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User talk:Apokryltaros/User talk:Apokryltaros Archive 1
Welcome! Hello, Apokryltaros/User talk:Apokryltaros Archive 1, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the Wikipedia Boot Camp, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type Here are a few good links for newcomers:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Alai 04:49, 4 February 2006 (UTC) Random PraiseI just slipped into your pages by random search for a missing flag, and saw that you make marvelous art! (And also accurate for the purpose as far as I can tell). Keep on painting and creating. User:Rursus 08:38, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
I suppose "enigmatic" is not more encyclopedic than "curious". Perhaps we can agree on "extraordinary"? Subversive 21:50, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Trachipterus trachypterusHello Apokryltaros, Noticed you added Category:Lampriformes when the species was already in its Family Category:Trachipteridae. This is not necessary, & leads to over categorisation - if a species is in its Family category it is automatically included in the Order category. Keep up the great artwork! Cheers GrahamBould 09:04, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Good work!I've just seen some of the drawings of extinct animals you've made. They're very good en beautiful and I've put some of them on Wiki-Commons ([1]) so I can use them on the Dutch Wikipedia as well. Is it possible to upload your new drawings in the future on Commons so other Wikipedia's can use them as well? Rique [2]
Image:Thylacosmilus atrox.jpg and other picsGood stuff! =) Your art is a valuable contribution to the wiki. I'm going to link some of it upwards in the taxonomic tree. For instance, Image:Thylacosmilus atrox.jpg is going to represent Sparassodonta, which currently has no picture. Thanks for your work! — coelacan talk — 05:36, 29 November 2006 (UTC) DrawingsI really love your drawings, and I admire your dedication to Wikipedia. Jack Cain 11:20, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
MamoThat is a very specific fact that is not included in the reference I gave. Can you add your reference please? -- House of Scandal 14:16, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Well done! Thanks. House of Scandal 06:02, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Strigogyps sapeaHi, I saw the new image. That's more like it, thanks for updating! I am presently gather some literature on the sophiornithids and will expand the article in due time (early next year I'd say) Dysmorodrepanis 06:05, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Re: Concerning GobiatheriumYes you can upload a new image and mix the profile of the beast with Uintatherium. That image is old. I can draw better now. Giant Blue Anteater 05:17, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Good work!Thank you for sharing your artistic talent with the 'pedia! Your prehistorics are lovely. jengod 06:12, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
RasporHi! Just for the record, I think that you're spending too much effort on Raspor. Whether he knows it or not, the objections that he is raising is only intellectual flailing in the face of immense evidence to the contrary. He (apparently) is advocating finding "God in the Gaps", and as the gaps shrink and shrink, the advocates grow louder and louder, and less and less logical in their objections. His objections are almost exclusively without merit or substance, and spending time refuting each of his points is (in my opinion) letting him dictate your actions. Not saying you should act otherwise, just food for thought. See you around! --HassourZain 20:08, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
his image of the Pterygotus buffaloensisPlease, load his image of the Pterygotus buffaloensis in the wikimedia commons. I was blockaded there because of ignoring notices, when it loads the image there, warn about me Greetings Maurício Knevitz 18:12, 10 March 2007 (UTC) KoolasuchusWould you be able to draw a koolasuchus???? It is found what it gets, draw one and load the image in the wikicommons. I liked his drawing of the Pterygotus Tanks Maurício Knevitz 16:58, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Praecambridium etcNothing on the other two, I'm afraid, but have been 'studying' Praecambridium recently! Alas, my study was limited to a cursorary glance at a couple of new specimens, which were whisked away before I could have a detailed look. Was there anything in particular you were wanting to know? I'm not sure there's too much to be said for them at the moment, but could easily find out more if you wished! Verisimilus 17:41, 12 March 2007 (UTC) I see; I'll find out what I can, but most of these creatures have very little factual written about them! Opinions seem to abound but as there are, surprisingly, only six 'expert' scientists working on this field it may be a long wait before anything more concrete emerges! Verisimilus 17:59, 12 March 2007 (UTC) Prehistoric Animal PicturesLike everyone on your talk page, I'm a huge fan of the prehistoric animal pictures that you've drawn! I'm particularly interested in prehistoric and Holocene hippos and would like to improve a number of their articles. I wondered if you had a secret stash of sources that you used to help learn the visual details. If you know of any good sources that could help me improve Wikipedia's coverage of the hippopotamus fossil record, I would greatly appreciate the guidance. Thanks! --JayHenry 05:15, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Kurtis Levenham (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)I noticed that you just reverted a link from this user. I also reverted linked by this user, and theres now a discussion going on his talk page and User talk:Nwwaew about this, if you're interested. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 23:57, 24 March 2007 (UTC) Your comment regarding the evolution of the horse articleI simply edited the link because it pointed to a non existance article.
Sorry about that. By the way, how to italicize scientific names. 86.138.116.117 09:37, 13 August 2007 (UTC) Recommendation Concerning the UintatheresMy opinion is that we should not merge those two articles (yet). That's because the Gobiatheriidae are sometimes treated as a seperate family instead of a subfamily, and the general opinion on that matter could easily change any moment. What's your opinion on this matter? DaMatriX 15:28, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Picture requestWell, actualy I would like some pictures for two little known genera of primitive Carnivora: the proto-bear Hemicyon and the early pinniped Enaliarctos. I know they're not Paleozoic animals, but if you manage to draw them and share your work on wikipedia, you will receive my eternal appreciation in return! ;) DaMatriX 20:25, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Random Smiley Award originated by Pedia-I (Explanation and Disclaimer) ♠TomasBat (@)(Contribs)(Sign!) 21:33, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Ediacaran BiotaHi (and happy Easter!) I'm currently in the process of re-writing the page on Ediacaran biota, and was wondering whether you could provide some of your fabled artwork to spice up my offering a little? Particularly appreciated would be 'reconstructions' of each of the three sub-assemblages (Ediacara-type, Nama-type and Avalon-type) for that section - I've uploaded a link to a (copyrighted) picture sketching and detailing the characteristic species here if you'd be interested. Cheers!
WowHi, FAAA man I can't believe you did all these drawings there frigen awseome chico, A fuego! Man I'd love to do something like this to contribute to wikipedia (PS. I hate the copyright crap on the images it's so annoying!) but I just havn't got the time at the moment. So I'm glad there is someone as dedicated and talented as you to help bypass these image permission restrictions. Thanks heaps for all these helpful drawings, and I think that I can say aswell as my self, on behalf of the wikipedia community that it is very much appreciated
I couldn't be more impressedAs this message says, I could not be more impressed with your work on those prehistoric animal images, so keep up the good work! --KnowledgeLord 06:20, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
I've had a good look but haven't been able to turn anything up, I'm afraid. By the sounds of it, it will be difficult to distinguish from Spriggina, which has a photo on its page.
Verisimilus T 11:14, 21 May 2007 (UTC) I didn't know if you might have access to real-world copies somewhere. If this link doesn't work I can e-mail you the PDF, drop me an e-mail. Verisimilus T 12:41, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Other papersWould you mind if I e-mailed you the papers? I'm almost out of filespace on my server! There's an 'email this user' link on my user page you can use if you want to avoid giving your address out publicly. Verisimilus T 15:30, 21 May 2007 (UTC) AIV reportsThank you for reporting vandals to WP:AIV. Please note though that IP addresses cannot be considered a "vandal-only account" because IPs may be shared my multiple people or dynamically reassigned. It may be helpful to state whether or not an IP has a history of positive contributions or vandalism. Your most recently reported vandal has been blocked. —dgiestc 21:34, 22 May 2007 (UTC) Love your picturesKeep making them, I really like the style, good job.
