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Advice on uploading images

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Thanks for uploading some pictures to Wikipedia. I wanted to make sure you were aware of some of the requirements and good practices for uploaded images.

• Pick an image name.

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• Describe the image.

To another reader, the image may not be immediately understood. A caption in an article doesn't explain the image to a visitor who sees it on its image page. Put a brief explanation of what is in the image on the image description page, similar to what you might include in a caption on an article.

Some links to Wikipedia pages on this subject:

Copyrights, Copyright tags, Fair use, Image description page, Public domain, Images for deletion, Possibly unfree images, Copyright problems, Uploading images

Thanks again for your contributions. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me at my talk page. feydey 14:40, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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If you have any questions please ask at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you. feydey 14:40, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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Suggestions

I notice that you joined Wikipedia:WikiProject Abandoned Articles, and said there If I could be of any help, I would gladly accept it. While I'm not quite sure what that meant, if you're looking to help the WikiProject, the best thing to do would be to sign up for and work on a block of articles in Section 2.

Also, if you want to test something or work on a draft of an article, one option is to user a subpage rather than doing that directly on your user talk page, which generally should be used exclusively for converations with other editors. -- John Broughton | ^(♫♫) 14:08, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

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Hi, you might like to look at the changes I made to Green-winged Pytilia to bring the format in line with other bird articles, jimfbleak 08:31, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Authors

• Sousa = Jose Augusto de Sousa (1836-1889) Portuguese ornithologist
• Antinori = Orazio Antinori (1811-1882) Italian zoologist [1]
• Robert B. Payne born 1938 American ornithologist [2]

Hope that helps. Smallweed 09:48, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Luffy487 09:56, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

• Lynes = Hubert Lynes [3]
• Neave = Sheffield Airey Neave (1879-1961), Naturalist, entomologist, Secretary of the Zoological Society of London

Smallweed 09:32, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

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Bird-stub

Hi, you created a lot of birds article lately, and most of them are stub only (info taken from Birdlife website). Any other info/references you can add on articles you started ? quality over quantity. Cheers --Stavenn 04:33, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi, a lot of books for Estrildid/finches (Amazon :)), also Birds of New Guinea, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Africa and other regions where the finches found. For websites, I don't really know ... sorry (google it ... but mostly you'll find personal breeder page). Anyway, happy wiki. --Stavenn 04:50, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

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Caves of Mars Project

Unfortunately, I do not have enough expertise in planetary science to do much on Caves of Mars Project. However, you may want to try User:Lunokhod. His/her expertise is on the Moon, but he/she may be better able to address Mars-related issues. Thank you, Dr. Submillimeter 10:24, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

you might want to post to the WP:MARS, or just add a see also link to the main Mars page. I'm trying to concentrate on the Moon here, but if I get some spare time, I'll take a look at it. Lunokhod 13:04, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

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An update on Wikipedia:WikiProject Abandoned Articles

The project has reached the quarter-way point for the work on the list of the oldest 1000 ("abandoned") articles in Wikipedia: 250 articles have been reviewed and updated!

The project now has 21 members. If you're no longer interested, please take your name off the list; you won't get any further messages like this one. On the other hand, if you're still interested, please consider signing up for a(nother) block of 10 articles to work on - if everyone did this, we'd be almost halfway through those 1000 articles!

Finally, please note that project approach has changed slightly - there is now a section for editors to place articles that need to be "adopted", or to adopt articles that need further work. This means that if you find an article in a block of ten that needs more work than you have time for, it has a place to be put.

-- John Broughton (♫♫) 21:46, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Practical joke on your user page

I strongly recommend removing this. I think this sort of thing is in the process of being specifically prohibited, because many editors - myself included - feel that it violates WP:BITE (an essay, admittedly) and, more generally, the purpose of Wikipedia, to build an encyclopedia. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 21:46, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note on my page, and for acting on this. You'll find a discussion is at Wikipedia talk:User page#Crafting a guideline on "new message" joke banners, for what it's worth, and WP:USER has been changed, though it's a bit too cryptic for my likings. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by John Broughton (talk • contribs) 17:12, 24 February 2007 (UTC).

