User talk:Rlendog/Archive 6
DYK for Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You
— Rlevse • Talk • 06:03, 26 July 2010 (UTC) DYK for Caquetá Titi
— Rlevse • Talk • 06:04, 27 July 2010 (UTC) DYK for Don't Forget to Dance
— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 28 July 2010 (UTC) DYK for Brock Pemberton (baseball)
The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 29 July 2010 (UTC) Regarding- List of Cleveland Indians managersI believe your concerns have been addressed. Your response would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.--LAAFan 16:21, 30 July 2010 (UTC) VPC
— raekyT 23:37, 1 August 2010 (UTC) Newsletter
Hi Rlendog, and thanks for your review of the above FLC. When you get the chance, can you cap or strike your resolved concerns at the above FLC, and if posssible, state whether you support, oppose or are neutral toward the list's promotion to FL status? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 14:02, 3 August 2010 (UTC) DYK reviewThanks for the quick DYK review! I hope you don't mind, but I added a new alt, based on a quote that I came across in reading an article from The Times. Feel free to tweak the wording as needed, and please note that the article's title may change soon. – VisionHolder « talk » 01:35, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for creating the species articlesThank you very much for creating the species and subspecies articles for the red links in the new list I started! It's good to see you creating such high-quality content for WP:PRIMATES again! – VisionHolder « talk » 06:06, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Nebraska (song)
— Rlevse • Talk • 12:03, 8 August 2010 (UTC) Bruce songsGood job on the recent Bruce songs adds/expands. FYI in addition to adding a fair amount to Waitin' on a Sunny Day, I've also suggested an expanded hook for it at DYK. Wasted Time R (talk) 16:21, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Lonesome Day
The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 17 August 2010 (UTC) DYK for Western Purple-faced Langur
The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 18 August 2010 (UTC) DYK for Niger Delta Red Colobus
The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 18 August 2010 (UTC) DYK for Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Calmer Waters 18:03, 26 August 2010 (UTC) DYK for Youngstown (song)
The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 27 August 2010 (UTC) DYK for The New Timer
The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 27 August 2010 (UTC) DYK for Microhyla nepenthicola
— Rlevse • Talk • 12:03, 3 September 2010 (UTC) Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBotSuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun! SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better -- thanks for helping. If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please tell me on SuggestBot's talk page. Thanks from Nettrom (talk), SuggestBot's caretaker. P.S. You received these suggestions because your name was listed on the SuggestBot request page. If this was in error, sorry about the confusion. -- SuggestBot (talk) 21:23, 10 September 2010 (UTC) Dylan articlesHi Rlendog! Well done for putting in all that hard work into "Lay Down Your Weary Tune". It's really cool that this song has got its own article now...it's long been a favourite Dylan composition of mine and The Byrds' rendition is one of their best covers IMO. I've added a little bit more info on The Byrds' version, although because it's only an album track, there's not been that much written about it. I've also gone through and made some minor changes to hopefully improve the article a little. The biggest thing I did was move The Byrds' paragraph to a dedicated "Cover versions" section because I felt that mentioning The Byrds right in the middle of the article broke up the flow of the Dylan-related stuff a bit too much. Of course, if you disagree, feel free to move the Byrds' paragraph back to where it was. Anyway, I've mostly done my stuff with this article, so feel free to nominate it for a DYK. I'll take a look at the "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" article a bit later on today and see if I can improve it in any way. I'll also add an audio sample as you requested, so no worries there. Keep up the good work and I also look forward to working with you on in the future on Wikipedia's many Dylan articles. --Kohoutek1138 (talk) 12:09, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
RfC on Featured List Criteria section 3bHello. There is currently an RfC in progress at Wikipedia talk:Featured list criteria#RfC - 3.b review in progress regarding Criteria 3b of the featured list criteria and whether it should be modified or eliminated. As you participated in a previous discussion regarding Criteria 3b when it was first introduced, this discussion may be of interest to you. –Grondemar 16:23, 16 September 2010 (UTC) Hi. As you recently commented in the straw poll regarding the ongoing usage and trial of Pending changes, this is to notify you that there is an interim straw poll with regard to keeping the tool switched on or switching it off while improvements are worked on and due for release on November 9, 2010. This new poll is only in regard to this issue and sets no precedent for any future usage. Your input on this issue is greatly appreciated. Off2riorob (talk) 23:46, 20 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Rondon's Marmoset
— Rlevse • Talk • 00:03, 21 September 2010 (UTC) Nomination of List of Chicago White Sox Opening Day starting pitchers for deletionA discussion has begun about whether the article List of Chicago White Sox Opening Day starting pitchers, which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Chicago White Sox Opening Day starting pitchers until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion. You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Nergaal (talk) 03:33, 21 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Lay Down Your Weary Tune
— Rlevse • Talk • 06:03, 22 September 2010 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Love Minus Zero/No LimitThe article Love Minus Zero/No Limit you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Love Minus Zero/No Limit for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:31, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
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List of Chicago White Sox Opening Day starting pitchersOn behalf of WP:CHICAGO, I would like to thank you for your fine work. Feel free to post this on your user page.