Edrioasters on TrilobitesAfraid I've never come across them - sorry! Good luck - sorry not to be of more help! Verisimilus T 21:33, 11 June 2007 (UTC) Thanks!!Thanks for doing Giant Hoopoe!! Its beautiful! :) --HoopoeBaijiKite 02:43, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
I moved your request for an uncontested move out of that area, and to contested moves. I don't contest the move, but for animal article titles please read Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of life. Then discuss the proposed move on the article's talk page and request the move only if you reach consensus there. Thanks. KP Botany 19:58, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Hey Apokryltaros! I have submitted the article on hippopotamus for featured article consideration at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hippopotamus and just wanted to let you know that I used several of your excellent images! If you have any suggestions for improving the article, please let me know! --JayHenry 07:13, 22 July 2007 (UTC) Thats not me...Hi mate, am just back from a break form editing, and that wiki evo, is not my account, I don't know who it belongs to. --Street Scholar 17:57, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Edits to cannibalism (zoology)I noticed you added some material without providing any sources. [4] Could you please add a citation? If you don't do this, someone else is going to have to at some point, so it's better just to cite your sources whenever adding material. Thanks, Richard001 07:41, 26 July 2007 (UTC). Barnstar award
CommonsCan you add a links to your userpage and talkpage on Commons, please? Please put links at Commons:User:Apokryltaros and/or Commons:User talk:Apokryltaros to enwik as well. You can link from Commons to enwiki with [[:en:User:Apokryltaros]]. Thanks for contributing to Commons. As an administrator there, I'm happy to see that! Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 17:22, 27 July 2007 (UTC) (Commons:User:Wsiegmund)
Prehistoric artI see we share an intrest in illustrating the prehistoric creatures articles; it seems to me that some collaboration may be in order. Hallucigenia is my first, and I think that my next will be opabinia, even though that one already has an illustration. I was thinking a close up of some of the structures, especially the head, would be good. (sort of how the audobon pictures are set up with both the bird in action and the closeups) Are there any others in need of further illustration? On a more frivolous note, have you ever had feeling that a picture is staring back at you when you get it right? I had that last night, had the hallucigenia on a black backround for contrast and had to change it because it had the whole "stepping out from the mists of time" thing going on. Knew it was time to take a break then. The name really makes sense know, that thing freaked me out for a few minutes, lol. Sorry to leave such a long message on you talk page, but feel free to leave one on mine.--Scorpion451 rant 17:13, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
You asked?As per your question, no, Sid is much but much too small to be a Megatherium (Sid's the size of an upright pig!) and thus the only creature that he can possibly be with his size is a Synocnus. --KnowledgeLord 00:58, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
--KnowledgeLord 05:32, 11 August 2007 (UTC) Praise and a suggestionHey! Your artwork's awesome. Keep up the good work:) By the way, I was wondering if you could (perhaps) create an image of a Rugoconites. It is often listed as merely a medusae (jellyfish) from the Ediacaran, but I remember seeing an image of it in Stephen Jay Gould's book "Wonderful Life" and it didn't look like anything of the sort. It was basically circular (like Tribrachidium) but it had dinstinctive veins a little like Albumares. It also had some sort of segment on its body that made appear bilaterally symmetrical. I have never found an illustration of it on the internet and have only been able to find 1 or 2 low-res images of the fossil itself. The image is below. Have fun! --Thunderclees 9:41, 12 August 2007 (UTC) (P.s. If the above image is wrong, I'm sorry. I just haven't been able to find another image to compare it to.) original research imagesPlease don't make your own images for extinct animals. This is considered original research, which is not allowed in Wikipedia. Find an existing image that is free for Wikipedia to use and upload it to Commons so that it can be used by all language Wikipedias. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:00, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Planned New Version of the T. Carnifex ImageFor my money the best things to base it on would be either [5] which is a model built by people with access to a reconstructed skeleton, or [6] which I believe is based on a more recently discovered full intact skeleton. I think that the biggest flaw in the current image is the awkward visual foreshortening due to the chosen pose. To illustrate a story, the more drama the better, but to illustrate the features of an animal the dramatic parts should be chosen to expose particular features. Karora 11:28, 20 September 2007 (UTC) EvowikiHi - Bunnyform from EvoWiki here, I still can't send you a private message. But would you please be careful who you block - you blocked 129.215.146.60, which was just me editing from work (when I'd forgotten my password). Oh, and you need to revert yourself on Pectoral girdle :-) I worry about all the protected pages on Evo - it can't be making things that attractive to potential new users... Evercat 11:37, 1 October 2007 (UTC) I wantI want to thank you, Apokryltaros. Your drawings here are the best and illustrate (forgive the pun!) the points here perfectly.--KnowledgeLord 18:38, 6 October 2007 (UTC) creodontaThanks for your help with the lead. I'm no expert and am mostly trying to make leads better, in line with guidelines. I need the help of people who really know what they're talking about. Leadwind 03:53, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
For you Presented by SilkTork Your drawings have illuminated and enriched Wikipedia and been widely appreciated and acclaimed - even helping two articles to achieve Featured Article status. Awesome. And you have been so calm and level headed during the recent conflict. Well done. You truly deserve this award. You are an exceptional contributor! SilkTork *SilkyTalk 19:00, 11 October 2007 (UTC) Protection on EvoWikiI want to talk to you again about protection on EvoWiki. It seems to me there are way too many protected pages, and this is bound to be discouraging to new users (I still can't leave you a message on your talk page there, for instance). The "Wiki way" - if I can call it that - relies on mass participation. I realise there's vandalism to deal with, but as far as I can tell, much of this vandalism is randomly targetted, so there's no point protecting pages that have been hit by it, unless you want to protect everything. To be honest, the vandalism there is relatively light, in terms of difficulty to revert. There's usually only a few anon-IPs vandalising a day. Occasionally you get some mass spree of vandalism from a single source, but this is usually trivial for a sysop to revert via the contributions page. I speak with some experience. :-) Bunnyform / Evercat 01:28, 1 November 2007 (UTC) PromerycochoerusThanks for catching that. Too many oreodonts with practically the same name. --Helioseus 02:04, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Vandalism page
You mean: http://wiki.cotch.net/index.php/EvoWiki_talk:Vandalism ? It's protected! :-) Evercat 02:13, 1 November 2007 (UTC) Yeah, I'm registered, but whatever the criteria are for editing semi-protected pages, my account there doesn't currently meet them. Evercat 02:40, 1 November 2007 (UTC) Yes, I can now edit that page. I wonder what the precise criteria are though for editing semi-protected pages, and whether the system is working correctly? Evercat 03:59, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
No - maybe you could pass it along... Evercat 01:04, 2 November 2007 (UTC) Edit commentsI can understand the frustration with vandals, but "rvt moron" is probably not a useful edit comment. DreamGuy 14:51, 2 November 2007 (UTC) OK?Everything still OK? No more problems with UtherSRG? I've moved your awards to your user page so people can see at a glance that you are a recognised and appreciated user. Let me know if you have any problems with anything. Regards SilkTork *SilkyTalk 18:36, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
Category madnessOops. I was just about to write that I thought it would be useful to have a Cretaceous category of some form for people using categories to browse, but then I read your message more carefully. Yeah, it's redundant. J. Spencer (talk) 18:14, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
Shielia tiatiIt was discovered in Scotland (named after Shiel Burn) by Marss, I think it's also been found in Estonia. It is late Silurian, but its range is poorly determined. The samples I got my scales from were in rocks previously believed (by some) to be Lochkovian (earliest Devonian) but I suspect their age needs adjusting upwards. Verisimilus T 15:44, 22 November 2007 (UTC) Independent ArticleI believe your picture of Brontoscorpio anglicus was used in an article in today's Independent. I saw it earlier and I'll try and buy one on the way home from work... dunno if it was attributed properly... Evercat (talk) 20:04, 22 November 2007 (UTC) Yeah it is the same picture and with no attribution as far as I can tell. I've sent you a link via private email. Evercat (talk) 21:14, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
Well...Ok, I didn't know. I looked at them in one french book of mine of Michel Cuisin "La Vie Secrete des Betes. La Preistoire". It's written that the Arsinotherium is far relative of the rhino, because it has large horns. And the uinthaterium looked totally like prehistoric rhino, so that's why I put them in the respective category. I didn't know their exact genetic relation, I just did it because I thought they looked like rhinos.
Regarding a recent AIV report
Re: request for some helpI'd be glad to look at those articles. You should also ask arround at wikiproject mammals.Ryan shell (talk) 15:27, 24 December 2007 (UTC) Hi thereYo. I'm Bumbeak. I'm a big fan of your art and share your prehistoric interest. I'm here because I received a message from you telling me to stop vandalizing a certain page that I never even attempted to edit. In addition, you referred to a certain page that, even though I was going to see, never opened (I've got a list of animals I'm doing a project on.) While I was taking notes on Hallucigenia, you messaged the following to my IP (I wasn't logged in at the time): "Please stop. If you are trying to vandalize this page like you did to (different page), you will be locked out of editing." Maybe it's an error? I do know my brother was reading that particular page yesterday on a networked computer... Anyway, nice to meet you. Nice art too! Bumbeak (talk) 22:33, 25 December 2007 (UTC) EdrioasteroideaHello, Apokryltaros. I have just erased "paleontology-stub" because there is no template for that. See you!--Fiquei (talk) 08:40, 7 January 2008 (UTC) Broken redirect
"Your artwork, beautiful it is!" -Yoda
MammuthusHello Apokryltaros, I am Asier. Ofcourse I want people help to improve the article. But in this article people are making changes wihout any Idea about proboscideans like the user Amaltheus. Adding things like the mammoth is an hoax, that there isn´t exist the species... and removing things without any approach. Is very easy to make changes but before think a little... I´ve been weeks woriking on it (consulting to amateur and very inmportant paleontologis like Adrian Lister, expert in mammoths)You can just ask me in the aritcle disccusion before making changes. So if you don´t have ANY information or idea about this mammoth how can you make changes?? I can´t undertand this.
(Asier) 18:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Gawp Block Problem Apokryltaros (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log)) Request reason: My IP was apparently used by a vandal called "Gawp" and now I can not edit in Wikipedia Decline reason: You were auto-blocked and not directly blocked. -Jéské (Blah v^_^v) 06:16, 2 February 2008 (UTC) If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
