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Newsletter for Wikiproject Aquarium Fishes

Would you like my bot to deliver the Wikiproject Aquarium Fishes newsletter? It seems you usually do it manually. If you want it, just tell me if it's monthly, weekly, or something else, when it's usually delivered, the template the newsletter is on, and if it's subst'ed or not. --R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 18:31, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

And out of curiosity, why is it fishes. I thought the plural of fish was fish. --R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 19:45, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Because there were so many links on the page that had the delivery list, I copied it a subpage, and transcluded it, so it looks the same, but when you click the section edit button for the subscription section, it will go to a subpage. This makes it easier for the bot. --R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 20:01, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

I've changed to directions (not actually how to do it, just how it's written) and added what the bot will sign with. Please check it. Then, if you want, I will run the bot immediately. --R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 20:13, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Done. --R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 20:52, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Aquarium Fishes June 2007 Newsletter

The Aquarium Fishes WikiProject Newsletter Issue VII - June 2007
News Please welcome our new members: Rodsan18 (talk · contribs), S.dedalus (talk · contribs), S234 (talk · contribs), Smcskim (talk · contribs), RobNS (talk · contribs), FireFly5 (talk · contribs) Articles recently created: Peckoltia, Hemiancistrus, Lesser spiny eel, Butterfly tail, Tosakin, Tamasaba, Meteor goldfish, Curled-gill goldfish, Egg-fish goldfish, Macrognathus, Bath treatment, Asian redtail catfish, Crystal eyed catfish, Horabagrus, Moonlight gourami, Snakeskin gourami, Farlowella, Farlowella acus, Freshwater aquarium, Striped Raphael catfish, Raphael catfish, Platydoras, Hikari (Company) Articles recently expanded or revised: Hypostomus, Chaca, Upside-down catfish, Chocolate gourami, Fish food, Ranchu, Hypostomus punctatus, Brachygobius, Fantail (goldfish), Pearlscale, Hyphessobrycon Glyptoperichthys has been merged due to its synonymy with Pterygoplichthys. Related articles have been edited to reflect this change. The Fish Portal has recently become a featured portal. Did you know... (Featured on the Main page): ...that the catfish genus Hemiancistrus currently includes species of two other undescribed genera? (May 10) ...that Horabagrus brachysoma, an endangered species of the genus Horabagrus, has been considered a potential flagship species for media attention to provide a focus for wildlife conservation of inland biodiversity? (May 23) ...that the snakeskin gourami is one of Thailand's five most important aquacultured freshwater species? (May 25) See or edit the current tasklist here	Discussions & Collaborations The article Fish diseases was renamed to Disease in ornamental fishes. Then Fish diseases was made a redirect to Fish article. User:Melanochromis started a discussion regarding the necessity of this move. See the discussion here
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WP:TOL template

Please keeo the discussion at the proposal page to avoid splitting things. I'm working on mock ups to show that the result is not actually "hierarchical" It's mostly to show potential relations for assesment. Circeus 20:50, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

An appreciation for your work on Aquarium Fishes

		The Original Barnstar
		Just to let you know you're work on the Aquarium Fishes Wiki Project is appeciated. Neale Monks 17:49, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! --Melanochromis 20:29, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:WhiteCommonGoldfishRodsan18a.jpg

Dear Melanochromis. Thank you for pointing out the labelling error. I will do the necessary transfers (from common to comet goldfish). However, I need to know how I could change the image name (from: Whitecommongoldfish... to: Whitecometgolfish...). I can't seem to find a "move button"... Will appreciate it. Dragonbite 13:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Finally able to find time to re-upload this image under its correct image name. Just letting you know. Regards. Dragonbite 04:23, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

And thank you for this award and reward. Best regards. Dragonbite 13:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:AquariumPetFishRodsan18c.jpg

Look very much like a cyprinodontiform to me, so that's the category I'm using for your image. Another possibility is Beloniformes (something related to ricefish) but this is much less likely. Will get back to you if I can identify the genus or species. Where did you get this one? --Melanochromis 07:19, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello Melanochromis. Thanks for the reply. The fish was about to be discarded by a friend, but fortunately that friend of mine learned I am keeping aquarium fish. So, I was requested to adopt it. It thrives in my tropical (gouramis) tank. This unidentified fish is a New Yorker. Conclusion to its identity? Dragonbite 12:26, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Newsletter Done?

