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[edit] Image:Nepenthes hamata.jpg listed for deletion

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dbenbenn | talk 12:39, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Also Image:Nep rajah cultivated.gif. dbenbenn | talk 14:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] †

Bah. I dislike using such a religious symbol for scientific articles. But it seems I'm in the very small minority. Boo. - UtherSRG (talk) 17:20, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] the Nepenthes footer

90% of the wikipedia footers use class="toccolours" which define a "standard" look. The exceptions are either older footers from before that class was introduced that have not been updated (say, {{Oceania}}) or those using the new collapsible format. For various examples of footers with 5px (all using toccolours), see {{Depeche Mode}}, {{Mammals}}, {{Chicano/Mexican-American}} or {{AsianCurrencies}}. It's really the MediaWiki.css that should be updated. I have to see to that. Circeus 00:18, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Harmonizing_the_new_collapsible_footers_with_class.3D.22toccolours.22. Circeus 00:26, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nepenthes rajah/B. H. Danser's Monograph: Nepenthes rajah

Since you've said this article contains more info than the main article, you should make it more intelligible and subsequently merge it with the main article, because usually, subpages are frowned upon by the Wikipedia community. I'll only wait for a few more days before nominating it for WP:AFD.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 13:45, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Mgiganteus1, hello. Do you know anything about the copyright status of [1], where the text of Nepenthes rajah/B. H. Danser's Monograph: Nepenthes rajah seems to come from? I noticed the same text is being considered for deletion from Wikiquote as a copyright violation, so I thought I'd ask. -GTBacchus(talk) 01:29, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nepenthes rajah

Hello Mgiganteus1, I just wanted to tell you that I appreciate your work on the article on N. rajah very much and will translate it (though not 1:1) into the German Wikipedia. All the best, Denisoliver 23:48, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Well, I have finished this work. If you like to have a look: de:Nepenthes rajah. Denisoliver 08:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject: Carnivorous Plants

Hi Mgiganteus1,

First of all, I applaud your amazing and tireless effort so far on various Nepenthes pages, especially N. rajah! I noticed that you have found the Carnivorous Plant Wikiproject page, and added a note about the new Nepenthes pages. Thanks! Feel free also to add your name under participants (not a formal commitment, but it allows others to see who is involved) if you would like. Also, if you want to form some kind of a subproject section outlining progress and methods for the Nepenthes pages so that others wanting to get involved know what's going on, feel free to do so! Cheers, NoahElhardt 23:49, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Working Man's Barnstar
I know how tiresome and tedious making so many edits is, so I award you The Working Man's Barnstar!-TheAlphaWolf 02:35, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

People have already expressed it, but I figured I'd award you a barnstar for your insanity :). I can't think of anyone who deserves it more. (I don't know how to change the size of the banner :P --TheAlphaWolf 02:35, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

What a pleasant surprise. Thank you very much! :) Mgiganteus1 02:41, 24 April 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] unblock request

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[edit] WikiProject Dinosaurs

Hi Mgiganteus, I noticed you're not signed on for Wikipedia:WikiProject_Dinosaurs, but your list of contributions clearly indicates you've worked on quite a few dinosaur articles. Since your work is good, I'm officially inviting you to join our small yet meager team.--Firsfron 05:06, 22 May 2006 (UTC) :)

Awesome. Welcome to the team. If you've added the Project page to your watchlist, you'll easily be able to tell when new comments are left there, or on its talk page. We frequently discuss issues like sources that contradict each other, new info, new genera, etc... And you can see we have plenty of projects to be completed. Or you can just work independently, of course. Again, welcome. :) --Firsfron 16:20, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About Image:Regiae_distribution.svg

Thanks for the support. I made that map this night after a request posted in the French speaking Atelier graphique for a new and readable map. I admit that, like I wrote it in the summary of the map page, without your location pictures of Borneo, it would have been almost impossible for me to complete that map : some data on the original one were totally undecipherable ! These ones gave me also the occasion to complete and correct this general map. So : thank you too ! Greats. Sting-fr 20:50, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

