@Uzume: You're definitely welcome to! There are a range of ways to get involved either sporadically or ongoing: from formatting & copyediting (many new articles created are by first-time wikimedians, so references often inserted as plaintext; example) through to submitting an article (created from scratch, or submitted from wikipedia; WP:JAN) through to joining the user group as an ongoing associate/board editor (example). Happy to give more info if you're interested. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)talk23:53, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Evolution and evolvability: as a long time Wikimedia editor, I am interested. I also have some concerns.
I have a background in Informatics, Computer and Systems sciences and engineering (applied sciences) so these might play into Wiki.J.Sci. and Wiki.J.Pre. I might start off in WP:JAN as that is not so far from editing Wikipedia content but I can also see myself perhaps becoming an editor and/or making submissions (but obviously not on the same submitted materials as that would be a conflict of interest). Making "review" submissions with heavy Wikipedia content is interesting but I think eventually "original research" submissions would prove more interesting to me. I also like bibliographic information sciences content and have been working on Wikidata and SDC.
I read somewhere that submitters and editors might have to divulge legal names and I would likely want my legal name credited with published works authored or edited by me anyway, however, I would prefer to not have my legal name associated with this account (providing some anonymity). I would not mind making another "public" account for such but that probably runs awry with sockpuppety unless I publicly link them and that defeats the purpose of making such to begin with. Can submissions be made without an WP:SUL? How would that work? I envision emailing content to a submission email address or similar. Can someone be an editor without an WP:SUL? I imagine there is no issue with using this account for WP:JAN duties (do copy editors get credited?). —Uzume (talk) 00:45, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Uzume: At the moment, we've done almost zero advertising, so probably 50% of submissions come from people with an existing interest from the wikipedia side of things. I suspect that as the journals mature, original research articles will make up an increasing proportion as a fee-free OA publishing option. As well as the mixture of reviews and original research. Really good questions on the universal login question. We've had people send submissions in by email previously, so could easily receive a wikimarkup file (previously ppl have sent in latex and docx files, which we've later had to ask them to convert or convert for them). Conceivably, it's possible that a user could create a valid second account (WP:VALIDALT) and notify a checkuser (WP:ALTACCN) if they were to use that account only for the purpose of submission and editing of the article under their real name and keep it fully separate from any activities associated with their existing main pseudonymous account. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)talk05:15, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi E&e: I see that you've regularly modified the {{Template:Academic peer reviewed}} template. Can you take a look and see if you can fix the error it's now throwing up? It shows on the documentation page too. Thanks! MeegsC (talk) 18:54, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Hey Thomas, I just started reading Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic by China, where I see for instance this study [5] listed as an example of misinformation spread by the Chinese government, based on these references [6][7][8][9]. First, does the Biosafety and Health article check out, in your view? And second, are the newspaper / industry critiques sufficient to classify this as misinformation? Sorry, I'm a little out of my depth here. -Darouet (talk) 21:12, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Darouet: It's probably worth asking over at WT:WikiProject COVID-19. My initial impression is that it seems facts of the study aren't being particularly questioned, but it's interpretation and subsequent usage in decision-making. In that sense, the usage of those subsequent refs are probably reasonable (several seem to be citing a WHO report on the matter, which TBH would be the better ref). As for the first ref, It'd probably be better to include this one, which has a whole review section on 'Frozen food and cold chain transportation'. However it looks like there's been a lot of overall debate over content over that last week at its talkpage that might also be relevant. Hope that helps! T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)talk03:43, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi. I strongly apologise to bother you, but if you do not mind, I would like to ask you a favour. Recently, I have created a 'draft' of an article regarding structures described by the Soviet microbiologist V. O. Kalinenko. If you find some time, could you check it, please? Since you are an experienced Wikipedia user as well as an expert in the fields of biochemistry and evolutionary biology, I am really interested in your opinion. Also, please feel free to make some changes, additions and adjustments, if applicable. Thank you very much. --Pinoczet (talk) 13:30, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the reply, I appreciate it. Some of the Russian papers are available online, see: Biopodobnyye struktury, — Можно ли сделать амебу?, — Нет, амебу сделать нельзя!. In fact, Kalinenko did not "observe" the structures in distilled water, but rather "obtained" them under the influence of electric current. To my knowledge, these statements were not called into question; the problem was what these structures truly are. As for "caudate rockets", after checking some sources, I am pretty sure it was meant to describe a shape resembling a "tailed" comet. I really felt all this information deserves a standalone Wikipedia article (two primary sources and four secondary sources), but now, it seems not to be the case. Therefore, I decided to give up. Anyway, thanks a lot once again. Kind regards, --Pinoczet (talk) 11:35, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
about this image
The diagram provides a visual of the CYP21A subfamily evolutionary
Hi, Evolution and evolvability!
