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Oxy Revisions

I was wondering if you could take a look at the Occidental article. I have been the victim of an edit war by some folks who seem to have conflicts of interests. Cowboy128 (talk) 03:44, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for joining the Offline project!

Happy to be helped!

Thanks for pitching in at Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools! You are going to make a lot of children very happy :) We appreciate your help in the Biology topic list, perhaps you'd consider adding your name to the Biology team. I request that you may kindly vet the Tree of Life lists and help develop a good set of species articles across the board with your wide xexperience! AshLin (talk) 19:27, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Asian Koel

The picture that was added to Asian Koel is a black female. This is probably an Indian Koel, which also redirects to Asian Koel. I think it needs to be added back to the page. VasuVR (talk, contribs) 02:54, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

What exactly is a black female ? the males are all black, the females are as shown on the taxobox, the darkness in that photo is just an artefact. There really is already a very large collection of photographs in commons:category:Eudynamys scolopaceus and the ones that add encylopaedic value are in use. Shyamal (talk) 03:27, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Female is colourful in this species. I feel that the belly being predominantly white, while the back is predominantly brown (as in Taxobox) or black (as in the photos I had added) is something that can be presented. Moreover, I have a query on whether the one with brown & white spots in the taxobox is different from the black with white spots as in my photos. It will be great if you can elaborate on that. VasuVR (talk, contribs) 13:42, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

There is always a certain amount of variation in all characters just as every human shows individual variation. Very young female koels are all black, and you can guess that it helps when it is raised by a crow. As they moult and grow new feathers in stages, they get the final adult female plumage with dark brown and white barring on the flight feathers. The contour feathers go through their stages of change as well. Shyamal (talk) 13:52, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the detail explanations and quick responses. VasuVR (talk, contribs) 12:39, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Psittacula calthorpe

Hi Shyamal,

I did send Dr. Prys-Jones a note about this orthographical rendering. I got an auto-generated response stating that the Bird Group at Tring will be out for the holidays until Jan. 3. Will let you know if he responds in merit thereafter.Steve Pryor (talk) 10:13, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Shyamal!

	New Year Greetings for 2012!
	Wishing you a very Happy New Year! AshLin (talk) 13:24, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Wishing you a very happy new year too. Shyamal (talk) 14:15, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Happy New Year

And to you too.Have you see these photos by Didier Descoutier [1]? Birds etc. too.Warmest regards Robert Notafly (talk) 12:27, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Incredible, and here I am struggling to master my camera with the subjects ready to fly away :) Shyamal (talk) 13:07, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

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Course assistance

Greetings. I’m still somewhat confused about what goes where, so please excuse me if I don’t initially follow the right protocol. I’m writing to ask if you’d be a mentor for my course (the first in Arizona according to Tom Cloyd). My course concerns children’s language development; it has 110 students and a teaching team of 11 (I’m the professor). If you agree to help me out, it’s important for you to know that from my perspective Wikipedia’s education arm has gone silent, so I have no official CAs. Two of my undergraduate preceptors, one of my graduate TAs, and I are doing our own training with online materials. Classes start tomorrow, so I’m reducing this to a pilot (probably wise for other reasons too). I’m still impressively ignorant (e.g., not sure how to point you to my course page). – Cecile McKee or Cecilemckee (talk) 19:33, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Replied on your page. Shyamal (talk) 05:03, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi Shyamal, would you be interested in helping another group of my students?? I am prodding them to be active much earlier in the semester and have a better idea of what articles might work for them. Thanks so much!! Waterbug42 (talk) 21:00, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Replied on your page. Shyamal (talk) 05:03, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Fascinating flies