KenyapotamusUnfortunately I don't think anyone has a very good idea what Kenyapotamus would have looked like. As I recall, they've only been identified from very fragmentary remains: partial jaw bones and a femur or two. The recent taxonomy of hippos, the one that the article Hippopotamidae is based off, by Boisserie, didn't even attempt to classify it's place in the family tree because of too little information. --JayHenry (talk) 06:31, 4 February 2008 (UTC) HiHow you doing? You left a message on my talk page a while ago, and I briefly looked at it, then got involved in other things. Sorry. You've pinged me again. I'm happy to look into what's troubling you, as I think you are a valuable contributor to the project. What's concerning you at the moment - point me to articles and diffs. Regards SilkTork *What's YOUR point? 19:31, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Would you be able to make amendments to your image to fit mine and other's concerns? It's the face, eyes and length of the claws that have attracted comments. Regards SilkTork *YES! 12:13, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Anomalocaris, archivingHi, Thanks for your comment on Talk:Anomalocaris, I've replied (basically it's a dumb idea to merge, I agree), and have expanded the page. If you've expertise, could you have a look to check my editing? It's mostly based on popular books obviously, and I'm not specialist enough to attempt much further. Also, your talk page is quite long, have you considered archiving? If you place the following at the top of your page, it'll invisibly archive automatically. Long pages are harder for low-speed users to read, and are just generally hard to navigate. You are also free to simply delete, but archiving is generally seen as preferable. {{User:MiszaBot/config|maxarchivesize = 250K|counter = 1|algo = old(7d)|archive = User talk:Apokryltaros/Archive %(counter)d}} Adjust 250K to change the size of the archive before starting a new one, counter should change automatically as the bot makes new archive pages for you, algo can be adjusted for how old stuff gets before it's archived (7d = 7 days, 24h = 24 hours), and archive = is just the archive name. There's also {{archivebox}}, which sets up a pretty little box for you, and you can add archive names as you go along to whatever specs you want. You can see an example on my talk page if you'd like. WLU (talk) 20:50, 20 March 2008 (UTC) Law's Diving Goose (can't seem to get the hyperlink right?)First of all, I have to say your illustrations are wonderful. Not only is it helpful to have clear depictions of sometimes-obscure animals, they're a pleasure to look at as well. :) I have two questions (sorry if these are unnecessary or inappropriate; I've had a Wikipedia account for a little while, I've just been shy about using it). First, is it OK if I link to your illustration of Chendytes lawi in my blog, citing you by name? It's only Myspace and maybe three people read it, but you do amazing work and I try to respect people's intellectual property rights when I can. (I also stop at stop signs at three in the morning, though, so your mileage may vary. :D) Second, what resources did you have at hand when you composed this picture? I ask mainly because I just discovered this article last night, myself, and everything else I've found on the net so far on this or any other Chendytes spp. is over fifty years old or uses your pic. Thanks again for sharing your work with us. --13:38, 23 March 2008 (UTC)LDhummingbird (talk) TommotiaThanks for the all beautiful pictures of fossil creatures. Your images of aquatic animals especially bring the past world to life for us users of Wikipedia. I'd like to request that you modify or remove your image of Tommotia, however. Although early on it was interpreted as an ancestral cephalopod, the fossil is now recognized as a single sclerite of a soft-bodied animal that bore a suit of these plus possibly another another sclerite type. There doesn't seem to be any good evidence that this phosphatic fossil belongs to a cephalopod or even a crown mollusk. Maybe a picture showing a disarticulated Tommotia sclerite on the seafloor would convey a solid impression of what it looked like? Cheers, Cephal-odd (talk) 17:40, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Evowiki troublesMessage from me at http://wiki.cotch.net/index.php/User_talk:Bunnyform ... Evercat (talk) 22:46, 19 April 2008 (UTC) Formal warning for edit war on Placodermi
I'm now looking into the situation - but you must never again engage in the disgraceful display of petty reverting that took place on Placodermi on 21st April. If somebody reverts your work, go straight to discussion. Do not revert back! If the other people is unwilling to discuss, or you are unable to reach an agreement, then call for a third opinion. You must never again engage in that sort of behaviour. You have been very lucky to avoid being blocked. SilkTork *YES! 07:30, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
rvt vandalismPlease revert something you call vandalism only if you are sure it IS actually vandalism. THANK YOU --demus wiesbaden (talk) 17:22, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
MiacisHello, how are you? I asked Arthur if he could please draw me a picture of Miacis, as I would like to get this animal to FA status on ca.wiki. It's amazing we still haven't got a picture of such an important extinct animal after all this time. Arthur said he's a bit busy as of late and he referred me to you. So... Would it bother you to draw a Miacis, if you have the time? Thank you in advance. Leptictidium (mt) 08:50, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Never mind, exams and family always come first :) Leptictidium (mt) 16:47, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Concerning Category:Marsupial LionsJust to let you know, we made Category:Marsupial Lions to hold all of the marsupial lion species. That way, we don't need to add the categories of diprodonts or prehistoric marsupials, what with marsupial lion being placed with Category:Prehistoric Diprotodonts--Mr Fink (talk) 04:21, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Then, should we put the category "Prehistoric Diprotodonts" back in for the time being?--Mr Fink (talk) 04:44, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks!I'm doing Synthetic Cubist art for a videogame set around the Cambrian, and you've done what appear to be the only pieces for some fauna on the net. Excellent works! ChozoBoy (talk) 20:18, 25 June 2008 (UTC) I don't need anything particular at the moment, but I mention it if I do. We're looking for any common, unique, or dynamic animals (Trilobite, Opabinia, Anomalocaris, etc.)that can be abstracted and contribute to the gameplay. I'm trying to get a good idea of what the ocean floor would have looked like, as well. ChozoBoy (talk) 20:49, 25 June 2008 (UTC) Tommotia (revisited)Thanks for displaying your new drawing of Tommotia and Friends. I'm not an expert, but your Tommotia looks elegant and favorably resembles the few other restorations I've seen. I especially like the inclusion of the other Small Shelly animals, which have been undeservedly neglected in many other depictions of Cambrian life. - Cheers, Cephal-odd (talk) 02:20, 1 July 2008 (UTC) Paleontology PortalYour art is definitely worthy of being selected pictures at Portal:Paleontology. I've added a lot, but you've been so prolific that I've gotten exhausted. :( Everything in your userpage gallery from the "Placodonts" onward needs to be added to the list. If you would like to do that, it would be a big help (and give your art some promotion). Also, the images I've added need to have their descriptions fixed and yourself given proper credit for them. Any help would make me appreciative. Keep it up with your distinctive art work! :D Abyssal leviathin (talk) 06:27, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
In the battle over the inclusion of your paleoart you have my strongest support. This is why I hate deletionism. I swear, are those guys trying to do major damage to Wikipedia? Crap like this throws "Assume good faith" right out the ****ing window. We can't take this sitting down. Even if we win, this sets an ugly precedent that may encourage similar radical dletionists to be emboldened in the future. This doesn't bode well, we have to squash this movement now! *steaming out the ears* I'm going to alert the association of inclusionists to these happenings. Abyssal (talk) 00:20, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Apokryltaros; Are you sure about that extension to the fossil range? As far as I know, genuine Leidyosuchus is only from the late Campanian (all the Paleocene and Eocene species being shunted off to Borealosuchus). J. Spencer (talk) 05:29, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
Orthrozanclus imageHi, Apokryltaros. Someone told me that you withdrew the Orthrozanclus image because you had doubts about it. I edited the article yesterday, reading the primary source thoroughly (Conway Morris & Caron, 2007). Your pic looks very like the b/w one in the source. I'd be very grateful if you'd reinstate it. If you have a look at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Palaeontology, you'll see that there's little tolerance for the bureacratic attitudes you've had to put up with recently. As I said earlier, don't let the bureauprats grind you down! -- Philcha (talk) 16:43, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Bowengriphus perphlegisNever heard of the critter. Google got me:
Not the most promising subject, I'm afraid. -- Philcha (talk) 04:37, 7 August 2008 (UTC) PS Now I've seen how your recent troubles started, I've formed my own opinion of the person responsible - a look at his user page made a deeply unfavourable impression, too. Let me know if you get any similar aggro - the last wiki-bully who tried it on with me regretted it, twice. That doesn't mean I'm a thug, just that experience has taught me to fight fire with fire because such people will regard the slightest concession as encouragement. OTOH if someone politely disagrees with me, I respond politely, in the hope of learning something (see for example Talk:Cambrian explosion, where I did plenty of both). -- Philcha (talk) 04:48, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
The current illustrations discussion, WikiProject MammalsHey, don't let the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mammals bug you too much. There's obviously a certain degree of uncertainty in Wikipedia about what our general rules for such illustrations should be, and things are currently being worked out. -- Writtenonsand (talk) 04:49, 7 August 2008 (UTC) Dodo imageJust to make it clear, I wasn't trying to vandalise the Dodo page when I added an image with the filename "Dodo.jpg", which you rightly reverted. The problem was that I had uploaded a new image to Commons I wanted to add which I named "Dodo.jpg", and then some lame fair use image on Wikipedia had the same name, and overrode it, without me knowing it until I pushed the save button. So I've requested that the fair use image be renamed so I can add the Commons image, and will replace it when that happens. By the way, I hope you won't leave Wikipedia due to two people disliking your illustrations, fight tha powah! FunkMonk (talk) 01:34, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Sponge illustrationMy sense is that it's a cross-section, although I can't be sure. Are you able to access the original source, "Geology and Paleontology of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica, Geological Society of America Memoir"? I'd guess the original figure caption would be more helpful. Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 22:00, 14 August 2008 (UTC) Opabinia imageHi, Mr. Fink. I'm removing Image:Opabinia regalis2.jpg from Opabinia, which I've been working on and which now has quite a lot of illustrations. There also some issues in Image:Opabinia regalis2.jpg which I think need fixing:
If you re-work the image, I suggest you use as a model fig 7 of Budd, G.E. (1996). "The morphology of Opabinia regalis and the reconstruction of the arthropod stem-group". Lethaia. 29 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1996.tb01831.x. BTW, any progress on the Orthrozanclus image? I found a copy of your previous pic in Google, and inserted it as the critter is so weird that it needs a pic, but that's just a temporary fix. -- Philcha (talk) 10:43, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
LiopleurodonHi, I'm just checking to see if you have any issues with Charlie the Unicorn in being mention on the Liopleurodon page, in light of the discussion between myself and DinoGuy. See the discussion page for more details, but essentially about.com has linked Charlie with an increase in views of its liopleurodon page. Any issues, could you discuss it on the article's talkpage? Thanks. Darimoma (talk) 04:52, 24 August 2008 (UTC) Deviant ArtI notice that on your Deviant Art account you have a lot of paleoart that hasn't been uploaded to Wikipedia. Is that art under a Wiki-compatible license? 'Cause some of that would be look really nice in some articles I've been working on. Abyssal (talk) 23:47, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Apokryltaros, I'm very sorry for being so slow to reply. I just Googled for "Yunnanozoon" and attempts to classify it are all over the place. Early articles suggested chordate, but hemichordate, i.e. same group as acorn worms, is also a contender (more info about hemichordates at Chordate), or cephalochordate. BTW current consensus appears to be that hemichordates are closer to echinoderms than to chordates or cephalochordates (see Chordate). Classification of Vetulicolia appears to be even more confused - AFAIK there isn't even consensus about whether it was protostome or deuterostome. However I'm not that well-informed about actual or possible Cambrian deuterostomes - I'm still trying to get a clear picture of the protostomes (well, as clear as the literature allows). Some nice pics of Yunnanozoon fossils at Fossil Museum. Sorry I can't be more helpful, --Philcha (talk) 22:16, 7 November 2008 (UTC) Oops, just noticed A New Species of Yunnanozoan with Implications for Deuterostome Evolution suggests "yunnanozoans are stem-group deuterostomes, allied to the vetulicolians". All the classifications are confused, and so am I :-( Philcha (talk) 22:21, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
DeinosuchusThanks for the compliment! I hope to eventually get the Deinosuchus article up to Featured Article status. Good sources are difficult to find, but there are some out there. I'm still trying to find Holland's original 1909 description, but it doesn't seem to be anywhere online (even though it should be in the public domain due to age). FanCollector (talk) 01:24, 13 November 2008 (UTC) DodoI reverted you revert of Category:Megafauna in article Dodo a 44# bird related to pigeons and doves is a megafauna per the article definition. "The term is also sometimes applied to animals (usually extinct) of great size relative to a more common or surviving type of the animal" Actually I was also tempted to revert the addition before you did, but decided to check the category out first and discovered that it was a valid addition. Dbiel (Talk) 06:47, 26 November 2008 (UTC) Adjustments to Deinosuchus imageI'm not sure if this is feasible, but perhaps you could alter your Deinosuchus image so that the back teeth are blunter and sort of "pyramid-shaped". See here for an idea of what they're supposed to look like. Also, the osteoderms (scutes) should probably be a bit proportionately larger and thicker. I'm currently about 75% done with my revisions to the article text. There are still some important changes to make, but, hopefully, it's well on its way to being ready for peer review and eventual Featured Article status. FanCollector (talk) 19:55, 29 November 2008 (UTC) Mary LivingstoneHi why did you reverse the Mary Livingstone article? I found orignal scripts which proved that the Swiss Cheese flub was scripted, and provided a link.
