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Thank you! I am really enjoying improving the native fish pages. It is dangerously addictive. Thanks for the offer of help too. I am enjoying trying to figure out how to do things but sometimes I get stumped. StellaMcQ (talk) 09:34, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

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New Zealand Threat Classifications

Hi StellaMcQ Thanks for leaving a note re above on my talk page. As I understand from the New Zealand Department of Conservation documents, the New Zealand threat classification is more appropriate for those species native to New Zealand. I'm also using it for New Zealand native species as it tends to be more accurate and up to date than the IUCN rankings. DOC reexamines the threat status of each species every three years and their documents also give a heads up on the current taxonomy status of genus listed as well. I tend to get as much information I can via DOC's website. I haven't quite yet worked out how it relates to the IUCN list but I do know DOC Threat Classifications lists species that aren't even found yet on the IUCN list. The DOC Threat Classification Manual can be found here. I hope this helps! Ambrosia10 (talk) 04:03, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I agree and will continue with the DOC classification for the taxobox.

However I have either just thoroughly confused myself or found a problem. The classification structure changed between 2002 and 2014. The page for the New Zealand Threat Classification System lists the structure as for the 2002 system, and the codes as appear in the taxobox appear to show this system. However the current classification for fish (and I assume the other groups) has a different system. For example: 2002 has SD (Serious Decline) and GD (Gradual Decline), whereas in 2014 there is only D (Declining). Help! StellaMcQ (talk) 10:07, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

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Maybe I have done this wrong? I was trying to create a page that only existed under my userpage that I could direct people to at my upcoming conference talk, similar to having the powerpoint online, but in a more relevant way. I definitely didn't mean to create a public page as part of Wikipedia! StellaMcQ (talk) 22:22, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

thanks for deleting it without telling me how to fix the problem! Really helped me to learn.StellaMcQ (talk) 22:27, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

@StellaMcQ: I just read this so I'm here to help now. Anyways if you wanted to use this on your user page, or all you had to do was create a user space like User:Giantflightlessbirds has done, and put all the details from the article onto there. If you want you can delete this conversation or keep it, whatever you choose. Happy editing!

By now @Giantflightlessbirds: has since fixed the problem since he created a space for the article. Adog104 ^{Talk to me} 22:37, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Images for articles

Hi @StellaMcQ: I just thought I'd give you a heads up in case you decide to branch away from fish species into other New Zealand flora and fauna. Auckland Museum has released quite a few images of their museum specimens under the creative commons CC BY 4.0 license on their website. If you are looking for images to use to illustrate species articles etc this is a great place to include in your search. They've definitely got quite a few bird specimen images open for reuse under that license. Hope this helps Ambrosia10 (talk) 05:34, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Mike Joy

That's your first article? Good work! Schwede66 07:18, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Yes, my first new page. I have done a whole lot of editing of the native fish pages, but thought there was a need for this page to exist. StellaMcQ (talk) 05:48, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

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		Thank you for participating in the #NZspecies Edit-a-thon! Ambrosia10 (talk) 22:12, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

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Hello Stella I am at the WikiSciWomen workshop in Wellington (learning about Wikipedia) and have been working on Amy Castle's page and just realized you have been working on it too cheers Fleur Writescience (talk) 02:48, 6 August 2017 (UTC) great - still working out how to do this. I cut and paste a line from Te Ara as I thought the citation was not quite right - trying to correct it... a bit confused. :) Should I take that back out? Maybe will leave you to keep editing it! Fleur Writescience (talk) 03:11, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

I think I have written you a long message on my own page! oops! might be easier if you want to message me on twitter (@templetonf). Think you have done a great job on improving Amy Castles page today! Writescience (talk) 03:39, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Copyright problem on Amy Castle (entomologist)

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Whoops, thank you for picking that up. A placeholder that I intended to come back to but clearly forgot StellaMcQ (talk) 01:20, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

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Hi StellaMcQ are you still editing and improving some of the Wikipedia freshwater pages? I am at a refresher workshop editingforequity to try to improve some of the pages again --Writescience (talk) 07:19, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

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Eels absent from central North Island lakes?

Hi Stella. I gather that eels are absent or very scarce in Taupo and Rotorua area lakes. Do you know of any reliable sources that confirm or contradict this, and explain the reason why, if indeed they are absent? Thanks. Nurg (talk) 06:29, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

I was reading an article about this yesterday or the day before, but I can't find it now. It said there was a hostile environment in Lake Taupō so eels didn't live very long there. Perhaps nitrates? https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/110803775/rare-find-in-lake-taup confirms that they are rare, with the most relevent paragraph below.-gadfium 07:05, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

Department of Conservation media advisor, Steve Brightwell, said a DoC Taupō Trout Fishery spokesperson confirmed eels are uncommon in Lake Taupō, primarily due to natural features such as the Aratiatia Rapids and the Huka Falls preventing elvers access to the lake from the sea.
— https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/110803775/rare-find-in-lake-taup

Found what I was reading: Sideswipe in the New Zealand Herald, 19th July 2019. Unfortunately it is paywalled and not a very suitable source. The reason eels die in Lake Taupo is the lack of iodine in the water there. You can find the column by searching google for "eel minced in dam lake Taupo" (no quotes) and it was the third result for me. I can't link it here because google search results are blocked, and I can't link the pressreader snippet because it is paywalled unless accessed through a google search. The Herald article is at [1]. There is a way to bypass their paywall but I don't think I should link to that here.-gadfium 07:16, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

The Sideswipe item is interesting and was what sparked my interest. But Sideswipe publishes a lot of rubbish. Is there a scientific consensus for the iodine story or is it an old spouse's tale? Nurg (talk) 08:22, 21 July 2019 (UTC)