User talk:Bob the Wikipedian/Archive/12Automatic taxoboxI can't figure out what the parameter is for the taxon reference. Would of thought taxon_ref given the naming of status_ref and synonyms_ref, but taxon_ref doesn't work. It's also not documented as Template:Automatic_taxobox/doc/all_parameters. Please let me know what it's called. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 08:57, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
Reading the above it seems this discussion has been derailed into a different unrelated issue. Let me be clear:What is required is a reference that is passed from the article which is using an automatic taxobox and that passes a reference which is then shown after the taxon name - i.e only for that level. Thus only one reference is required and the ideal parameter name would be taxon_ref which is in keeping with status_ref and synonyms_ref. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 23:49, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
On another note, Bob where exactly should we discuss the taxoboxes? I noticed in the page for the working group that the discussion page has not been created. Cheers, Faendalimas talk 01:10, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
My concern (as a computer scientist) is with the negative effects of redundancy. Redundancy in a database (which is what the taxonomy templates make up) is bad because it leads to inconsistency and problems with updating. Regardless of what references there should be, my view is that they should not be in two different places: in the taxoboxes and in the taxonomy templates. I don't have any particular view either way about where references should be stored, but I think they should be in parameter values, rather in ref tags in text, so that they can be picked up automatically. To respond to Bob's point ("the only reason the other references are on the taxon templates is so edits made to them are justifiable"), the problem is that an editor may change the template, justifying this by changing the template's reference, which is then inconsistent with references in the taxobox. Peter coxhead (talk) 07:20, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
Hey, noticed you were also editing the same thing, heh. Apologies for any edit conflicts that arise.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 02:22, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Number of parent for AmniotaI saw you just added increased the number of parents for Amniota, to include Anthracosauria, Batrachosauria and Cotylosauria. I would rather advise against it. The main problem is that these three names have widely divergent meaning (traditional vs cladistic) and claditicaly uncertain content, reflecting our poor understanding of labyrinthodont phylogeny in general. Anthracosauria is either identical to Reptiliomorpha (trad) or tha basal grade of Reptiliomorphs (Benton). Time allowing I'll merge the two articles. Batracosauria is either identical to the amphibian grade Cotylosauria (trad) or the whole clade, but no-one quite knows what goes in there and what does not, and the unit sees very limited use, restricted to a few authors. Michel Laurin uses Anthracosauria with the same meaning. Cotylosauria is even worse, traditionally considdered the basal reptiles (i.e. the batracosaurians + the anapsid reptiles), and is now generally avoided as a unit (well, except for Laurin, who enjoys using old obscure names for newly minted clades) and only see extremely limited use as a provisionary taxon for the transitional fossils that seem to straddle the Amphibia-Reptilia divide. At presently, the taxobox is cluttered with little used "clades" with uncertain content and of dubious value. I suggest redoing the taxonomy to anchor directly in Reptiliomorpha. Petter Bøckman (talk) 07:37, 15 September 2011 (UTC) I considered leaving a jokeHi Bob, I was just browsing through Wikipedia without anything special in mind when I found your page: "Please consider leaving a joke". Here we go: Ein Österreicher unter hält sich mit einem Schweizer. Sagt der Österreicher: "Unsere Länder haben viel gemeinsam: die hohen Berge, den vielen Schnee, die schöne Landschaft. Sogar die Farben unserer Nationalflaggen sind gleich: rot und weiss. Darauf der Schweizer: "Das stimmt, aber wir haben ein "Plus" in der Flagge und ihr habt ein "Minus". Greetings from Germany. Frankenmaddin (talk) 22:25, 15 September 2011 (UTC) 1st Class - MarcThomas ClassEverything went well, thought Anna was going to send out a "report" so to speak, but guess she hasn't gotten around to it. Part of the "hellos" was the classes 1st assignment, to send the ambassadors a note, what they wrote was completely up to them. As of right now class should do fine, need to nudge a few students towards more realistic articles to do work on - but otherwise all is well. Epistemophiliac (talk) 01:52, 20 September 2011 (UTC) DYK for Laccognathus embryi
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I would like to replace the Environmental issues in Brazil page. Please help up move this. Thank you. Gonzale (talk) 14:18, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Barn starI saw your note about wishing fora barnstar. I have emphasized that this something we should work on fast. In the mean time {{University Barnstar}} may be useful until we get you guys a star.Moxy (talk) 16:51, 7 December 2011 (UTC) Disambiguation link notificationHi. In your recent article edits, you've added some links to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. For more information, see the FAQ or drop a line at the DPL WikiProject.
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University of Michigan Class ProjectHello Rob, I am also doing a project for a class at the University of Michigan. I was wondering if you could help my team move our sandbox to the existing Environmental racism wikipedia page. Please find the link below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:United_States_Education_Program/Courses/Global_Enterprise_and_Sustainable_Development_(Ming_Xu)/Sandbox_Environmental_racism Also, I tried moving it but first used capital, however, the original page does not have a capital R in racism. Thanks! bergmant (talk) 10:15, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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