You have made so many pictures about genetics and genomics, so I would like to ask you to help improve this image.
I drew this picture using the drawing program of windows system. The motivation came from Fig. 1 of that review,[1] which mentioned that human and mouse inactivated CYP21A1 and CYP21A2 into pseudogenes respectively.
A few months later, I added STK19 and TNXB in the upstream and downstream, which doubled in the same tandem repeat event and then inactivated one copy.
I think there are at least two aspect to improve this picture：
Color the genes and pseudogenes respectively.
Add upstream and downstream genes not repeat in the MHC III, to indicate that this event occurred only in these four gene segments (~80kbp).
I have two other concerns：
TNXA and STK19. Are these two pseudogenes inactivated in one event or twice? So I didn't mark inactived on these two pseudogenes.
In NCBI rat gene Cyp21a1,[2] Genomic context, I can't find rat CYP21A2P, C4B or TNXB. Is this a gene loss event or a missing annotation?
^Nebert, DW; Nelson, DR; Adesnik, M; Coon, MJ; Estabrook, RW; Gonzalez, FJ; Guengerich, FP; Gunsalus, IC; Johnson, EF; Kemper, B (January 1989). "The P450 superfamily: updated listing of all genes and recommended nomenclature for the chromosomal loci". DNA (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.). 8 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1089/dna.1.1989.8.1. PMID2651058.
@Htmlzycq: Thanks for brining this up! It'd be particularly useful for the Synteny article. A few suggestions:
Colour usually helps these sorts of images. I recommend keeping it simple, so:
Either, plain green for active genes, grey for inactive ones (emphasises the pseudogenisation aspect)
Or, 4-colour for each set of genes (perhaps green, green-blue, blue, blue-purple as an aesthetic spectrum, since we're not trying to emphasise the individual genes, just the order); then a light version of that colour for the pseudogenes (also emphasised the duplication aspect)
I'm ambivalent about including the upstream and downstream gene. In a way it could make the duplication clearer, but it also adds additional. If the flanking genes are included, it's probably work keeping them in line with the colour scheme of the in-between genes to emphasise, and maybe including "a" and "b" in the duplicated
The vertical arrows should probably go from row 2->3 and row 2->4 (not 3->4) since a) both human and mouse evolved from the common ancestor will the full set of 8, rather than the human evolving from the mouse, and b) it's not clear in what order the pseudogenisation occurred.
To know whether TNXA and STK19 were inactivated once or twice would probably need some phylogenetics ofa few other related species (to see in which ancestor the inactivation(s) took place), and to look at what the mutations were that inactivated each of them (e.g. if it's a premature stop codon in the same place, then it's more likely to have been a single event)
As for the rat, it's hard to tell. You're right that it could just be missing annotations (I notice in this table, that there's a lot of variation on whether orthologs of cyp21a have been detected). The best thing would be to download the region's sequence and do some pairwise alignments to check, and maybe doing some more sensitive BLAST searches.
It might be worth saving it as a .svg file so that it's more easily editable
Thank you for your reply, my mother tongue is not English, so there may be some misunderstanding.
