User talk:Anonymous Dissident

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Contents 1 Welcome 2 Re: Monobi's RFA 3 Shameless canvassing... 4 User:Philiptdotcom 5 Admin 6 Categories 7 Helix aspersa -> Cornu aspersum 8 User:212.15.152.147 9 Shortcut 10 Author citation in botany 11 PeterR comment 12 Links to authors 13 "What?"

[edit] Welcome

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Welcome to my wiki-home away from wiki-home. Always nice to see a familiar face. ;) EVula // talk // ☯ // 14:05, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah. Wikispecies has al;ways intrigued me, and its good to see someone I know. Cheers, -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 14:14, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Monobi's RFA

On top of Open2universe's talk page, it says he's away till January 7. That's why he couldn't close it earlier. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 19:20, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

There are other bureaucrats, plus, today is Jan 8. ---- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 01:34, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Shameless canvassing...

Hey, if you could pop over to Wikispecies:Village Pump#Email sent with new talk page edits, I'd appreciate it. I'd like to get this feature activated for Wikispecies, but I need a wider sampling before presenting it to the devs. (of course, if you don't think it's a wise idea, please say so; I want the feature, but not if everyone else hates it) Thanks! EVula // talk // ☯ // 23:09, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Philiptdotcom

Thanks for the message. User has been blocked. Lycaon 00:38, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

...and thank you for filling the request so quickly. ---- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 00:39, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Admin

Congratulations, you are now an admin. Ucucha (talk) 16:37, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

A belated thank you, and thanks to my supporters. Cheers, -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:04, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Congrats, dude. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 15:39, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

A very belated congrats... Good luck! :-) Maxim_(talk) 20:02, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks both. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 22:12, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

Yep, those categories should go. He has been making rather a mess of the Strombidae. I've been removing/adjusting his entries lately but there is still a lot to do. He started his own layout project ;-). I'm currently removing empty year cats. The non-empty ones are handy to know where he has been wreaking havoc and I haven't reached with the repair brush (or hammer as it may be). Lycaon 09:57, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Right, I'll flame all the empty ones then. Thanks. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:52, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for helping out on this one. There are actually more problems than just the categories (see this) to be dealt with. Lycaon 08:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Helix aspersa -> Cornu aspersum

To follow the genera used here, your photo of Helix aspersa on Helix should be moved to the Cornu page, with the caption Cornu aspersum. — Punctum 15:14, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:212.15.152.147

Can you please unblock this user? He wasn't vandalising at all, he seems to be misinformed by where to post judging by the article content I saw previously. Thanks, Maxim_(talk) 01:16, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

And can you check out Wikispecies:Village_Pump#Admin_assistance, plz, as well? Maxim_(talk) 01:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

He seemed to have posted a nonsense article. Due to the regularity of huge posts like that, blocks like this are quite reasoned. If he was merely requesting assistance, why did he create a page name such as that, and why were there so many exclamation marks all over the page? ---- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 01:29, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

I have filled the latter request. ---- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 01:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

On further review of the deleted content, it seems justified that he should be given a simple caution and unblocked, as it doesn't seem as if he was indeed outright vandalising. ---- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 01:35, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I don't know about the page title, but the question mark is probably because you use a crappy browser, it was written in Russian (which is my mother tongue). Maxim_(talk) 02:00, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

No, I rendered the Russian. There was still exclamation marks at the end of sentences. ---- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:17, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Shortcut

How do you add the WS:RFA shortcut to Wikispecies:Administrators's shortcut template? I tried and it doesn't work. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 01:41, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Done. ---- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 01:46, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Author citation in botany

I've seen some of your contributions of mosses to Wikispecies. The author citation you wrote is in wrong format:

1. Author citation in botany should be without year.
2. In botany author name should be abbreviated.

For example instead of Macromitrium hemitrichodes (Schwaegrichen, 1827) it must be: Macromitrium hemitrichodes Schwägr.

For author abbreviations look here

I've noticed you got your information from ZipcodeZoo, but their format (in this familia at least) is wrong, and shouldn't be used...

Mariusm 11:08, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Then why is it no one else has ever pulled me up about it; certainly other prominent specians have seen my work, Lycaon is one. Are you sure that both are not possibly correct formats? -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 21:46, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Look for example here how ITIS handles a moss, also look here for correct botanic handling. Finely look here for a wikipedia article on this issue!

Mariusm 08:51, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok, fair enough. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 08:53, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] PeterR comment

Anonymus Dissident,

I have delete Graellsia, because there have to be write Taxonavigation etc.. I'm not interested in the meaning of the name , but Author etc. I have update the Saturniidae with Subfamilies, Tribes etc. You get your information from ZipcodeZoo, (This side is not reliable). I get my information from books and enthomologists.

Regards,

PeterR 08:51, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't see how a critical analysis of my work here has anything to do with the edit in question. Blanking of a page is not an excuse for the incorrect formatting of a page. You have been warned. Cheers, -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 09:58, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Links to authors

Hi there, would you please link to authors in the name section? I have made the change at Andropogon africanus. Thanks. --Open2universe | Talk 03:16, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, of course! I'm sorry, I'll go through my contribs and make links. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 04:53, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "What?"

Pages I blanked contained informations not relevant anymore (according to the latest and accepted sources indicated in References).

I also edited a number of pages that actually contain information of those blanked pages under relevant systematic nomenclature, etc. I hope this is an explanation to you.

Feri 10:31, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Actually, no it doesn't make any sense. How can information be so spontaneously rendered obsolete? And, if it has, you should update it anyway, not blank the whole page. Please expound. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 23:30, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Pages I blanked were using taxonomical nomenclature invalid for at least 5, sometimes 10 years. I believe wikispecies is dedicated to represent the latest and accepted classification and nomenclature. Since I work as a research biologist, particularly on woodlice, I have a good insight in the changes in the systematics of that taxa. Therefore, say if there is something I did wrong with formatting, but systematics just change with new molcular techniques so it's not carved in stone. For more info please read the references indicated at the Oniscidea pages. It is not my fault that the fav sources of wiki users (eg. ITIS) aren't really up to date with - at least - oniscids. Moreover, after contacting ITIS I've got a promise that the'll update Oniscidea.

Feri 12:09, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

If they are invalid, do the appropriate thing: update them, or request that they be deleted. Blanking is not an option here. ---- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 00:24, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, synonyms should ideally be redirects to the valid names, not blank pages. Ucucha (talk) 09:58, 17 May 2008 (UTC)