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[edit] Please source images

Please source your images uploaded onto Wikipedia with copyright statuses or they will be deleted. Swollib 03:28, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pathfinder (1987 film)

Thank you for tagging this article for deletion. However, have you ever considered merging a page? One of the reasons we would merge a page would be if there are two or more articles on exactly the same subject, such as Pathfinder (1987 film) and The Pathfinder. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 17:37, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, i am writing for Wikipedia since July but i am still not familiar with the functions of Wikipedia. Melly42 17:57, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Nils Gaup, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

[edit] Frank De Vol

Hi! Without more information than what you have about this individual, it's a speedy deletion candidate. That's why it was deleted in the first place. All we have at present is an opening statement. What shows did he write for? What was his personal history? Any awards?

Remember: A good stub should have at least three good, solid, informative sentences. - Lucky 6.9 01:57, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

but not 1 minute after starting --Melly42 01:58, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Respectfully disagree. These are not organic; they depend on those writing them to make them grow. I have no way of knowing what your intents are for an article's future. It looks great now, by the way. - Lucky 6.9 08:35, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Adolf Engler

Thank you very much for reverting vandalism in this article. Berton 23:48, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flora and Fauna of Mauritius

Hi Melanie,

Thanks for your kind words! At the moment I am finishing my doctoral thesis, so I do not have that much time... In a few months, I will be back online with some more time to spare, then we can work something out!

Have you been to Mauritius?

Best, Dennis

Hello Dennis,

i've never been to Mauritius, but i'm interested in the fauna, flora, landscapes, forests, and geology of Mauritius.

By the way I've found four interesting books about the flora of Mauritius so far:

France Staub "Fauna of Mauritius and associated flora" (this book is unfortunately not available in Europe)

BAKER, John Gilbert: "Flora of mauritius and the Seychelles". 1877. (Reprint 1970, Hist.Nat.Class., 75). XXIV,L,588 p. gr8vo. Cloth. (ISBN 3-7682-0677-7)

Gurib - Fakim, Ameenah: An Illustrated Guide to the Flora of mauritius and the Indian Ocean Islands. 2003. 431 col. photographs. XIV, 206 p. Paper bd. (i've tried to order this book from an international bookstore in Germany. I will knowing more in about four weeks).

1997 IUCN Redlist of Threatened Plants

--Melly42 16:45, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Condor

I started a split, but do need more help.--Mfranck 11:32, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject France

I have announced your article Jean Godin des Odonais at Wikipedia:WikiProject France/New article announcements. This helps editors to help and contribute in France related articles. Happy editing, STTW (talk) 22:38, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:16b8 1 b.JPG)

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[edit] hey

this [1] was really fast. You made me an edit conflict ;-) --BLueFiSH ✉ 22:13, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Knut Vanity Fair image

Hello, I saw that you removed the image from the article, and I've since reinstated it with further fair use rationale added to the image page. I was wondering if you could give it a read and see if it's satisfactory? This is the first time I've had to justify such an image. I believe not only is it a special case (how often do you see a celebrity animal on the cover of a magazine?), but similar images are used in the same way (such as Image:Knightley - Johansson - Vanity Fair Full Cover.jpg). I'd appreciate your input.  :) María (habla conmigo) 12:22, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

i've removed this picture because the fairuse rationale in the United States refers only to the main subject (in that case the magazine Vanity Fair). Any other use (also in Wikipedia) is a refringement of fairuse. In the case of the Knightley - Johansson arcticle you should asked an administrator but i think it had to be also removed in that article. --Melly42 12:29, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your edits made on April 13, 2007 (UTC) to Black River (district)

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[edit] Vampires Are Alive

I have reverted your move from Vampires Are Alive to Vampires Are Alive (song). There is no other article entitled 'Vampires Are Alive', so there is no need for the parenthesis. J Milburn 20:15, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Non-free use disputed for Image:A world apart.jpg

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[edit] Pelea

Your request to delete Pelea was wrong. The redirect needed to be turned into a disambiguation page. Gdr 19:30, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

i don't think that it was wrong. According to ipni there are enough species in the genus pelea which are not included in the genus melicope. --Melly42 19:35, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

You might legitimately disagree about the taxonomy. (I'm merely following Hartley 1989 here; but even IPNI notes the synonymy here.) But the deletion was quite wrong. Gdr 19:39, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Seychelles Warbler

Hi. I took out the synonym of the Seychelles Warbler that you added to the text (Bebrornis sechellensis). If you add a synonym to the text (as opposed to the taxobox) it is really helpful to have some sort of explanation for that (for example that it is a controversial bird or its taxonomy is uncertain.). Sabine's Sunbird talk 22:41, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Never mind, I found a ref and did it myself. Sabine's Sunbird talk 22:55, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Finn's Baya