I'm not good on Nematocera but on wing venation it looks like Tipulidae [2] and Limoniidae (inae) rest with their wings over their backs This behaviour (and the snow white legs) is not certainly understood But see here [3] Fascinating and worth a note on the Tipulidae page. I'll do some research.Warm regards Robert Notafly (talk) 09:41, 13 January 2012 (UTC) Check Diptera info from time to time.Sometimes the response is late.Notafly (talk) 09:23, 13 January 2012 (UTC) Hmmm Link not working to well Here is what it says Midges in Spiders Web From Tony Irwin: 'Hanging from spiders webs is known in a number of families of nematocerous flies. In Britain, I have found Culicidae, Limoniidae, Tipulidae and Mycetophilidae all utilising spiders' webs for resting, particularly in caves and cellars. It is possible that it is safer to overwinter suspended from a spider's web, rather than resting on the wall of the cave. Spiders have a "lower threshold" prey size, anything below which they ignore. I suspect that Aphidoletes is under that threshold for many spiders, so they are relatively safe from the spiders, and certainly safe from most other insect predators. Looking at the photographs, it appears that Aphidoletes has strikingly pale tarsi. This is a feature shared with Dolichopeza albipes, a European tipulid that lurks in shady places (where its larvae feed on liverworts). The pale tarsi may be associated with the habit of hanging on spiders' webs, providing a distraction for larger predators such as wrens which often feed from webs.' Go to Diptera.info > Articles> Midges in Spiders Web for the pics. I'll write to Tony (a former colleague)and suggest adding your pic to the article

Thanks Robert, I will observe them more carefully next time. Shyamal (talk) 11:44, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

You deserve a barnstar, and you just got one!

		Outreach Barnstar
		Awarded to you for your selfless work in digitising images & bringing them into the public domain. AshLin (talk) 08:32, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

You are raining barnstars :) Shyamal (talk) 02:34, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Kashmir Fly

Is there a way of obtaining Plate VI (Deuterophlebia) from [4] for commons? Edwards died in 1940 so no copyright problems and it is a very interesting insect indeed- in a family of it's very own Notafly (talk) 21:03, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Many thanks.That's the New Year off to a good start.Robert aka Notafly (talk) 08:22, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

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Interview?

My apologies for the non-personalized note; I've got several people to contact here. We're looking for administrators who would be willing to be interviewed by students as a part of Wikipedia's WP:United States Education Program. Dr. Jonathan Obar is teaching the course, and it's a study in how Wikipedia is governed and how administrators are selected. If you're not interested, you may either ignore this invitation or remove your name from the list of admins we've contacted. Thanks, Bob the WikipediaN ^(talk • contribs) 20:03, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

I am off good internet until 10 Feb 2012, so not sure if I can be available for this. Shyamal (talk) 11:49, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Okay, enjoy your WikiBreak! Bob the WikipediaN ^(talk • contribs) 18:50, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

FYI: Used your media file

This is a courtesy note. One of your media files is featured in a new commercial eBook in Apple’s iBooks store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/dr.-kemps-kids-love-bugs/id497852225?mt=11

I’ve contributed images to Wikipedia for over seven years now (including several POTD and Featured Images) and I designed the WikiSpecies logo. I respect your work here and the CC-BY-SA license we all labor under.

I know commercializing Wikipedia work is tricky and so I’ve taken great pains to follow your CC-BY-SA license requirements. I also plan to donate 10% of my proceeds to the Wikimedia Foundation directly. This is the very first self-published e-book created with Apple’s new tools and sold in the store.

I’ve given your file a credit line in the “Image and Video Credits” section starting at page 24 as required here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License

This compilation features many of the finest Wikipedia media files in their exact form and not as derivative works. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verbatim_copying_under_the_GFDL#Making_verbatim_copies_of_images

If I did alter your work -- such as cutting out an insect part or adding a video sound track -- I shared a Share Alike version of the new media in a DRM-free format and listed the web address in the credits section.

Thank you very much for uploading your work to Wikipedia and releasing it for the world to use in enriching educational formats.