Hi again, it is from a document which was submitted as evidence in a Tobacco lawsuit. Here is the link which also shows the first page of the script, as you can see it was a script, it includes the part "Approved" http://tobaccodocuments.org/atc/1432893.html?pattern=&ocr_position=&rotation=0&zoom=750&start_page=106&end_page=111 Another concern regarding DeinosuchusI hate to bother you again about this, but I just now noticed one additional concern with the Deinosuchus image. It shows Deinosuchus pursuing Hyposaurus, a dyrosaurid crocodyliform. Unfortunately, upon re-reading some of David R. Schwimmer's book (which was my #1 source for the article), it appears that these two genera probably did not live at the same time. Page 154-55 specifically says that they have not been found in the same strata; Deinosuchus was a Campanian form while Hyposaurus is from the later Maastrichtian stage. If you are going to be re-drawing the image, as you suggested above, then it might be best to remove Hyposaurus entirely and simply show Deinosuchus emerging from the water. Thanks for your help and for all the great images you've contributed to Wikipedia! FanCollector (talk) 11:49, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Arachnomorpha Arachnomorph mergeHi, I've made a merge suggestion at talk:Arachnomorpha#Merger proposal, as you've edited one of the articles in question your opinion would be most welcome. WereSpielChequers 19:46, 18 January 2009 (UTC) HorseHi! Evolution of the horse and some other articles (Equidae, Equus (genus), etc.) are getting some much needed attention. Care to join us? --Una Smith (talk) 05:27, 20 January 2009 (UTC) Deinosuchus image referencesWould it be possible to add any references you used in the creation of your Deinosuchus image to the image summary? There's at least the one that FanCollector suggested up above regarding the teeth. This is in regards to a suggestion at the Deinosuchus FAC. Thanks! J. Spencer (talk) 22:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
Tooth or ConsequencesYou wouldn't happen to know where you got the reference of that Deinosuchus eating that turtle picture you loaned me for the teeth-reference?--Mr Fink (talk) 00:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
Dealing with IPsPlease don't call vandals stupid. It may have been a typo, or a foreign language. It's easier on all of en.wiki to see more gentile edit comments. --KP Botany (talk) 21:33, 19 April 2009 (UTC) New image projectHi. This little form letter is just a courtesy notice to let you know that a proposal to merge the projects Wikipedia:WikiProject Free images, Wikipedia:WikiProject Fair use, Wikipedia:WikiProject Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia:WikiProject Illustration into the newly formed Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media has met with general support at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Files. Since you're on the rosters of membership in at least one of those projects, I thought you might be interested. Conversation about redirecting those projects is located here. Please participate in that discussion if you have any interest, and if you still have interest in achieving the goals of the original project, we'd love to have you join in. If you aren't interested in either the conversation or the project, please pardon the interruption. :) Thanks. Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:54, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Re: Suggestion Concerning IniopterygiansMove complete! I just assumed that the common name would be preferred. Most people (who even know what Iniopterigians are :p) refer to them by that name. I guess I was thinking along the lines of the page Dinosauria v. Dinosaur. --Spotty 11222 10:14, 6 May 2009 (UTC) NowCommons: File:Ailuravus macrurus.JPGFile:Ailuravus macrurus.JPG is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Commons:File:Ailuravus macrurus.JPG. This is a repository of free media that can be used on all Wikimedia wikis. The image will be deleted from Wikipedia, but this doesn't mean it can't be used anymore. You can embed an image uploaded to Commons like you would an image uploaded to Wikipedia, in this case: [[File:Ailuravus macrurus.JPG]]. Note that this is an automated message to inform you about the move. This bot did not copy the image itself. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 20:16, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Deinosuchus pop culture removalJust wondering why you removed the brief statements about the pop culture stuff. Abyssal (talk) 12:24, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Deviant artAre you the deviant user Avancna? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kubick (talk • contribs) 10:14, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Mr Fink. I have looked out some notosuchian papers. I have some pdfs I can email them to you, if you let me know your email address. Cheers Venatico (talk) 20:36, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
EchinodermsSorry for the delayed response. The reconstruction looks reasonably consistent with the image in the article and with the Lethaia article. I'd go ahead and use it. I'm popping in what info springs to hand now. Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 00:13, 27 July 2009 (UTC) EoentelodonEoentelodon was synonymized with Brachyhyops by Lucas and Emry (2004). I inserted a delete request. Noles1984 (talk) 14:18, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
CrocodylomorphsHi, there's been a recent discussion at WikiProject Palaeontology's new Paleoart review regarding images of crocodylomorphs on Wikipedia that show an incorrect number of claws on the forelimbs. In most crocodylomorphs such as mesoeucrocodylians, the ungual bones are absent on digits IV and V, and thus there are only three claws on the forefeet. I've noticed that several of your restorations incorrectly depict more than three claws on the forefeet, such as your Deinosuchus, Rhamphosuchus, and Mekosuchus. Is it possible that you could correct these? Smokeybjb (talk) 16:06, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Rogue's galleryHaving just stumbled across yours of ancient critters, I just wanted to say: wow. Very nice work. TREKphiler hit me ♠ 12:28, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
ControversialWhen you click on the link, it takes you to someone's "private research". And another point - the page doesn't lead to the page it's supposed to. Why should it stay? --Maurice45 (talk) 18:26, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Big BangJust quick note to let you know that I have restored the question that you removed from Talk:Big Bang and have provided a reponse. I think at the outset we should assume good faith here, so let's assume that the questioner has a genuine question about the article, which they have just expressed in somewhat belligerent terms. Of course, if they choose to start soapbxing, then the thread can be removed again. Gandalf61 (talk) 09:55, 21 October 2009 (UTC) Lampris zatimaYou may already know the rules for brackets versus authority/year but if not please see this. Also following ICZN, "æ" used in old scientific names is now always modified. Article 51 and 27 of the code, respectively. Regards, 62.107.237.72 (talk) 04:06, 13 November 2009 (UTC) Reading it again, It really looks like a religious rant. Removed from talk page-My apologies. --Christopher Kraus (talk) 22:24, 15 November 2009 (UTC) Kindly explain how can a plain list of citations with no argument for or against the citations qualify as a soapbox and lead to the conclusion that it is an anti-evolution creationist argument? Any neutral person would rather conclude that the ‘Evolution of the horse’ itself may be lacking scientific integrity in view of the information and would attempt to objectively review the matter and article to remedy any potential mistakes. It should be noted that the applicable citations does not promote ‘creationism’ and neither does it question the ‘validity of evolution’, however it questions the validity of the ‘Evolution of the horse’ which was initially published by Othniel C March during 1874. Furthermore the age of the citations should not pose any obstacle as the original theory is much older. It will be appreciated if the rational behind your deletion [[8]] can be explained.UseYourGreymatter 11:33, 17 February 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by UseYourGreymatter (talk • contribs) Concerning Redirection of Giant BeaverRe: your message on my take page, I absolutely agree. I hadn't noticed the Castoroides page. I'm fixing it now. — Epastore (talk) 02:34, 17 November 2009 (UTC) ...except you beat me to it. :) — Epastore (talk) 02:37, 17 November 2009 (UTC) Re: QueryI'm sorry but I'm not sure which articles you're referring to. Cheers, mgiganteus1 (talk) 21:29, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
AfD nomination of Introduction to evolution An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Introduction to evolution. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and "What Wikipedia is not"). Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Introduction to evolution (3rd nomination). Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:13, 6 December 2009 (UTC) Monster articleI noticed you undid my addition of the Lake Worth monster in the Monster article, saying it belongs under Lake Monster. I understand why you might initially think that, but the Lake Worth Monster in no way fits the description of a standard lake monster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Worth_monster). It's description puts it in a unique class. grifterlake (talk) 07:10, 7 December 2009 (UTC) CommonsHi, would you maybe consider uploading your new images to Commons instead of directly to Wikipedia? Then all language Wikipedias will be able to use the images, and I won't have to reupload every single image there... Thanks! FunkMonk (talk) 23:24, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
I apologize for my re-addition of the category to Cephalaspis. With it being an unexplained deletion - by an IP that has vandalized in the past no less - I automatically took it to be vandalism, something which I am always alert for. I suppose this is a case of my using my teeth? -RadicalOne•Contact Me•Chase My Tail 03:32, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. -RadicalOne•Contact Me•Chase My Tail 04:06, 8 February 2010 (UTC) HylonomusHi, Apokryltaros; I saw your edit summary on Hylonomus. Thanks for the vote of confidence! J. Spencer (talk) 03:17, 13 February 2010 (UTC) Crustacean GA Sweeps: On HoldI have reviewed Crustacean for GA Sweeps to determine if it still qualifies as a Good Article. In reviewing the article I have found several issues, which I have detailed here. Since you are a main contributor of the article (determined based on this tool), I figured you would be interested in contributing to further improve the article. Please comment there to help the article maintain its GA status. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 02:12, 22 February 2010 (UTC) Walking with Beasts: CynodictisThe Cynodictis lived in the early Eocene. Which animal you can suggest if this is wrong? See also: Cynodictis.--Fehér Zoltán (talk) 17:23, 31 March 2010 (UTC) Edits to Japanese giant hornetSure man, I don't mind, you seem more then enough competent in that field. I just happened to google for "suzumebachi wikipedia" (without quotes) query and came up (beside some user page) with http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:Suzumebachi.jpg picture which is linked in these 2 articles I linked up later after i finally found english article. Quite a mess with these hornets IMO... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.201.206.49 (talk) 21:10, 6 April 2010 (UTC) ghostbustersDon't believe that there was an Earth Day Special? Watch [9] --67.250.89.3 (talk) 20:54, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
HapalodectesHi, I'm seeing that you wrote the page of Hapalodectes and that you cite this article as font. Did you find all information in the full article (because it's an abstract)? Do all information you wrote in that page come from that article?? I need this information because I'd like to write that page on it.wiki and I must be sure that it isn't lacking in fonts. Please, answer me.--Supremo (talk) 14:23, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
Megafauna manHi Apokryltaros, I see you've made the acquaintance of Megafauna Man (125.164.25.251 (talk · contribs · info · WHOIS)). He's been a thorn in the side of Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds for quite awhile, and creates quite a lot of mayhem with prehistoric animals. He's been discussed at length at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Birds#Megafauna?, and a couple editors have kept some history of him at User:First Light/Fauna vandalism. I don't know that there is much more that can be done about him, since he edits every day from a new IP in the 125.164/16 range, but it might help if more editors were aware of his pattern, which is why I'm letting you know about his history. Cheers, First Light (talk) 03:45, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