A very good catch you made there. Needs more research. Have taken off the doubtful information for now. Shyamal 04:39, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bolyeria

Hi Melanie! I noticed your edits to Bolyeria and see that you question the geographical range data. I can understand why, since all the other information I've seen describes the range for both genera -- Bolyeria and Casarea -- as being restricted to Round Island. However, I assure you that my source, McDiarmid et al. (1999), is highly reputable. As the synonymy shows, the descriptions for B. multocarinata go back to 1827, so I can only imagine that it was once found on all of the islands mentioned. The book doesn't actually say that Round Island was the species' "last stand", although I believe that was the case. I was simply being true to the book, but if you think it's necessary I can try to rephrase the statement to make it look a little less ambiguous.
Regarding your note on Day (1981) being the "main reference for the article", if you believe the entire text in the Description section is true to this publication, then we should cite it as an inline reference. I can easily do this, but perhaps you could then be so good as to provide a few more details about the book: the number of printed pages, the name and location of the publisher and the ISBN number. Cheers! --Jwinius 14:44, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

First, the whole description section, the common name , the date of extinction, the reason for its disappearance can be find in the Reference by D. Day. An secondly all sources (including the IUCN source) known by myself are given only Round Island for the range of Bolyeria. It might be that Bolyeria have a wider range in prehistoric times, but in historic times it seems that it only occurred on Round Island. --Melly42 15:11, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
There's no need to get defensive; I was just telling you what I know, what I did, and want this to be resolved reasonably. If you got your information from Day (1981), that's fine. Our different sources don't mean to disagree with each other, although it may sometimes seem that way. It may be the case that neither species has been seen anywhere else except on Round Island for the last 100 years, but the first distribution records are hardly paleontological and deserve to be quoted also. However, we can make sure that everyone understands that the last place it was reported was on Round Island (in 1975). Now, if you'll be so kind as to supply me with that book information... --Jwinius 15:47, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] WikiProject Germany Invitation

Hello, Melly42! I'd like to call your attention to the WikiProject Germany and the German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board. I hope their links, sub-projects and discussions are interesting and even helpful to you. If not, I hope that new ones will be.

--Zeitgespenst (talk) 04:03, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr.

He was my grandfather (in law). I expect an obituary will be printed in the next day or 2. You can remove the date of death until that appears. Thanks for watching out for his page!--harraton

i've added the commentary tag until the message will be published in the press --Melly42 (talk) 15:00, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I am Harraton's cousin-in-law; Mel Traylor was also my grandfather. I think it's pretty safe to add his birthdate - December 15, 1915. That has surely been published somewhere in the past 92 years. -- Gate1998 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gate1998 (talk • contribs) 18:47, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. The date of birth will be added into article. It would be good to inform me when the message of his death is published. My condulences. --Melly42 (talk) 18:58, 12 February 2008 (UTC)


Thank you. And I goofed - its Dec. 16, not the 15th. Sorry! gate1998 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.54.2.34 (talk) 19:14, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Melanie, Family and friends gathered this weekend to celebrate my grandfather, Mel Traylor's, life. Those who had not known about this page were thrilled to learn about it. Several of us have been discussing it, and we would like to expand the entry. Much of what we would enter would come from my grandfather's own autobiography. It has not been published, per se, but is a lengthy work based on his recollections and the meticulous journals he kept over the years. Would you be amenable to this? --Jennifer Gate1998 (talk) 02:21, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

yes, of course. thanks for your help to improve the article --Melly42 (talk) 11:26, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Great! It will probably be a little while, but I will definitely be adding some info. Gate1998 (talk) 16:50, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

it's my pleasure. thanks. --Melly42 (talk) 17:03, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Alaotra Grebe

G'day,

There is no such IUCN category as "Critically endangered (possibly extinct)". The IUCN category is called "Critically endangered". Accordingly, it is listed as "Critically endangered" in the official listing.[2] Note the title: "Tachybaptus rufolavatus - Critically Endangered"

Even on the BirdLife factsheet, you might note the big red box with "CR", the code for "Critically Endangered", in it, just left of the title. Also, if you inspect carefully the layout of the factsheet, you'll see that you can read the boldface alone as

"2007 IUCN Red List Category: Critically Endangered".

The non-boldface stuff in brackets can be understood to be non-normative annotations on that:

"2007 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)"

You wouldn't consider the "as evaluated by" stuff to be part of the categorisation system's official name, so I don't see why you would consider the "Possible extinct" bit to be part of the official categorisation, especially considering that particular category doesn't exist.

I have had another go at putting this the way I think it should be.[3]

Hesperian 12:09, 19 April 2008 (UTC)