User talk:Zedbill
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References
[edit]Hi, and thanks for your very welcome contributions! Most of the Diptera taxon pages you have recently created doesn't cite any references. Could you please also add verifiable citations for the data, if available? Our preferred format for that is described here but please bear in mind that the actual references are much more important than how they are presented. The layout of things can always be formalised at a later date (for example by me). Cheers, Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 23:46, 3 July 2019 (UTC).
- @Tommy Kronkvist: Hi Tommy, thank you greatly for the advice, I'm still very new to this so great to learn what the standards are - are references as per - https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dolichopeza_(Dolichopeza)_rowanorum ok? Thanks again. Best regards, Zedbill (talk) 01:24, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, that's excellent. I've made a few minor additions since, as you can see here. I also went ahead and created a corresponding Wikidata page: Q65023787. You don't really need to bother with the Wikidata stuff unless you want to, but it may be good to know that Wikidata works as a sort of "hub" connecting all of the different Wikimedia sister projects. All information there is shared and can be automatically fetched by the many different Wikimedia sister projects, for example Commons (where the pictures you recently uploaded are stored), Wikibooks, Wikisource, and the no less than 303 different language versions of Wikipedia! And of course also Wikispecies.
- At the moment there is only one Wikimedia page about Dolichopeza rowanorum, namely the one created by you. However in due time I'm sure that the equivalent pages will also be created on the different Wikipedias, and then they will all show up as links on the Wikidata page. See for example Q1931024 (regarding Limoniidae) which contains a bunch of links to different Wikipedias as well as to the corresponding page here at Wikispecies. If you scroll down you will also see quite a few identifiers to external databases with data that can be automatically fetched by templates, and then automatically inserted on for example the Wikispecies' Limoniidae page. It's really quite handy and increases the chance of information being consistent throughout all Wikimedia projects. And umm... it's also quite complicated – but that's another story. :-) Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 03:14, 4 July 2019 (UTC),
- @Tommy Kronkvist: Thanks Tommy, I've added references to all of the new taxon pages. Thanks also for the details on wikidata, when I've got a better handle on the wiki basics I'll definitely look more into the wikidata side of things. Best regards, Zedbill (talk) 04:10, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
- Good work! Feel free to contact me personally on my talk page or the whole Wikispecies' community at the Village Pump, should you have any future questions, ideas or suggestions. All issues regarding the community are welcome, whether small or big. Best regards, Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 14:58, 7 July 2019 (UTC).
- @Tommy Kronkvist: Thanks Tommy, I've added references to all of the new taxon pages. Thanks also for the details on wikidata, when I've got a better handle on the wiki basics I'll definitely look more into the wikidata side of things. Best regards, Zedbill (talk) 04:10, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
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RMaung (WMF) 14:29, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
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RMaung (WMF) 17:02, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
Form of names (subgenus)
[edit]Hey. I've noticed you created a lot of species name of the form "Genus (Subgenus) species". The generally agreed standard on Wikispecies is to not list the subgenus, for both nomenclatural (i.e. ICZN 6.1 regulates the form that such name use must take, but explicitly points out the subgenus is not a part of the name itself) and practical reasons (i.e. less inconsistency between zoological and botanical names, no need to rename species pages if they move within their own genus without even getting an actual new combination etc.). Circeus (talk) 18:26, 17 December 2019 (UTC)