Lillo & Ingouf

It's Miguel Lillo (articles on Italian and Spanish wikis). Still looking for Ingouf. Smallweed 20:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks to your efforts…

Zebra Waxbill now has the second-highest number of categories, right between Winston Churchill and French language. And I'm sure if this could be calculated, it would probably have the highest ratio of categories to article length. I don't know whether to congratulate or spite you for this achievement, but I'll give a heads-up and say that I wouldn't count on all those categories staying there indefinitely. That said, it's also possible that others will follow you and do the same for other zoology articles, which would be great, I suppose. — Lenoxus 06:31, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Wow, sorry, no sarcasm intended, I mean it. I just though it was interesting that this article had an unusual number of categories, and my brain is addled enough from sleep deprivation that I was trying to follow the most diplomatic path, not too extreme one way or another, in semi-jocularly pointing this out. As for deleting categories, they all seem accurate, so I'll certainly leave them untouched. I don't know why I said that others would delete them… I guess I meant to warn of every conceivable possibilty, but that still wasn't called for, and I'm sorry. — Lenoxus 07:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Bald Eagle

Go on, be a devil and nominate..you know you want to. (seriously, as the project has started it is great to nominate a few ideas. You never know. I find sometimes an article is really easy where as others juts don't gel right at all (at least I have had this experience in dino articles as collaborator there.) cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 09:33, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Aww, that's a great quote to go on an article page. I'm thinking to get folks started one that is either really popular or almost there is a better bet, but try to get it on the page :) cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 07:58, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

...actually the article isn't in bad shape at all on a closer look. If you go over it a few times then put it in for Peer Review it may be easier than you think to get to FA...cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 08:01, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Debate at Category talk:Biota by country

I am going to hold off on future nominations while the discussion at Category talk:Biota by country continues. If the general consensus is to keep categorization by country, then I will acquiese to the consensus. However, I have the impression that these discussions have become too bogged down in the past and have never led to any action. I also have the sincere impression that KP Botany is more interested in simply arguing rather than trying to improve the categorization system. I hope my interactions with you will be smoother, even if we do disagree. Dr. Submillimeter 09:13, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

I am withdrawing from this discussion and all work on these "fauna by country" categories. It is not worth my time to repeatedly answer KP Botany's questions when he/she will simply ignore me and then complain that his/her questions are not being answered. Dr. Submillimeter 11:49, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for continuing the discussion on this subject anyway. Let me know if anything develops. If you want, I can provide you with some draft nominations for Central America, South America, and Africa (split into North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa). Dr. Submillimeter 15:07, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

African birds

The list I used is the Avibase Clements list, but there's conflicting taxonomy all over Wikipedia anyway, so just go ahead and we can sort out problems as they arise. There is also a list of African birds,

Basically, I write articles for birds I have seen on my annual holidays, plus a few easy ones (eg, it seemed a pity not to do Lesser Striped Swallow when it's so similar to Greater Striped Swallow.

Deciding on taxonomy could be an issue. For example, for the swallows I'm using Sinclair, Hockey and Warburton, SASOL Birds of Southern Africa which splits like mad, and Turner and Rose, Swallows and Martins, which takes a more measured line. I've tended to be pragmatic and consider for example whether any of the other subspecies of Black Rough-winged Swallow (in prep) would get articles written if I went with SASOL and split the migratory SA race.

I don't know if these ramblings make any sense, jimfbleak 13:53, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

The SASOL guide is just the more recent edition of your Sinclair, Hockey and Warburton book, it will be interesting to see what changes in taxonomy they introduced between the editions. jimfbleak 06:19, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

I've seen the Pica book on Lonchura, but I already spend too much on bird books. I notice that Sinclair et al sometimes use different names from those in use further north such as Yellow-billed Egret instead of Intermediate Egret. jimfbleak 08:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Edits to the Great albatross page

Just so you know, the Shy Albatross (not Sky, btw) is a mollymawk, not a great albatross. Sabine's Sunbird talk 08:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

The great albatrosses have white backs, mollymawks have dark backs (though I've never heard the group called that before.) Anyway, the splitting of the albatrosses from 2 genera into 4 happened in 1996, three years after your book was published. While there is endless debate as to how many species of albatross there are (check out the albatross article and the associated peer review and FAC) the split into 4 genera received widespread acceptance. The shy albatross was Diomedea but got moved to Thalassarche, and the great albatrosses were kept in Diomedea. Might I respectfully suggest a certain amount of caution in changing taxonomies based on a 14 year old book? Where we deviate from HBW in taxonomy it is usually on the basis of recent research. Sabine's Sunbird talk 09:11, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

