User talk:J. Spencer
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on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! --Firsfron of Ronchester 20:16, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ammonite Genera Names
Thanks for fixing them up! <333333333 01:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the updated links on Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs pages! :) --Firsfron of Ronchester 20:16, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
I had every intention of adding the names, just didn't have as much free tie as I had hoped. :) Abyssal leviathin 02:30, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Congrats on the dino grey pages
Hey Justin, congrats on the grey pages, they have been very informative. If you look at the history of the pages here vandalism gets reverted or fixed very quickly (in an matter of minutes) generally. This place has an amazing gestaltness to it Cas Liber 21:23, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
PS: I think the others on Wikiproject dinosaurs would be thrilled if you added your 2c worth :)Cas Liber 03:05, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thank you!
Thanks for the welcome, and thank you very much for the advice on signing :) --J. Spencer 21:31, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
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- No problem. I noticed you've been editing occasionally for some time, but never got an actual welcome. As you've no doubt noticed, Wikipedia uses your site as a reference on a great number of dinosaur articles. I'll add my congrats to Cas Liber's on your Thescelosaurus! web-site. Happy editing! :) --Firsfron of Ronchester 00:56, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Excellent work!
Thanks for all your hard work! This article is much improved, thanks to your efforts. Good luck with the rest of the article, and happy editing! :) Firsfron of Ronchester 20:30, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
Great work J. Spencer - GeeJo kindly nominated your article for DYK. Feel free to self nom in the future, as the majority of our entries are self-submitted. Keep up the great dinosaur work. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:47, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, but I didn't create it.J. Spencer 05:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Units of measures
Regardin' the article Sacissaurus, I've noticed that you translated the international units of measure into Imperial ones... The correct procedure is always to indicate SI units first, and the others in parenthesis, apart entries about US matters (see WP:Units of measure). Bye and good work. --Attilios 11:33, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thescelosaurus
Thanks for the image over at the world's greatest basal ornithopod! I've got some clearer photos of the Willo skull, if you're interested, but they wouldn't change your picture (except maybe the beak would be a little more pointy, and that falls under individual variation).J. Spencer 05:09, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
- I am glad you like it and yes I would be interested to see the close-up photos of the skull. ArthurWeasley 17:55, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
- email should be enable now. Otherwise, it's aweasley@hotmail.com. Cheers. ArthurWeasley 21:13, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
- They should be on their way. J. Spencer 21:41, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
- Got them. They are beautiful. Thanks. Do you think a close-up drawing of the head of the animal would be a useful addition to the wiki article? ArthurWeasley 22:04, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
- They should be on their way. J. Spencer 21:41, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
- email should be enable now. Otherwise, it's aweasley@hotmail.com. Cheers. ArthurWeasley 21:13, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
There is a wish list for the wikipedia most wanted dino (and a few non-dino as well) illustrations at Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs/Image review/To Do List that we have recently put up to help the illustrators. We also list what each one of us is working on, in order not to duplicate efforts. If you feel that a particular illustration is missing feel free to add a request in the "most wanted" section. ArthurWeasley 22:18, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Oplosaurus
Thanks for your excellent rewrite of Oplosaurus. Looks great! :) Firsfron of Ronchester 00:52, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WikiAward!
The E=mc² Barnstar | ||
For your many fixes, additions, corrections, and expansions to dozens of dinosaur articles. Thank you for improving Wikipedia's coverage on Dinosaurs. Firsfron of Ronchester 23:37, 30 December 2006 (UTC) |
[edit] Pelorosaurus n Ornithopsis
Thanks, mate! I'm glad you're not put out. I'm not an expert on the two, but I enjoy that sort of quirky detective work. Complicated stuff though, eh? Cheers!--Gazzster 02:45, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Primary sources
Sweet! Is it possible for you to look up info on Laornis? Info on this genus is very difficult to come by; JSTOR has a paper, but only the first page is free to access, and my college doesn't subscribe as far as I know. Anything useful in there? I'm specifically looking for data on the discovery date of the Laornis fossil. Firsfron of Ronchester 04:33, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you so much! Firsfron of Ronchester 04:52, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
- Woops. Guess I should have checked my e-mail. Thank you for checking. It's a pity this is so obscure. Thanks anyway, Firsfron of Ronchester 05:17, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Hi J...