Hi, I noticed your categorizing of Nepenthes. If you read the guidelines on categorization you will notice that a category should not be too small or too big. It should hold just so many items that it easy to see the whole category at a glance. Certainly a category should not exceed 200 items except in very special cases. So whenever a category starts approaching 200 it is time to make a subcategory and start moving items into the subcategory. Also, a basic guideline is that one and the same item should not be in a category and in a subcategory of that category: it should only be in the subcategory (except in special cases). There is no point whatsoever in having a Nepenthes species in both Caryophyllales and in the subcategory Nepepentaceae: everything in that is in subcategory Nepenthaceae can be found from the main category. Otherwise all 400.000 plant species would end up in category flowering plants and nobody could find anything.

The same goes for carnivorous plants. As there are no species of Nepenthes that are not carnivorous, it is a lot easier for the user to have everything on Nepenthes in this one category Nepenthaceae which is then put into the category carnivorous plants. Brya 13:52, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nepenthes rajah

You should go ahead and nominate it for FA because that article is amazing. --SeizureDog 15:56, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ATP number 1

Hi, In tabular information, which is not read linearly like normal articles, it is standard to wikilink every occurrence of a player's name, country, etc. It is also preferable to use the standard HTML table headings instead of unclosed <b> tags. As for bolding entries of 100 or more weeks at #1, the standard is to bold only entries which set a record, which means only one should be bold. The underlined counts of total number of weeks a player spent at #1 is just repetition of information in the column, and probably belong in a separate table. eae 18:42, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your article, 3D Construction Kit, was selected for DYK!

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(co credit with S0ulfire84) Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 12:06, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 3D Construction Kit

Hi,

why did you remove the <br clear="all"/> before the image gallery? Without it, the left-aligned screenshot of the church overlaps with the gallery in some browser/resolution combinations (notably Firefox), i.e. the Spectrum screenshot is covered by the church picture.--Eloquence* 09:16, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

An alternative way to deal with the problem is to right-align the image, though that may also cause display issues on systems with low resolutions. Or you could just put all images inside the gallery.--Eloquence* 09:46, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cyatheaceae

Hi Mgiganteus1 - I removed the date, as dates are not included in plant author citations; they are only given in animal author citations - MPF 14:06, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You helped choose this week's WP:AID winner

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[edit] New collaboration

Hello Mgiganteus1,

 . The WikiProject Carnivorous Plants Current collaboration is Heliamphora.
Please contribute

It would be great, if you would join us after you gave the article a good start recently and make it of FA-quality now. Denisoliver 09:00, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Squid

Sorry about mantle / mntle. My finger must have slipped (and my attention wavered) when I was compressing the link while disambigging arms. Colonies Chris 14:07, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please Use Edit Summaries

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[edit] Please use Infobox Mountain template

Hi. Please use {{Infobox Mountain}} rather than the deprecated mtnbox templates. We are in the process of converting all articles using the old templates to the new one. If you use the old ones, someone will later have to convert them. Thanks. RedWolf 21:59, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your move of Macroglossum st

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[edit] Animalia

Hello! Could you please provide any source for the taxobox in the article Animal, especially for the subregnum Agnotozoa? Thanks very much. --Eleassar my talk 13:34, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Starting a sentence with Because

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[edit] Cyathea

Hi Mgiganteus1 - superb set of articles you've got going here! As there's so many of them, I've started to separate them out from Category:Pteridophyta into a new subcategory Category:Cyatheaceae to get Category:Pteridophyta below 200 listings. One other point; they are of course plants, not animals, so the author citations do not have dates, and should follow the standard botanical author abbreviations; these can be looked up at the IPNI author query page, or the List of botanists by author abbreviation (not complete, but most major authors listed). Can you check over to see that the authors do follow the standard abbreviations, please! - Thanks, MPF 19:41, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

