Dragon Helm

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Velociraptor

Hi, I noticed that you removed the image Image:Buitreraptor-velociraptor.jpg from the Velociraptor page, with the comment that the "image is not velociraptor". Can you explain this? I thought the large skeleton in the background was a velociraptor; is my memory playing tricks with me? Thanks! Any help in correctly identifying the species would be welcome; we could also email the museum to check. —Steven G. Johnson 05:56, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi - can you help? Stevenj was under the impression that his image was indeed of Veloci-, as the museum tag said so. (You may remember that this also happened to me, with the Bambiraptor image I put up, from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, under the mistaken impression that it was of Velociraptor, as the museum had labelled it as such.) Can you let us know what is the true identity of the skeleton with Buitreraptor? Thanks for your vigilance and your trouble. - Ballista 06:13, 27 August 2006 (UTC) - P.S.: Could it be Deinonychus or Utahraptor, or am I digging myself in deeper, here? Ignorance is a wonderful thing ........ - P.P.S.: Making a real fool of myself - hadn't seen that Stevenj had already asked you - sorry! - Ballista 06:38, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

It's possible that this is not what the museum tag said, and I misremembered; I'm emailing my cousin who works at the Field Museum to see if she can swing by and check the label for me. —Steven G. Johnson 15:22, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Velociraptor[1] Deinonychus[2] --Dragon Helm 05:01, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Jurassic Park copyedit

Why thank you for your single big edit. So it is proper to write T-rex over T-Rex? Wiki-newbie 21:43, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

From the Binomial nomenclature article

• Scientific names are usually printed in italics, such as Homo sapiens.
• The first term (genus name / generic name) is always capitalized, while the specific descriptor (in zoology, the "specific name", in botany, the "specific epithet") never is, even when derived from a proper name.
• The scientific name should generally be written in full when it is first used or when several species from the same genus are being listed or discussed in the same paper or report. It may then be abbreviated by just using an initial (and period) for the genus; for example Canis lupus becomes C. lupus. In rare cases this abbreviation form has spread to more general use — for example the bacterium Escherichia coli is often referred to as just E. coli, and Tyrannosaurus rex is perhaps even better known simply as T. rex.

Dragon Helm 22:11, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Dinosaur

In regard to image captions, don't forget to add full stops to the end of the caprions, as they are sentences too... :) Spawn Man 22:57, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Deinonychus

Hey Dragon Helm!

It appears you have put in 14 edits on Wikipedia's article on Deinonychus. This article is a current Featured Article Candidate. If you could drop by the article's candidacy page and indicate how you think the article might be improved, and how it could better meet the Featured Article requirements, it would be greatly appreciated. Your input on this important dinosaur is important. Best wishes and happy editing, Firsfron of Ronchester 02:52, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

A call for help

I noticed your work on Biological issues in Jurassic Park, referencing, fixing errors - thank you! Your improvements would've been beyond the skills of a layman, such as myself.
You're probably aware that the article was put up for deletion. Editors (the nominator included) agreed that it was a valid subject, but that the current article needed much improvement - referencing, in particular, to distinguish our editors' voices from those of the sources. The AfD was suspended (first time I've ever seen that work) in order for an effort to be made. The precise arguments and concerns can be seen behind the link.

I'd like to ask you to continue your work on the article. It may very well make the difference. Improving references and phrasing to make clear who claims what seems to be a high priority right now, followed by general improvement of text quality, expanding if necessary, and finally by linking to this in other articles. Literary references would be particularily valuable - this is not a subject that everyone has or can find books on. If you have any questions, or suggestions on how to do this, or a desire to hit me with a fish for making an unreasonable request, please drop me a message.

I'm preparing (really) requests for help from WikiProjects Dinosaurs, Biology and Films, but these won't be online for at least 12 hours, seeing as how I'll go to sleep immediately after saving this message. If you wish to call attention to this on the Dinosaurs project talk page, feel free. --Kizor 22:46, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

PS. Do I overuse the first person singular? It might be an artifact from its relative inconspiciousness in my native language. :P --Kizor 22:47, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Browser?

Hi, would you mind telling me what browser you use that had problems with my Velociraptor edit? Gustav von Humpelschmumpel 21:18, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

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