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(yes, I {{welcomed}} myself... I figure there might be some good info here, and without a red talk link, nobody else was likely to do it) EVula // talk // 21:47, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Welcome

Thanks for being self-sufficient!--Open2universe 01:26, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Haha, thanks for the welcome. :) EVula // talk // 02:36, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vernacular redirects

Please do not add vernacular redirects. They are not within the scope of Wikispecies. If and when we get to be a wiki database we will be able to search by vernacular name, so this effort is double work and puts an extra strain on the server. Thanks. Lycaon 09:06, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "be a wiki database". Creating redirects doesn't create additional strain (and I generally don't worry about performance). However, I'm more than willing to stop creating them if it's outside the project scope. EVula // talk // 08:21, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Apreciated your atention. Thanks.

Rossicev 11:26, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

My pleasure. That's a very cool feature that I'd never noticed before; as a language-independent project, Wikispecies should definitely reflect that with the Main Page. EVula // talk // 16:54, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Congratulations, you are now an admin.

No, we don't have a minimum for rfa so you are one now. Best wishes. --Open2universe 12:54, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks. Watch vandalism drop just so I don't have anything to do... ;) EVula // talk // 14:33, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ara genus

Hi,

I'm editing and creating species form Ara genus. When I edit vernacular names, the expression Granat Alma apears in the box. Exemple: Ara tricolor. Can you see this? Thanks. Rossicev 15:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Someone had vandalized the Hungarian field, {{Hu}}. I fixed it.[1] Thanks for bringing it to my attention; it was my first action as an admin. :) EVula // talk // 15:41, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Oh, you may need to add "?action=purge" to the end of the URL in your browser to see the updated version; sometimes the server will lag a little bit when lots of templates are used. EVula // talk // 15:50, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Yeah! Thanks again! I hope to be usefull on Wikispecies. I'm still learning... Rossicevmsg 18:22, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Morpho_menelaus.png

Since you're both a commons sysop and a wikispecies sysop, I'll ask you :). Shouldn't Image:Morpho_menelaus.png either be uploaded locally and protected or protected on commons to prevent vandalism? Monobi 02:13, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I get around. :) I'm pretty sure that anons can't upload a local version, and any local vandalism tends to get jumped on pretty quickly (one of the benefits of a fairly small project). Ironically, I just noticed some old Commons vandalism on Image:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg, so at least something might need to happen on that side of things... I'm 99% sure that we don't need to upload a local version, but I'll double-check with someone a bit more knowledgeable (though not right now; I'm on my laptop during a break, and all my email addresses and whatnot are at home). EVula // talk // ☯ // 02:25, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

...very much! Maybe I'm won't have great contributions, but it's nice to be nice. Thanks, anew! Cobalttempest 04:54, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Every little bit helps. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 04:54, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Classification is never provided

Hi,
It is a desperate call that I make here. Wikispecies is doing wrong, many french admin think so, and I can't let it happen without reacting. I already posted something here, without success.
Wikispecies has for purpose to provide the classification of taxons, right?
But each taxon has a different content and parents depending on the classification. And there are a lot of classifications for each taxons.:

  • Here is a small list of those classifications.
  • Here is an perfect sample that shows that a taxon name doesn't mean much if you don't provide the classification name.
  • Here is a sample that commons now provides the classification. And of course, there are classical classification and phylogenetic classifications.
  1. From what I understand in reading your articles, wikispecies provides only one classification for each taxon (in wikifrance, we provide 1 classical and 1 phylogenetical classif per taxon)
  2. But you never provide the classification followed.

I think it is urgent that you provide the classification followed by each article in the article. You will discover that all your articles follow different classification.
Look at Liliopsida. It is a total shame. The classification is not provided. The reason is that nobody ever described it that way. Cheers Liné1 06:55, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Oy, I'm probably a bad person to bring this up to. Yes, I'm an administrator here, but it's largely because I'm active in working on a lot of "behind the scenes" stuff (such as adding new languages to the vernacular name template) that requires administrative access, and I have a lot of experience as an administrator on three other projects (two of them also being language independent). When it comes to Wikispecies, I do it out of a love for the concept of making information free to the world (plus I'm a big fan of sharks), but when it comes to the specific taxons and classifications, I'm a bit lost. I'm just a workhorse... EVula // talk // ☯ // 06:31, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
I understand your work here, but I don't understand why none of the others answers me.
Like you, I like wikipedia for what it is. But many people, even among wikipedia, make fun of wikispecies.
Anytime, I see a problem in wikipedia, I try to solve it with others, but here, is there someone who answers?
Any idea, who I could see? I already asked User:Dario and Mario‎, User:Kempm‎, User:Lightdarkness‎, User:Keith Edkins‎, User:Lycaon‎, User:Ucucha‎, User:Open2universe‎
Thank you — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Liné1 (talk • contribs).
Well, it might be more productive if you find and address the problem you're talking about on a page, that way they can see a working example. I know I'd be more receptive to "see, this is how it should be" rather than "you're wrong". Once they see an example, they might more readily agree with you, and start fixing up everything else as well. EVula // talk // ☯ // 16:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 217.127.37.203