On dates, I don't know, but it is standard practice not to include them (unless giving a full citation including the place of publication, in which case the date is given too). Maybe there is a case to be made for adding full citations, but it has never been called for at WP:PLANTS. Another one - I just got to Cyathea amintae; this appears to be a synonym of Cyathea dryopteroides (see e.g. [2]), unless there has been any recent change. Maybe it should be moved to that name? - MPF 19:53, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
OK, I can leave the dates if you want them (even though it makes them look like zoological citations!) - MPF 20:01, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
"Btw, when I use a mdash in the author citation, it is not because I do not know the author, but because the species has never been placed in the genus Cyathea in a published source AFAIK (it's been placed in one of its syonyms). Is there a different way I could indicate this?" - Sorry, there isn't. This actually makes the page in breach of Wikipedia:No original research as you're in effect trying to publish the new combination Cyathea amintae(Conant) Mgiganteus (invalidly, as the ICBN does not permit the valid publication of names electronically). If the combination hasn't been formally published anywhere, then I'm afraid we definitely can't use it in wikipedia. Sorry! - MPF 20:32, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
My thought would be to follow the GRIN cit above and include it in Cyathea dryopteroides until it does get formally published. Also, if you know the authors of that Tree Ferns book, contact them and ask them what the situation is on whether the new combination is published yet (If they consider it a distinct species, I'd not be surprised if they have it in press or recently in print in a botanical journal somewhere) - MPF 20:54, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Tricky one! If one is to follow Braggins & Large scrupulously, then it will have to wait until the nomenclatural problems are sorted elsewhere in print. Ideally the wiki articles should mention/discuss other taxonomic opinions as well, such as whichever sources GRIN cite and follow; again, I'd think it might be better to follow this in these cases to avoid the difficulties. - MPF 21:09, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 10 October 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St. Augustine Monster, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

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[edit] Giant Pacific Octopus

Giant pacific octopus is considered to be the largest octopus on the planet, I've had to revert this 3 times now. Please stop reverting it back, the seven armed octopus is not larger. Giant Pacific Octopus have reached 600 pounds, with 23foot arm to arm length. I put a half a dozen links on the seven armed octopus talk page, all comfirming that the Giant Pacific Octopus is the largest octopus. Some are rando websites, some are aquariums and museums. thank you TotallyTempo 03:25, 12 October 2006 (UTC) I do not believe links from aquariums and museums are questionable,I believe these instituions do use scientific data and scientists and records to keep trak of such things. However for now I will stop reverting and will leave the text that you wrote with token support to my questionable claims. What kind of source would you find to be more appropriate to confim my so called hypothesis, I have a half dozen references to prove me I believe that this is sufficent proof. TotallyTempo 20:29, 12 October 2006 (UTC)


Ok, I found a link from 2003, by a doctor at an edu website claiming a giant pacific Octopus is the largest however it does not have the direct comparison, I will post it here anyways http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/TCP/faq/TCPfaq2b.cfm?ID=1 however I do like the new introduction to the giant pacific octopus, claiming that there are questionable claims about huge octopuses (octopi)?, I personally cannot imagine an octopus weighing 600 lbs, that's like sunfish sized. If this link does not satisfy you I say we call a truce and leave the introduction wording as you currently put it. Stating that the seven arm octopus is considered by some scientists to be the largest octopus, however there are disputed claims of much larger Giant Pacific Octopus's being found. I'm paraphrasing but you get my point that I am in favour of the new version of the article. Does this seem reasonable to you? TotallyTempo 20:59, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Finally before I let you go in peace I think I should post our discussions on the discussion page of the giant pacific octopus, since bfore this 2002 discovery of the seven armed octopus it was considered the largest and therefore someone else could come along with the same mindset as me thinking that the giant pacific octopus is indeed the biggest octopus and reverting the article. If you do not want me to post our discussions on the talk page please let me know.