You certainly didn't vandalise the article. I just left the message to explain why I reverted your edits. Taxonomy is tricky, and with the albatrosses I thrashed out a compromise with SP-KP as to how the list goes; so when I revert changes made to it I try and explain why. I notice, BTW, that you're working on a list of Southern African birds, good luck with that! I've been working on my List of Fijian birds since September (on and off). Its a smaller list but with all the different islands it takes time. Sabine's Sunbird talk 11:22, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

The Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific. Its got tables in the back that help with the distribution, though I have to read the rest of the book for the other info. Sabine's Sunbird talk 19:52, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Francolin

the current listings of francolin and spurfow genera are in accordance with Madge and McGowan,Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse ISBN 0-7136-3966-0. However, they also list subgenera of Francolinus, one of which is Pternistes, so I suspect that someone has decided that this should be a full genus. I can't keep up with changes in taxonomy. jimfbleak 14:58, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Birds of Africa

Laysan Albatross? Even if the wretched things 'somehow' ever got there, shouldn't bird of cats be for native and migrant birds rather than once a lifetime miracle vagrants? Sabine's Sunbird talk 09:48, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Hooded Munia authors

Fairly sure it's Jared Diamond, B. Jonkers and H. Roersma, and Brian J. Coates. Subspecies authors are a lot more tricky to find. Smallweed 10:13, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Phoenicopterus

It's in a state of flux at present. If you count the Caribbean Flamingo as a subspecies of Greater Flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber, the New World bird is P. r. ruber, and the Old World subspecies is P. r. roseus. However, some authorities, I think including the AOU (haven't checked), split the Caribbean nominate form as a full species, Phoenicopterus ruber, leaving the Old World species as Phoenicopterus roseus. jimfbleak 15:56, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't think you can put both, since the NAm form wouldn't occur in SA, it's more a matter of deciding whether to split, in which case the SA bird is Phoenicopterus roseus, or lump, as Phoenicopterus ruber roseus. jimfbleak 17:11, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

That would be consistent with SASOL, jimfbleak 18:24, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thanks for your support on my Request for adminship, which was successful, with votes of 49/0/0. Lemme know if you need help on something I might know a little something about....(check my userpage).
cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 14:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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Bird collaboration of the month

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October 2007 newsletter for WikiProject Abandoned Articles

Welcome

The WikiProject welcomes two new members in the past three months:

• Java7837
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Progress

The WikiProject is now halfway done, numerically, with the 1000 articles identified in December 2006. The first (oldest) 500 articles have been claimed, reviewed, and (when needed, which was almost all cases) improved. Moreover, given the passage of time, many of articles 501 through 1000 have been worked on by other editors (it's ten months since that list was generated). So reviewing the second half of the 1000 articles should be easier.

A slightly different approach

Section 6 (articles 501 through 600 on the list) has been organized differently than the previous five sections. First, blocks are (roughly) five articles each, rather than 10, making it easier for you to claim and finish a block. Second, perhaps more importantly, each block consists of similar pages; if you're interested in fixing disambiguation pages, there are blocks of those; if you're interested in articles (which is what the project originally started out being), there are blocks of those; and there is one block of lists and one of redirects (mostly redirects to articles). So, fewer surprises this time when you claim a block.

In addition, since the project now has 25 active members (though some are likely inactive), having more blocks will make it easier to spread the editing around.

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WikiProject Birds March 2008 Newsletter

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CfD nomination of Category:Birds of Timor-Leste

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WikiProjet Birds May 2008 Newsletter

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July 2008 Birds Project Newsletter Link

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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! Sarah (talk) 02:13, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:34, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Category:Birds of Angola has been nominated for discussion

Category:Birds of Angola, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. 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. DexDor ^(talk) 06:10, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Category:Birds of Egypt has been nominated for discussion

Category:Birds of Egypt, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. 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. DexDor ^(talk) 21:43, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Category:Birds of São Tomé and Príncipe has been nominated for discussion

Category:Birds of São Tomé and Príncipe, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. 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. DexDor ^(talk) 19:56, 4 January 2018 (UTC)