-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeremykemp

Moved to main talk page... Shyamal (talk) 14:10, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Bambusa vulgaris

I took the article on Bambusa vulgaris to a peer review here. Would you take a look and advice on improvement? Aditya^(talk • contribs) 04:51, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Which part(s) of the statement need(s) clarification? Should I create an article on tabachir to clear it up (because, I believe, expanding much on that would be digressing from subject of the article)? Aditya^(talk • contribs) 15:14, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

The article on Tabasheer has no mention of European alchemists using it. If they were using it against poisoning, what poisons ? snakes, chemicals ? Shyamal (talk) 08:08, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

William and George de Alwis

Greetings Shyamal Whilst by Knight the larva and pupa illustrated here [ [5] and elsewhere in Moore (Ceylon, and Indica where the species is found in Ceylon) are very likely to be based on watercolours by the de Alwis brothers.I have uploaded the 71 Lepidoptera of Ceylon plates [6] but it may take some time before they all show. I have a sneaky feeling that the watercolours I attributed to [Robert Templeton]] may also be de Alwis. We live and learn! Warm regards Robert Notafly (talk) 11:21, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Shyamal, (your name was posted HERE by another admin).

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at [e-mail] (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at [e-mail]. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 18:00, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Edward Donovan's " Epitome of the natural history of the insects of India"

Good morning Shyamal and some good News Martenn Sepp has kindly offered to upload and annotate "An epitome of the natural history of the insects of India".He is currently doing Cramer and very expertly too.But this one will be close to your heart. Warmest regards Robert Notafly (talk) 11:35, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Very nice to hear about this Robert. Will be back from the field to good Internet soon, have a number of interesting arthropod photos to add. Shyamal (talk) 13:21, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Oldtimers

Thought you would like this [7] Not annotated yet but I'll fix that later.atb Robert Notafly (talk) 12:41, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Nice to see the elusive Talbot ! Shyamal (talk) 12:42, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Do you know anything about the lepidopterist Lieutenant-Colonel C. G. Nurse, Indian Army, late Royal Irish Fusiliers who was also associated with the Joicey museum?

• 89th Foot, Gentleman Cadet from Royal Military College to be Second Lieutenant vice W F Cahusac, promoted 22 January 1881
• Bombay Staff Corps to be Lieutenants. Lt. C G Nurse, from the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Dated 10th March 1885, but to rank from 1st July 1881
• Lieutenant Charles George Nurse - Princess Victoria's Royal Irish Fusiliers, The undermentioned officers have been seconded for service with the Indian Staff Corps. 27 Dec 1884
• Lieutenant to Captain 1892
• 113 Infantry 1907
• Lt. Colonel - retired pay 12 May 1915

- Collected hymenoptera, diptera (describes Bomybylidae here and mentions that he resides near the NHM London) and snakes from across Asia. Published notes in the JBNHS, was in the managing committee of the Bombay Natural History Society and was a FES as well. Will look out for anything else that can be found. Shyamal (talk) 03:32, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Mail

Here it is Talk to you soon.Robert Notafly (talk) 08:26, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Thanks 4 ur White Stork article, it saved my life during exams!!! GeekyDiva44 (talk) 18:24, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Rather odd for an editor with two edits and a barnstar on one ! Thanks anyway and have fun with your studies. Shyamal (talk) 06:30, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Nurse

Shyamal Here's a start [8] Robert Notafly (talk) 16:59, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

A New Email Message

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Hi Shyamal, I sent you a private message. Thank you for your kind patience and attention! Drakenwolf (talk) 17:22, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Shyamal,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at [e-mail] (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at [e-mail]. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 20:34, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

WP Amphibians and Reptiles in the Signpost

The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 23:10, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Silly answer

Shyamal - I can see your difficulty here. Without a specimen to key out we have only the habitus (general appearance) and small size. Cixiidae for me but I can't say why.It just looks like one but then Friedrich Nietzsche looked like a Schnauzer [9] but he was a Professor of Philology. Best I can say Robert Notafly (talk) 21:53, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

The moustache is definitely Schnauzer - so I am settling for Cixiidae as well. Shyamal (talk) 01:16, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

I had not heard of Nogodinidae before. Needs an article. Nietzsche might have liked "Nogodinid" (no-god-indeed) ! Shyamal (talk) 06:30, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