--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:38, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
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I've just had a little go at fine tuning the "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" article but I think that there's some problems with the first paragraph of the "Lyrics and music" section that need addressing. I feel as if this paragraph assumes too much prior knowledge on the part of the reader and needs to be more explicit in articulating the information it's trying to put across. I've had a little tinker with it myself but mostly to improve the tone. I didn't want to do too much because this is kind of your baby. I just think that someone who isn't a particularly big Dylan fan might find this paragraph confusing...hell, I am a big Dylan fan and even I found the bit about the musicians confusing! Were Sam Lay and Frank Owens on earlier takes of the song before being replaced, or were they just the usual drummer and pianist for the Highway 61 album sessions and were replaced only for the "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" takes? I (as a reader) would also like to know why they were replaced - did Dylan have issues with their playing? Also, did Sam Lay and Frank Owens switch to other instruments instead or were they totally absent from takes of the song? I hope you won't mind me bringing this to your attention Rlendog. I only noticed it because I'm coming to the article with a fresh pair of eyes, and hopefully my pointing out things like this will make for a stronger article. I'll hold off doing any further editing until you've had a chance to clarify this paragraph a little. --Kohoutek1138 (talk) 19:36, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
List of Costa Rican monkey speciesJust saw you got the Geoffroy's Tamarin to GA status (congrats!), I've just changed its section order to bring it in line with Wikipedia:WikiProject Primates/Article format. Might be worth trying to get List of Costa Rican monkey species promoted to good topic again, I've changed their section order as well for consistency. Cheers, Jack (talk) 21:22, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
Slow loris collaborationHey Rlendog, so you are doing "diet" and "Social Systems"? I'm doing "cultural references", but I'd also be interested in doing "Predator avoidance". Are you doing that, or is it free? The Arbiter★★★ 23:58, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/I Don't Want You to Go (Lani Hall song) (2nd nomination)The article just says "X recorded the song on album Y" six times. Tell me how that's "reasonably detailed". Also, tell me how any article can get away with blatantly ignoring WP:GNG. Oh wait, THEY FREAKING CAN'T. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 04:21, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
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DYK for Gates of Eden (song)
Materialscientist (talk) 14:05, 30 December 2010 (UTC) DYK for List of managers of defunct Major League Baseball teams
The penultimate day of the year. Thank you from the DYK project Victuallers (talk) 20:05, 30 December 2010 (UTC) Just Like Tom Thumb's BluesHi Rlendog, just to let you know that I've reviewed "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" for GA and placed on hold. My (minor) concerns can be found on the GA review page Cavie78 (talk) 14:26, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Main page appearanceHello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on January 8, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 8, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director, Raul654 (talk · contribs). If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch™ and © 20:19, 3 January 2011 (UTC) "Like a Rolling Stone" is a 1965 song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Its confrontational lyrics originate in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted from a grueling tour of England. During a difficult two days pre-production, Dylan struggled to find the essence of the song, which was demoed without success as a waltz. A breakthrough was made when it was tried in a rock music format, and rookie session musician Al Kooper improvised the organ riff for which the track is known. However, Columbia Records was unhappy with both the song's length at over six minutes and its heavy electric sound, and were hesitant to release it. It was only when a month later a copy was leaked to a new popular music club and heard by influential DJs that the song was put out as a single. Although radio stations were reluctant to play such a long track, "Like a Rolling Stone" reached number two in the US charts and became a worldwide hit. The track has been described as revolutionary in its combination of different musical elements, the youthful, cynical sound of Dylan's voice, and the directness of the question in the chorus: "How does it feel?". "Like a Rolling Stone" transformed Dylan's career and is today considered one of the most influential compositions in post-war popular music and has since its release been both a music industry and popular culture milestone which elevated Dylan's image to iconic. The song has been covered by numerous artists, including Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Wailers and Green Day. (more...) Your opinion on a DYKSince you do a lot of DYK stuff, or have traditionally, I was wondering if you could help me out. The DYK candidate (Griftopia) I chose to review upon the submission of my article has had some NPOV issues, and though it has been dramatically improved, I still have my doubts. The "Content" section is clearly stated from the point of view of the book's author, but looking at stand-alone sentences, sentences look to be unreferenced and non-neutral. Would you mind giving you $0.02? – VisionHolder « talk » 21:54, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Drifter's Escape
Thanks from me and the wiki users Victuallers (talk) 15:33, 4 January 2011 (UTC) Placenames pollYou broke it. :-) Can you check and see if we fixed it correctly? --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:43, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