I just uploaded a test version of the gene with color, which adds a line between the ancestral genome and the descendants to reduce misunderstanding. Since I can't edit SVG images, I can't SVG them.
in pig there is only one STK/C4/CYP21/TNX copy flanked by DXO and ATF6B gene.
in cattle there are three C4-like gene and one CYP21-like pseudogene (LOC101904057).
After consulting more Euarchontoglires' CYP21 upstream and downstream genes, I pessimistically found that STK/C4/CYP21/TNX tandem repeats in mouse and human genomes may be two independent events, rather than from a common ancestor.
It seems that there are two independent evolutionary events, one occurred in the common ancestor of Old World monkeys, and the other is a very recent mouse ancestor, while it's a coincidence that stk19b and tnxa, rather than stk19a and tnxb, became pseudogenes in both human and mouse.--Htmlzycq (talk) 09:57, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Evolution and evolvability!
About the time that this gene duplication (STK/C4/CYP21/TNX) in the mouse genome. There is only one copy was found in the genome of Mus caroli, and two C4 gene (LOC110335909 and LOC115062505) in the genome of Mus pahari, with a gap in genome sequencing assembly between them. If these three genes (CYP21/TNX/STK19) can appear in this gap, can it be explained that this repeated event occurred in the common ancestor of Mus musculus and Mus pahari mice, rather than the common ancestor of all Mus genus including Mus caroli?
But to my dismay, this conjecture does not match the current taxonomy of Mus, Mus musculus and Mus caroli belong to subgenus Mus, Mus pahari belong to subgenus Coelomys.
--Htmlzycq (talk) 04:20, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Ahhh. Technical set-up !. Sorry it's not my field. It sounds like the bots need to be authorised by an admin to run in a WP (I do not how). May be you'll have better response from a enwiki admin. I'll try to find someone in cawiki. Good luck !. --Amadalvarez (talk) 05:09, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Amadalvarez: Thanks for looking at this with me. I've also added a formal bot permission application on Wikiversity (link). I don't know whether the bot is not working on wikiversity due to it not yet having bot permissions, or if there is some file in the bot's code itself that needs to be edited. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)talk11:23, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello. I apologise to bother you, but if you don't mind, I'd like to ask a question regarding the article Transposable element. I believe it should include some information on the so-called Class III TEs, e.g. Foldback (FB) elements (see: Pierre Capy et al., Dynamics and Evolution of Transposable Elements, 1998). What are your thoughts? Thank you very much. --Pinoczet (talk) 00:30, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Pinoczet: From a quick overview I think you're right. The classification still seems to be uncommonly used recently though, so it may be worth looking into a little further. E.g. Some papers refer to MITEs as Class III (example), whereas others refer to MITEs as Class II (example). T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)talk05:57, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the reply. Yes, exactly. To my knowledge, the examples include Foldbacks, TU elements, and MITEs. It seems these transposable elements may be and actually are considered Class III TEs, at least by some researchers. However, I am not sure how this information should be properly added to the article. E.g. whether it deserves a separate subsection, or perhaps just a brief side note would be sufficient? Since I am not an expert in this field, I decided to contact you. Kind regards, --Pinoczet (talk) 04:45, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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I am wondering if you could share with me the pdb file with the structure you built of Linus Pauling's proposed triple-helix of the DNA.
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This month has seen an incredible amount of activity creating high quality content, with 3 FAs, 3 FACs, and a veritable flood of GAs and GANs, not to mention the FLs and FLCs. To help maintain this high level of activity going forward, WikiProject Tree of Life is starting a new monthly rolling contest, inspired by the contest run by WikiProject Military History. This contest should hopefully help incentivize editors to contribute in ways that are less daunting than writing articles that are GA and FA-quality. Even improving articles from stub to start class, or helping other editors by reviewing their work at GAN, FAC, or FLC, gets you points, with bonus points for articles with especially high page views. Make sure to participate in any way you can, and help improve the 'pedia while having fun and winning Barnstars!