[edit] St. Augustine Monster and Cryptozoology

Hey, just wanted to bring up your removal of the WP:PARA project template. I've went ahead and put it back, simply because Cryptozoology is one of the topics currently covered by our project. However, if there was enough interest, we might be able to create a Cryptozoology Task Force within the project (in otherwords, a mini-Wikiproject that is simply an extension of the main project. Until then, we are the ones taking care of the subject. --InShaneee 18:41, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

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I've read it, and I've also read Wikipedia:Only make links that are relevant to the context, that discuss what you should NOT link (in that list is "red links"). When it says "link to red links if you have the intention to create the page", that does not mean "if OTHERS have the intention" it means if YOU do. Leaving the responsibility to others does not count as "intention", and neither does just saying "you plan to do it". You actually have to impliment the create. But I'll leave it for now, and monitor the page. If I don't start seeing pages created by a months time then I will remove the red links, because it will show that you had no intention of creating the pages. The allowance of red links isn't an "eternity" of time, there is a time span based on the "intention" to create the pages. There isn't a set time, but I'm sure 1 month is plenty to at least get the ball rolling on some of those pages. Bignole 12:16, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stegosaurus

Hi Mgiganteus!

I'm planning to send Stegosaurus to Featured Article candidacy. The article failed its first nomination, but user:Casliber and I have been hard at work fixing stuff. As you're listed as a member of Wikipedia: WikiProject Dinosaurs, I figured I'd drop you a line and see if there was anything you thought should be added/removed/cited on the article before it is sent to FAC. We definitely want it to pass! :)

(Feel free to make any edits on the article itself, comment on the talk page, or leave a note on my talk page). Thanks for your time, Firsfron of Ronchester 19:38, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Alien vs. Predator

Although it is written on the covers as Aliens versus Predator it is known officially as "Aliens vs. Predator" [3]. Equally it is "Superman vs. Aliens" [4] - it was the second installment that was Superman/Aliens and so the first name gets precedent Also it is "Green Lantern vs. Aliens" [5] as my note on the entry's talk page says. So could you revert the changes you've just made? Well most of them - it does seem to be "Batman versus Predator" [6] (Emperor 18:27, 4 November 2006 (UTC))

As I've said somewhere else it appears to be "versus" on the cover as it longe and provides balance (it seems to be a graphic design decision). Dark Horse's catalogue has to be considered the definitive source for the naming. The naming does change (as with Superman vs. Aliens and Superman/Aliens) but that doesn't mean that the database is somehow wrong and doesn't mean we can just go and call them whatever we like. (Emperor 19:43, 4 November 2006 (UTC))
The name in the catalogue is the official name - I can't see how vs. is more legibile then versus. It has to be the correct name so as to avoid any complications that might arise. When the names differs from that formula it is also reflected on the covers. The names as they appear in the catalogue are also the names as they appear in books on the subject like Beautiful Monsters. (Emperor 20:39, 4 November 2006 (UTC))

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[edit] Nepenthes!!

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just wanted to tell you i was stunned when i stumbled over the Nepenthes pages you created. I'm currently working on spiders, and found them via Misumenops nepenthicola. It's truly great to see that one person takes it on himself to do one topic in completeness :) --Sarefo 23:00, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Red Rain in Kerala

Ey Up (that's a Yorkshire alternative to the ubiquity of 'Hi'),

I agree with your recent reversion, changing 'aluminum' back to 'aluminium', which I presume is appropriate in Indian English.

In the CESS paper, elemental analysis of the red raindust found 321 ppm Ti (listed under 'Trace Elements'), which seems unusual for biological material. Also they do not mention Cl or F in either of their tables of results of elemental analysis. (Louis & Kumar's graph of the x-ray spectrum, Fig. 14 in their paper 0601022 shows both, though only Cl is included in the list of elements in Table 1.) I'm not sure how unusual the Ti content is; nor whether it would be appropriate to include mention of this and/or the lack of information abour Cl and F in the section about the CESS report. On the one hand it would make the piece more factually accurate. On the other it would seem likely to give rise to yet more 'speculative' nonsense. I'd be interested in your comments when you have a few moments to spare. Thanks. Davy p 00:56, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Nepenthes rajah

I see you're currently working on this page. Is there anything I can do to help to bring it along to FA status? I think it's pretty much there, though. --Rkitko 03:55, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I've been working on the Nepenthes rajah article on and off for a while, but these days I usually make only minor edits. Please feel free to make any changes you wish. I'm unsure about nominating it for FAC, as I think it would fail in its current form simply because it is too long and too detailed. Mgiganteus1 16:15, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Capitalisation