Nautilus clarkanusI certainly don't think this species belongs to the genus Nautilus, both due to its markedly different shell morphology and its great age. However, I have likewise been unable to find any information about its current taxonomic status. Actually, I've been wondering what to do with this article for a while. Any ideas? mgiganteus1 (talk) 13:00, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
Eucalyptus changeApokryltaros, I sure hope I have followed all the rules for this "talk" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines My apology for not following them on edit changes i made to the Eucalyptus Wiki. Maybe you will take the time to make the corrections to present this information in a way that is more neutral (NPOV) intent and tone. The paragraph under North America, Californian. "Eucalyptus forests in California have been criticized because they compete with native plants and do not support native animals. Fire is also a problem. The 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm which destroyed almost 3,000 homes and killed 25 people was partly fueled by large numbers of eucalyptus close to the houses." Is an opinion unsupported by fact and one that is perpetuated by noted eucalyptus haters like Ted Willimas as amplified in his article "America's Largest Weed". Audubon Magazine. http://magazine.audubon.org/incite/incite0201.html Fire: In the 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Hills firestorm everything burned, however, to single out only the eucalyptus as a supporting source for the fire is to support those that incorrectly claim that eucalyptus trees are a fire hazard. FEMA did a complete investigation of the fire. They did not find that eucalyptus trees caused the fire. Quote from the FEMA report; http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-060.pdf ref. PDF page Sec2:2 "CAUSE: Strong winds caused rekindle of grass fire from previous day, accelerated by wind. Crews were on scene overhauling when fire erupted. Cause of original fire was undetermined." "RISK FACTOR": Extreme fire risk created by five year drought, low humidity, and Diablo winds; highly combustible natural fuels, inadequate separation between natural fuels and structures; unregulated use of wood shingles as roof and siding material; steep terrain, homes overhanging hillsides, narrow roads, limited access, limited water supply." This was the same findings by the Oakland Grand Jury Report of the 1991 Fire. (I am waiting for confirmation on the web link for this report, once I get it I will send it to you) In Oakland Mayor Elihue Harris' Task Force on Emergency Preparedness & Community Restoration. http://www.hillsconservationnetwork.org/HillsConservation3/Additional_Resources_files/sc001635e6.pdf Under Vegetative Management Planning "Do not target particular species such as Blue Gum Eucalyptus or Monterey Pine for eradication or exemption from tree regulation policies, but require regular maintenance to reduce fire hazard." The September 17, 1923 Berkeley Hills fire storm occurred under the same conditions and started as a grass fire http://www.sfmuseum.org/oakfire/berkeley.html Please review the photos in the link below from the Scripps Ranch/Cedar 25 Oct 2003 Fire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Fire http://www.scrippsranch.org/special/old_fire_gallery.asp http://www.scrippsranch.org/special/fire_gallery.asp http://interwork.sdsu.edu/fire/photo_gallery/FireFightingPhotos.htm Specifically http://www.scrippsranch.org/special/old_fire_gallery.asp http://www.scrippsranch.org/special/Fire2003/Narvaez/small-Dsc00327.jpg http://www.scrippsranch.org/special/Fire2003/Narvaez/small-Dsc00318.jpg http://www.scrippsranch.org/special/Fire2003/Narvaez/small-Dsc00322.jpg http://www.scrippsranch.org/special/Fire2003/Narvaez/small-Dsc00321.jpg http://www.scrippsranch.org/special/Fire2003/Ward/MVC-002F.jpg http://www.scrippsranch.org/special/Fire2003/Ward/MVC-004F.jpg http://www.scrippsranch.org/special/Fire2003/Caughey/9-FurtherEastLaColina_TotalDestruction2.JPG http://www.scrippsranch.org/special/Fire2003/Rudden/handrich_11825.jpg http://www.scrippsranch.org/special/Fire2003/Rudden/n_side_handrich2.jpg And the most telling. Homes burned. No evidence of "EXPLODING" eucalyptus trees. http://graphics7.nytimes.com/images/2003/10/27/national/28fire.l.jpg Ecological Poison? Incorrect. The San Leandro Creek in San Leandro, CA. has many native birds that use and live in these trees. To name a few that have been seen by the local community, Red Tailed Haws, Owls, Ravens, Humming birds, Turkey vultures, Oregon Junco. Insects: honey bees and Monarch butterflies. http://sutroforest.com/eucalyptus-myths/ The claim that nothing will grow under the eucalyptus trees is again incorrect. The San Leandro Creek in many places has small groves of eucalyptus trees. As seen inn the photos at http://www.sanleandrocreek.org/ there are many native an non native trees and plants coexisting and have done so along the creek for over a hundred years. Other resources you might want you review for a fuller understanding of the issues surrounding eucalyptus trees. http://ucsdmag.ucsd.edu/magazine/vol2no1/features/wars.htm http://git-forestry-blog.blogspot.com/2008/10/6-myths-about-eucalyptus.html http://sutroforest.com/2010/04/12/another-eucalyptus-myth-bird-death/ Thank you for your consideration. 1artworkz (talk) 18:51, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
Request for mediation rejectedThe Request for mediation concerning Genesis Creation Narrative, to which you were listed as a party, has been declined. An explanation of why it has not been possible to allow this dispute to proceed to mediation is provided at the mediation request page (which will be deleted by an administrator after a reasonable time). Queries on the rejection of this dispute can be directed to the Committee chairperson or e-mailed to the mediation mailing list. For the Mediation Committee, AGK 22:40, 15 July 2010 (UTC) Category:Prehistoric perissodactylsHi! I don't understand why Category:Prehistoric odd-toed ungulates has been deleted. I think this name is more reasonable than Category:Prehistoric perissodactyls, because it's analogous with Category:Prehistoric even-toed ungulates. - Kontos (talk) 11:59, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
Legendary animalsWhy are you putting cryptid templates in (talk) pages about mythological animals? As far as I know, "cryptid" is not synonymous with "mythological animal"--Mr Fink (talk) 14:22, 5 September 2010 (UTC) Then it would be a good question why the project covers article such as genie and werewolf. Dimadick (talk) 14:34, 5 September 2010 (UTC) Attention Concerning Paisley (design) Vandalindeed bizzare behavior, but I have seen wierder! Thanks for the update. Active Banana ( bananaphone 16:44, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
WP:ANI regarding User:GninivUser:Gniniv has filed another mediation request (this time through MedCab) nearly identical to the last one he filed in which you took part. The Medcab report has resulted in an ANI report being filed. If you wish to take part in the ANI thread, please feel free to do so. All the best, Jesstalk|edits 03:00, 13 September 2010 (UTC) Your recent AIV on the bird guyPlease remember that a user being reported to AIV must generally have been warned first and continued despite the warning. This guy's talk page was still a redlink. Daniel Case (talk) 14:36, 24 September 2010 (UTC) Dear mister Apokryltaros, I have made a huge article on the dutch Wikipedia, see here: [11]. The article, though, lacks an image that shows the creature like when it was alive; with flesh and skin. Because you are regarded as one of the best illustrators of extinct animals I ask you if you could do this, please. So, if you want to create another extinct animal and you lack inspiration, please create a Tchoiria. I would really apreciate that. Thank you very much! You can contact me at: Kind regards, Joerim or on this Wikipedia known as 82.169.6.135 (talk) 17:32, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Dear mr. Apokryltaros, you might still know me from the Tchoiria. I saw that there was a Turfanosuchus at your 'to do list' for pictures. Now, at the Dutch Wikipedia we're creating a huge article again, this time about the Turfanosuchus, see here. Unfortunately the article lacks a picture of a Turfanosuchus as it would have looked like in real life. Because of this coincidence and because of your great illustration of the Tchoiria I decided to ask you again if you would feel like illustrating a Turfanosuchus(^_^). I don't like to be a neusance, so if you don't feel like doing so, I will ask someone else. I'd really like to hear from you. Kind regards, Joerim --82.169.6.135 (talk) 15:01, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
Raptor RedHi, I'm a new user user-named Raptor Red. And just to let you know Apokryltaros, that edit to Scutosaurus and Gorgonops I did before creating an account was a fact, not something made up.! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raptor Red (talk • contribs) 21:58, 1 November 2010 (UTC) Then why are there similar species all over the world? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raptor Red (talk • contribs) 04:00, 2 November 2010 (UTC) M. trogontherii vs M. armeniacus - please discussPlease comment on your reversion of my redirect here: Talk:Mammuthus_armeniacus. Thank you, ErikHaugen (talk) 00:16, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
ChimatsuriIt doesn't, it combines the naming conventions of the Gedoshu (Japanese names) and Goseigers villains ("name" of "something"). Therefore, no screwing up names.72.184.129.252 (talk) 20:54, 2 January 2011 (UTC) Disruptive editing?Hi Apokryltaros, I have a message saying that I vandalized the Smilodon page on December 6, 2010. I have never visited such a page. Could you please clarify? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.139.135 (talk) 21:28, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Well I guess anything is possible, so I'll keep an eye out for friends using my computer. What exactly was the "vandalization"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.139.135 (talk) 02:52, 5 January 2011 (UTC) Apatosaurus/BrontosaurusHello. Thank you for addressing my concern about the status of the term "Brontosaurus." Did I act appropriately in deleting two words? I do get exasperated when taxonomists presume to dictate popular word usage, but I would certainly be open to discussing the matter prior to making edits. Since no one has responded to Talk:Apatosaurus#Common_name_Brontosaurus in fifteen months, though, it doesn't appear that Talk pages serve that purpose. By editing the article, on the other hand, I got you to fix things the same day. Levithian accidental vandalismI just wanted to inform you that when the Levithian was vandalised it was just an accident, I just edited something and I wanted to erase my edit, so I used a method I like to use (go to earlier version of the page, click edit, dont change anything, save page), I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, (PS, send your reply to that place you sent the last message, NOT as an E-mail please).216.230.147.224 (talk) Stale warningHi Apokryltaros, I think the last warning you are refering to at AIV might be stale. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 23:09, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
No proofAlright pal, it seems you can't prove that Baryonyx was originally going to be in Walking with Dinosaurs and the book on Walking with Dinosaurs said that Europe and North America were close together at the time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raptor Red (talk • contribs) 21:40, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Categorizing without referencesUser:The Lord of the Allosaurs added Golfodulcean Poison Frog in the category:Pet amphibians, the problem is that he didn'd added references. --Noder4 (talk) 22:35, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Howdy, it looks like you've reverted User:Raptor Red a few times re the article Walking with Dinosaurs. I agree there are some issues with his/her additions, and have started a discussion on the talk page. I'd invite you to contribute. Thanks, --TeaDrinker (talk) 21:16, 8 March 2011 (UTC) Père David's DeerIn the future, instead of just reverting everything, you might consider keeping the good sections (the majority, and fully referenced) with a minor tweak as I just did. If there really are extinct species currently assigned to the genus, they should be listed (in the taxobox the genus isn't linked, which usually only is used for monotypic species). On a personal level I'd be interested in them too, as I was completely unaware of them. Regardless, notice that if Père David's Deer belongs in Cervus as it now appears based on genetics, any arguments for placing other extinct species in the genus must be questioned, as in all likelihood based on comparison with Père David's Deer. Not to forget that the type species of Elaphurus is Père David's Deer, meaining that if it is moved, the genus automatically becomes a junior synonym of Cervus, and can't be used for others. 212.10.94.175 (talk) 02:00, 11 March 2011 (UTC) Edit warringPlease discuss any revisions before once an edit has already been undone, so one may avoid an edit war. Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 21:41, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Yes, it was once actually believed that earwigs burrowed into ones ear and layed eggs or fed upon it. Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 22:59, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
