User talk:Whatiguana

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[edit] Note

The article Theodore Garland, Jr. has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article seemed to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it did 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. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.

Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for 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. EVula // talk // ☯ // 06:44, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Phylogenetic comparative methods

I noticed you removed the merge suggestion on this article. That's fine, but the comments I posted on the talk page apply even more after your recent edits; a list of quotations, labs, and journals is not an encyclopedia article, and the software list already has a home at computational phylogenetics software. I see you've done other work on related articles, and comparing the amount of explanatory text in this one to those that relate to it would be instructive. If this article is to remain, it needs much more explanatory text that illustrates that these methods form a coherent topic, rather than a set of miscellaneous lists.

Hm, since it seems no one's said it after quite a while, belated welcome to Wikipedia ;) Opabinia regalis 06:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion of "Phylogenetic comparative methods"

First, thanks for the welcome to Wikipedia. I appreciate that. As for possible merging into Phylogenetics, I believe that PCMs are "big" enough in their own right. I was in a rush, so did not comment about that. I do agree that the article on PCMs needs expanding, and was hoping that someone else would jump in to do some of that (it's only been up a week or two). If they don't, then I will, eventually ... Whatiguana 06:43, 5 March 2007 (UTC)Whatiguana