If you're still online, I think 217.127.37.203 needs blocking.
MichielT 15:03, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Blocked. Thanks for the heads up. EVula // talk // ☯ // 16:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Type locality & distribution

I've noticed you removed the sections Type locality and Distribution from one of my contributions. take note that Type locality is a legitimate field!!! (see the help section). As to the Distribution section, I'm conducting now a vote at the Village pump for the inclusion of distribution info, so you're wellcome to vote!!

Mariusm 06:41, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

We're in total agreement that the section is worthwhile information, but it's more appropriate for an encyclopedia; Wikispecies is not Wikipedia. I'm responding to your VP topic now... EVula // talk // ☯ // 15:44, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
But what about Type locality??? Please look at Help:Name section and see that it is perfecly legitimate!!! Mariusm 15:57, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
That is discussing holotypes, which is very first such creature found, not the range of the entire species. As it is, that information isn't generally provided in our articles. EVula // talk // ☯ // 16:18, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Can't wait to become en.wp admin. Btw, I tend to keep type locality in the article, but I will remove anything that specificly says distribution. OhanaUnitedTalk page 19:50, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Apparently one wiki wasn't enough, so I had to go down and wreak havoc on another one. bibliomaniac15 21:47, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I can't relate to that at all... EVula // talk // ☯ // 22:24, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ping

Get on IRC plz if you can. Maxim(talk) 22:00, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Not sure when that'll happen; I have tonight off from the show I'm working on (see my wikibreak notice on en.wp), but I'm going to spend at least part of tonight with my girlfriend. Dunno when I'd be back on the computer (and I can't right now, as I'm at work). EVula // talk // ☯ // 22:25, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MediaWiki

How can I get a list of MediaWiki pages? It isn't listed anywhere. OhanaUnitedTalk page 05:10, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Couple of different ways. I sometimes just go to Special:AllPages and select the MediaWiki namespace. However, Special:AllMessages is also handy for seeing what exists (and a quick overview of what is what). EVula // talk // ☯ // 13:36, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:VN

Nice to see a familiar face :)...I was wondering if you could add Hawaiian (haw) to the template; I'm currently translating the vernacular names in Hawaiian. Singularity 21:56, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

If you create a Hawaiian template at {{haw}} in the same format as {{en}} and {{fr}}, I'll be happy to add it. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 07:20, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Will this do? Singularity 17:30, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Yup, that works just fine. I'll try to add it later tonight; I'm going on a trip in a few days, so I'll need to get ready for that first, but I'm hoping I'll still have some wiki time before bed. EVula // talk // ☯ // 22:05, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry to be a real bugger, but if you could add the template, that'd be great...thanks! Singularity 06:08, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
My apologies, it completely slipped my mind once I got back from the trip. Template added. EVula // talk // ☯ // 05:34, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Singularity 09:26, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] OhanaBot

I think it's ready to give bot flag. Please check Wikispecies:Bots/Requests_for_approval#OhanaBot to see if you have any concerns. OhanaUnitedTalk page 19:54, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Looks like it got done while I was too busy to check back here. Sorry I didn't get to it, but I'm glad it's been done. EVula // talk // ☯ // 05:35, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting few pages

User:PeterR dropped me a message[2] regarding the deletion of a few pages. I don't know what's wrong with those pages so I asked Peter to explain the situation to you. Please try to be patient when explaining things to him. He's a valuable editor. OhanaUnitedTalk page 02:49, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting Antarctoperlaria

UhanaUnited told me that you have deleted Antarctoperlaria with Eusthenoidea and Leptoperloidea. Why did you do this? I have add new species from 2008. If you can tell me which new Superfamilia they are than I can change them. I hope you don't only works with ITIS, Because ITIS is not complete.

Regards,

PeterR 07:34, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Er, I deleted them because you tagged them with {{delete}}... I figured that if you tagged them, they needed to be deleted. EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:21, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Arctoperlaria

You deleted this, but many articles still link to it. I don't know enough to clean it up. Thanks, --Open2universe | Talk 23:39, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

I've undeleted it. It was marked for deletion by an editor I would trust to know when to delete and when not, so I didn't really think twice about it. EVula // talk // ☯ // 14:25, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
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