Haines 21:13, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mother Teresa

Hi, and thanks for your contributions to the Mother Teresa article. I'm going to suggest that the reference to her ranking in Gallup's List of Widely Admired People be moved elsewhere in the article since the sentence in question refers to events after her death and the Gallup ranking was for 1999, prior to her death. Also, can you please provide a cite? Thanks! Majoreditor 17:55, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to mention -- I like the way you introduced additional subheadings in the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Majoreditor (talk • contribs) 17:58, 14 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Hmmm, sorry to bother you

Someone deleted my work on Leonard Sax and removed the history of edits so I can't revert it. Two questions: how do we get it back, and how do I protect my work from this kind of action in future? As I said, sorry to bother you, cheers. Alastair Haines 09:25, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ouch! Silly, silly me. I followed link to the talk page and only saw the one rude comment that'd been left. I thought the whole article had been replaced. The history check I did was on talk page only! Yes, article is still there, and I think untouched. Relax! But thanks heaps for your response time!!! I owe you a coffee in Bankstown. :D Alastair Haines 09:44, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The best part of this job...

...Is awarding barnstars!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		10,000 edits, and not a sign of an AWB edit amongst them! For reaching 10K, proving your true dedication to various WikiProjects (Dinosaurs, Flowers, and Mould) in improving thousands of articles, I award you this Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Just as this star spins eternally, you never seem to stop! Firsfron of Ronchester 17:26, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Amanita article

Hi Casliber -

I think the article on Amanita phalloides is much improved. Well done! I'd renominated it soon for a GA Review.

Here are some points you may want to consider:

I dont like "introduction via oak" in the lead. "via" is an odd choice in my view. I also dont like "poisoning but proving fruitful" but these are both minor concerns :).
Do we know anything about further about the benefits of mycorrhiza formed with A. phalloides?
Do we know anything about the mycellium of the fungus?
Do we know anything about the population biology of this species?
Have parts of the genome of A. phalloides been sequenced?
Do we know anything more about the intraspecific variability in production of toxins by the species? (from: Enjalbert F, Cassanas G, Salhi SL, et al. Distribution of the amatoxins and phallotoxins in Amanita phalloides. Influence of the tissues and the collection site COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE III-SCIENCES DE LA VIE-LIFE SCIENCES 322 (10): 855-862 OCT 1999)
I dont like "The death cap has a large and distinctive fungal fruiting body". In my view "death caps" are the large fruiting bodies :D!
Recent mentions of poisonings in the media?

It's very close now. For the sake of fairness I wont review it again. I think many of the fungal articles tend to infere that the fruiting body is the fungus, rather than being part of the organism. I'll repost this also to Talk:Amanita phalloides MidgleyDJ 09:09, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sydney Wiki meet-up

Thanks for the tip-off mate, I've RSVPed. ;) Alastair Haines 10:45, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. This is at the town hall yes? I'll be there. Thanks. Oh, and by the way, do you know what exactly goes on at these meetups, or how long it can be expected to go for? I dont exactly live in sydney; I'm about an hour away, so I wouldnt want it to go for too long, if you get what I mean. —ÅñôñÿMôús _{Dîššíd3nt} 06:00, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh ok then. Thank you for your swift reply, and I guess I'll be seeing you at the wikimeetup? —ÅñôñÿMôús _{Dîššíd3nt} 06:14, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Hello Casliber, thank you for supporting my RfA!
I was promoted with a final tally of 68/12/0.
Also, please wish a Happy Birthday to Her Majesty the Queen. Vivat Regina!

Styracosaurus

Hi Cas!

I've recently worked on the comments made during peer review for this article. You had indicated on the talk page that more could be included in the paleobiology section concerning the genus' herding behavior and sexual dimorphism. I haven't been able to scrape much together on this. Have you found anything? Firsfron of Ronchester 00:33, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't mind waiting a day or two. :) Hope your compy gets well.. Firsfron of Ronchester 02:55, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I saw! And I certainly agree! Good luck, Firsfron of Ronchester 03:01, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Cas,

I love the new background on your talk page. It does look calm and soothing. Firsfron of Ronchester 03:47, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tip! :D

Hi Cas! Thanks for your vote at AfD. The discussion is an educational one for us all. AfD is a good process. What would concern me is if I'd written up a screen full of sourced information and it was nominated as an AfD. Someone is trying to be tidy, someone else is suspicious about motives, most seem to have a balanced, progressive understanding of how to promote expansion of an encyclopedia built on voluntary contributions. Great stuff! Alastair Haines 04:14, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tasmanian project

