Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cetaceans
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Hi, I am enquiring about Indo Pacific Humpback Dolphins( Sousa Chinensis). Do you have any informantion or research on these estuarine dolphins. I am a Volunteer and a lay person in scientific terms, at the Dolphin Centre at Tin Can Bay, Qld ,Australia, where these Dolphins are found. I wish to put together an education programme for children, to teach them about Estuarine Dolphins & Dugongs in particular,as they relate to our area. Can you supply me with any sites or information . Thanks Norma Sanderson. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.69.158.96 (talk • contribs) .
- Have you looked at humpback dolphin? - UtherSRG (talk) 11:43, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
You can see both the Dugong (Dugong dugong) and Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis) at Underwater World Singapore (www.underwaterworld.com.sg). Jlmahon 02:36, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Capitalization rules continued
Hello, I was just about to undertake some copyediting of the Fin Whale article when I came across the capitalization of common names issue. This has obviously been discussed in this WikiProject in the past (see the "capitalization" section on this talk page), but would like some further clarification of the capitalization rules. For example, the first sentence of the current version of the article reads, "The Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also called the finback whale, is a mammal which belongs to the baleen whales suborder.". If the capitalization is to be standardized based upon this WikiProject's current preference for capitalized common names, should "finback whale" be changed to "Finback Whale"? Does the capitalization apply to common names of suborders? Should it be "Baleen Whales" instead of the current lower case? Since "whale" is a common name of a larger taxonomic group, then should every instance of the word "whale" be capitalized?
I have contributed to many articles in the WikiProject Fishes, where the standard is to use sentence case for all common names. To me, this seems much more logical and easier to read, and according to the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (fauna), seems to agree with more of the scientific literature. Would there be any support for changing this project's capitalization standards? I'm not trying to jump in here and stir up a hornet's nest or anything. Neil916 (Talk) 21:38, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
- You are correct about "Finback Whale", as it represents a species. For ranks above the species level, comon names should be in sentence case, such as "baleen whales". For details on the reasoning and logic, see the Bird Wikiproject. - UtherSRG (talk) 22:37, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Project directory
Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 23:53, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fin Whale up for FA
Just to let everyone know that Fin Whale is now a featured article candidate. See its nomination here. Chris_huhtalk 12:23, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] And the portal
The portal is also up for featured status, but, surprisingly, for featured portal. See its nomination, and help out if you can. Chris_huhtalk 18:37, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
- I'm excited to see how this turns out. Please inform me if any work needs to be done on the portal. --Gray Porpoisecetaceans have large brains 19:28, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Peer review request for Sei Whale
I have done some work on the Sei Whale article and have posted a request for peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Sei Whale. I'd appreciate any feedback about how this can be improved in anticipation of a featured article nomination. Also, if anybody is able to track down some free images of this whale, they'd be greatly appreciated. The one photo of the whale itself that we have is pretty pathetic, and I haven't found anything useful over at NOAA or anywhere else. Thanks. Neil916 (Talk) 02:04, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- Excellent. Though it's in need of a few changes to be FA-worthy, I'm nominating it for good article status. --Gray PorpoiseWhat have I done‽ 18:11, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Archive
I archived all of the sections from February 2004 up through August 2006. --Gray Porpoisecetaceans have large brains 19:39, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Assessment
I try my best when I evaluate, but I probably make errors. What do you guys consider to be a start class? I usually apply it when articles have a couple of short sections or fewer, and are just long enough to escape stub class. However, many of the things that I consider B-class may be start-class to others. --Gray PorpoiseIs this overformatted? 01:23, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, i regard Start-Class as being maybe a paragraph or two. B Class should be a fair bit more than that - with some headings, because after B is GA, and that would be quite a bit higher than a few headings. Chris_huhtalk 14:15, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wildlife Barnstar
There is currently a barnstar proposal at Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals/New Proposals#Wildlife Barnstar for a barnstar which would be available for use for this project. Please feel free to visit the page and make any comments you see fit. Badbilltucker 15:35, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Stablepedia
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- See Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team#Stablepedia. If you wish to comment, please comment there. ★MESSEDROCKER★ 03:37, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] We have a Featured Portal
Portal:Cetaceans has just been promoted to Featured Portal. A nice little birthday present i think. Brilliant. Chris_huhtalk 11:46, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Proposed Veterinary medicine project
There is now a proposed project at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Veterinary Medicine to deal with matters of veterinary medicine, a subject which currently has disproportionately low content in wikipedia. Any wikipedia editors who have an interest in working on content related to the subject are encouraged to indicate as much there. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 22:12, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Baiji no more
So the Baiji (Chinese River Dolphin) is no more ("functionally extinct"). I plan on putting up a lot of info on the Baiji in a few days as i was (ironically) working on it offline a few days before it was announced (typical, really). At the moment the page is at Chinese River Dolphin but should be moved soon to Baiji as that is the proper term for it.
Just thought i would say farewell to the Baiji. Chris_huhtalk 17:24, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- I'm so sad for the baiji. I just hope this will be a wake-up call for conserving other species.
- We do good work here on Wikipedia. I tell myself it helps. Kla'quot 17:43, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
