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Hi Riley. Are you finished with the great spotted woodpecker FAC? I intend to review your swallow, but I don't want to start unless I'm sure you are done with the woodpecker Jimfbleak - talk to me?07:28, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
I wouldn't get too concerned about that, splits often depend on what authority you use, eg the BOU splits the bean geese but not the whimbrels, IOC is the other way round. It's often difficult to get a definitive date, even when the sources are mainly in English, eg rock/water pipits. The AOU recognises the split and Whittingham supports it, I think that's enough. Jimfbleak - talk to me?07:03, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
@Jimfbleak: Ok, thanks! I also want to know were is it standard to put the average lifespan of a bird? I will put it in a separate paragraph in the parasites section for now, as I think it will make the most sense there. RileyBugzYell at me|Edits20:56, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
I normally put in average lifespan and maximum recorded age if they are available, but often one or both are unknown. Even for the very widespread and common great spotted woodpecker I couldn't find an average life expectancy, even on the BTO website which normally gives that info for British breeding birds Jimfbleak - talk to me?06:57, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
I have made some changes to the references of the article. Would you be able to take another look and perhaps remove the third-party references template if you now feel the page is good enough. D Eaketts (talk) 09:35, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
@D Eaketts: Yep! It seems that you have improved the references, so I will remove the tag. I will also do some copyediting, including removing the apostrophe in it's. Just a quick guide for the differences between "its" and "it's": it's is proper usage when contracting "it is." Other wise, use "its," no matter what. Anyways, nice job! RileyBugzYell at me|Edits14:50, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
Autopatrol
Hi RileyBugz, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Fabrictramp | talk to me21:38, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
TFAR
Hi Riley, if I were you I'd remove mention of the bat at TFAR. I scheduled a mammal and a bird in February, and I'm not sure that a flying mammal will make a difference to this month's scheduler. If it does, he can make the connection himself, but it's not unusual to run one of each in the same month. Jimfbleak - talk to me?06:38, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
Congratulations! One of the co-ordinators will reduce the blurb to about 1100 characters, you don't need to do that, just check the text again for accuracy and grammar, although with a new FA, there shouldn't have been time for errors to creep in. It's different when they are six years old! Jimfbleak - talk to me?07:11, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
Okay then, I have nominated it - the main thing is to try and answer queries as promptly as possible and discuss if you feel a suggestion is not warranted. And keep polite at all times and all issues as valid until proven otherwise. It can be gruelling - as an example...take a look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Redback spider/archive1 for one which nearly went pear-shaped. Long reviews often discourage reviewers I suspect. I feel this one 'clicked' quite well at the end - normally I go to WP:GAN as there are some good thorough reviewers there but looked at this one and reckoned it's come together well enough to go for gold now.. Cas Liber (talk·contribs) 23:53, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
A recent RfC has redefined how articles on schools are evaluated at AfD. Specifically, secondary schools are not presumed to be notable simply because they exist.
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I didn't understand the context, but that makes sense. Those are the exact words from a bio, but I can find more neutral language. Thanks! Robotfot (talk) 02:52, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
@Robotfot: Welcome! Thanks for contributing! Also, just to make sure, you do know our policy on copyright, right (no pun intended)? Basically, don't copy things. That's pretty much the gist of it, you can change up the language pretty easily so you don't violate copyright. RileyBugzYell at me|Edits03:05, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
Edits?
You reverted my changes to the metaphor page, I'd like to know why. ALL my changes were backed up with sources and had more correct information then was already on the page. You also said my changes were "vandalism" and "disruptive"? Isn't the point of wikipedia to have people edit the pages with sources and correct information? 107.77.205.185 (talk) 01:40, 19 March 2017 (UTC) KodiakJCH (talk) 01:46, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
@107.77.205.185 and KodiakJCH: Oh, sorry about that! I didn't realize that they were sourced, you can remove the warning from your talk page (you should probably reference my talk page in the edit summary) and re add the content. Its just that the metaphor article has some occasional vandalism, so I am more prone to revert people there. Again, sorry! RileyBugzYell at me|Edits01:48, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
Naw, let's do the collaborating on the talk page. Aso, maybe put the articles to include on the talk page of the article? Also, Sunday evening here so I'll start tmrw. Sabine's Sunbirdtalk06:53, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
Breaking a taxobox
Hi, I'm not quite sure what you thought you were doing with this edit, but you broke the taxobox, as you would have seen if you had reviewed the result. The taxobox uses {{Speciesbox}} and is completely correct as it was (and now is again). Peter coxhead (talk) 09:32, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
Taxoboxes are complicated things, and can be set up in many ways (manual, several kinds of automated), so it's actually quite easy to break them. The key thing is to review your edits. (Not that I always remember to do so!) Peter coxhead (talk) 16:39, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
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Jane Norling edits
Hi @RileyBugz! I'm still editing the Jane Norling article but see you've been working on it as well.
I wanted to make it clear that the correct punctuation is "Peoples Press", not "People's Press". See http://www.docspopuli.org/articles/Cuba/BACshow.html
I'm going to keep editing; I'll working on incorporating the work you've just done, but will be continuing to edit over the course of the next few hours. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reginald dwight (talk • contribs) 18:49, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
Can I ask you to reverse your change? I'm going to cut-paste content from my user page into the page as a single edit of mine, its simpler for attribution purposes (keeping a record of the edits). Once I've made the moves you can edit away. Sabine's Sunbirdtalk21:29, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
Thanks. As a general rule I'd advise against editing people's user pages without asking, unless you're reverting vandalism obviously, or they are violating wikipedia policy in a dangerous way. I do appreciate the help though, and I will certainly ask you to take a look once I'm done. Cheers. Sabine's Sunbirdtalk21:42, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
Please do not accuse me of vandalism. My attempts to revert the removal of information from the Toucan wiki page are not vandalism. An overzealous user had removed information from the page during some kind of mass re-write / editing spree. I was simply reinstating something that appears to have been present on the page for some months, and therefore unlikely to be someones silly vandalism attempt. I understand that the info was unsourced, but as a local colloquialism, it may be hard to come across one.
This is an archive of past discussions with User:RileyBugz. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