The first edition of our new monthly contest had perhaps a little less participation than I hoped for, but it still resulted in a huge amount of content work, mainly focussed on de-stubbing articles on little-known species, although we did also see two GAs for Holozoa and Hypericum perforatum. Overall, over 60 articles were improved, with most going from stubs or redlinks to fully fleshed out articles. The winner this month was Simongraham, who improved 21 articles about spiders, mainly to B and C class, and racked up 70 points, over twice the next highest. Hopefully, we'll continue to see such great work next month, with even more participants and even more articles improved.
Also anyone who wants to help coordinate the contest can just drop by at the talk page, I really need help.
September DYKs
Republicopteron douseae fossil
Male Phallichthys fish
Mimodactylus reconstruction
Adult ashy flycatcher
... that with all known Palaeorehniidae fossils (example pictured) being incomplete, the relationships of the family are uncertain? (September 2)
... that butterfly collector Ian Heslop was once required to supervise an execution? (September 3)
... that Phallichthys (literally 'penis fish') species are so called because the males (example pictured) have "comparatively huge" sex appendages? (September 8)
... that merry widows like soft bottoms? (September 10)
... that Mimodactylus(reconstruction pictured) is the first complete pterosaur from the Afro-Arabian continent? * ... that small Poecilia gillii males have longer sex organs than larger males, to facilitate mating with females that flee from them? (September 12)
The second edition of our monthly contest was even better than the last month, with 80 articles improved spanning the entire tree of life. The winner this month was Quetzal1964, who contributed to 47 articles, mainly relating to marine fish, and racked up 81 points in the process. In second place was simongraham, who got 60 points from 14 articles on various species of jumping spiders. simongraham is still at the top of our overall standings, with 130 points, and Quetzal1964's close behind on 108. The November edition of the contest is now open: feel free to drop by and participate if you work on any TOL-related articles this month.
October DYKs
Illustration of swordtail mollies
Lycorma meliae
Illustrations of the front foot (A) and hind foot (B) of Diplobune quercyi
... that the swordtail molly(examples pictured) and the Petén molly have been named and renamed so often, one even ending up with the other's name at one point, that the swordtail molly's current scientific name means 'confusion'? (October 8)
... that the early big cat Pachypanthera may have weighed as much as 142 kilograms (313 lb) and had teeth similar to a hyena's? (October 9)
... that ancient Greek philosopher Xenophon thought the alopekis was part dog, part fox? (October 11)
... that the wings of Lycorma meliae(example pictured) undergo multiple color changes throughout their lives? (October 16)
... that the three-toed species of Diplobune(fossils pictured) were mammals of the order of "even-toed ungulates"? (October 17)
... that although fossils of the extinct mammal Asiavorator were first found in 1922, the genus was not named until 73 years later, in 1995? (October 18)
... that in aquariums, the humpbacked limia is known to cannibalise the young? (October 21)
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The third edition of our monthly contest saw Quetzal1964 win for the second month in a row, scoring 68 points from 39 articles about a variety of marine fishes. In second place for the month is Olmagon, who scored 45 points from 10 articles on extinct crustaceans and geckoes. In the overall standings, Quetzal1964 leapfrogged over simongraham into first place, with 176 points from 109 articles; simongraham is now in second place with 136 points from 37 articles. The December edition of the contest is now open: feel free to drop by and participate if you work on any TOL-related articles this month.
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Now, this newsletter is technically not new, but I have only recently become aware of its existence and am only a month late, so it still counts. Wikiproject Fungi's Lichen task force has a new newsletter that is very nicely formatted and also features much better writing than this newsletter. Anyone interested in receiving the newsletter can add their name here.