ElasmotheriumI put the reply on my page.Dave (talk) 17:53, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Commons LicenseMr. "Fink"! Your real initials wouldn't be S.C., would they? Because if they are not, S.C. is taking credit for your work on the Internet. If they are, there is something of a licensing problem here, which I do not care to get into myself but perhaps you can untangle. As far as I know, "no original contribution" does not apply to art. At least I have never seen an issue made. You originally put a picture of an Elasmotherium pair on WP thus bypassing the licensing requirement. Then you modified it (which you should. Purple sky? yuk. This is not a greeting card). Funkmonk, whom I believe is an administrator (I don't even care to check), moved your pic to commons. There seems to be a verification process required. If you are S.C. I got no idea how you are going to avoid using your real name. If you are not, I got no idea how you are going to reconcile your claims to originality with his. The Internet has the modified picture. The picture is in a copyrighted work on the Internet. In case you are interested I think (at this point) the picture falls within the reconstructive parameters. We can't get into personal details here. Fix the problem, will you?Dave (talk) 13:14, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Apokryltaros. Do you know of any sources for this content? It would be a shame to lose it. mgiganteus1 (talk) 18:38, 25 July 2011 (UTC) Alien picsHello, I'm from an alien species site on Wikia. Could you draw a few creatures from there? We would be much obliged. Pinguinus (talk) 14:51, 26 July 2011 (UTC) Could you draw a picture of this alien wearing full body armor? If you're willing to help, we'll bring more requests to you. Thank you for your cooperation! Pinguinus (talk) 04:11, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
ThanksI don't give out barnstars, cuz, well, cuz I have no idea how.... However, thanks for your contributions to the objections to evolution talk page. Dbrodbeck (talk) 01:07, 29 July 2011 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
Have a look at StereomWould you have a look at Stereom - knowing nothing about echinoderms I had to look all this up and doubtless I've made mistakes. It was a strange word to me it gets used a few places, so I thought it needed an article. I tried to find pictures on Commons but the cupboard was bare. --Wtshymanski (talk) 16:06, 25 September 2011 (UTC) FractylAs part of a new proposal so Fractyl's less-than-perfect episode summaries are not made live, he will be writing drafts that we can choose to improve upon before they are posted on the articles. I am sending you this message to notify you that all of his summaries will appear on User:Fractyl/Summaries, and it will be a group decision as to whether or not his content can be adapted into the mainspace.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 20:32, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
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Re: Thank You!You're welcome! :) --HoopoeBaijiKite 03:24, 3 November 2011 (UTC) Hah!I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this. Danger High voltage! 02:20, 8 November 2011 (UTC) stop!!!stop deleteing my changes to amia calva. i work for the university of tennessee and am making updates to all of our ocal fish for our ichlyology class. your unknowledgalbe deleting of my changes is only hurting others who want correct information on these fish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Csmiths1 (talk • contribs) 02:02, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
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Bonino, E. and C. Kier. The Back to the Past Museum Guide to Trilobites, fig. 9, p.18-19. 2010, gives a lot of small accurate drawings of Buenaspis and other trilobite relatives, but it is not on-line (there are parts of the Spanish original of the book on-line, but those do not include this figure). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwergenpaartje (talk • contribs) 14:37, 26 February 2012 (UTC) Subfossil lemursThanks for the copyedit on Babakotia today. I noticed on your user page that Megaladapis is on your to-do list. Honestly, you may not need to worry with it. One of my goals for this year is to finish all the subfossil lemur articles. Once I finish a research article I'm working on and get a few other promised articles out of the way, it will be one of my high priorities. If you want to work together on it, I'm up for that, too. – Maky « talk » 04:20, 2 March 2012 (UTC) Bulbaspis, what I could findBulbaspis Chugaeva 1956[1][2]Trilobita - Asaphida – Raphiophoridae - Raphiophorinae
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Surprise Bay, Southern Tasmania, Australia (Ordovician of Australia)[3] Bulbaspidinae Kobayashi & Hamada 1971; Bulbaspis (Parabulbaspis) korlaensis Zhang 1981; Bulbaspis brevis Zhou & Zhou 2006; Bulbaspis cylindricus Lisogor 1965; Bulbaspis lageniformis Zhou 1982; Bulbaspis mirabilis Chugaeva 1956; Bulbaspis ordosensis Lu 1976; Bulbaspis ovulum (Weber 1948); Bulbaspis sphaerornatus Chugaeva 1956.[4] Bulbaspis brevis Zhou et Zhou, 2006. Late Ordovician, Late Caradocian, Badainjaran Formation, Zhusilenghaierhan area, Ejin Banner, western Inner Mongolia.[5] Diagnosis - Bulbaspis brevis is a Bulbaspis species with large anterior glabellar bulb, which is about as long and as wide as the preoccipital glabella in mature cranidia. Anterior part of glabella short, forwardly converging. Pygidial axis poorly defined, reaching mid-length of border, with three shallow ring furrows. Pygidial pleural field with two pairs of pleural furrows, first pair shallow, second faint. Border wide, steeply sloping downwards.
Bulbaspis brevis collected in the Badainjaran Formation, Zhusilenghaierhan area, Ejin Banner, western Inner Mongolia[6] Family RAPHIOPHORIDAE Angelin, 1854;
Bulbaspis Chugaeva, 1958; [=Bulbaspis (Parabulbaspis) Zhang, 1981, see Yuan & Zhou (1997, p. 179)]; Type species. Ampyx bulbifer Weber, 1932, from the Djebagly ‘horizon’ (Llandeilo) of the Djebagly Range, southern Kazakhstan; by original designation.
Diagnosis - A raphiophorid genus with subrhombic preoccipital glabella that protrudes considerably beyond anterior margin of fixigenae and projects into an anterior bulb. Thorax with five segments. Pygidium short, faintly segmented, with border steeply sloping downwards.
Remarks - Exclusive of the poorly preserved forms recorded from Malaysia (Kobayashi & Hamada 1978), southern Gansu, Northwest China (Zhou & Dean 1986), and Tasmania (Burrett et al. 1983), species previously assigned to Bulbaspis can be divided into two morphological groups: the Arenig-Llanvirn ovulum species group, and Llandeilo-Ashgill bulbifer species group. The ovulum group includes B. ovulum (Weber) (Weber 1948, p. 15, pl. 11, figs 12, 13; Chugaeva 1958, p. 26, pl. 2, figs 6-10) from the Llanvirn of Kazakhstan, B. ordosensis Lu (Lu et al. 1976, p. 73, pl. 13, figs 6,7) from the Klimoli Formation (Llanvirn), Zhuozishan Mountains, Inner Mongolia, and B. lageniformis Zhou (Zhou et al. 1982, p. 279, pl. 69, figs 9, 10) from the uppermost part of Zhuozishan Formation (late Arenig), Miboshan Mountains, central Ningxia. Zhou & Zhou (2006, p. 112) suggested that all these listed species are Ampyx-allied and should be reassigned to a new genus Abulbaspis (type species: B. ordosensis Lu in Lu et al., 1976), which is characterised by a clavate glabella projecting over the anterior margin of the fixigenae for only a short distance, the absence of a sagittal carina on the preoccipital glabella, a sixsegmented thorax, and a relatively long pygidium with a well defined, narrow (tr.), multisegmented (7 to 14 rings) axis. The bulbifer group includes, in addition to B. brevicollis sp. nov. described below, B. bulbifer (Weber) (Weber 1932, p. 5, pl. 4, figs 38-41; Weber 1948, p. 15, pl. 2, figs 9, 10) from the Llandeilo of southern Kazakhstan, B. mirabilis Chugaeva (1958, p. 28, pl. 3, figs 1-4) from Caradoc-early Ashgill, southern Kazakhstan, B. sphaerornatus Chugaeva (1958, p. 29, pl. 2, figs 11-16) from the Caradoc of southern Kazakhstan, and Bulbaspis (Parabulbaspis) korlaensis Zhang (Zhang 1981, p. 201, pl. 74, figs 1-4; Yuan & Zhou 1997, p. 173, pl. 1, fig. 7, as Bulbaspis mirabilis Chugaeva) from the Late Ordovician of the northern Tarim Basin, Xinjiang. Species of the bulbifer group are considered to represent real members of Bulbaspis, having evolved probably from Lonchodomas. When compared with Abulbaspis, Bulbaspis differs in having a rhombic, carinate preoccipital glabella, which protrudes much beyond the anterior margin of the fixigenae, a five-segmented thorax, and a shorter, poorly segmented pygidium.
Bulbaspis brevis sp. nov. (Figs 6O, 7G, H, J-M, O)
Etymology. Latin brevis, short, in reference to the short anterior part of the glabella. Figured material. Holotype cranidium NIGP140468 (Fig. 7G). Paratypes: cranidia NIGP140470, 140471, immature cranidium NIGP140469, pygidia NIGP140463, 140472, all specimens from horizon Zs6b.
Diagnosis - A Bulbaspis species with large anterior glabellar bulb, which is about as long and as wide as the preoccipital glabella in mature cranidia. Anterior part of glabella short, forwardly converging. Pygidial axis poorly defined, reaching mid-length of border, with three shallow ring furrows. Pygidial pleural field with two pairs of pleural furrows, first pair shallow, second faint. Border wide, steeply sloping downwards. Description. Cranidium subtriangular in outline, sagittal length 83-87% posterior width. Preoccipital glabella convex (tr.), subrhombic in outline, forwardly expanded to attain its maximum width at about 80% sagittal length (exclusive of glabellar bulb) from back, which is 120% sagittal length and 160-180% basal width of preoccipital glabella, then convergent forwards to anterior bulb. The bulb strongly overhangs the ventral part of the glabella, which slopes downwards steeply to the shallow preglabellar furrow. Anterior cranidial border short (sag.) and gently sloping downwards. Surface of internal mould shows three pairs of muscle scars tightly arranged on flanks of posterior part of preoccipital glabella, located close to axial furrows; anterior pair elongateovate, as long as 30-34% length of preoccipital glabella, situated slightly anterior to midlength of preoccipital glabella; posterior and second pairs subcircular, each 15-16% length of preoccipital glabella. Anterior bulb large, subspherical, as long as 46-48% cranidial length and approximately as wide as maximum width of glabella. Axial furrows broad, extending forwards to anterior margin of fixigenae and then strongly downwards to connect with preglabellar furrow. LO gently convex (tr.), defined by shallow and transverse SO, about 9% cranidial length. Fixigena triangular in outline, about 170% as wide as preoccipital glabella posteriorly, declining steeply forwards and moderately outwards. Posterior border furrow distinctly incised, abruptly dying out close to axial furrow, slightly sigmoidal. Posterior border short (exsag.), sloping toward border furrow and slightly outward. External surface of cranidium smooth. An immature cranidium (Fig. 7H) shows longer glabella, and a much smaller and subrhombic anterior bulb with a rounded median pit on its posterior margin. Pygidium short, broad, semielliptical in outline, sagittal length 37% anterior breadth. Axis poorly defined by faint axial furrows, gently convex (tr.), occupying 30-31% pygidial width anteriorly and 82% pygidial length, extending to midlength of border. On external surface only three ring furrows shallowly impressed; on internal mould there are six pairs of subovoid muscle scars present on flanks of axis. Pleural field flattened, with two pairs of pleural furrows, the first shallow, the second faint, both almost transverse. Border long (sag.), 33-34% pygidial length (sag.), steeply sloping downwards, narrowing rapidly outwards, surface covered with closely spaced terrace lines parallel to posterior margin.