- Do you have access to JSTOR? Nothing to do with dinosaurs, but this article would be of great use for another WikiProject I am on. Is it possible to get this article somehow? Firsfron of Ronchester 19:02, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
- I am not in any hurry. Thank you. :) Firsfron of Ronchester 19:39, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you for the JSTOR article. It arrived safely and was exactly what I was after. You've been a big help. Best wishes, Firsfron of Ronchester 00:54, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
- Wow! How do you edit so many articles so quickly? Color me impressed, dude! :) Firsfron of Ronchester 17:19, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you for the JSTOR article. It arrived safely and was exactly what I was after. You've been a big help. Best wishes, Firsfron of Ronchester 00:54, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
- I am not in any hurry. Thank you. :) Firsfron of Ronchester 19:39, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
- Woops. Guess I should have checked my e-mail. Thank you for checking. It's a pity this is so obscure. Thanks anyway, Firsfron of Ronchester 05:17, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Yay! 20 left! You work so quickly! :) Firsfron of Ronchester 04:58, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Trachodon, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 15:12, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wikiproject Dinosaurs:Shortest Articles
Showoff :) ! Good show! I'd given up on those last five. J. Spencer 15:54, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- Heh! Well, it wasn't easy scraping together articles for those last five. I'd noticed you'd called them "dregs"; the word seems strangely appropriate. Sauropodus was easier to write than the others, because at least there were some quotes from a newspaper article about it. Thanks again for all your work expanding all those articles! :) Firsfron of Ronchester 16:48, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hartford, Connecticut
I'm sorry. It just appeared that reference information was actually showing, instead of having the little number. I thought a vandal did it, as first glance looked like nonsense. 76.211.37.32 22:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thescelosaurus
Hey J! I know you're working on a major expansion for Thescelosaurus. As it is, I think this article meets the Good Article criteria. Are you interested in submitting it when you're through? Considering your own web site, and the care with which you've shown for this article, I thought I would suggest it. Best wishes and happy editing, Firsfron of Ronchester 03:53, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
- I think a once-over is a good idea, but at the same time, I don't think a whole lot (or any) more is needed to reach Good Article status. When I was actively reviewing articles for GA criteria, I was surprised at how low the threshold was for most reviewers; certainly nowhere near the FA level. Articles with as few as 8 citations were passed. The reviewer may comment on additions that might be needed on the talk page, but once they are added, that's it. Gilmore's 1915 reconstruction is certainly copyright expired. As far as museum images go, we've had no problems using them, as long as the images weren't taken in a back room of the museum or something. Firsfron of Ronchester 06:21, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
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- I was happy with it, so I put it up. I'm going to ask Dinoguy2 about Amphicoelias, since that's his baby. J. Spencer 18:41, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
- The Thescelosaurus article looks great, J. The image additions are a great touch. Be patient with the GA review; because there are so few GA reviewers, the review can take up to a month. I think you stand an excellent chance of getting it approved. If the reviewer comments on the talk page, just fix what s/he says needs fixing, and, in all likelyhood it will be approved. I didn't realize Dinoguy was making all of those improvements to Amphicoelias (but the history page shows hundreds of his edits). It will probably need more than the current number of citations, but it is looking very good. I think you had a great idea, as Dinoguy is knowledgeable and he clearly is interested in the dinosaur. Firsfron of Ronchester 20:20, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
- I was happy with it, so I put it up. I'm going to ask Dinoguy2 about Amphicoelias, since that's his baby. J. Spencer 18:41, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
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Good job on the article, it has come a long way in two years. Keep up the good work, hopefully I can review more articles by you in the future. --Nehrams2020 04:17, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
- I would consider expanding it if you could find more information, look to the other dinosaur FAs for other examples of information you could include. You could also attempt to take it to peer review and see if there are other editors interested in dinosaurs that could help you. The best part of the article is that it is well-sourced, so as long as you continue to focus on adding new sources, then I don't see too many problems on its way to FA. I can't really help you to much with FA, I'm still waiting for my GAC to pass, then take it to peer review, and try for FAC myself. Let me know when it goes up for FAC (if you do intend to) or if it passes. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 01:51, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Amphicoelias
Sounds like a good idea. I've never participated in a really hands-on way in promoting articles for good, featured, etc. status so I'm not sure of the procedure. I imagine there's a sub-page for nominations somewhere? Should it be submitted for peer review first? Dinoguy2 19:40, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] New one by me
So I check my watchlist, and an anon IP has been making tiny changes that don't show to numerous dinosaur articles. Why would someone want to go around and turn single spaces into no spaces from articles, when it doesn't cause a change in how articles look, and it doesn't lead to a higher individual edit count (group IP)? Is this some strange sort of vandalism or OCD? Here's the mystery tramp: 69.138.229.246. J. Spencer 05:06, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