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[edit] Wikipedia Fungus Collaboration as of Jan 2007

DYK there are no fungal Featured Articles on wikipedia at all? I've modelled this on the dinosaur collaboration which has yielded a few FAs. Please have a look and cast your vote and we'll try a concerted attempt at an FA. Link here......Fungi Collaboration

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You are wrong to remove that fact from that Wiki on Chipmunks, they do have pretty big cheeks. Look at the pictures

[edit] Rafflesia and Rafflesiaceae

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[edit] Powell's reference

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[edit] 2 new species

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[edit] Archaeamphora longicervia

i do not mind helping with an illustration. but i wonder if you could explain me a bit more how the plant was: on the illustration in the pdf. what is the thing on the top of the plant? the leaves that come out of the earth at the side of the plant, also belong to it? the eating bulbs. they have an opening on the top.. and also on the midle? or what is the clear green area there? is there any living relative? or at least another illustration from relatives or so? how tall was the plant? the more information you can offer me the better . thanks-LadyofHats 02:51, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Nice work on the Archaeamphora and Aldrovanda/Paleoaldrovanda pages! Keep it up. Should you still need an illustration, I'd be happy to put something together as well. --NoahElhardt 17:58, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Go for it: it's been a while since we've had a CP mention on the front page. Speaking of which, any plans to submit Nepenthes rajah for FA status any time soon? I would have already, but I don't want to do so unless I know you have the time and are willing to work on the article as needed throughout the FA review process. --NoahElhardt 20:30, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
  • here is the sketch. i kept it closer to the previous reconstruction becouse i didnt have so much material ( or undertanding) from the plant to play more. let me know if you have any changes. if not i will go on with the coloring... oh and you can answer me in commons or wikipedia. i tend to check both at least once a day-LadyofHats 00:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
  • here is the new sketch. let me know if you have any more changes. :) it is better to change it now that is only a sketch-LadyofHats 15:43, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
  • hi i changes the image once more based on some references that NoahElhardt gave me. if it is ok now let me know toupload a bigger version of it in commons. you can see it here. hope you like it -LadyofHats 15:45, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
  • here you have it. i added it in the en wikipedia.-LadyofHats 08:42, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Cthulhu

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[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Archaeamphora longicervia, was selected for DYK!

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[edit] Cephalopod size

I noticed you have been reverting my edit to Cephalopod size in which I linked two species names in image captions. I noticed that you have other image caption links intact. What is your objection to my additions? Thanks. -Shaundakulbara 12:21, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

  • My objection relates to the placement of one image on the left. Regards, Mgiganteus1 12:25, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Please remember that it is preferable whenever possible to change a specific thing rather than revert. In effect, you undid three edits of mine to accomplish one edit you wanted to make. In regards to the placement, on my screen those two pics stood side-by-side after my edit and eliminated blank space. Do I guess correctly that on your screen my edits created rather than eliminated ugly blank space? You can respond to me right here, thanks. -Shaundakulbara 12:31, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reverting

I noticed you reverted my edit to Digital dashboard in which I added to the article an example image and detailed facts regarding that image in an infobox software. The reason you gave for the first deletion of the infobox software was "removing ad; examples shouldn't have infoboxes devoted to them." The reason you gave for the second deletion of the infobox software was "(rv)". I do appreciate your efforts to keep ads from articles. However, reverting is a decision which should be taken seriously. Generally, editors should improve the edit, rather than reverting it. I reinserted the image in the article without the infobox software. If this is not acceptable, please contact me so that we may discuss this further. Thanks. -- Jreferee 17:10, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why the reversion?

Is their nature what remain controversial, not the actuality of the things itself. --Damifb 20:28, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Piranha (2006 film)

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[edit] Iguanodon figures

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[edit] Suchosaurus

How did I do with the Suchosaurus article (even though it's a stub)? Benosaurus 18:13, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] see my comments on the pacific squid talk page.