Remarks. Bulbaspis brevis sp. nov. Closely resembles Bulbaspis korlaensis Zhang (1981, p. 201, pl. 74, figs 1-6; Yuan & Zhou 1997, p. 173, pl. 1, fig. 7, as Bulbaspis mirabilis Chugaeva) from the late Ordovician of the northern Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, but is distinguished by its proportionally broader cranidium, its less convex preoccipital glabella with shorter anterior part, its shallower axial furrows, and its relatively longer (sag.) LO.[7] There is a profound change in sedimentary environment and in fauna going from the Middle-Upper Ordovician of Ida Bay to Surprise Bay over a present distance of only 25 km. The transition is from peritidal carbonates at Ida Bay, to subtidal carbonates at Precipitous Bluff to deep subtidal calcareous shales at Pt. Cecil to deep water micrites, graptolitic shales and carbonate turbidites at Surprise Bay. The blind (Nanshanaspis, Bulbaspis) or large eyed (Telephina) trilobites at Surprise Bay suggest sub-photic or twilight depositional conditions and a phosphatic, ironstone hardground enriched in metals and with imploded nautiloids suggests a zone of nutrient-rich upwelling currents at about 300 ± 50 m water depth. Macrofauna from Ida Bay is mainly endemic and is associated with Midcontinent province type or endemic conodonts. The shelf edge sections at Precipitous Bluff and Pt. Cecil contain more widespread macrofossils and Midcontinent conodonts whereas the macrofauna from the deep-water deposits is widespread or cosmopolitan and is associated with North Atlantic province conodonts.[8] The spines of trilobites (like the sphere of Bulbaspis, (Dwergenpaartje (talk) 22:09, 11 March 2012 (UTC)) may have had a function in sexual selection.[9] The Zhou & Zhou article contains several pictures on page 405. I hope this helps, Kind Regards, Dwergenpaartje (talk) 22:09, 11 March 2012 (UTC) Pseudonaraoia, pseudo-fossil?Hi, thanks for adding Pseudonaraoia to the Naraoiidae article. I had been hesitant to include it, and to make an article on Pseudonaraoia, because I am not convinced it is not a combination of the cephalon and pygidium of Leiopyge. What do you think? Is this a question I could put forward in the Paleontology Project? Regards, Dwergenpaartje (talk) 12:03, 16 March 2012 (UTC) resource requestHi, I've uploaded the article you requested at the resource exchange. You can find a link at that page. Best, GabrielF (talk) 19:32, 3 April 2012 (UTC) Thanks for italicizingThank you for adding italics for the general in Hippocampinae. I need to improve this article which I began. Bruinfan12 (talk) 06:22, 9 April 2012 (UTC) MalerosteusUnfortunately, I do not have this images. 82.160.253.226 (talk) 06:33, 9 April 2012 (UTC) (Wikipek) Auto TaxoboxAssuming the taxonomy is well supported and referenced, you need to click on the little red pencil in the corner of the taxobox to edit it. Simply switch the parent taxon of Bohaskaia to the family it belongs to, and make sure the parent taxon of the family is also correct. MMartyniuk (talk) 12:53, 9 April 2012 (UTC) resource request - paleogeographyHi, I've uploaded one of the articles that you requested at the resource exchange. You can find a link to the article on that page. Best, GabrielF (talk) 01:34, 15 April 2012 (UTC) resource request - Spanish journalHi, I've uploaded one of the articles that you requested at the resource exchange. You can find a link to the article at that page. Best, GabrielF (talk) 17:00, 18 April 2012 (UTC) RebellatrixHey there, accidentally discovered just now that beginning today, the article is publicly available for a limited time! Enjoy! Bob the WikipediaN (talk • contribs) 02:26, 4 May 2012 (UTC) TalkbackYou can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. --Shrike (talk) 16:11, 11 May 2012 (UTC) TalkbackMessage added 10:42, 18 May 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Shrike (talk) 10:42, 18 May 2012 (UTC) TalkbackMessage added 05:56, 20 May 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Shrike (talk) 05:56, 20 May 2012 (UTC)  It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. Aztec Fish FaunaIt may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. Placoderm articleDear Mr. Fink! I can send you the wanted Placoderm article June 1st or 2nd. Is that okay? So I will need your eMail address. Please send it by wikimail. Thank you, -- Doc Taxon (talk) 12:04, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
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Your article request for fair usehttps://docs.google.com/open?id=0B86iegI5pG5TYWtLV0pSVkwzbVk Please let me know when you are done. Churn and change (talk) 01:19, 22 September 2012 (UTC) Article you requested per fair usehttps://docs.google.com/open?id=0B86iegI5pG5Tdlh3cjFxWEdGS2s Let me know when you are done. Churn and change (talk) 01:10, 25 September 2012 (UTC) Articles requested per fair usehttps://docs.google.com/open?id=0B86iegI5pG5TUVdZYlV1aEw3bXM https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B86iegI5pG5TTzNKUUI1NHhBNHM Please let me know when you are done. Churn and change (talk) 02:54, 26 September 2012 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
HimalayasI was going to thank you for catching something I had overlooked. I thought an IP changed two things, one legit and one bogus (thinking I missed it), and that you reverted the entire edit. After I had restored the correct information, I found that it was instead two separate edits by two different IPs. It appears you have simply reverted one edit too far back. Anyway, no problem and just thought I would stop by an explain would might appear to be a confusing edit summary on my part. Thanks for your time. --RacerX11 Talk to meStalk me 21:57, 4 October 2012 (UTC) Nomination of The Beast Legion for deletion A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Beast Legion is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Beast Legion until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 04:47, 28 October 2012 (UTC) About PlacodermsHi Apokryltaros. I know what you mean: you think that, in every Placoderm article, there is a redundant category, "Devonian fish". But, in any case, I was erasing another redundant category which was present in more than 200 articles: "Prehistoric fish"; I am replacing that category (wherever possible) by the corresponding paleontological era (Jurassic, Carboniferous, etc.). So, then, let's plainly erase all the "time-related" categories from the different species of Placoderms, understanding that "a Placoderm is by itself a Devonian fish". Best regards, --Fabio Descalzi, aka Fadesga (talk) 00:26, 1 November 2012 (UTC) Sources you requestedPlease let me know when you are done. Churn and change (talk) 02:45, 6 November 2012 (UTC) Article you requested per fair usehttps://dl.dropbox.com/u/9158964/Prokofiev.PDF Please let me know when you are done. Churn and change (talk) 19:06, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
MonotypicI haven't changed it, but you may want to review the first sentence of Indostomus. Indostomus isn't a monotypic genus (it contains 3 species = polytypic genus). It's the family that is monotypic (1 genus). There are several ways of solving this, e.g. Indostomus is monotypic within Indostomidae" or alike. Cheers, 62.107.211.138 (talk) 22:46, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Removing talk page commentsI know that some of the edits by the editor using IP address 91.10.56.74 have not been helpful, but I can see no good reason for removing his/her comments from article talk pages. It is particularly important to avoid such actions in cases where you are criticised in the comments in question, as there is a danger that it may look like an attempt to suppress such criticism. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:55, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
andrewsarchus with mesonyxIf Andrewsarchus was proportioned in the same manner as Mesonyx obtusidens, it had a length from the snout to the back of the pelvis of about 11 feet (3.4 m) and a height from the ground to the shoulder or middle of the back of about 6 feet (1.8 m). I recognize it is suggesting that it plausibly had physical characteristics with mesonyx, but, but Id rather change it to something like an entelodont. Remember, based off the latest research it belongs to Artiodactyla. --Apidium23 (talk) 18:17, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
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You did made a Mackenzia picture in DeviantArt.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 05:38, 26 January 2013 (UTC) P.S I misspelled Odaraia wrong. I forget the second a.
The Mackenzia was a unknown Cndarian and I maybe think Amiskwia was a eumetazoan like Cndarians and Bilaterians. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 05:38, 26 January 2013 (UTC) P.S Could you add the Incertae sedis to Mackenzia. HurdiaYou just created a Hurdia picture and I need you add this picture at your art? P.S Go add the Mackenzia and Odaria to your making list (Three Mackenzias and a Odaria) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 05:38, 26 January 2013 (UTC) Hello Apokryltaros. I have very much enjoyed your paleontological art many, many times, in fact every time I see it I enjoy it, so thank you for all of that very helpful work! I also need to thank you for the new gastropod stub you just made. The only thing is, as you already noticed, we have an article about Ecphoras in general. I am not sure whether or not the two should be combined in some way or whether the article about the group of genera just needs to have it made clearer that this is a common name for the whole group, not a scientific genus name. Invertzoo (talk) 17:56, 28 January 2013 (UTC) Thanks for your note and for tweaking the article. I also tweaked the intro a bit more and removed italic title on the article which is about the common name. Invertzoo (talk) 22:28, 28 January 2013 (UTC) CimolestesMake a picture of a Cenozoic Cimolestes. I would like it if you add it. I don't know if there's giant animals with Cimolestes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 23:23, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
MyoscolexI heard you made a picture of a early Opabinid from the Early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Myoscolex. Could you add it. P.S Did you ever heard Ottoia even appeared in the Wheeler Shale? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 01:57, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
Your a great paleoartistYou make many picture like fishes, Mesozoic animals, Cambrian or another Paleozoic period and Cenozoic mammals. I really like you. Don't forget about the Hurdia talk page I made for you to add this picture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 01:57, 29 January 2013 (UTC) Sirius Passet AnimalsCould you add a picture to your user page like Halkeria (Green slug-like animal) from the picture of the Sirius Passet.User:98.177.220.111 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
An editor has the right to blank their own talk page. Please respect that. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 23:02, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Did Selkirkia and Wiwaxia appeared in the Chengjiang?I do not find any website that shows Wiwaxia and Selkirkia in any website except Dinopedia or Dinosaurs Wikia (It was a another user edit it named 98.177.220.111 like me but different).— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
User:Mitternacht90/Extinct/InvertebratesI saw a incomplete work by Mitternacht90 no one edit on it this month. Could you add more pictures like Wiwaxia and fix the Opabinia. (WARNING:Do not add a Dinomischus picture). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC) ZhongjianichthysCould you add Zhongjiangichthys to your gallery?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC) Thanks Mr.Flink.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC) P.S A picture was delete a mosasaur that starts with a G. It don't know what it's called. I find out it was a Globidens and it's on the Mosasaurus picture in DeviantArt. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 05:38, 26 January 2013 (UTC) Was your Ancalagon incompleteYour Ancalagon picture do not have any other animals. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
RhombichthysYou made a picture of Rhombichthys but you need to add it to your gallery. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC) P.S I edit on the Early Cambrian (Cambrian Stage 2) Gastropod-like Mollusks and changed the fossil range. Good?
