User talk:MGRutherford

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Hello, MGRutherford and Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking

if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field with your edits. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Invertzoo (talk) 22:51, 1 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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A new mollusk article!

Hello MGRutherford, Thank you so much for the very good new article on the non-marine mollusks of Trinidad and Tobago, a very helpful addition to the encyclopedia. It is a pleasure and an honor to welcome you to Wikipedia, and also to welcome you on behalf of WikiProject Gastropods, a group of editors on Wikipedia who try to create and improve articles about snails and slugs of every kind. In case you might be interested, I am giving you this 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.

During my visits to the island of Nevis, over the years I have had the pleasure of meeting more than one researcher from your institution.

All my very best wishes to you, Invertzoo (talk) 22:51, 1 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Aperostoma translucidum trinitense moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Aperostoma translucidum trinitense, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. ... discospinster _talk 21:31, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Aperostoma translucidum moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Aperostoma translucidum, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. ... discospinster _talk 21:34, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Aperostoma translucidum trinitense has been accepted

Aperostoma translucidum trinitense, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. It is commonplace for new articles to start out as stubs and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

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Thanks again, and happy editing!

Hitro talk 07:37, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Aperostoma translucidum

Hello, MGRutherford. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Aperostoma translucidum, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Draft space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for article space.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion under CSD G13. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it. You may request userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available here.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 22:02, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Aperostoma translucidum

Hello, MGRutherford. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Aperostoma translucidum".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:22, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Pandirodesmus has been accepted

Pandirodesmus, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. It is commonplace for new articles to start out as stubs and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

Star Mississippi 21:23, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Emperor Valley Zoo

Dear MGRutherford,
I'm writing to you because I saw you're located in TT and have a background that leaves a slight chance you know where I can look something up that annoys me: Information about the Emperor Valley Zoo. I've written the German article about it, and due to the zoo being a bit... semi-organized in terms of public relations it lacks some up-to-date figures. Especially the number of species and individual animals. Do you happen to know a source I could use as a citation for these figures?
Thanks and kind regards, Grueslayer 13:08, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dear @GrueslayerGrueslayer, I'm afraid that I am no longer based in Trinidad and can't answer that question myself. Yes there are many issues with the EV Zoo and although I did try many times to work with them on various projects it was always frustrating. You could reach out to the Trinidad & Tobago Field Naturalists' Club at admin@ttfnc.org and see if a club member can help out. MGRutherford (talk) 20:29, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MGRutherford,

thanks for pointing out the TTFNC, ah go write them.

Kind regards, Grueslayer 09:35, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]