Hey we try to keep the geo features articles sep from the nat park arts except for the bleeding obvious (vis a vis john cleese and etc) - problem is if you do indeed go trawling through the tassie project arts and you may well find some more like that - that would not do :( - where possible the tas project always likes help - not deleting or merging but populating (bit like population - there are more tasmanian born people in melbourne than there are in tasmania etc) - cheers Satu Suro 14:02, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent - tell Hesp that! I feel very encouraged by meeting him - some very good points made in Perth (and in the car) - cheers Satu Suro 14:13, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah - I remember trying to get interest in a re-write of Lake Pedder - waited for almost a year for a response :( parts of the Tassie project are glacial/almost geological in movement :| Satu Suro 23:44, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Siggy

I didn't really base my sig on anyone. To my knowledge Starblind did the gradient first; I know one person who apparently based it on mine; and can't really think of any others. >Radiant< 15:25, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, he's the person I was referring to. >Radiant< 09:57, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Humpback Whale

Thanks for the calvary picture, and for your work on saving the article. That was fun :) Kla'quot 03:42, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yup -it was good - 3-4 seems to be a good number when on a roll to save an FA or get it up to FA. Now what about Gray Whale or a Right whale or.......cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 12:22, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Just in case you missed the following, on my talk page: *Either of those would be fun. Or... I've noticed that Endangered species is a mess and would be a great FA. How about that one? Kla'quot 05:16, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not a huge fan of more general ones, though have enjoyed contributing to bird which is on its way now. I have been playing with a few which I am a bit blocked on, including copyediting Amanita phalloides in prep for an FA assault, did a bunch of stuff on Red-tailed Black Cockatoo but have lost interest momentarily, also Banksia ericifolia and Banksia spinulosa but I am still at the stage of adding esoteric stuff there. Lemme know how you reckon Amanita phalloides is going (there are no FA fungi!). Also Common Raven was the last bird collab which has also stalled a bit and I'd love to get that upcheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 08:42, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ooh, Common Raven is very tempting. I've got a bunch of other stuff in real life keeping me busy for the next couple of weeks, but I just might swing by there sometime. Cheers! Kla'quot 05:28, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

thanks a lot for the award and picture, I appreciate it. Someone should present you with an award for your efforts if you havent already recieved one. Thanks again, —ÅñôñÿMôús _{Dîššíd3nt} 06:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC) (PS how was the wikimeetup? did you attend?)[reply]

		The Fauna Barnstar
		Heres your award: for keeping the humpback whale article afloat, and also the various other contributions you have made to fauna articles in general. there was no fish barnstar I could find, so I hope this will do. Thanks, —ÅñôñÿMôús _{Dîššíd3nt} 06:42, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh ok, great. By the way, because your an admin, the guide doesnt say much, and I dont have much expierience in this area, i was wandering if there was a way to renominate an article for deletion. I alrweady nomed this article, and it was deleted, but its been recreated, with similar content to the previous version. What do I do? Thanks, —ÅñôñÿMôús _{Dîššíd3nt} 07:20, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Grrr politics

Hey mate, sorry about this, a user placed a tag on a stub I wrote -- Hypotheticals. He put nothing on the talk page, so I reverted with a note for him to comment on the talk page. He altered the tag and put something on the talk page, questioned my objectivity and told me what he thought could be improved. I invited him to change text directly, pointed him to resources, said I'd evaluate his text once he'd provided some, said I disagreed with his tag and reverted his second tag. He then placed a third tag and threatened to report me if I reverted. I pointed out that he had already made three changes to support his view but I'd report him and risk interupting his editing over trivia, but nor would I be bullied. I reverted. He reported. The admins gave me a final warning without discussion to discover my side. I called them on that and I don't think they liked it. I asked who evaluated their decisions, but the link they gave is very confusing. Any suggestions? Should I just ignore it? Alastair Haines 08:21, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gawd, the things I miss! I've been playing Carcassonne as we've had people over. It all seems to have died down now. I will have a look at the sequence of events as it unfolds and get back to you on that one. cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 12:28, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Take your time, no rush. I'm not in the least anxious, but there is a warning on my "file" now, that someone else deserves, not me. It was simple, the guy felt he had a right to push me. Kept tagging until there were more than 3 reverts by me and reported. Sure enough, the admins fell for it and gave me a warning without asking me anything. If they keep doing that, they are actually just giving complainers power over other users. If there are "wars" then there's always two sides, you can't just assume the complainer must be in the right. It's a matter of education or policy for admins ... I was curious to see what would happen, so I let it run. I rather thought the admins would've been a little more savvy. Lucky they have you! ;) Alastair Haines 12:40, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure it's a warning as such that people take too much note of. After reading it closely I can see that Hanse, though flexible in ideas was a bit overzealous in tagging an article someone was actively editing. Conversely I suppose you could have just left the tag there for a while. I am glad discretion was used in the result (i.e. a warning rather than a block). It is the age-old issue whether any further note fans flames or is seen as a constructive mutual learning process. I'm happy to keep an eye on things. cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 13:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion nom

