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Web page
Interesting web page you have. I noticed one error on it.
The picture of Coprinellus micaceus is not that. The mushroom in the pic is close to Psathyrella gracilis.
Template_talk:Did_you_know or how to graffiti the mainpage with cool articles. I have piggybacked and expanded Russula brevipes andHydnellum so they qualify for a five-fold expansion. Always nice to get fungi on the mainpage :) Cheers,
Casliber (
talk·contribs) 10:23, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know, I was only peripherally aware of DYK before. I'll keep it in mind when doing future edits!
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7 November,
2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articleHydnellum, which you created or substantially expanded. 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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8 November,
2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Russula brevipes, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
Did you know? talk page.
Great work on expanding the
aspartate carbamoyltransferase article! In case you haven't already seen this, check out the
template filler tool. Given a
PMID, you can quickly create a fully formatted {{cite journal}} template that can be directly copied and pasted into a Wikipedia article. Using this tool can save you a lot of work and insure that citations are displayed in a consistent way. Cheers.
Boghog2(
talk) 08:36, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
yup, this is going to save me tons of time... thanks!
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18 November,
2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articleGautieria, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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Growing gold, in fungal form
May 1, 2008 - haaretz.com
Perhaps you didn't see it yet. --
Panoramix303 (
talk) 19:13, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
DYK for Weraroa
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21 November,
2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articleWeraroa, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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For eight DYKs and counting...and alot of sorely needed article expansion. Congrats. Cheers,
Casliber (
talk·contribs) 04:42, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
DYK problem
Hello! Your submission of Calostoma at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed. There still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath
your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
Chamaltalk 11:25, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
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26 November,
2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articleCalostoma, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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27 November,
2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articlePodaxis, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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One article that would be great to get up to GA or FA is
fungus. Now I am a doctor not a mycologist, so I am sorely lacking on the wherewithal and technical side of things, but I think this would be great to work up. The other fungal expert is
Peter G Werner, who may also help out. Cheers,
Casliber (
talk·contribs) 13:20, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Actually I forgot; the other one that I worked up but stalled on due to lack of reliable sources for pop culture refs was Amanita muscaria. Let me know anything you feel is missing or otherwise worded oddly. I did Amanita phalloides as an FA last year. Cheers,
Casliber (
talk·contribs) 06:39, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
DYK problem
Hello! Your submission of Bovista at the
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your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Article text is too short. Also, I think it would be better to do a hook that is specific to Bovista, not puffballs in general.
Orlady (
talk) 21:40, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
DYK for Bovista
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1 December,
2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articleBovista, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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2 December,
2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articleSphaerobolus, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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7 December,
2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articleGeomyces, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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I'd like to say nice work for
expanding this article...Fungi aren't my strong suit, so I'm glad you stepped in! —
Scientizzle 23:00, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
DYK for Echinodontiaceae
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8 December,
2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articleEchinodontiaceae, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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12 December,
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Hi - thanks for all your contributions to Wikipedia & mycology. When I see your moniker I always assume it is for the best when a change is made or vandalism is removed. For
Psathyrella I removed the recent addition as I'll need to mold the concept a bit more - sorry about that.
Heliocybe (
talk) 14:37, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
Orbiliaceae
Could you try to think up a different DYK hook for this entry? The current one isn't drawing me in because it's not really specific. Perhaps describing one particular nasty mechanism would be better. -
Mgm|
(talk) 15:16, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Brainy fungi
I posted something here, but it didn't get saved. :( Anyway, here's another source with photos, and to my eyes the clever Crepidotus versutus is the braniest looking one by far
[1]. The way the gills (or whatever you call those flaps) is particularly brainy looking. I posted from another source too, but I guess it's lost now. I'm confident in my theory. Please contact the Fungiologist who named it to confirm I am right. Gracias.
ChildofMidnight (
talk) 06:54, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Oh yeah, and the other comment I made that didn't get saved was that the fungiologist's whole "perhaps it was named for" theory was pretty weak. And in the article it says it's oriented for growth and in the DYK discussion I think you say it's to maximize spore dispersal. So my theory at least has the advantage of simplicity and consistency. Oh and I think one source said it is kidney shaped. Like a brain cross section right?ChildofMidnight (
talk) 06:57, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, just ignore the above. I'm taking flak for "disrupting" the DYK process. I enjoyed your article and the photo. I can't find an explanation to confirm the one offered or an alternative. Take care, Happy New Year.