TommotiaAdd the picture of the Tommotian Tommotia (You did the Nautiloid one already).— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC) P.S Is Tommotia mistaken as a Nautiloid?
But it really had a shell that looked like a extinct Nautiloid like Orthoceras but shorter. Which non-nautiloid is a cephalopod? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
GlobidensI saw that a user deleted it. Could you talk to the user? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC) P.S Go to the pictures you made in Wikimedia to some to your gallery (I think you do not add the old picture of Dicksonia).
ParapeytoiaI want you to make a picture of a Parapeytoia eating a Isoxys. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Add the First Nectocaridid Petalilium and it will be a new Chengjiang picture you ever seen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC) P.S Why you do not made any Sidneyia and Leanchoilia pictures? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
I really know Mr Fink. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC) File:Anomalocaris_saron.jpgI only saw Anomalocaris saron in this picture. I know your not a Art Vending Machine by not talking about this anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)  P.S I really forget your offline during this talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
The Anomalocaris in the List of Chengjiang Biota by phylum was the species from the Burgess Shale. A, saron would be better if it's added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC) CephalopodI was fixing the fossil range but it says it only lived in Recent then earilest is Cambrian then again but says Devonian the earilest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
I was talking about Nautilloids not Orthoceras the ones from the Late Cambrian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Late Cambrian Mr. Fink. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
The arrow points at Holocene (Recent) and did not showed the green one but shows earliest. That's my problem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC) P.S I really need you to edit on User:Mitternacht90/Extinct/Invertebrates (Add one of your photos to there).
I'm sorry I would not mistaken fossil ranges anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC) P.S I just fixed it before you send me the message. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC) HallucigeniaYou forget about 2 Hallucigenia pictures to your gallery (sparsa and fortis). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Ok I will be back intill Wednesday. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.220.111 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
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Your painting styleWhat is it called? Th4n3r (talk) 19:03, 20 April 2013 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for April 22Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Holonematidae, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Boulonnais (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks,DPL bot (talk) 12:38, 22 April 2013 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for April 29Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Oncorhynchus, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Progeny (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks,DPL bot (talk) 15:12, 29 April 2013 (UTC) I didn't bother to check because I had no clue where to look as there was no edit summary. I wasn't trying to be rude, I just saw what looked like to me an incorrect deletion and fixed it "with" an edit summary explaining. SeeEdit summary speednat (talk) 05:10, 3 May 2013 (UTC) Indonesian IPI've requested page protection for some of the pages (see Wikipedia:Requests for page protection). You might want to add some pages to that list. --Fama Clamosa (talk) 08:12, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads upThanks for the explanation regarding User talk:125.164.1.8. I wasn't quite sure what to make of their edits, but I'll revert anything I see involving Category:Extinct animals of Oceania in Special:RecentChanges now that I know. Out of curiosity, are they always an IP, or did they have a username at any point? Sophus Bie (talk) 13:32, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
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Table helpFor each of your tables, I think you need to remove the lines of code before and after the actual sortable table code (which begins with
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Thank you for the cleanup in Orthoceras (orchid). I'd generally prefer titles for a genus name used for both plants and animals to be a DAB, but I try to be conservative in moving animal genera away from an ambiguous base title. I feel more competent to judge plant genera as not important enough to deserve the base title than animal genera. I glanced at Google results for Orthoceras and the cephalopod seemed to dominate, so I'm not totally comfortable establishing Orthoceras as a DAB. What do you think about makingOrthoceras a DAB, and moving the cephalopod genus to something like Orthoceras (mollusc)? Plantdrew (talk) 06:11, 26 July 2013 (UTC) I don't know why you reverted my changes to Grizzly bear. They certainly aren't vandalism. Binomial or trinomial names are supposed to be in italics. Why do you think only the subspecies part should be in italics and not the genus and species part? Dger(talk) 22:02, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
Bell MinerI am curious, do you have a source for your information that:
This is followed by the line:
Most Australians will subscribe to the second meaning, given that they are almost universally known as Bellbirds. I assume you also realise that the word 'miner' here is a corruption of the word 'myna', and does not refer to the habit of the birds of 'mining' the bell lerps but to their similarity (or to be more accurate, the similarity of their cousins, the Noisy Miner) to the mynas of India. 123.122.200.143 (talk) 23:17, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for September 29Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Artiocetus, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Keto and Gaia (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks,DPL bot (talk) 11:28, 29 September 2013 (UTC) I have reverted your removal of an IP's comment at Talk:Coconut oil as it was not clear why you removed it. - SummerPhD (talk) 23:41, 6 October 2013 (UTC) Opting in to VisualEditorAs you may know, VisualEditor ("Edit beta") is currently available on the English Wikipedia only for registered editors who choose to enable it. Since you have made 100 or more edits with VisualEditor this year, I want to make sure that you know that you can enable VisualEditor (if you haven't already done so) by going to your preferences and choosing the item, " RE: MudpuppyIn this case I'm not sure about this (I'm not familiar with scientific classifications). In both articles, Necturus andProteidae, it is said they are "Mudpuppies". © Tbhotch™(en-2.5). 21:23, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
Re: Behemoth Thank you for the thankyou, and thank you for your great artwork! Have you ever depicted a Tiktaalik, or fishapod? I'm interested because I'm, hmmm, related to User:Bishapod. Sort of. Bishonen | talk 14:55, 27 October 2013 (UTC). Disambiguation link notification for November 2Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Megalonyx, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Extant (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks,DPL bot (talk) 09:14, 2 November 2013 (UTC) Requested paperSend me an email and I'll reply with the remaining placoderm paper you requested. John M Baker (talk) 21:29, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for November 11Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Brachydeiridae, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Rostrum (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks,DPL bot (talk) 09:09, 11 November 2013 (UTC) Adorf/Vogtl.Would you kindly undo the name change you made from the official Adorf/Vogtl. to the non-existant Adorf/Vogtl- I think then you need to fix the change that Emmausbot then did.
Your talkpageI stumbled upon your talkpage and read the history, noticing that you often delete comments. You know, your talkpage is yours, and you're totally right to delete anything you want (as long as you don't misrepresent anyone, of course). If you do not want ugly comments to remain in your talkpage (neither do I!), you are allowed to move the discussion to the talkpage of whoever started it. I would have done the same if I were in your shoes--I too might one day get so focused on the questions of whether each comment deserved to be on my talkpage, and not see the big picture of how not friendly my deletion edits looked like. It's just that, to some people, deleting unreplied comments without edit summaries will give some people a bad first impression of my willingness to reach agreements. I probably shouldn't be minding your business in such a way, but I already wrote 4 paragraphs and don't want to delete it, you know.135.0.167.2 (talk) 19:29, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for November 18Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Brachydeiroidea, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Superfamily (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks,DPL bot (talk) 08:57, 18 November 2013 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for November 26Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Squaloraja, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Liassic (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks,DPL bot (talk) 08:53, 26 November 2013 (UTC) Change to Woolly mammothI reverted article Woolly mammoth to an edit made that does not include personal opinion about "how money should be spent" on something. The Edit summary may have suggested that I was responding to your edit, which I was not. FunkMonk is abusing his privilege as a major contributor to this article, and I suspect that in escalating to the admins, you may be involved. I'm sorry about this, but I thought I'd give you forewarning. Leptus Froggi (talk) 15:54, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
My ColdMr. Fink, Thank you so much for the soup suggestion-sounds great. I had some viral bug for two weeks before I caught this awful cold. My ears are clogged and my head fogged. The soup sounds like it my open me up. I appreciate it! Regards, GetAgrippa(talk) 18:51, 11 December 2013 (UTC) Megalania imageHi, I guess that you are the author of this image [[25]], that someone else has uploaded to Commons. Did you have permission for this?--Rextron (talk) 04:32, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
JaguaribaHi! Send me a wikimail and you will get the second fossil article, too. Thank you, -- Doc Taxon (talk) 17:16, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
   Season's greetings from Santa and her little helpers ANI
Pampus argenteusYou can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 01:12, 7 January 2014 (UTC) Fossil papersThey are ready OhanaUnitedTalk page 07:01, 7 January 2014 (UTC) Killer WhaleApokryltaros, it has become clear at this point that the discussion at Talk:Killer Whale is an attempt to violate WP:COMMONNAMEdue to WP:IDONTLIKEIT. Consensus cannot violate the rules, so there is no point in further conversation. Do you think that it would be appropriate to collapse the thread? 76.107.171.90 (talk) 14:02, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
While I’m here I might as well address another issue. I noticed that your drawing of Slimonia has a prodigious set of claws. The article, as well as the fossils, and illustrations (other than yours) seem to indicate that Slimonia’s chelicerae were actually quite small. Also, Slimonia’s body appears to have been shaped more like a modern scorpion’s (with an anterior bulge and a more distinctive “tail region”) while your eurypterid has a gradual taper. While I’d prefer not to look the gift art in the mouth, I’m also somewhat concerned that the illustration could give the reader the wrong idea about Slimonia’s morphology. In zoology I was taught that a eurypterid’s claws are its chelicerae, while a scorpion’s chelicerae are its mouthparts and its pedipalps are its claws. When I read the article and saw the illustration (which seems to contradict it) I became quite confused and I had to spend the better part of two hours refreshing my memory of chelicerata before I was able to sort the whole mess out. Would you object if I were to remove your illustration from Slimonia and place the picture of the fossil into the info box? Understand that I’m not taking issue with its artistic quality, only with its accuracy. 76.107.171.90 (talk) 04:13, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
Type species (Walliserops)Hello, I like to reflect on your undoing of my edit of the Walliserops article.
Kind regards, -Dwergenpaartje (talk) 18:46, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Why such a strong reaction?Why are so reacting so strongly against the IP editor who posted on the Elephant talk page? I know about the history with Colbert, but you seem to be making quite the bad faith assumptions about this user. LadyofShalott 22:24, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Appropreateness of signatureReading this: WP:SIGFORGE and the lines above it "A distracting, confusing, or otherwise unsuitable signature may adversely affect other users."(emphasis mine), it dosn't seem to me like your username shoudl be "Apokryltaros" but your signature "Mr. Fink".CombatWombat42 (talk) 23:10, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
MistakeDear mr Fink (???)I received this message from you, apparently... "Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Walking With Monsters. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.--Mr Fink (talk) 20:23, 28 June 2010 (UTC)" I do not know the date nor the meaning of the message,i've never been on the page "Walking With Monsters". I think it is a mistake. Maurizio — Preceding unsigned comment added by79.41.179.177 (talk) 18:07, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
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