Please tell me when the current newsletter for WikiProject Aquarium Fishes is done so I know when to deliver it. I was going to do it today (the first pretty soon), but it seems a whole section is missing. --(Review Me) R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 23:26, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Aquarium Fishes July 2007 Newsletter

The Aquarium Fishes WikiProject Newsletter Issue VIII - July 2007
News Please welcome our new member: Coldmachine (talk · contribs) Articles recently created: Chinese hillstream loach, Tire track eel, Acanthodoras, Bagrichthys, Trichogaster, Agamyxis, Oxydoras, Hyalobagrus, Leiarius, Balantiocheilos Articles recently expanded or revised: Brachygobius, Oranda, Ryukin, Bumblebee catfish, Bala shark Pseudoplatystoma has been expanded due to five more species being recognized or described. Upside-down catfish is now a disambiguation page as this name can refer to several fishes. The original content of the article is moved to Synodontis nigriventris Did you know... (Featured on the Main page): ...that Bagrichthys macracanthus, the black lancer, is the only species of Bagrichthys, a genus of catfishes, that is traded in the aquarium hobby? (June 14) The image to the right was featured as picture of the day on June 4. See or edit the current tasklist here	Discussions & Collaborations The article Rotting nose disease has been nominated for deletion. See discussions and vote here If you have any suggestion or need to discuss an issue related to fishkeeping, please feel free to post it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aquarium Fishes The Fish Quiz The Fish Quiz is a friendly quiz competition designed to test your general knowledge of fish. The current game is Fish Quiz Tournament IV. You can read more and join the game here.
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The Amphibians and Reptiles Portal (P:AAR)

The Amphibians and Reptiles Portal I'm glad to announce that The Amphibians and reptiles portal (P:AAR) has been created and is ready for you to use. This portal covers any subjects related to amphibians, reptiles, herpetology, as well as WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles. Purposes of the portal to act as the "main page" for editors interested in amphibians and reptiles. The portal page should contain all the common and useful links to relevant articles, lists, categories, as well as the project tasklist. As this portal is your tool, please feel free to organize, modify, or expand the Topics, Categories, Lists, and Tasklist sections of the portal as you see fit. to lead potential AAR editors to WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles as well as to educate general readers. Feel free to add more items for the "Did you know..." section. Thank you for reading. If you have any questions, please leave them on the portal talk page or my user talk page. --Melanochromis

--Melanochromis 06:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Excellent work on the portal. Thanks. Shyamal 07:00, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Oops, I didn't know that. Yes, I've been one of the more prolific editors on Komodo dragon. bibliomaniac15 ^{BUY NOW!} 02:16, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Please help-Lao language request

Hello! The Wikipedia:Graphic Lab is working on artwork related to Laos, and we need some help to get the proper Lao language text into the artwork. As Thai and Lao are closely-related languages, I ask you to please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphic_Lab/Images_to_improve#Scouting_in_Laos and see if you can help! Thanking you in advance, Chris 02:49, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Portal:Thailand

Re: Portal:Amphibians and Reptiles, very nice!

As the attendant of a (non-Siamese) cat in Thailand, I just wanted to say I appreciated the featured article selection for this month on Portal:Thailand.

Related to the Portal, one thing I was thinking about was to create another featured element to the portal: Featured lists, rather than listing the lists. It would be a great way to highlight some of the better Thailand-related lists and also encourage their improvement. Even if the lists themselves don't yet include images, it would be pretty straightforward to find Commons images to illustrate the highlighted list, such as national parks, shopping malls, etc. What do you think? — WiseKwai 11:23, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm glad you like the Portal:Amphibians and Reptiles. Feel free to use or expand it.

Re:List. That's an interesting idea and I think it might help motivate editors to improve the Thailand-related lists. Maybe the name "Selected list of the month" would be better than "Featured list" as most of the lists we are going to present won't be featured lists. The real problem is the monthly update. Do we have a lot of good lists? I'm a bit afraid by the fourth or fifth month we'd have ran out of lists of good quality especially if there're no new lists coming in. This is exactly the problem I had with Portal:Cambodia which ran out of good articles and pictures, and I ended using so-so stuff that I wasn't pround of. But we can give still it a try first anyway. I think it's worth trying. I will go ahead and set up the section soon, maybe today, if you don't mind. --Melanochromis 19:56, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

"Selected list" is a better word choice. If you're willing to set it up and try it, that would be awesome. I'll try to keep my eye out for lists that are worthy of promotion. — WiseKwai 12:07, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