ChildofMidnight (
talk) 08:14, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
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January 6, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Crucibulum, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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Hey, thanks for the review- you didn't transclude it on the article talk page, so I have only just noticed it, sorry. I'm just heading off to bed now, and probably won't be able to deal with the points you've raised until Sunday; it would be greatly appreciated if you could bare with me for the time being. Thanks
J Milburn (
talk) 23:49, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
No problem, glad to help a fungus-related article get improved. Next time I'll transclude, once I figure out what that means :)
Sasata (
talk) 05:07, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
You've really outdone yourself this time. This species is even more fantastic than the last one. What will mother nature come up with next?
ChildofMidnight (
talk) 01:08, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Mother nature has many, many more interesting species which I hope to expose to the world in due time :)
Sasata (
talk) 05:08, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your multiple contributions to
DYK. Your work on Wikipedia in the field of
mycology adds encyclopedic value to the project and it is most appreciated. Your latest creation,
Geastrum fornicatum, is an example of a nice well sourced piece - thank you for continuing to contribute to DYK in this capacity. Cirt (
talk) 05:01, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Cyathus
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January 11, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cyathus, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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Spencer has had 1 successful "In the news" nomination.
From the Judges
This years WikiCup started off great! It's only the second full week of competition, and we already have a lot of content promoted. We have some very close pools, such as Pool A and J. We also have some pools who have not been very active yet, but hopefully that will start changing in the coming weeks.
Garden and iMatthew have also opened a new pool, the "Judge's Pool" where we are competing against each other and following the same rules as all of you. This pool however, will never have any effect on the actual competition, but you can still check back often to see how we are doing compared to yourself.
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Hi Sasata, I just wanted to let you know that I'm enjoying exposure to various fungi as you introduce them on Wikipedia, even the rather racy one that caused me to blush.
ChildofMidnight (
talk) 20:53, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
Glad you like them... there should be a couple more 'blushers' in the future.
Sasata (
talk) 21:44, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Clathrus ruber
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January 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Clathrus ruber, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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Thanks for your additions there, they are very much appreciated. How did you find those articles so quickly? Do you have access to some kind of article search engine?
J Milburn (
talk) 21:23, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
Yes, online access to all relevant scholarly databases, and 10-15 open windows on a 24-inch screen ... research in the 21st century!
Sasata(
talk) 21:47, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
Wow, you guys are racking up the DYK's fast! Good articles are also coming in quite quickly, and we also have a few new Featured articles. This is coming along great so far; we're glad to see almost everyone working on something.
Also, Thehelpfulone is our newest judge. He will, starting Monday, be helping maintain the WikiCup and help us ensure all runs smoothly. It's hard to gain consensus between two editors, so I guess "majority rules" (with three people) will start to apply while we make our decision. :-P
In this round of the WikiCup, the top three contestants from each pool will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
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Art LaPella (
talk) 02:32, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for all your great work, you are doing a great job of filling out the fungi content on Wikipedia. If I can make one suggestion: when adding lichenized fungi, I think it would be useful if you tag it with the Lichens category, as well as just Lecanoromycetes. The lichenized fungi are, in my mind, quite a discrete group of organisms. Thanks again!
Millifolium (
talk) 02:10, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Good idea, will do.
Sasata (
talk) 02:20, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
The content is continuing to pile in, it's great! Nothing significant this issue, but we currently have a straw poll going on regarding the point values of featured pictures, sounds, and lists.
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DYK for Cookeina
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January 26, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cookeina, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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You seem to write articles faster than I can read them. That article really was fascinating.
J Milburn (
talk) 20:50, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Glad you liked it. The WikiCup inspired me to pump out some short articles for DYK points. Still have a loooong list to get through though....
Sasata (
talk) 01:27, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Good work on all the DYKS I think I need ot take the plunge and get Amanita muscaria to GA and later FAC sometime soonish. I am just getting some more info on the whole Soma thing, but otherwise please feel free to give it a once- (or twice-over). I suppose this is an informal fungus peer-review (?) :)
Casliber (
talk·contribs) 05:42, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Sure, I'll print it out and have a good going-over this week. A quick glance suggests it's already past GA quality. Would you prefer I barged in and made edits, or suggestions on the talk page?
Sasata (
talk) 06:02, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Good point. I guess just go ahead with no brainers and if there is doubt, sling it on the talk page.
Casliber (
talk·contribs) 06:37, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
PS: If you want to hunt around for a good photo of an 'egg-stage' fly agaric, I would appreciate it - otherwise they should start popping up round pine plantations around Sydney in autumn (eastertime) here...
Casliber (
talk·contribs) 04:04, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for the images and cleanup! That's great.
J Milburn (
talk) 17:41, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks!
