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DYK for Lebia grandis

Orlady (talk) 02:02, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Number of hits on 5/3/2011 was 1.8k.

February 2011 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive Awards

		The Special Barnstar
		This Special Barnstar is given to Cwmhiraeth for wikifying 171 articles, a total of 108,600 words. Thanks for participating, and please be sure to help out at our next drive! Sumsum2010·T·C·Review me! 06:03, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

		The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia
		This Superior Barnstar is given to Cwmhiraeth for appearing on the leaderboard. Again, thanks for participating! Sumsum2010·T·C·Review me! 06:03, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

I think your sourcing detracts from this barnstar - adding a Worldlingo "reference" to Jaza'iranaa was a mistake as that is a Wikipedia mirror. Also you didn't format the lyrics, so they all ran on one line. Fences&Windows 00:04, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Well I don't know about the "reference" but I did format the lyrics and it was difficult for me because of the script reading from right to left in Farsi for which my computer was ill adapted. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:54, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Request for comment

As a member of Wikiproject insects you maybe want to voice your opinion this discussion on the use of vernacular or scientific names in higher ranking taxa. Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 13:10, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Hylobius transversovittatus

Orlady (talk) 02:03, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Number of hits on 6/3/2011 was 933.

Nice work and suggestions

I enjoyed reading a couple of your articles. They are informative, interesting and relatively comprehensive compared to many insect articles that I read.

Two comments? Just based on looking at two articles, I notice a tendency for you to use three words when one would suffice. It doesn't quite qualify as WP:WEASEL, but if you read that Wiki page, it might alert you to being briefer. I'm mentioning this in part because your personal pages shows you are interested in copy editing. I'm a professional editor, and using fewer words is the direction I'd expect you'd take if you were heading that way.

The other comment is just an isolated observation, but when I checked the reference for the somewhat atypical statement: "There are a large number of breadpalms in some locations but on the whole, populations are declining", here [1] it didn't support what you wrote. The reference does not say exactly this, and it leads me to wonder whether you are adding your own knowledge, or unintentionally "putting a spin" on the reference.

Overall, though, I must say, your contributions are a vast improvement on the many Wiki insect articles that just seem to cut-and-paste a dry few facts from some standard source. Enjoy and please continue! 98.210.208.107 (talk) 05:54, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments. I will try to think about not using more words than are necessary. Which particular article did you think too wordy?

With regard to your second comment, what the source actually says is: "The population has declined by about 20% in the past three generations. Would qualify as Vulnerable under criterion B1a if there were fewer localities and as VU under criterion C1 if the lower estimate of population numbers is correct. The species is therefore listed as Near Threatened." I thought my statement bore this out but I suppose it would have been better to state "There are a large number of locations where breadpalms grow but on the whole, populations are declining" Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:12, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify's March Mini Drive

WikiProject Wikify's March Mini! Hello, I thought you would be interested in the March Mini, a coordinated effort by WikiProject Wikify members to eliminate the 2008 backlog of articles tagged with {{wikify}} and/or {{dead end}}. Come join in the fun! There are only three prizes to be won, including a special barnstar created just for this drive! Regards, WikiProject Wikify

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DYK for Galerucella calmariensis

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:34, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Number of hits on 13/3/2011 was 1.6k.

Binomial authorities and brackets

See here. Brackets indicate that a species was originally published under a different genus (in this case Loligo) and that the present name is therefore a new combination. mgiganteus1 (talk) 21:03, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

I didn't know that! I have been assiduously removing brackets from authority names as I thought they had no significance. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:06, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