I have created the list and added to portal. We'll see if it works. --Melanochromis 07:35, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I changed the code in the randomization enabled version to better match the main one, as well as added another article to the list. It looks okay to me now, but feel free to revert or fix if there are problems. Tim Shuba 06:40, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Ocean sunfish

Wow, thanks for selecting Ocean sunfish as fish of the month for the Fish Portal! Cool. Fred Hsu 01:39, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Energy portal review

Hi Melanochromis! Knowing that you have an interest in a portal (as well in its redirect pages!) I wondered if you might like to comment on the one I've been working on - energy portal - which is now under consideration as a featured portal. As of today it has had remarkably few people contributing to the debate, compared to other candidates. If you have time perhaps you would like to take a look? The candidate page can be found here. Regards Gralo 00:54, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I already left my comment at the nomination page. --Melanochromis 06:16, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Portal:Fishing

Hi there. Just wanted to let you know that the fishing portal needs updates. I just took the liberty of updating it from May2007 to June2007 but this portal is still lagging one month behind though. I think the "July update" could probably go sometime mid-July as soon as there are nominations and votes for new articles. Cheers, --Melanochromis 03:52, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

• Sorry for my late reply... I really had a very bad health problem this past few weeks. Same reason why I was inactive from Wikipedia and other corporate things... Hope you understand. Your help and concern are very much appreciated. Thanks, more power, and good luck! Bu b0y2007 06:29, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Aquarium Fishes August 2007 Newsletter

The Aquarium Fishes WikiProject Newsletter Issue IX - August 2007

News Please welcome our new members: Ronnieadinata (talk · contribs), Lerdsuwa (talk · contribs), Peregrinebee (talk · contribs) Articles recently created: Pseudomystus, Scleromystax, List of Corydoras species, Bedotiidae, Bedotia, Dekeyseria, Leporacanthicus, Pseudacanthicus Articles recently expanded or revised: Callichthys callichthys, Serrasalminae, Black pacu, Piranha, Callichthyidae, Corydoras, Danionin, Sailfin molly, Yucatan molly, Hoplosternum littorale, Acanthicus The Banggai cardinalfish, threatened with extinction due to the aquarium trade, recently had its proposal for protection under CITES rejected. Brochis has, since 2003, been a synonym of Corydoras. Related articles have been edited to reflect this. The article "Rotting nose disease" has been identified as a hoax and has been deleted. Read more here. Did you know... (Featured on the Main page): ...that the wimple piranha is a specialized predator whose diet consists primarily of fish scales? (July 13) ...that catfish of the genus Dekeyseria are able to rapidly change their colouration to fit their mood or their surroundings? (July 22) ...that catfish of the genus Leporacanthicus are also known as vampire plecostomus because of the presence of very long teeth on their upper jaw? (July 28) See or edit the current tasklist here

Discussions & Collaborations From the live-bearing aquarium fish article: "Why is this article only about 'aquarium' fish? Are the only fish in the world that bear live young found in aquariums?" See more here Discussions related to the Green spotted puffer. See more here

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Fishing Portal Nomination Page

Hi there! It's nice to be contributing back here in Wikipedia (hopefully for good, this time around!)... Anyhow, I have added a new list of nominations in our Fishing Portal Nomination Page, if you have time to cast your vote or make a new nomination list please do not hesitate to visit the page. Thanks! Bu b0y2007 10:51, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Fish stubs, and catfiformes...

Thanks for the kind words on the fish stubs; to be honest I was just about tearing my hair out with 'em, and there's one or two issues left to resolve ((in particular with the cichlids), but it's getting there. On the catfish/siluriformes category naming issue: I'd be equally happy with renaming Category:Siluriformes to Category:Catfish, if you want to nominate a rename in that direction, just so long as the stubcat(fish) and permcat aren't gratuitously inconsistent, as at present. Alai 16:05, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Request for comment on Category Redirect template

Because you are a member of WikiProject Categories, your input is invited on some proposed changes to the design of the {{Category redirect}} template. Please feel free to view the proposals and comment on the template talk page. --Russ (talk) 21:57, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:UTCC logo.gif

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Fish Portal Image

Hi! I was wondering if you would object to uploading the image you created for the fish portal logo onto commons. File:The fish portalL2 by Melanochromis.jpg The reason I ask is that I'd like to add that to my user page there to show an image used as a picture of the month, as I have done on my user page on wikipedia. I could upload it to commons for you if you like. Please let me know. Cheers! --Jnpet (talk) 02:11, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Help Needed!