Just wanted to thank you for the welcome! I joined Project Fungi after creating the page for
trama (mycology) -- which was originally just a weird disambig page (
trama) that wasn't even formatted to BE a disambig-- that piqued my intrest on the subject; since then I just started creating stubs and such for the high-priority requested articles in the project. I can't believe your edit count on here; figure we should make a "moldy barnstar" or something for your efforts on fungi!
Irontobias (
talk) 07:55, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
Long-toed salamander
Hi thanks for offering to do the review! I have added the template.
Thompsma (
talk) 08:12, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
On
5 February, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Antrodia, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
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We're still going strong. Couple of things though; please note that you must make it known you are in the WikiCup when nominating FAs, FLs, FPos, FPs, and FSs. This is to lower the possibility of bias. We're also changing the way you get to the next round. Now, the top two from each round get through, along withten wildcards. This means that even if you're not in the top two you can still get into Round 2, so even if you're in the
group of death you can still go through. Hopefully this will be fairer for all. We've also unfortunately had our first withdrawal - Truco has left the Cup. Best wishes for him in the future.
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Delivered by J Milburn, on behalf of the judges. 20:38, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you
FPC
Hey,
You may want to nominate this image at FPC for points at the wikicup --
Muhammad(talk) 14:47, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up, I have nominated the photo. I may even work on the article too, very interesting mating behavior :)
Sasata (
talk) 15:49, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
On
February 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cyathus olla, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the
Did you know? talk page.
Gatoclass 03:17, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Cyathus olla
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Gatoclass 03:17, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Fungi cats
Just read through Cyathus stercoreus and Cyathus olla and added them to the portal- nice work! You always find such weird species. I was just dropping by to let you know about categories- when you're creating a fungi article, there are several "easy" categories it will fit into quite quickly, based on the continents on which it is found. They are
Category:Fungi of Europe,
Category:Fungi of North America and so on. There's another for its edibility-
Category:Edible mushrooms and
Category:Inedible mushrooms (more at
Category:Fungi by edibility, (not quite sure what would count as a mushroom and what wouldn't...) and, in this case,
Category:Medicinal fungi. You can see the various categories that are available to you
here-it'd be great if you could sort your new articles under a couple of relevant categories.
J Milburn (
talk) 10:23, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for reminding me, I've been lax with putting in categories other than taxonomy cats. BTW, nice find with the Aseroë rubra pic. I've been scanning the MO website for more candidates, but it's slow-going – 35,000 images to scan through, and only a minute fraction are worthy of FP nomination. At least it's good practice for mushroom id skills!
Sasata (
talk) 10:59, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
In looking for FPs, I'm gonna work my way (gradually, I don't want to flood the FP regulars) through the selected pictures on other projects and the pictures from the selected species. I'm don't think I've quite got the hang of what the FP types like yet- for instance,
thispicture looks great to me- high encyclopedic value, looks good at high resolution, striking, the fungi stands out from its surroundings well, nice colours... but something's telling me they won't like it.
J Milburn (
talk) 10:01, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I don't quite have the hang of it either, apparently. I was considering submitting that one as well, but think perhaps the detail is a tad fuzzy viewed at full size. Wouldn't hurt to try, though.
Sasata (
talk) 20:38, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I've given it a bash at
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Letharia vulpina. Anything that doesn't get through FPC could instead be sent towards
valued picture candidates- the standards there aren't quite as high, but it does need to have been used in the article for at least a month before it is nominated. I've got one there at the moment.
J Milburn (
talk) 17:21, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Serotonin syndrome GA
Hi there, thanks for doing the GA review for SS. I think I have addressed most of your suggestions, let me know if I missed anything or if further clarification is required (I added some comments to the review page). Thanks again, cheers -
Mr Bungle |
talk 01:04, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
GA review Nitrogen-vacancy center
Thank you for a thorough review and corrections. Yes, the article is not ment for general audience. I have to contemplate on how to be correct and brief, but also understood by everyone in specialized fields of science.
There's not really much to say this week, everyone is still doing well. There was a discussion on shortening the length of round one, but the idea is dead in the water. Thanks for contributing! GARDEN, iMatthew //
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Useight (325)
Spencer (215)
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J Milburn (202)
Rambo's Revenge (110)
Rlevse (93)
WereSpielChequers (82)
Dendodge (74)
ThinkBlue (72)
Wrestlinglover (72)
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Great work on that article! I have decided to pass it as a GA. Happy editing, and keep up the good work, rʨanaɢtalk/contribs 14:54, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Your latest work
That phallus you've been working on (
Phallus hadriani) is very nice. It's got a big head.