{{birdbox}}

Fixed! Looks like Thump broke it when he renamed that parameter: [10] Bob the WikipediaN ^(talk • contribs) 14:58, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, that was a fast diagnosis and fix! Shyamal (talk) 15:01, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Heh, at least that was an easy one! I was worried it would be something deeper than that! Bob the WikipediaN ^(talk • contribs) 20:50, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Rufous-bellied Eagle

I noticed you moved Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle to Rufous-bellied Eagle. The IOC still shows it listed as Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle. Any reason for the move?...Pvmoutside (talk) 21:52, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Oops, I thought they had moved it after the move out of Hieraaetus... or maybe I saw an intermediate version here. Now fixed, thanks. Shyamal (talk) 03:15, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

• ....:-)....Pvmoutside (talk) 04:28, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Bikram Grewal

MeegsC has asked me whether this guy should be AfD on the basis of lack of notability, written one book is all we know. What do you think Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:52, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

He has to his credit a couple of beginners pocket guides - mainly compilations of photographs by others and identification tips based on material already in the published literature. Unfortunately WP:NOTABILITY and Wikipedia:Notability_(people)'s key requirement of "reliable, third-party sources on the topic" is not met in this case. Shyamal (talk) 08:18, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Transitional Fossil peer-review

• Wikipedia:Peer_review/Transitional_fossil/archive1
• Transitional fossil

It is a very important subject, and I wish to take it to GA/FA status in the future. Your expert input would be highly valued.--Harizotoh9 (talk) 00:20, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I use one of your photos and one of your sound register

Hi Shyamal!

I have use a photo of Zizina otis and one sound register of Phylloscopus trochilus in my free software educational proyect "Animalandia" (http://herramientas.educa.madrid.org/animalandia)

You can see directy in the follow links and click over each thubnail:

http://herramientas.educa.madrid.org/animalandia/imagen.php?id=27687 http://herramientas.educa.madrid.org/animalandia/diapo-sonido.php?id=94

If you wish, you can send me some letters or/and a photo for your "contributor card" in Animalandia: http://herramientas.educa.madrid.org/animalandia/autor.php?nombre=L.%20Shyamal

This is my "contributor card", for example: http://herramientas.educa.madrid.org/animalandia/autor.php?nombre=Fernando%20Lis%F3n%20Mart%EDn

In the future, I use more of your resources, I sure!

Thank you for the licence and, of course, for your splendid work!! Regards! Fernando Lisón — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.34.72.55 (talk) 05:59, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

You are welcome. I am glad you are finding good use for my contributions :-) Shyamal (talk) 06:16, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Nogodinidae

Nietzsche also looks like a fox terrier [11] Nice find Robert Notafly (talk) 09:17, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Help

Shyamal There is a problem with the image here [12] (Anthribidae - Xenocerus deletus.JPG) but why? Robert aka Notafly (talk) 19:49, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Robert, it looks fine here. Maybe a browser problem. Shyamal (talk) 01:31, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Natural History of the Ducks

Hi Shyamal,

Wonderful to see Birds of Asia and Natural History of the Ducks are going up on the BHL, which I noticed in your uploads – I've been requesting these two titles for some time. For Phillips, you might want to know that all volumes are public domain here, because copyright wasn't renewed (use {{PD-US-not renewed}} for volumes after 1923). —innotata 22:27, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Oh that's great! I only uploaded a few of the Fuertes plates and not much of Brooks' work. I am indeed waiting for volumes 3 and 4. Shyamal (talk) 01:30, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Unwanted advert banner

Hi Shyamal,Somehow an add banner intruded on to this page Camissecla [13] It's not showing but the text has moved down as if the space is occupied. Note the phrase Ads not by this site. Fix how? Robert Hmm Maybe it is just my browser. Googles new "privacy" policy is giving me problems. Ads are nonstop.All the best RobertNotafly (talk) 22:06, 8 March 2012 (UTC) This has nothing to do with Wiki I'm glad to say.I will learn to love the ads in time- on TV they are often better than the programmes.RNotafly (talk) 08:43, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

