Talk:Tibetan blue bear

Is This a photo of a Tibetan Blue Bear?

Is this a photo of a Tibetan Blue bear? Is it also called Ursos Thibetanus in some languages? I am referring to the second photo down on the Right side of this page--

http://www.sweb.cz/rojar/cryptozoologie/4_selmy/12_drem.htm

67.42.243.184 04:27, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'm not certain, but there is a very nice scientific illustration available in wikimedia commons (in the public domain now) that I've applied to the Taxobox. Your reference, however (peeking at the URL) seems to refer to a possible cryptozoological cousin, but that particular image looks very much like another photo that I've seen on another website:

• http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Himalayas/Darjeeling/HimalayanBear03.jpg

Only an expert will know for sure. 68.17.131.238 (talk) 07:22, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Blue?

Surely the article needs to talk about the animal's colour? Is it anywhere near blue? Is it any different in colour from other brown bears? Does it have a variable colour or different groups of colour. I don't know, but I would have thought this would be one of the first things people would want to know about. IceDragon64 16:04, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree. From photos I've seen, there is no blue or bluish coloration anywhere on the bear. Perhaps it's blackness is known (in legend? by locals? to explorers/naturalists?) to exhibit a blue sheen in certain lighting conditions. Alternately, it could be some kind of folk-etymology completely unrelated to the actual color (like the jerusalem artichoke, neither from Jerusalem, nor an artichoke!). As with the image, this article is in need of an expert. 68.17.131.238 (talk) 07:22, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism - Blue Bear drink

I have removed the following piece of vandalism, no doubt a high school prank.

It is also used to produce the drink Blue Bear (The exact process is still currently unknown) which is known for it's ability to turn a man into a bear; the effects are said to last for around 6-8 hours and affect roughly 80% of human males. Those who are affected are said to be in total control of their bear forms, but may exhibit some form of memory loss upon reversion. The effects within the Female population has not been observed and is unknown as of August 2010.

Source seems to be legit, the reversion has been undone for the time being, but I agree I would like to see an additional source to back up these claims. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.9.76.16 (talk) 20:36, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

You did not remove this obvious vandalism, you restored it, so please stop reverting my edits to take it out. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:27, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, as it didn't appear to be vandalism. What is 'obvious' vandalism? The information is more relevant than the rest of article, as it is actually cited; the rest has been entered by someone or anyone who could be making things up with no references. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.9.76.16 (talk) 17:18, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

References

Revert? Why?

User:Beyond My Ken: please explain this revert. —Trappist the monk (talk) 16:48, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Because in both cases only one page is cited, not multiple pages, and the template will accept either "page" or "pages". As you can see by looking at the notes in this version of the article. BMK (talk) 16:56, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

The purpose of my script's visit was to correct |pages=p 426 by removing the extraneous p. Yes, the templates mostly get it right when |pages= has only a single page number but that should not be relied upon. Because the script is already there and changing the page, it inspects all of the |page= and |pages= parameters and attempts to make the parameter name agree with the parameter value. In this case, all of these things were done correctly. —Trappist the monk (talk) 17:09, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

(1) I didn't notice the "p" in "p 426", so that was my error. (2) No, your script did not operate as you said, because two single page citations were left with "pages=" instead of "page=", which is what they had been before - so you should take a look at the script and make any adjustments needed. BMK (talk) 03:29, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Alas, no, sorry, my script operated correctly. Here is the script's edit where it converted the two |pages= to |page= as it should have done. —Trappist the monk (talk) 03:56, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Well, then I screwed up twice, and that entitles you to any prize off the middle shelf to the left of the G.I. Jeff action figure and to the right of the Vladivostock Putin bobble-head doll, not including the "Speedy" Limbaugh wallwalker or the Elfriend Spitzer simulated cornucopia.

Sorry, my mistake, obviously. BMK (talk) 23:04, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

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