ChildofMidnight (
talk) 05:22, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on.
Ealdgyth -
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Hey there :), I was just reviewing some of your work at DYK (By then the way, an early congrats on the 50 DYK medal your going to be getting when the hooks I just approved get onto the main page :) ) and after looking over all of you contribs, I think that you would make a great admin, if your interested in giving a RfA a go, then just leave a note on my talk page and I'll write up my nom and we'll get this going :). All the Best,
Mifter (
talk) 00:17, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Aaww, you beat me to it. I'd be happy to co-nom too.
Casliber (
talk·contribs) 01:08, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I don't really have any interest in taking on administrative responsibilities. I've only been active for a few months, and feel I still have to learn my way around in some areas. Also have no desire to use "the mop"; being dad of three young ones gives my plenty of real life experience with that :) I may change my mind in the future, but for now just want to focus on writing content.
Sasata (
talk) 02:42, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Fair enough - the best use I have found is being able to semiprotect high vandalism pages, as well as moving pages over others requiring deletion.
Casliber (
talk·contribs) 05:09, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
If I ever have to do those things, I'll just give you a call :)
Sasata (
talk) 05:13, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for all your comments! I have addressed just about as many as I can right now (I will probably be in the library later today and can look for the missing page number you asked about); I've stricken the comments that were easy fixes (typos and such), but for some comments I'd like to hear your input as to whether or not my edits have actually resolved the problems, so I haven't stricken those...I also left some questions about how to proceed with some things (mostly about the lead images, and about having a brief run-down of the main linguistic subfields somewhere), so I'll wait for your signal before doing much more.
Thanks for all your help with this thorough review! (I feel a little bad that you got stuck with this giant article that needed tons of work, whereas I got short-and-sweet Gomphus clavatus.) Best, rʨanaɢtalk/contribs 01:47, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
You're welcome! Don't feel bad about the effort disparity, I enjoy criticizing other people's work (an aftereffect of grading hundreds of undergrad exams and papers).
Sasata (
talk) 02:03, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
I know you've already got one, but your recent work on Cyathus,
list of Cyathus species and the articles on some of the species themselves has been particularly awesome. Thanks for devoting so much of your time and expertise to the project.
J Milburn (
talk) 14:25, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks! I'm planning for these Cyathus articles to be part of a
featured (or
good) topic, hopefully I can get it done for a later round of the WikiCup.
Sasata (
talk) 17:32, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
That'd be great- I had fleeting hopes that I'd be able to do that with Lactarius, but there are just too many of them!
J Milburn (
talk) 19:18, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Peer Review for Brain ischemia
Thank you very much for your thorough review of my article. I will be addressing those points as soon as possible. I may ask you a few questions throughout the process, that is if you do not mind. Once again, thank you! --
Saunc2011 (
talk) 19:53, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Guys! Well it's Thehelpfulone's first time properly looking at the scores as he made this newsletter and he's impressed on how much work you have all done. It's a shame to say that
RyanCross has withdrawn from the Cup. We have almost hit 200 DYKs, not far off from 100 GA's and
Durova has passed the 1000 point mark on points, with 1347 points so congratulations to her! GARDEN, iMatthew //
talk, and
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21:51, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
TheHelpfulBot 21:51, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
In recognition of your efforts reviewing both
White-headed Capuchin and
Mantled Howler for GA, making excellent suggstions to improve both articles, I award you the Mammal barnster
Rlendog (
talk) 04:25, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Danilot (
talk) 19:06, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
P.S. If you aren't tired of monkey articles by then, I hope to get
Geoffroy's Spider Monkey into shape for GAN in the near future, although I still have work to do.
Rlendog (
talk) 04:25, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
That's a cool barnstar - thanks! I look forward to reading the next article sometime.
Sasata (
talk) 04:31, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
In recognition of your efforts in bringing fungi pictures to their proper place (throughout the featured picture archives) I award you the double barnstar of facehuggersAseroë rubra.
However, I'm afraid that I can't find any other historical images worth restoring... Well, actually, that's a lie, but
[2] and
[3] seem to lack sufficient bibliographic detail - Anyway, barring figuring out enough details to move forward with that, I think I've been about all the help I can be, imagewise, unless there's something you know of and would like me to do.
Shoemaker's Holiday (
talk) 08:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
I'm assuming this message was for J Milburne ? :)
Sasata (
talk) 09:02, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
I've seen you doing a lot of wwork as well. Though I suppose I did go wildly off-topic. =)
Shoemaker's Holiday (
talk) 16:26, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
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