That's all - Atarr 01:15, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Protocarnivorous plant

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[edit] Plants

By including a whole paragraph on fungi on the plants page, you are reinforcing the myth that fungi are plants, not the other way round. When it comes to describing scientific concepts Wikipedia should stick to the facts and not place things were they quite simply do not belong. SuperRuss

[edit] thagomizer

Hope you don't think me pedantic about this, but you'd be surprised how dumb people can be. I'm sure a lot of people think the main food of rabbits is carrots because of Bugs Bunny. Anyway, the Gary Larson quote amused me, so I thought it worth adding. The "Note" heading is dull though, but I just couldn't think of a better way of heading that section. If you can, go for it!

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[edit] Archaeamphora longicervia

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For your excellent work with Archaeamphora longicervia and all of the other extinct CP species/genera articles! Fantastic research! You deserve this barnstar :-) Rkitko 17:01, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] dunno if u see UK comedies..........this one's very funny - thanks for the help!

Father Ted says, "Dat Iguanodon's a feckin' wowrk of airt!!" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Casliber (talk • contribs).

[edit] Thagomizer

Why did you delete my edit in that article? Wahkeenah 15:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

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[edit] Circulatory system

Hi. Thanks for catching what I missed on Circulatory system I am not sure how I missed the other stuff, but I am glad you caught it! -- Whereizben - Chat with me 13:34, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade

I saw that you edited this article earlier today. I was the one adding and then changing my contribution. The reason for this was that the first text was directly ripped from the page i added in the "ref" tags. The second text was an attempt to use different wording. I will let you decide what is the best action.

[edit] Please explain your revert of me at Octopus

I see no valid reason you should have removed the wiki link I added to that article. My edit consisted of adding a wiki link to the word "mollusk", which is already present in the article. Either an Octopus is a Mollusk or it is not. If it's not, the sentence saying it is, should be removed. If it is, then the wiki link I added should restored. Personally, I am guessing that you automaticallly reverted my without even checking the merit of my edit from an editorial standpoint. And further, I am speculating that you did so because I am an IP editor. Am I wrong? Perhaps I am. Why don't you explain yourself... I will look for your prompt reply here, on your talk page. 64.74.153.189 03:52, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I thought it was already linked earlier in the article. Mgiganteus1 10:39, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Trilobites

Hehe, no, I used Sepkoski's database. :) Abyssal leviathin 02:39, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I ended up going through and using the genera that was from the site you linked that was absent from Sepkoski's list. :) Abyssal leviathin 14:13, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Bubble_struggle_items.PNG listed for deletion

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[edit] March 2007

Hello, Mgiganteus1! Thank you for reverting vandalism to Wikipedia, as you did in Life. After you revert, I would recommend also warning the users whose edits you revert on their talk pages with an appropriate template or custom message. This will serve to direct new users towards the sandbox, educate them about Wikipedia, and a stern warning to a vandal may prevent him or her from vandalizing again. Thanks! zero » 00:23, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Category

I created a new category "Category:Featured dinosaurs", because I figured it would be good to have an easy navigation tool for all the featured dinos. I saw your name a few times in the history for them, so I thought I'd tell you. I don't know if a category like that has already been in place and deleted, if so then please let me know so that I mean put it up for speedy delete. If it hasn't, and you think that I may be right in its existence, but that I've missed some FA about dinosaurs, then I'd appreciate any help.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 02:19, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Archaeopteryx

Hey Mgiganteus,

Thanks for catching my mistake here. I'm not sure what happened, but thanks for swiftly correcting it. Best, Firsfron of Ronchester 00:57, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] source levels of marine mammals

The blue whale is not even close to being the loudest animal. Zimmer et al include a useful summary table.

W M X Zimmer, M P Johnson, P T Madsen & P L Tyack, Echolocation clicks of free-ranging Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris), JASA 117, 3919-3927 (2005).

B Møhl M Wahlberg, P T Madsen, A Heerfordt & A Lund, The monopulsed nature of sperm whale clicks, JASA 114, 1143-1153 (2003).

B Møhl, A Surlykke & L A Miller, High intensity narwhal clicks, in Sensory Ability of Cetaceans, edited by J Thomas & R Kastelein (1990), pp 294-303.

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