- I had noticed it, too (all dinosaur pages are on my watchlist), but it doesn't seem like vandalism, just very (very!) minor clean-up. I can't say why it's being done, but it doesn't seem to be hurting the pages, so I'm assuming good faith. *Shrug* Firsfron of Ronchester 05:10, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
- BWAHAH! I hadn't even thought of that. I don't even know what to say. Bed might be a good idea. ;) Firsfron of Ronchester 05:18, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Night at the Museum
Thanks for reverting this. Night at the Museum just came out a month ago, and here it's still in theaters; it's too early for it to be out on DVD already. Firsfron of Ronchester 05:39, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Ceratosaurus
I have no idea what happened either. The only thing I edited consciously was the IPA. I didn't even know that such a thing as a "paleobox" existed, so I can't imagine why the history shows me putting it there; not to mention the other changes. I am going to restore my edit to the IPA, I hope this doesn't turn the article into a biography of the current president of Trinidad and Tobago! :) I promise to revert myself if it does. --91.148.159.4 02:02, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, you're right. I just checked that revision and I see that I have been looking at it recently. I remember I was browsing through the edit history in order to find when the IPA had gone wrong, and to revert to an original "correct" version if there ever was one. Next, I apparently forgot to switch to the current version before editing. So this is one of the lesser mysteries on Wikipedia - although really inexplicable things do happen around here, too. :) --91.148.159.4 03:07, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Sure, it would be a good idea to have a pronunciation for these names, especially as I don't know how to pronounce them myself. :) I mean, iguanodons ɪˈgwænəˌdɒn are no problem, but I have never heard anybody pronounce the other two names, so I can only guess that they should be something like ˌæmfɪˈsiːlɪəs and θəˌsɛləˈsɔːɹəs - or is it θəˌsiːləˈsɔːɹəs, or could it possibly be ˌθɛsələˈsɔːɹəs ?. (the-SELL-osaurus, the-SEE-losaurus, or THESSel-osaurus). --91.148.159.4 04:02, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
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- My pleasure. (I mean it. Typing funny little symbols that nobody understands and that definitely can't be useful for anybody makes me feel great. :)). Wikipedia is a great resource for dinosaurs. Keep up the good work! --91.148.159.4 05:04, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Night owl?
How can you "call it a night" on Iguanodon if you're still editing the article? Don't you ever sleep? :) BTW, congrats on getting Thescelosaurus up to GA status! Your work on Thescelo (and Dinoguy's on Amphi) has inspired me to begin work on Scelidosaurus soon, with the same goal. Firsfron of Ronchester 05:30, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
- Hee! I'm still wondering if Mantell is the dinosaur or the giant lizard. Either way, that explains why it was so "astute" of him to notice Iguanodon's hind limbs were longer than the forelimbs, what with him having such a small brain and all. Oops! I've just maligned one of the great figures of paleontology! Is that a "dinosaur heresy"? You made me do it! On that note, now I'm off to bed. Firsfron of Ronchester 06:40, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thescelosaurus for FA....
Wow - lookin' good winthorp. This article is way out infront of others on the way to FA status. Wanna go for it? Cas Liber 12:58, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Scelidosaurus ref
Hi, Firs;
I've got four Scelidosaurus refs on hand:
- Newman, 1968 (the one that talks about redefining the genus because the type was a theropod knee)
- Thulborn, 1977 (the one where he tries to show it was a cursorial ornithopod)
- Padian, 1989 (Scelidosaurus in the Kayenta Fm., Arizona)
- Martill, Batten, and Loydell, 2000 (soft-tissue preservation)
Email me if you're interested and I'll send them along. J. Spencer 17:51, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
- I've e-mailed you; thank you! Firsfron of Ronchester 20:11, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you so much. I received all four papers, complete, with no problems. I've attempted to incorporate the material into the article. I'm taking a break now; Iguanodon is looking fantastic, thanks to your efforts. Best wishes, Firsfron of Ronchester 03:20, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
- Did a bit of expanding on the intro of Iguanodon so that the beginning summarizes the article itself, per WP:LEAD. Feel free to refine it. Also, I'm planning to send Scelidosaurus to GAC soon, but I don't want to jump the gun; as I trust and value your opinion, is there anything you think should be added or that I have neglected before I submit it? Firsfron of Ronchester 18:27, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you so much. I received all four papers, complete, with no problems. I've attempted to incorporate the material into the article. I'm taking a break now; Iguanodon is looking fantastic, thanks to your efforts. Best wishes, Firsfron of Ronchester 03:20, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Othnielosaurus
Thank you very much! That turned out amazingly great :). J. Spencer 05:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
- You are welcome! Will work on Gorgosaurus next, probably sometimes this week. ArthurWeasley 05:40, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Iguanodon
I left my (hefty) comments at Talk:Iguanodon/Comments.Circeus 22:35, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Iguanodontia cladogram
Hi, Firs;
Circeus had suggested we put a cladogram in the classification section, and I mocked one up with Photoshop. The question is, since I based it on Norman (2004) (simplified without a few genera and higher-level clade names), what kind of licensing should such an image have? J. Spencer 17:39, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- Hi J!
