Talk:UPLB Museum of Natural History

Number of collections

The logo’s description claims that the eight leaves represent the eight collections, yet the Collections section in the article has only seven subheadings. What’s going on? Brianjd (talk) 03:18, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

• @Brianjd, the leaves represents 8 sections (not actually collections, but organizational subunits, which include the Integrated Biodiversity Exhibit, an exhibit hall). So in the Collections heading, there are only 7 subheadings. How do I resolve that? I can change the logo description to "eight sections" from "eight collections" --Florante Apellido Cruz (talk) 05:40, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
  • Be bold! Make the change yourself! Maybe add a bit of text to the article to explain this as well. It will certainly be better than what’s there now, and other editors can improve it further. Brianjd (talk) 05:50, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
    • Ok, I will do what you recommend asap @Brianjd Thanks! --Florante Apellido Cruz (talk) 08:22, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
  • Eventually, we will encourage you to make less edits to the article, given your conflict of interest. But at the moment, this article needs a lot of work. And the rest of the community has not come to help yet. Brianjd (talk) 05:50, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
    • @Brianjd thank you very much, I understand this and as a content provider, I may need also to distance myself in the future and accept the editing of the community. I know I have put in a lot of things already and it has taken so much of my time. I hope for everyone's understanding too, specially that I know so little in using and exploring the guidelines. --Florante Apellido Cruz (talk) 08:22, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
      • @Brianjd I have made some editing to the logo caption and the sections to reflect the real number of 8 sections. I hope this would be okay. Thank you.--Florante Apellido Cruz (talk) 21:26, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
        • It’s a good start, provided that it doesn’t violate copyright. Brianjd (talk) 00:21, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

<small> tags

Resolved

 – Florante Apellido Cruz (talk) 08:26, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Is there a reason that half the article is wrapped in <small> tags? It’s making it very difficult to edit this article. Brianjd (talk) 04:21, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

• @Brianjd I thought it would be better to make all the fonts in tables smaller to separate it from the main body of the text? --Florante Apellido Cruz (talk) 05:41, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
  • @Florante Apellido Cruz: Please indent your replies (by adding a : or * to the start of them), to make it easier to follow the discussion. The easiest way is simply to add as many colons as you need, so that your comment is indented relative to the previous comment. Bullets are better, but don’t worry about them if you can’t figure it out.

  Regarding the font size, you might notice that we already have standard mechanisms for applying formatting to various elements, including tables, and it is usually best not to interfere with them. The specific guideline is here: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting#Font size.

  Now, does that apply here? After all, these are large tables. Well, you can see my failed attempt at removing the <small> tags here: Special:PermanentLink/958679938 (it was a failure because it also removed other formatting; I have reverted it). I think the tables look OK. Anyway, many of them will probably be removed when other editors get involved. Brianjd (talk) 06:03, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

  • I have removed the <small> tags again. This time I did it correctly. If you agree with this change, add {{Section resolved|~~~~}} to the start of this section (just below the heading). Otherwise, just add another comment here. Brianjd (talk) 06:26, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Links

I have removed many links (and will probably remove many more) per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking. Feel free to add them back if you think I have gone overboard. Brianjd (talk) 11:47, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

• Brianjd I will leave the discretion to you and the community and I believe in your judgement --Florante Apellido Cruz (talk) 21:28, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Commons files used on this page or its Wikidata item have been nominated for deletion

The following Wikimedia Commons files used on this page or its Wikidata item have been nominated for deletion:

• A live specimen of Tagaloblatta kasaysayan, named after the UPLB Museum of Natural History in the Tagalog languange.jpg
• Algae display at the UPLB MNH.jpg
• Discovery at the UPLB MNH.jpg
• Dried mycological specimens at UPLB MNH.jpg
• Entomologist visitors at the UPLB MNH.jpg
• Forestry Herbarium at the UPLB MNH.jpg
• Frontage of UPLB MNH.jpg
• Hoya edwinofernandoana holotype.jpg
• MNH field biologists collect bat specimens.jpg
• Moss collection at UPLB MNH.jpg
• Mount Makiling in Los Banos.jpg
• Photos of moth specimens.jpg
• Phyllium bonifacioi live specimen.jpg
• Specimen of lichen at UPLB MNH.jpg
• Student interns working.jpg
• Tree planting at the UPLB MNH Hortorium.jpg
• Vertebrate specimen displays at UPLB MNH.jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 13:07, 26 May 2020 (UTC)