Yeah sure. Theres an archived deletion debate, and it was almost unanimous delete. Heres the link: 20 to 1: Spectacular Dummy Spits. Tell me what you think. Thanks, —ÅñôñÿMôús _{Dîššíd3nt} 22:43, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK- bit busy for a bit but may get a look tonight (hands full in real life) cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 01:43, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've met Jimbo

For the record I can now say I've met Jimbo :) cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 01:49, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Way cool, Cas. Nice opportunity to meet other wikipedians. Too bad about you obscuring that one lady's head. Hope she's not mad... ;) Firsfron of Ronchester 02:10, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, I don't have Horns and Beaks; my collection of papers and books on dinosaurs is starting to feel more than a little inadequate... Anything interesting turn up in The Dinosauria? Firsfron of Ronchester 04:41, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, haven't had a chance to look. Sunday daytime and a glorious day after a week or two of rain. Been outside and now we have lots of relative stuff (just snuck out of family thingy). Will look later tongiht our time 06:50, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

No hurry, Cas. The GA-ratification process could take up to a month anyway, so it's not like it's something that needs immediate attention. Hey, what do you do at those Wiki-meets? Firsfron of Ronchester 07:08, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Very weird actually talking about things and hearing them come out your mouth rather than typing away in silence. I had a few beers and burbled a bit, dunno just talk about stuff really. No-one edits the same things I do and I'd only come across a couple of users before. Alastair Haines was a couple of years older than me at school and we hung out a bit at uni so was funny to see him again after he found me on wikipedia. I was telling people how much fun the FA process was and wikiprojects.... cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 07:19, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like it was really strange, but cool. Oh, I'm totally envious! Not only did you get to meet other Wikipedians, you got to hang with Jimbo hisself. Looks like it was a rather small gathering, too. Did you talk to him? Demand higher pay for WP:Dinosaur staff? ;) Firsfron of Ronchester 07:40, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah we spoke, it was mainly everyone sitting round a dinner table and being pretty diplomatic though I was less so after a few drinks but was OK. There was some guy filming everything for a documentary about wikipedia too. There were 24 of us there. He asked me, since I was Australian, if I knew David Gerard and said he was pretty cool.cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 07:45, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy 11k, Cas Liber! That's huge! I don't know how you do it; you don't even use AWB! Firsfron of Ronchester 07:16, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions for areas to edit? Ha! I'll literally never have a shortage of edits. Even after we get all the dinosaur articles up to a decent size, I'll still have plenty of monotonous work replacing thousands of instances of "to it's"-->"to its", "for it's"-->"for its", "with it's"-->"with its", "on it's"--> "on its", etc, though that gets quite boring after a while. Every week I check, and every week, there's a fresh batch of at least a thousand more to correct. When will people learn the English language?! Anyway, good luck with the bird articles. I helped out a tiny bit with Bird, and then realized I was out of my depth... Firsfron of Ronchester 07:31, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Casliber

Dear Casliber, your message was so charming, and your flattery so gracious, that I am morally committed to oblige you ;) Thank you so much for the beautiful words - I'll cherish them in a very, very special place :) When I read your assessment of the graphical quality of your page, I began to tremble inside, fearing an utter mess; but to my great surprise, I found a well designed, pleasant userpage. This makes things easier on me, so right now, sit back, relax, and await the results, which I hope will be ready in a matter of hours... after I get a little sleep, that is! ;) I'll get back to you as soon as I come up with something worthy of you, k, sweetie? Later! Cheers, Phaedriel - 13:39, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help with Plymouth Colony

Hey, I want to thank you for the copyedit you gave to the article Plymouth Colony a few weeks ago. I have made some more extensive revisions and additions to the article, and I was wondering if you would be so kind as to look over the article again and give it some work? I have added sections on prior settlements, Social history, and economy and expanded the government section some. Your work has been very beneficial to the article, and I plan to take this to peer review soon, and would like to have your help in prepping it for that, and possibly reaching Featured status sometime down the road. Thanks again for your prior work, and thanks in advance for any help you can give in the near future! --Jayron32|talk|contribs 05:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm ready, my Lord!