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Many thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:54, 5 January 2011 (UTC) Hello, I created the page List of songs by Taylor Swift without aware/known that the page List of Taylor Swift songs previously nominated for deletion. The page created by mine has new layout and I really hope that it will be kept, as I will make further improvement to it. Have your say here, thank you. I will notice other users joined above AfD, too. Silvergoat (talk∙contrib) 08:39, 8 January 2011 (UTC) PlatypusHey, your opinion is requested at the talk page of the platypus article, to finally put this stupid capitalisation debate to rest. Cheers! Aaadddaaammm (talk) 11:14, 30 January 2011 (UTC) Added template for SuggestBotHi, Thanks for being one of SuggestBot's users! I hope you have found the bot's suggestions useful. We are in the process of switching from our previous list-based signup process to using templates and userboxes, and I have therefore added the appropriate template to your user talk page. You should receive the first set of suggestions within a day, and since we'll be automating SuggestBot you will from then on continue to receive them regularly at the desired frequency. We now also have a userbox that you can use to let others know you're using SuggestBot, and if you don't want to clutter your user talk page the bot can post to a sub-page in your userspace. More information about the userbox and usage of the template is available on User:SuggestBot/Getting Recommendations Regularly. If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me on my user talk page. Thanks again, Nettrom (talk) 17:27, 6 February 2011 (UTC) Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBotSuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun! SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better -- thanks for helping. If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please tell me on SuggestBot's talk page. Thanks from Nettrom (talk), SuggestBot's caretaker. P.S. You received these suggestions because your name was listed on the SuggestBot request page. If this was in error, sorry about the confusion. -- SuggestBot (talk) 12:47, 7 February 2011 (UTC) DYK nomination of Holtsmark distributionHello! Your submission of Holtsmark distribution at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! EdChem 14:22, 8 February 2011 (UTC) H61RHi Riendog. How's life? Mick gold and I want to nominate Highway 61 Revisited for GA. You were involved in the collaboration so would you like to be a co-nominator? Let me know if you don't. There's a brief discussion about it on the article's Talk page if you want to check it out. BTW, while I have your attention, there is also a matter I have brought up on the LARS talk page about a non-free photo that someone has added that maybe should be deleted. If you have time please check that discussion, too, Thanks! Moisejp (talk) 15:13, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
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DYK for Holtsmark distribution
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Your GA nomination of Highway 61 RevisitedThe article Highway 61 Revisited you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Highway 61 Revisited for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:52, 17 February 2011 (UTC) DYK for Geometric stable distribution
NW (Talk) 10:04, 2 March 2011 (UTC) Hi Rlendog. Because you participated in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of YouTube celebrities (4th nomination), your input is sought at Talk:List of YouTube personalities#RfC: The criteria for inclusion on List of YouTube personalities. There are disputes over who should be and who shouldn't be included in the list. Cunard (talk) 23:11, 6 March 2011 (UTC) Your inputI don't know if you've seen it, but we would value your feedback about the "title case" vs. "sentence case" debate at WP:PRIMATES. Regardless of which way you lean, it's important that you hear the opinion of all major contributors to the project. Hope you're doing well. – VisionHolder « talk » 02:02, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
DYK for To Be Alone with You
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Just dropping by to see if you have had a chance to check out my suggested revisions to the second half of the MetLife article. If you haven't or don't have the time, do you happen to know anyone else that might be interested in the article? Thanks again.--Hamilton83 (talk) 20:53, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Slow loris GAN -- diet questionsSince you wrote the "Diet" subsection (right?), I was wondering if you could help with the Slow loris GAN. There are some questions there that I can't answer because I don't have access to the sources, particularly "The Pictorial Guide to Living Primates." Do you mind taking a look? – VisionHolder « talk » 00:06, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Blonde on Blonde songsHi, Rlendog! Thanks for volunteering to pitch in. The songs are up for grabs, and we'll only know what nobody wants until there's only a few left. So just pick one that either fits the sources you have or appeals to you in some way. Personally, I randomly picked "One of Us Must Know" to avoid the la creme la creme, and it turned out its story is rich in detail (which I'll save for expanding its main article). Hope you have as much fun. Allreet (talk) 00:50, 2 April 2011 (UTC) Template:Hylobatidae navHello. I see you've been doing all that work on sentence case for primates. I'm willing to do the work on {{Hylobatidae nav}} and others as I find them. Before I do so, do you consider the first word of each species in the box should be displayed in upper or lower case? Regards, --Stfg (talk) 19:58, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
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Tibetan macaqueHi, just wanted to let you know that there's a thread at WP:ANI#Technical problem: looping redirect about your move of Thibetan macaque to Tibetan macaque. Each of those links is now a redirect to the other, and the content of the article appears to be lost. --NellieBly (talk) 21:00, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