November DYKs
A bacterium that thrives in the deep ocean
Georges Cuvier's reconstruction of Anoplotherium commune
Paroedura maingoka
Field of Wyethia amplexicaulis in bloom
An adult dwarf pufferfish
Adult Balkan terrapin
Planocarina marginata, a hyalospheniid amoeba
... that a variety of the Connecticut field pumpkin is known as "the original commercial jack-o'-lantern pumpkin"? (November 1)
... that insects not only destroyed the personal plant collection of John Hunter Thomas, but also bear his name? (November 3)
... that life exists in every part of the biosphere, from the deepest parts of the ocean (bacterium pictured) to altitudes of up to 64 km (40 miles) in the atmosphere? (November 6)
... that Sivapardus was larger than a leopard, smaller than a lion, and had a face like a cheetah? (November 7)
... that in 1822, the Paleogene mammal Anoplotherium commune(reconstruction pictured) was the first fossil species to be subjected to a brain cast study? (November 12)
... that the gecko Paroedura maingoka(pictured) imitates venomous scorpions to discourage predators? (November 13)
... that the scenic fields of northern wyethia(pictured) found in the western United States are sometimes a sign that an area has been overgrazed? (November 15)
... that at a maximum standard length of roughly 2 cm (0.8 in), dwarf pufferfish are some of the smallest pufferfish in the world? (November 18)
... that the authors of The Neanderthals Rediscovered learned that their book proposal had been accepted on the same day they took their twin sons home from hospital? (November 20)
... that hatchling Balkan terrapins are only 3 to 4 centimetres (1.2 to 1.6 in) in length, while adults (example pictured) can grow as long as 25 cm (9.8 in)? (November 21)
Good morning E&E, I recently submitted an article to consideration for the WikiJournal of Science. Are there any further steps I need to take in the process or is it all on its own track at this point? Not trying to rush or anything, thank you for your guidance. Fritzmann (message me) 13:08, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
And so ends the fourth edition of the monthly rolling contest, as well as the 2023 Tree of Life Contest as a whole. This month saw simongraham win with a very impressive 120 points from 27 articles. Quetzal1964 was second with 74 points from 37 articles. The annual contest was a close race between simongraham and Quetzal1964; simongraham won first place with 256 points from 64 articles, and Quetzal1964 was second with 250 points from 146 articles. Snoteleks was third with 79 points from 33 articles. Congratulations to everyone who won this year and my gratitude to everyone else who helped raise the quality of articles in our little corner of Wikipedia this year. Additionally, a very Happy New Year to everyone in the project and here's looking forward to continuing our good work in 2024!
... that the green colour of bofedales(examples pictured) stands out in the yellow surrounding landscape? (December 6)
... that Desulfovibrio vulgaris can remove toxic heavy metals from the environment? (December 8)
... that Varroa destructor(example pictured), the Varroa mite, is an external parasitic mite that attacks and feeds on honey bees and is one of the most harmful honey-bee pests in the world? (December 11)
... that the Antarctic lichen Buellia frigida has been to outer space? (December 22)
... that the closest modern fern relatives to Dennstaedtia christophelii(fossil pictured) of the Pacific Northwest are tropical species from South America? (December 24)
... that in Icelandic folklore, the Yule cat eats people who do not receive new clothing for Christmas? (December 25)
Our first double issue in almost four years, although we will try to return to a monthly schedule henceforth (incidentally, the last double issue saw Markham's storm petrel at GAN, and this one sees it finally pass FAC).
The March 2024 GAN Backlog Drive starts today; everyone is welcome to participate and help reduce the backlog of GANs.
The January edition of our monthly rolling contest was won by Quetzal1964 with 100 points from 40 articles, mainly related to various species of marine fish. simongraham was second with 80 points from 14 articles on jumping spiders.
The February edition saw Quetzal1964 win for the second time in a row, with 114 points from 43 articles. In second place was Snoteleks, with 21 points from 7 seven articles on various unicellular eukaryotes, including the GA Telonemia.