GOCE / Mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 backlog elimination drive Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter. Participation GOCE March 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs So far, 79 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 64 have participated. Interest is high due to a link to our event from the Watchlist page, and many new and first-time copy editors have joined us for the drive. If you signed up for the drive but haven't participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the Requests page. We have assisted in the promotion of seven articles to Good article status so far this month. Progress report We have already achieved our target of reducing the overall backlog by 10%; however, we have more work to do with the 2009 backlog. We have almost eliminated May 2009 and we only have some 700 articles left from 2009. It is excellent progress, so let's concentrate our fire power on the remaining months from 2009. Thank you for participating in the March 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success! Utahraptor resigns The UtahraptorTalk to me has decided to step down from his position as project coordinator due to real-life issues. Your drive coordinators – S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk) and Tea with toast (Talk)

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Article idea

Hi Cwmhiraeth, if you happen to be looking for an article to write at some point, Snek01 suggested wuite a cool bug to me here: User_talk:Smartse#Alecton discoidalis. I won't have time for quite a while, but if you're interested maybe drop Snek01 a note and work on try and get the double DYK hook prepared between you. Cheers SmartSE (talk) 18:20, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

I have contacted Snek01 and said that I am prepared to work on an article on Alecton discoidalis. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:19, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello, very good. I will focus on its gastropod related articles only following few days to accomplish your hook. The Alecton article is up to you. I am not sure if I will find enough info about certain species of Cuban snails. Thank you very much for your cooperation that will hopefully promote snails. --Snek01 (talk) 19:40, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

I just wanted to say that I think it would be great if you wrote that article. If you need any help at all with the prose please just ask me. Invertzoo (talk) 13:51, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm working on it now. You can see it here in a half formed state. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:00, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

		The Minor Barnstar
		Good work! Snek01 (talk) 00:02, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello, I have nominated it for the DYK hook article. --Snek01 (talk) 00:02, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Contribution Team

Was this a serious set of queries? Ironholds (talk)

Yes. Other drives such as this seem to have clear objectives and designs. This one does not, or so it seems to me. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:18, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Going through your points in turn:

1. The main page clearly states the drive runs from 1 February to 8 March.
2. The involved projects are pretty clearly linked.
3. Progress reports are linked similarly clearly.
4. I know the winners exist, because I saw them selected, congratulated and sent their stuff.

I'm not going to do a Sven and chew you out, but the central person behind the project is ill. Very ill. She has been ill for many weeks, and we are worried about her. We do not appreciate people rolling up to spit out elegiac poetry and accusing either us or our friends of lying and bullshitting to the community. In future, assume good faith and do the bare minimum to actually investigate before making stupid damn presuppositions and snarky self-entitled commentary, because if you'd made those statements in real life you'd be feeling the back of my fucking hand.

Alright, I'm going to chew you out a bit. Ironholds (talk) 07:33, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

You seem amazingly upset by some perfectly legitimate points I made and extremely rude while you are about it. I'm sorry if the coordinator is ill but the drive does seem poorly organised compared to other drives. Would it not be better to have several joint coordinators?Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:20, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Explain how complaining that available and immediate information is not available and immediate can be considered a legitimate point? What about accusing people of lying, say? Ironholds (talk) 14:34, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Why don't you tell the participants that the drive has finished and publish the names of the weekly winners? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:37, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

In the former case, I forgot. In the latter, I don't know - Panyd has them - but I was present when they were announced, and present when the shirts were shipped. Now closingIronholds (talk) 21:00, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

OK, I see you have updated the main drive page. Thanks and matter closed. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Brachypsectra fulva

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 backlog elimination drive report Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating in the March 2011 drive! This newsletter summarizes the March drive and other recent events. Participation GOCE March 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs There were 99 signups for the drive; of these, 70 participated. Interest was high mainly due to a link to our event from the Watchlist page. We had a record-breaking 84 articles listed on the Requests page in March; 11 of these have been promoted to Good article status so far. Several of our recent efforts have received Featured Article status as well, and the GOCE is becoming a solid resource for the Wikipedia community. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog. Progress report Remarkable progress was made in reducing the backlog this month, as we now have fewer than 500 articles remaining from 2009. We are well under the 4,000-article mark for the total number remaining in the queue. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 53% of the backlog. A complete list of results and barnstars awarded can be found here. Barnstars will be distributed over the next week. If you enjoyed participating in our event, you may also like to join the Wikification drives, which are held on alternate months to our drives. Their April drive has started. New coodinators On March 21, SMasters appointed Chaosdruid (talk) and Torchiest (talk) as Guild coordinators to serve in place of The Utahraptor, who recently stepped down. Please feel free to contact any coordinator if you have any questions or need assistance. Your drive coordinators – S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk) and Tea with toast (Talk)