Well, my dear gentleman, I've struggled for the last 6 hours or so with your userpage and I hope you like the results of my modest efort! :) I used the basic layout of my own userpage, since I know you liked it, with some modifications to suit the contents of yours, and the same green color theme you selected. I've made two versions for you to chose from: here you have Version 1, which is basically redistributing your contents within the new layout, and following your wish of reformatting the awards sections like I did at my userpage. And here you have Version 2, which I modelled with pop-up contents like my own, for the larger sections of your userpage. If you like any of them, just copy the code straight into your userpage; or if you want me to retouch them in any way, just let me know and I'll fix whatever your heart desires :) I used the Georgia font, which is one of my favorite; of course, if you prefer a different one, you can either change it yourself, or ask me to replace it with another one of your choice.

By the way, it's great to see that we have so many good friends in common, like BInguyen, Spawn Man and Firsfron (tho I haven't talked with him too much yet, unfortunately; and the first two ones seem to have vanished in the last days...) I definitely hope we cross our paths pretty often from today on, dear Casliber - it's been a great pleasure to meet you! Have a beautiful day! :) Love, Phaedriel - 06:08, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maps

Thanks for the barnstar, I'll do the funguy map in the next couple of days. It look fairly straight forward do want the three variants as per the link. Gnan garra 13:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wow!

What a fantastic idea, Cas! Can I use it? It offers many excellent possibilities, tho one should decide what time frame to use in order to assign sunset/sunrise.... Hey, I'm off to work on it at my sandbox - I'll let you know when I come up with something. ;) And by the way, dear - thanks so much for the beautiful star, which I will treasure forever. As beautiful as it is tho, it is but a symbol of much more wonderful thing: our newfound friendship. Hugs! Phaedriel - 02:45, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Amazon

If you don't want to do that, I can just update the lists that haven't been touched since I created them last week. I think there's only a few that have been edited. Yomangani ^talk 23:49, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Slightly more explanation: I created all the lists from a script last week, so if nobody has made changes I can just overwrite them with a version that says Amazon. I assume it is just South America and the Caribbean? Yomangani ^talk 23:51, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've done quite alot but there are tons!! Any you can find would be much appreciated :)

Actually be careful as it is only spp of genus Amazona cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 23:53, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think I got all the ones you missed from the group I did last week. Sorry...I didn't notice until you'd almost finished. Yomangani ^talk 00:18, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Toronto Raptors

Hi the FA nomination has been re-set, kindly re-cast your vote at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Toronto Raptors. Thank you. Chensiyuan 04:29, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Sight fer sore eyes

I know, you guys are just trucking along. Sorry to hear about Spawn. And Wikipedia is nice, but don't neglect your family man! One day someone will come along and invent a better online encyclopedia, but you don't get to invent a new family! Sheep81

Well as long as you have everything under control my friend. Sheep81 09:35, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Can I suck yours?

I don;t find it offensive either; I just asked because I didn't think that suggestive usernames were allowed on Wikipedia.
--Andrew4793 ^t _c 14:16, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Better keep an eye on him/her.

--Andrew4793 ^t _c 14:19, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More unIDed fungi

G'day Cas,

I've been frogging over the past few days, and the fungi season has definitely started! I have a coral fungi that I thought you would like for wiki, plus I also have a puff ball which I will upload later, will leave a message here when it is uploaded. Saw lots of fungi over the last few days, but only photographed the really interesting ones as I was using my small memory card, and wanted to leave some space for frogs.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52507572@N00/465979784/?rotated=1&cb=1177065560324

Thanks. --liquidGhoul 10:41, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There was another nearby (about half a metre) which was 8cm tall, so I would go with Ramaria lorithamnus. It was taken in rainforest, was very little Eucalypt around. Do you want me to upload it to wiki? Thanks. --liquidGhoul 11:38, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]