January DYKs
... that Dacrytherium, literally meaning 'tear beast', was named after its "tear-pit"? (3 January)
... that the wood-pasture hypothesis posits that semi-open wood pastures and not primeval forests are the natural vegetation of temperate Europe? (5 January)
... that until April 2023, when the genusTriassosculda was discovered, the mantis shrimp fossil record contained a gap of more than a hundred million years? (5 January)
... that although Olga Hartman believed that her basic research on marine worms had no practical value, it was applied to experimental studies of oysters? (6 January)
... that Oxford ivy grows towards the light to bloom and then towards the darkness when going to seed? (17 January)
... that S. F. Light(pictured) disliked using his full name? (20 January)
... that the fossil turtle Acherontemys was named for a "river of the fabled lower world"? (26 January)
... that having lived in Central Park for more than a year after becoming homeless, Flaco(pictured) has been accused of being a peeping tom? (19 February)
Need permission to use MT gene figure in presentation
Hi Thomas!
My name is Dr. Renee J Dufault. I am doing a presentation on nutritional epigenetics. I will be discussing the MT gene. Can I please have your permission to use the MT gene figure you created?
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The second round of the WikiCup was very competitive, requiring the highest points total to advance since 2014. Two TOL editors, AryKun and Fritzmann2002, advanced to the third round.
The March edition of our monthly rolling contest was won by simongraham, who amassed 118 points from 21 articles on various species of jumping spider; in second place was Quetzal1964 with 109 points from 53 articles on marine ray-finned fish.
Quetzal1964 and simongraham were also the top two in the April edition, although Quetzal was ahead this time, with 68 points to simongraham's 48. In the annual leaderboard, Quetzal and simongraham are in first and second place respectively, with 291 and 246 points; in third place is Snotoleks, with 76 points.
... that the cherry blossom was used symbolically in Japanese World War II propaganda, with falling petals representing "young soldiers' sacrifice for the emperor"? (8 March)
... that the Kīlauea lava cricket disappears from a lava field as soon as any plants start to grow there? (13 March)
... that Julian Assange's lawyer argued that the rules set by the Ecuadorian embassy requiring Assange to take care of his pet cat Michi were "denigrating"? (13 March)
... that mule deer sometimes prefer the flavor of one Rocky Mountain juniper tree, like "ice cream", over another? (21 March)
... that the skeleton panda sea squirt was known on the Internet for its skeleton-like appearance years before its formal description? (26 March)
... that only one fruit but several thousand seeds were known when Allenbya collinsonae was named? (26 March)
... that while named for alliums, the fossil Paleoallium(pictured) was not necessarily directly related to any allium species? (27 March)
... that the extinct genus Mixtotherium, meaning 'mixed beast', has traits of both extinct primates and hyraxes? (28 March)
... that the fossil fern Dickwhitea was described from a single block of chert? (28 March)
... that only six years after its 2016 discovery, the Meratus blue flycatcher(pictured) was found being sold in Indonesian songbird markets? (30 March)
... that the spirit liverwort is called such because of its proximity to the Māori afterlife? (31 March)
... that cultures of the fungus Lentinus brumalis have been flown on three different satellites? (31 March)
... that the English herbalist Nicholas Culpeper claimed that eating alkanet leaves would make a person's spit deadly to serpents? (31 March)
Eufriesea purpurata
Korowai gecko
Paleoallium billgenseli fossil
Male Meratus blue flycatcher
April DYKs
... that despite its name meaning 'unscented', Hypericum × inodorum can smell strongly of goat? (1 April)
... that color-changing cats(artist's impression pictured) could help us communicate with the future? (2 April)
... that the white-tailed jay(example pictured) found in Ecuador and Peru was once thought to have been brought to Mexico by pre-Columbian trade? (5 April)
porting an article from a refereed academic journal to Wikipedia?
I'm the author of two articles in a refereed academic journal, for which I own the copyright and can release it under CC BY-SA.[1]
Can I port them verbatim to Wikipedia? (or update them as I'm porting them)?
FYI, they both began as articles in Wikiversity. The "Externalities" article was extensively revised before submitting for publication; the "Copyrights" article is nearly identical to the Wikiversity original. ;-) DavidMCEddy (talk) 13:22, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Catalytic triad has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 17:03, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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