Melanochromis, I created an animal quiz like your fish quiz and I need your help to improve it. For example, what should I award to the winners?--Mark Chung (talk) 02:47, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Dusit Thani College logo.jpg

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Your opinion

I think those are Blood Parrot chichlids... do you thinks I'm right?Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 05:41, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Council roll call

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Eastern Three-lined Skink

I tried to upload photos of the Eastern three-lined skink to the 'stub' page that asked for contributions, but as a new user, was not allowed - they are now on Wikipedia Commons if you care to upload them to the Eastern three-lined skink page. I may be able to upload/forward any of the plant photos from Friends of Herring Island website (www.vicnet.net.au/~herring) for the appropriate pages. Onesland (talk) 23:16, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles: Rollcall

At WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles, we recently did a purge of the members list, which your name was on. Please re-add your username as well as your area of expertise at our list of participants if you plan to stay active in this Wikiproject. Also, a discussion is going on regarding the standardization of taxonomy in lizard articles, located in this section. We'd like to have some more voices in this matter. Thanks everyone! bibliomaniac15 23:16, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

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Portal:Cambodia

Hey Melanchromis!
What about trying to get this to featured portal status? I'm willing to help out. Cheers, --Paxse (talk) 12:26, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Proposal for new Manual of Style for Thailand-related articles

A drafted new version of the Manual of Style for Thailand-related articles has been started here. Still at issue are specific naming conventions for Thai royals and nobles and settlements. As a member of WikiProject Thailand, you are welcome to contribute to the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Thailand#Updating the Manual of Style (part 2). Paul_012 ^(talk) 18:29, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Hooray

Welcome back man. I daresay the portals fell into disarray while you were gone. bibliomaniac15 04:39, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm not very experienced with the fishes, but I think I may be able to try my hand at the Amphibian and Reptiles portal, seeing that I'm most active in the respective Wikiproject. bibliomaniac15 04:51, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Is Wikiproject Aquarium Fishes dead?

I've just joined and realised the last posts were from january. I have cleaned up the to-do section. There are no more articles in the requested articles section. Most were already done. The only one that wasnt was emperor tetra, which I have created and submitted for peer review. My other article, my pride and joy actually, is violet goby. Can you please check these out and give me suggestions? Drew R. Smith (talk) 10:55, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Notice to Members of Wikiproject Aquarium Fishes

Notice to Members of Wikiproject Aquarium Fishes If you have recieved this notice it is because you signed up for the WP:AQF mothly newsletter, and have made a contribution to wikipedia within the last month. Wikiproject Aquarium Fish has seen a decline in member involvement over the past several months. This project is neary dead. I am trying to revive this project. Anyone who is still interested in working on this project please reply back to Drew R. Smith (talk) 23:20, 26 April 2009 (UTC)). If you know of any active members who have not contributed recently and might be interested in the project please forward this message to them. If no reply is given member will be removed from member list. Thank you. Drew R. Smith (talk) 23:20, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

WP:AQF

Take a look at the project page! We already took your suggestion, and made an active, and inactive list. I personally went through each persons contribs and moved them accordingly. We also have a bunch of new articles, and a portal. The only problem we've been running into is the newsletter. I know you had some sort of delivery system set up, but it obviously hasn't run in a long time. I've tried to get a couple of different botusers to deliver for us, but haven't had any luck contacting them. Any suggestions?Drew Smith What I've done 07:50, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I followed wikiproject fish's naming guidlines every time I made an article. In almost every article the species had many common names, and there were multiple species using the same common names. It seems to be obvious to me that scientific would be best for these. But, in my first article, I tried to move it from G. Bro... to G. bro..., and someone moved it instead to violet goby. I gave a half-hearted attempt to move it back, but I really don't care much as long as the article is there.Drew Smith What I've done 08:40, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

The Aquarium Fishes WikiProject Newsletter Issue XI - May 2009

News We have a (semi) working newsletter again! Please welcome our new member: asbruckman (talk) April 2009 (UTC), and Mynameinc (talk) May 2009 (UTC) Articles recently created: Arius berneyi, and Hippocampus kuda Did you know... (Featured on the Main page): ...that the Violet goby, which looks like a tiny dragon, is actually almost blind and harmless? (May 3rd, 2009) See or edit the current tasklist here Discussions & Collaborations Hippocampus kuda has been significanty expanded, however more input would be great.

Other Activity in Wikiproject Aquarium fish has slowed to a crawl, it seems. We still have a few dedicated editors plus a few new faces (myself included). Any participation is appreciated, however we really can't tackle big projects with this level of activity. Give us a shout if you want to become active again!