- You can follow the example of the diagram made by user:Sheep81 on Tyrannosaurus: he has released the image he created into the public domain, with attribution to Erickson et al. 2004. If you don't want to release the image into the public domain, you can use the GDFL licence (the first GDFL licence on the list). Firsfron of Ronchester 17:56, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- The image looks great; you should definitely consider making more for other families. I particularly like how you even included Hypsilophodon, outside of the clade, for reference. Nice touch. If you do decide to make more, can you save them in .png or .svg format? Jpegs get pixelated when they are copied. If someone were to modify this image at some point in the future, they wouldn't have the best quality image available to them. Anyway, thanks again. This article is really shaping up! Best wishes, Firsfron of Ronchester 18:25, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- Hi J,
- Did you really compare all the articles with pop-ups, as this indicates? That had to have taken hours! Yeesh! Firsfron of Ronchester 08:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
- Also, this edit summary cracked me up, though that may be because of the late hour and all... Firsfron of Ronchester 08:30, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
- "I hate writing refs and I hate formatting them. This may surprise anyone who's read an article I edited." I, for one, am genuinely surprised. Not that I don't agree with you: I find it slightly annoying (mainly because I never get it quite right on the first go). But you're really good at it. Firsfron of Ronchester 04:32, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Well, "hate"'s a strong word. They do get to be a chore, especially if no one else has conveniently written them up elsewhere on the Internet. When I started editing, I used the "(Someguy, 2005)/ref at end" style, then I switched to the "footnote/ref list" style, and now I'm shifting gears to the template style. Of course, if I stay in the same general topics, I can reuse refs (which makes Iguanodon extra-useful ;) ). J. Spencer 04:48, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Heh. Tell me about it. For the refs supporting the fact that there's an asteroid named after Archaeopteryx, I just copied Iguanodon's ref, switching out the names and numbers. Firsfron of Ronchester 04:51, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Well, "hate"'s a strong word. They do get to be a chore, especially if no one else has conveniently written them up elsewhere on the Internet. When I started editing, I used the "(Someguy, 2005)/ref at end" style, then I switched to the "footnote/ref list" style, and now I'm shifting gears to the template style. Of course, if I stay in the same general topics, I can reuse refs (which makes Iguanodon extra-useful ;) ). J. Spencer 04:48, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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- "I hate writing refs and I hate formatting them. This may surprise anyone who's read an article I edited." I, for one, am genuinely surprised. Not that I don't agree with you: I find it slightly annoying (mainly because I never get it quite right on the first go). But you're really good at it. Firsfron of Ronchester 04:32, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
- Also, this edit summary cracked me up, though that may be because of the late hour and all... Firsfron of Ronchester 08:30, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
- The image looks great; you should definitely consider making more for other families. I particularly like how you even included Hypsilophodon, outside of the clade, for reference. Nice touch. If you do decide to make more, can you save them in .png or .svg format? Jpegs get pixelated when they are copied. If someone were to modify this image at some point in the future, they wouldn't have the best quality image available to them. Anyway, thanks again. This article is really shaping up! Best wishes, Firsfron of Ronchester 18:25, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] POV on Bruhathkayosaurus
Dear Spencer,
Per your request for an explanation of a POV tag on the article Bruhathkayosaurus, I would like to inform you that I was not sure about the neutrality in of the article with statements such as "Their technical description is so poor..." in the opening text. Perhaps I may have erred in my selection of the correct tag, but nevertheless my intention was to point out possible subjectivity in the article. Thank you for prompty notifying me of your concern.
