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[edit] Dinosaur articles

Your recent contribution(s) to Wikipedia are very much appreciated. However, you did not provide references or sources for your information. Keeping Wikipedia accurate and verifiable is very important, and as you might be aware there is currently a drive to improve the quality of Wikipedia by encouraging editors to cite the sources they used when adding content. If sources are left unreferenced, it may count as original research, which is not allowed. Can you provide in the article specific references to any books, articles, websites or other reliable sources that will allow people to verify the content in the article? You can use a citation method listed at inline citations that best suits each article. Thanks! --NMChico24 20:37, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Crocodileman,
Thanks for your many edits to prehistoric reptile articles. However, I have been unable to verify some of the information you have written. For example, you have created an article called Xiaosauridae, a "nomen nudum group of dinosaurs" (sic). I'm not sure how a group of nomina nuda could constitute a valid taxon, and "Xiaosauridae" returns no non-wiki google hits. There's a reference to Don Lessem, but I don't get any hits on Lessem having worked with Xiaosaurus, either.
Where does this info come from? Do you have a link to the paper? Wikipedia forbids original research, so any article must cite reliable references.
In addition, the folks at Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs are mainly using Benton's taxonomy for family- and higher-level taxa, and it would be a good idea if everyone used the same respected sources. Firsfron of Ronchester 19:26, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dinosaur image

Hi Crocodileman, Thank you for adding the Image:Xuanhuaceratops.JPG to the Chaoyangsauridae article. I encourage you to submit your drawings to the Dinosaur image review page where they can be peer-reviewed and checked for accuracy before loading them into the articles. Images that are anatomically inaccurate will be sooner or later removed. Additionally, there is a sign up list where you could find a list of the most wanted illustrations. Happy editing. ArthurWeasley 21:06, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Theoryofadeadman-the_last_song.jpg

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[edit] Xiaosauridae

Leaving aside that there is currently no such thing as Xiaosauridae, and that recent papers on that area of the dinosaur tree (particularly Barrett et al. 2006 on Hexinlusaurus and Agilisaurus) found no need to create one, there's no need to unredirect Xiaosauridae and then replace the text with "See Xiaosaurus", since that means the page has the same function as it did as a redirect, only in a less convenient manner because the reader now has to manually redirect instead of being automatically redirected. J. Spencer 15:34, 7 January 2007 (UTC)


A tag has been placed on Devin osmond, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Chris 73 | Talk 17:17, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Bands and stuff

Hi. If the band and its people will be famous one day, then they will have an article once they are famous. As for now, they are not notable enough according to WP:MUSIC to justify an article. Sorry, but the article about the band and its members will be deleted. Also, as per WP:CoI, you writing about yourself Devin osmond is a conflict of interest, and should be avoided. On a side note: Nice drawings of dinosaurs on your homepage. Hope this helps -- Chris 73 | Talk 17:24, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re; Quiver (song) & others

Hi. I have placed a speedy delete tag on the above article. Whilst articles on the band and albums are (and may) be worthy of inclusion I do not believe that individual songs can be justified unless they are well known. If you disagree and can give good reason why the article should be kept then you should get over to the talkpage... Cheers. LessHeard vanU 22:08, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Quiver has been deleted. I have now requested speedy delete on No Surprise, Say Goodbye (Theory of a Deadman song) & Hello Lonely (Walk Away From This). Please don't think I am being vindictive or am anti Theory of a Deadman, I believe that the singles info could be included in the Gasoline (album) article no problem. What is a problem is the 'meaning' of each song; fans will know what the song is about, non fans will not care. Either way, it isn't encyclopedic. Most songs by most bands (even the really famous ones) do not have their own articles; if a song becomes famous enough then it will get an article... eventually. Just because a band is notable, and an album, is not sufficient reason for every track to have an article.
I hope that the above has not put you off. Enthusiasm is great. Keep writing articles and learning, and if in doubt be bold; it is better to write something and have it deleted/removed, than not to bother. Enjoy your editing! LessHeard vanU 22:37, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Say goodbye-.jpg)

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[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Hello lonely (waft).jpg)

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[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:No surprise cover.jpg)

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[edit] Santa Monica

Did you deliberately revert my change that removed the second link from several lines on this disambig page?

MoS:DP#Individual Entries says that each entry should have exactly one blue link, and gives examples like the ones that were in this article as how not to do it.

My hope is that this reversion was an accident, that you somehow worked from an older version when you made the other changes in your edit.

See also my comments at Talk:Santa Monica about whether Santa Monica should really be a disambig page.

Jordan Brown 09:16, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Incorrect image tags

Hi Crocodileman,

Unfortunately, I've had to delete a few of the images you uploaded to Wikipedia. Image:Diictodon.jpg and Image:051806 Diictodon.jpg were uploaded with tags indicating they were units of currency. Since neither image came from a unit of currency, the fair use rationale provided was invalid, and these images were deleted under Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion, Invalid fair-use claim. Any image or media with a clearly invalid fair-use tag (such as a "logo" tag on a photograph of a mascot) may be deleted at any time.

I also had to delete Image:Stahleckeria.JPG, which was a copyvio of dinosauromorpha.com (no assertion of permission to use on Wikipedia), which was a blatant copyright infringement (G12).

Please read the notices on the upload page. Do not upload content with false license declarations. You can be blocked from editing. Please review each one of your image submissions and make sure each one complies with Wikipedia's Fair Use Policy. I do not want to go through and delete every one of the images you have uploaded, but I may be forced to if you do not use the correct licencing tags. Firsfron of Ronchester 23:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Animals (Nickelback)

Please don't add a link to your poll to the page. It isn't exactly content for an encyclopedia. Thanks. ~ EmeZxX ` 04:44, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

I have removed every instance of this poll I could find. Please do not spam Wikipedia with your personal polls and pet projects. It is considered vandalism. Thanks, Resolute 03:53, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:No surprise.jpg

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[edit] Billy Talent "Surrender" single

Where did you find this image? I can surely tell that it was scanned from the album booklet, then Photoshopped from there. Jordan Elder talk 19:25, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

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