WikiProject Zoo

I would like to know if you are still an active participant in the WP:ZOO, If you are please confirm by way of responding on my talk page. I am just trying to get an idea of how many people are still engaged in the project as to better work out how to manage and address things that are listed in the project. Kind Regards ZooPro 14:02, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Newsletter

The Aquarium Fishes WikiProject Newsletter Issue XII - May 2010

News Please welcome our new member: Alexander_ktn (talk), and HighFlyingFish (talk) See or edit the current tasklist here Discussions & Collaborations Fishkeeping The List of aquarium diseases realy needs expansion. Cichlid is no longer a Good Article.

Other Activity in Wikiproject Aquarium fish has slowed to a crawl, it seems. We still have a few dedicated editors plus a few new faces (myself included). Any participation is appreciated, however we really can't tackle big projects with this level of activity. Give us a shout if you want to become active again! We are now ready to restart the awards program, but no one has done it yet. If you are up for the chalenge plese come forward.

Newsletter

The Aquarium Fishes WikiProject Newsletter Issue XII - May 2010

News Please welcome our new member: A Pocket Full of Sunshine See or edit the current tasklist here Discussions & Collaborations Fishkeeping The List of aquarium diseases realy needs expansion.

Other Activity in Wikiproject Aquarium fish has slowed to a crawl, it seems. We still have a few dedicated editors plus a few new faces. Any participation is appreciated, however we really can't tackle big projects with this level of activity. Give us a shout if you want to become active again! We are now ready to restart the awards program, but no one has done it yet. If you are up for the challenge please come forward. I made a mistake when distributing the last newsletter, sending it only to those who are on the non member newsletter list. Sorry. An automatic newsletter bot would be appreciated.

Newsletter

The Aquarium Fishes WikiProject Newsletter Issue XII - January 2011

News Please welcome our new members: JacquesVermaak,Huw Powell and Bondolo. See or edit the current tasklist here Discussions & Collaborations New columns for information on pH, temperature, water hardness and salinity have been added to the List of marine aquarium fish species, List of freshwater aquarium fish species and List of brackish aquarium fish species The List of aquarium diseases realy needs expansion. The List of marine aquarium invertebrate species has been greatly improved by User:bondolo.

Other Happy New Year! We are now ready to restart the awards program, but no one has done it yet. If you are up for the challenge please come forward.

Oscar vs. Blood parrot

Hi Melanochromis, you have inserted here an image named Image:OscarFish.jpg but captioned it "Blood parrot cichilds" http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blood+parrot+cichlid&diff=prev&oldid=92673297 Are you sure?

If those are parrots, then the image name should be changed, right? Thank you for your help! Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 21:27, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

สวัสดีครับ

สวัสดีครับคุณเป็นคนที่เปิดบทความ มหาวิทยาลัยรังสิตเหรอครับ ยังไงก็ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักนะครับในฐานะชาวสาระนุกรม คุณสามารถตอบบทความผมกลับได้ในหน้าภาษาไทยนะครับ --KLL Joe (talk) 16:23, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Lists of fishes

Category:Lists of fishes, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mike Selinker (talk) 16:39, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Something very special!!!!

		The Special Barnstar
		Thank you for starting the Fish Quiz. It is a fun experience the informs us users about fish we were unaware of, gets me more interested in fish, and altogether is informative. Pteronura brasiliensis (talk) 22:34, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Also, you might want to join it too again. At this moment I'm the only person there. Pteronura brasiliensis (talk) 22:34, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Suvarnabhumi Airport inside.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Suvarnabhumi Airport inside.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image page for a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:00, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Science lovers wanted!

Science lovers wanted!

Hi! I'm serving as the wikipedian-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution Archives until June! One of my goals as resident, is to work with Wikipedians and staff to improve content on Wikipedia about people who have collections held in the Archives - most of these are scientists who held roles within the Smithsonian and/or federal government. I thought you might like to participate since you are interested in the sciences! Sign up to participate here and dive into articles needing expansion and creation on our to-do list. Feel free to make a request for images or materials at the request page, and of course, if you share your successes at the outcomes page you will receive the SIA barnstar! Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to your participation! SarahStierch (talk) 03:55, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

File:GoldenGuppyAward.png

Just noticed that you are still active. :-) Any chance you remember this file? It was lost some time ago. Do you still have a copy? Can you create a new version? Is it still needed? --MGA73 (talk) 22:25, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

File:GoldenGuppyAward.png listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:GoldenGuppyAward.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. MGA73 (talk) 18:10, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:WP:AQF Golden Guppy Award

Template:WP:AQF Golden Guppy Award has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. MGA73 (talk) 18:12, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

File:The fish portalL2 by Melanochromis.jpg listed for deletion

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WikiProject Zoo

Hi, are you still active with Wikipedia:WikiProject Zoo, which is believed to be semi-active, is this true? Ive made two new templates Template:Zoos of Germany and Template:Zoos of Cambodia and adding some new articles.