[edit] Congrats - dunno if you see british comedies....this was v. funny
Father Ted says, "Dat Iguanodon's a feckin' wowrk of airt!!" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Casliber (talk • contribs) 08:13, 3 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Barnstar
- How ironic! Well, he definitely deserved a thank you note for everything he did for the article (and, as you rightly point out, his earlier suggestions on the other FACings). Best wishes, Firsfron of Ronchester 17:53, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Dermodactylus on DYK for 8 March 2007
Thank you for your contribution! — ERcheck (talk) 05:28, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Nae bovva
You must be a decent sort to remember that two weeks later. But, don't worry, I've got the skin of a diplodocus. We all fear naive helpers messing up our good work, and so I can identify with that. The reasons I didn't copy-edit Iguanodon in the end were that it was doing fine anyway and that I had other things to get on with. Nothing to do with you guys, who just cared about your article. Many congratulations on the FA, by the way. qp10qp 19:53, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] What you'd asked me
As per your asking me where the Callovosaurus was in in Jurassic Park, here it is.
No, the Callovosaurus was not in the movie, but rather in the novel, as was the Styracosaurus.
--KnowledgeLord 19:33, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
--howcheng {chat} 18:15, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sinocalliopteryx
Hey man, not sure if any of my emails got through, I've been having some problems with my connection lately. Anyway, if you still need the Sinocalliopteryx paper it's up on the Yahoo! group dinosaur_articles. And thanks for filling in Oryctodromeus! Dinoguy2 05:33, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Archie timeline picture
Just looking over the Archaeopteryx talk page & noticed your timeline picture sitting there. Any idea on its status or if it will ever be completed? It would make a great addition, but if it's not accurate or finished, then the article will have to move on without it... And congrats on Iguanodon & your creation of a couple of dino articles (saw them on DYK suggestion page...) :) Spawn Man 00:17, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
--Carabinieri 11:54, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Your DYK nomination for Oryctodromeus was successful
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 03:09, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mayr et al. (2007)
Just saw this. I have the paper, courtesy of Spawn Man. Do you want it? Firsfron of Ronchester 03:45, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] You are really annoying
Do you know how annoying you are? Not only did you bug me with the Ornitholestes, but Coelophysis and that stuff. Are you some image patroler or something? I can hardly wait until someone else says that you are annoying. Radical3 00:14, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] RFA Thanks
Thanks for your support on my Request for adminship, which was successful, with votes of 49/0/0.
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[edit] Pantydraco as impending vandal magnet
Yeah, I was hoping somebody else would write it. It vaults over such luminaries as Erectopus and Gasosaurus to join Homo erectus at the top of the Paleontological Double-Entrende Hall of Fame. J. Spencer 04:08, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- You just made me squirt soda all over my keyboard, man! This would make a great quote, you know... Firsfron of Ronchester 04:25, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- I've added the quote to the top of my talk page. I hope you don't mind. Looking at my watchlist, I'm seeing a lot of stub type changes, by one J.Spencer. Did you really go thru the entire List of dinosaurs manually changing stub types? You did the whole thing! I thought you were planning on cutting back on editing...? Not that I'm complaining, mind you... Firsfron of Ronchester 02:23, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- Just saw that you listed Thescelosaurus. Since this is definitely your "baby", I'll wish you luck! :) Hopefully, it will meet with community approval (although I don't see why not; it looks great). Firsfron of Ronchester 00:33, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] New Tescie pic
Hi Justin, I've just drawn a new pic for Thescelosaurus. The problem with the current taxobox pic is that it is a perspective view and some of the features that characterized Thescie do not show up very well, such as the slender snout, the long tail and the proportions of the hindlimbs. Let me know what you think about the new colored side view. Cheers. ArthurWeasley 19:14, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
It's a lovely image, Arthur, but isn't it a bit narrow-chested? If you look at the photo of the skeleton we have in the article, you can see it had sort of a barrel chest; the thorax projected further out than the arms, and was approximately as thick as the body was at the pubis. Maybe you can see what I mean here. The head you've illustrated also seems small. The skull would have been roughly the same length as the neck, whereas on your picture, the neck looks about right, but the head is tiny. The base of the tail also seems too thin: It would also be cool to see the "plates" illustrated somehow. JMO, as always, and I'm sorry for making them here on J.'s talk page, but it made sense to keep everything together on the same page. Firsfron of Ronchester 20:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
- The image is based on skeletal drawing here and here that both show a slender body and a small head, but they may be wrong. Will wait for the nr 1 expert's opinion ;). The thing which worries me the most is the size of the head, you are right it really looks bigger in the cast, rest seems more like a perspective effect. I planned to put some scutes on the neck then I realized I had no idea how they look like. Cheers. ArthurWeasley 20:22, 31 March 2007 (UTC)