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DYK for Alecton discoidalis

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:03, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

March barnstar!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Cwmhiraeth for copy editing articles totalling 20,833 words during the March GOCE backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! --Diannaa (Talk) 04:58, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Rhodactis howesii

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Why the "See also"?

I don't see the relevance of this edit - have I missed something? You explain that you're de-orphaning the Judge's Lodgings, but ... ? PamD (talk) 07:11, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

I was in a bit of a hurry to finish off the Judges Lodgings by de-orphaning it before we went away for the weekend. Looking at it again now, I don't see the relevance either. I have removed the "See also" and de-orphaned the Judges Lodgings in a different way. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:40, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Acropyga acutiventris

Materialscientist (talk) 06:03, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Xenococcus annandalei

Materialscientist (talk) 06:03, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

wikification

Congrats on reaching 100! --Fang Aili ^talk 07:09, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I must admit to wikifying short rather than long articles however. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:16, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify's April 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive awards!

		The Wikilink Barnstar
		Thank you for participating in WikiProject Wikify's April 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive! The backlog was reduced by over 1,500 articles, even though about 1,500 articles were added to the backlog in April 2011. For wikifying over 93 articles, you have been awarded the Wikilink Barnstar! Your contributions through WikiProject Wikify improve the quality of Wikipedia articles and encourage their growth on Wikipeida, the largest English encyclopedia in human history. Be sure to participate in our next drive! For WikiProject Wikify, Guoguo12--Talk--  02:18, 6 May 2011 (UTC).

		The WikiProject Wikify Badge
		You have been awarded this special award for finishing on the leaderboard in WikiProject Wikify's April 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive! Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia and the WikiProject! Guoguo12--Talk--  02:18, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Antweb

You might want to check this link - it has photos you can add to the article about the ant that carries mealybugs. Have a good day! SmartSE (talk) 11:41, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I had seen the AntWeb images but was put off by the statement "Use of this web site and information available from it is subject to our Attribution-Share Alike Creative Commons License. We encourage non-commercial use of ant web images."

In the past I have tried uploading images to Commons that had non-commercial use licences and was told they were not permitted. I'll try with these. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:08, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Even though they mention non-commercial use, they are licenced in a way they can be used commercially. See C:Commons:AntWeb too. SmartSE (talk) 11:20, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive update

Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive update Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter. Participation GOCE May 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs So far, 54 people have signed up for the drive, and 33 are actively participating. If you signed up for the drive but have not participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you have not signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now. If you have questions about getting started, feel free to talk to us. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the Requests page. We currently have 17 articles awaiting edit. Progress report We are making slow progress on achieving our target of reducing the overall backlog by 15%; in order to accomplish this goal we will need to complete about 400 more articles. However, we are making good progress on the 2009 backlog, as we have eliminated over half of the articles from 2009 that were present at the start of the drive. Let's concentrate our fire power on the remaining months from 2009; leaderboard awards will be handed out for 2009 articles this drive. Thank you for participating in the May 2011 drive. We hope it will be another success! Your drive coordinators – S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest

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The Wikifier: March 2011

The Wikifier Your Wikification Newsletter – Volume I, Issue II, March 2011 From the editor • General news Membership • February drive results To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

Hello Wikifiers! Sorry this Newsletter is late, It should have gone out a month ago. I've been very busy in real life and didn't have time to get over to the newsletter. In this edition of the Newsletter, we have an editorial written by our new executive coordinator; Guoguo12. Guoguo12 has succeeded Mono due to an indefinite wikibreak. We also have the results of the February and March Mini drives. Happy Wikifying, Sumsum2010, the assistant coordinator of WikiProject Wikify

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June 2011 Wikification Drive

Sumsum2010·T·C 22:22, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Alcyonium digitatum

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:32, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

This article was viewed 7.8k times on 2/6/2011.

GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive report Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Participation GOCE May 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs There were 63 signups for the drive; of these, 45 participated. Although we did not award a bonus for articles from the Requests page this drive, we are not experiencing lengthy delays in getting the articles processed. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog. Progress report During the month of May we reduced the backlog by approximately 10%, and made remarkable progress on eliminating articles tagged from 2009. There are now only 15 articles left, down from the 415 that were present when the drive started. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 54% of the backlog. A complete list of results and barnstars awarded can be found here. Barnstars will be distributed over the next week. If you enjoyed participating in our event, you may also like to join the Wikification drives, which are held on alternate months to our drives. Their June drive has started. Coodinator election The six-month term for our first tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the second tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. Please feel free to contact any coordinator if you have any questions or need assistance. Your project coordinators are S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), Tea with toast (Talk), Chaosdruid (talk), and Torchiest (talk).

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GOCE awards

		Leaderboard Award—Article Count—4th Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Cwmhiraeth for copy editing a total of 43 articles (4th Place) during the Guild of Copy Editors' May 2011 backlog elimination drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions. – SMasters (talk) 09:02, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

		Leaderboard Award—2009 Articles—2nd Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Cwmhiraeth for copy editing a total of 42 articles from 2009 (2nd Place) during the Guild of Copy Editors' May 2011 backlog elimination drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions. – SMasters (talk) 09:02, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Awarded to Cwmhiraeth for copy editing a grand total of 26,419 words (including rollover) during the Guild of Copy Editors' May 2011 backlog elimination drive. Thank you so much for your contributions to the project! – SMasters (talk) 09:02, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

European edible sea urchin

Per my comments on the talk page of European edible sea urchin and the WikiProject Animals page, I don't see any reason why the move would be bad. If you feel it improves the project then go for it :) Kind regards ZooPro 10:31, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Unless there are any objections in the next few days, I will make the name change. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Review

Thanks so much for your review! Your are kind. --Codrin.B (talk) 14:17, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Chaetopterus variopedatus

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DYK for Ophiothrix fragilis

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Sabellastarte spectabilis

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Chaetopterus variopedatus

Materialscientist (talk) 23:23, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify Discussion Invitation

Sumsum2010·T·C 23:28, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive invitation

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors The latest GOCE backlog elimination drive is under way! It began on 1 July and so far 18 people have signed up to help us reduce the number of articles in need of copyediting. This drive will give a 50% bonus for articles edited from the GOCE requests page. Although we have cleared the backlog of 2009 articles there are still 3,935 articles needing copyediting and any help, no matter how small, would be appreciated. We are appealing to all GOCE members, and any other editors who wish to participate, to come and help us reduce the number of articles needing copyediting, as well as the backlog of requests. If you have not signed up yet, why not take a look at the current signatories and help us by adding your name and copyediting a few articles. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". >>> Sign-up now <<<

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WikiProject Wikify Drive Awards!

		The WikiProject Wikify Badge
		This Wikify badge is given to Cwmhiraeth for appearing on the leaderboard in the June 2011 Wikification drive. Again, thanks for participating! Sumsum2010·T·C 00:05, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		This Barnstar of Diligence is given to Cwmhiraeth for Wikifying 73 articles in the June 2011 Wikification drive. Again, thanks for participating! Sumsum2010·T·C 00:05, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Echinocardium cordatum

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Tellimya ferruginosa

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DYK for Epiactis prolifera

EncycloPetey (talk) 08:02, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Abarenicola pacifica

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DYK for Lottia gigantea

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK nom: Synaptula lamperti

Synaptula lamperti

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