Dan Koehl (talk) 08:24, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Hormones the Series article title

Hi. There's currently discussion in which you may be interested regarding the article title at Talk:Hormones the Series#Official English name of the series. --Paul_012 (talk) 12:02, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Featured Portal review: Portal:Fish

Portal:Fish has been nominated for a featured portal review and may lose its status as a featured portal. Reviewers' concerns are set out here. Please leave your comments (which can include "keep" or "delist") and help the portal to be of featured quality. The instructions for the review process are here. Neil916 (Talk) 07:00, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Merger discussion for Luang Por Dhammajayo and Luang Por Dattajivo

Articles that you have been involved in editing—Luang Por Dhammajayo and Luang Por Dattajivo—have been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. S Khemadhammo (talk) 13:51, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

--S Khemadhammo (talk) 13:51, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Asian 10,000 Challenge invite

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like South East Asia, Japan/China or India etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Asian content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon which has produced near 200 articles in just three days. If you would like to see this happening for Asia, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Asia, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thank you. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:23, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikiproject Zoo mailing list

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ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Melanochromis. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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WikiProject Zoo - newsletter No.2 -2017

Newsletter Nr 2, 2017-12-30, for WikiProject Zoo Wikiproject Zoo wish you a Happy New Year 2018 The activity within the project has been rather low this year, and therefore we want to tell you that any kind of help to develop the project further next year will be extremely valued, like meking some of the red links blue, and participating any categorizing or whatever you want! Participation: This is the second newsletter sent by mass mail to members in Wikipedia:WikiProject Zoo, to everyone who added yourself as a member of the Wikiproject Zoo. This is the second such message, however we hope that this can be used to coordinate editing and development of articles later down the road. If you wish to opt out of further messages remove yourself from the mailing list here , and if consider yourself not active within the project, please remove yourself from member list here. For Wikiproject Zoo general discussions and suggestions, please use the project talk page. Don't want newsletters? If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list or alternatively to opt-out of all massmessage mailings, you may add Category:Opted-out of message delivery to your user talk page. Cheers from your WikiProject Zoo coordinator Dan Koehl. To discontinue receiving Project Genealogy newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery

Orphaned non-free image File:Dusit Thani College logo.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:19, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject Zoo - newsletter No.3 -2018

Newsletter Nr 3, 2018-12-25, for WikiProject Zoo Wikiproject Zoo wish you a Happy New Year 2019 The activity within the project has been rather low this year, and therefore we want to tell you that any kind of help to develop the project further next year will be extremely valued, like meking some of the red links blue, and participating any categorizing or whatever you want! Participation: This is the third newsletter sent by mass mail to members in Wikipedia:WikiProject Zoo, to everyone who added yourself as a member of the Wikiproject Zoo. This is the second such message, however we hope that this can be used to coordinate editing and development of articles later down the road. If you wish to opt out of further messages remove yourself from the mailing list here , and if consider yourself not active within the project, please remove yourself from member list here. For Wikiproject Zoo general discussions and suggestions, please use the project talk page. Don't want newsletters? If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list or alternatively to opt-out of all massmessage mailings, you may add Category:Opted-out of message delivery to your user talk page. Cheers from your WikiProject Zoo coordinator Dan Koehl. Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019! Hello Melanochromis, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2019. Happy editing, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:21, 25 December 2018 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages. To discontinue receiving Project Genealogy newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery

Orphaned non-free image File:Dusit Thani College logo.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:18, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:International Buddhist College logo.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:International Buddhist College logo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. — trlkly 16:31, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:WP:AQF Golden Discus Award

Template:WP:AQF Golden Discus Award has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 16:30, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Image source problem with File:GoldenDiscusAward.png

Image Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading File:GoldenDiscusAward.png.

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While the description page states who made this derivative work, it currently doesn't specify who created the original work, so the overall copyright status is unclear. If you did not create the original work depicted in this image, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright.

If you have uploaded other derivative works, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described in section F4 of the criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 04:03, 22 December 2024 (UTC). If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. ✗plicit 04:03, 22 December 2024 (UTC)