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The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 25 April 2011 (UTC) Gate of Eden changesHi, Rlendog! In checking a recent revision to "Gates of Eden" from my watchlist, I fixed the construction of the lead sentence. That led to more work on the first para. I expected the same from the rest of the article, then found the writing and sourcing throughout were outstanding. I later checked the edit history and learned you were the culprit. Superb work! Back to the editing, I added section headers and along the way made some minor changes/additions, checking to make sure I stayed true to the sources. Unfortunately, the specific changes were lost in the edit history because of what happens in adding headers and breaking paras. If there's anything you notice that you feel was better written or more accurate originally—or if you'd prefer other headers—please change as needed. Also, I think the lede could use a little more, among other possibilities, a mention of the song's length relative to others on the album or for that matter, any song up until that time. Thanks. Allreet (talk) 03:44, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Ryan Bourque
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 30 April 2011 (UTC) Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBotSuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun! SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly, your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping! If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. Regards from Nettrom (talk), SuggestBot's caretaker. -- SuggestBot (talk) 09:39, 2 May 2011 (UTC) QueryHi Rlendog. Your comment at the MoS RfC was "If a preponderance of reliable sources use a hyphen, then it is appropriate to use a hyphen in the Wikipedia article". I'm wondering why you put it in Oppose, when the proposal is to formalise an orderly procedure for doing just this. Did I misunderstand your comment? Tony (talk) 11:29, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Run Wild: ZombiesArticle Run Wild: Zombies has been recreated can you salt please? Thanks TeapotgeorgeTalk 19:54, 11 May 2011 (UTC) There's an ongoing discussion related to the notability of players from the Mexican League going on at Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports), as an outgrowth of the discussion at the linked AFD. As such, your input would be welcome. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 20:55, 12 May 2011 (UTC) Close of Lake Wind Advisory deletion discussionHi Rlendog, this is just to let you know that you had forgotten to put a close tag on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2011 May 7#Lake Wind Advisory. I have taken care of it. Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:38, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBotSuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun! SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly, your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping! If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. Regards from Nettrom (talk), SuggestBot's caretaker. -- SuggestBot (talk) 16:14, 31 May 2011 (UTC) Consensus on dashesHi, this is to let everyone who has expressed an interest in the topic that the discussion to arrive at a consensus has been opened at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/dash drafting, with discussion taking place at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/dash_drafting/discussion. Apologies if you have already commented there, or have seen the discussion and chosen not to comment. Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:54, 6 June 2011 (UTC) this deletion is in FLAGRANT violation of consensus, which does not work on the whims of admin decisions but consensus. (2 deleters also retracted) Please restore page till there is consensus for the move.(Lihaas (talk) 21:46, 8 June 2011 (UTC)).
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Materialscientist (talk) 00:05, 3 July 2011 (UTC) Main page appearance (2)Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on July 6, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 6, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article directors Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch.™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 04:07, 3 July 2011 (UTC) Primates are a mammalian order which includes modern humans. Most non-human primates live in tropical or subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Primates range in size from the Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, which weighs only 30 grams (1.1 oz) to the mountain gorilla weighing 200 kilograms (440 lb). According to fossil evidence, the primitive ancestors of primates may have existed in the late Cretaceous period around 65 million years ago, and the oldest known primate is the Late Paleocene Plesiadapis, c. 55–58 million years ago. Primates are characterized by their large brains, and increased reliance on stereoscopic vision at the expense of smell. These features are most marked in monkeys and apes, and noticeably less so in lorises and lemurs. Three-color vision has developed in some primates. Most also have opposable thumbs and some have prehensile tails. (more...) DYK for Rick St. Croix
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Calmer Waters 16:05, 3 July 2011 (UTC) whale oil, sperm oilThere is quite a confused definition or 2 about what constitutes whale oil vs. sperm oil. My understanding is that (1) sperm oil is from the head, but maybe it is from the blubber. There is also the common (2) whale oil... which should be able to originate from other whales. Why would sperm oil be synonymous with whale oil is beyond me. And then there seems to be another thing called (3) spermacetti oil. I know that (3) can only come from one place... the head cavity of the sperm whale. Anyway, please compare what is written at whale oil with sperm whale and check history and see that there seems to be a bit of a lack of correct or consistent nomenclature. I tried a fixup, but undoubtedly it needs some help. Thanks, I like to saw logs! (talk) 02:45, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
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