I suspect you have some bad software that has affected your browser. Shyamal (talk) 09:26, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Shyamal I'm having a little trouble ><

I am having a problem with citations. I'm working on the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986 page and I can't seem to get my citations right. I've used the <ref><ref/> tags in the article but I just can't seem to get them right. The two reference links should look like this [1] http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/EMWET.HTML [2] http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/WETLOAN.HTML. Here is the link to the page, could you please help me fix this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Wetlands_Resources_Act Thank you so much for your time Shyamal (talk) 11:13, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Shyamal...so sorry to trouble you again!!!

Quick question, I have 3 photos from public domain images of different types of wetlands that I would like to you, my other question is how can I find a photo of Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana that I can use? I've been there but I don't have any photo's. I'd like to add one since the Act established the refuge and the bird diversity with in the refuge is awesome! Since you like birds if you ever get a chance to go it's pretty cool! You can e-mail me if you need to at [e-mail] this whole wiki thing is so new to me that I'd be lucky if I saw you posted something! LOL Shyamal (talk) 11:13, 9 March 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smorris80 (talk • contribs) 00:35, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

You could look on Flickr and see if there is anyone who has marked an image under a Creative Commons license (without the non-commercial use clause). Shyamal (talk) 11:13, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Your comment on my talk page

Hi Shyamal,

Yes, the emails you received are from one of my students. I will mention tomorrow in class that students should be using their university email, that is an excellent point. Please let me know if you have any further concerns, and thank you again for your time. Best, --Jaobar (talk) 05:52, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Shyamal (talk) 10:45, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

WP Lepidoptera in the Signpost

The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Lepidoptera for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 05:09, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

IUCN citations

Shyamal, the "version" in the IUCN template is the year (eg, 2011.1), while 3.1 or such is the version of the criteria for assessment. This is based on how the IUCN wants the list to be cited (eg, Bora, P., Glaw, F., Rabibisoa, N., Ratsoavina, F., Raxworthy, C.J. & Rakotondrazafy, N.A. 2011. Paroedura masobe. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 March 2012., my bold) So I've undone your edit to Eurasian Tree Sparrow. —innotata 15:46, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Ah ok, sorry, will remember that next time. Shyamal (talk) 15:56, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Sources about Angus Finlay Hutton

Hi Shyamal

I see that you have provided some link in the PINQ for Angus Finlay Hutton, are you sure that this can be consdered as a RS as it seems to be some word doc, do let me know i would like to help Prasad in the article as well. Thanks--sarvajna (talk) 09:45, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

It is his own profile, and is a published serial http://wbbcc.wordpress.com/wambaliman/ http://wbbcc.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/wambaliman-winter-2009-for-web1.pdf so has to be considered reliable enough. Also you can add other sources to support notability.

http://www.gernot-vogel.de/publications/David1998Hamadryad%2520-%2520Redescription%2520of%2520Trimeresurus%2520huttoni%3B%2520disc%2520of%2520relationships.pdf http://hsi.org.au/editor/assets/WLT_Newsletter_1.pdf - http://www.chemoset-adventures.com/chemosetname.html There must be more doubtless. Shyamal (talk) 09:52, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

SML

Thanks! I'll be sure and have a look at that when I get a moment. Bob the WikipediaN ^(talk • contribs) 14:21, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the illustraion

Thanks for adding the illustration to the article I began, Wallace's Dasyure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace%27s_Dasyure It is a pleasant improvement. Bruinfan12 (talk) 06:05, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks to Joseph Wolf! Nice to see that his work is still useful. Shyamal (talk) 06:29, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

resource request

Hi Shyamal,

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) 20:18, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Science lovers wanted!

Science lovers wanted!

Hi! I'm serving as the wikipedian-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution Archives until June! One of my goals as resident, is to work with Wikipedians and staff to improve content on Wikipedia about people who have collections held in the Archives - most of these are scientists who held roles within the Smithsonian and/or federal government. I thought you might like to participate since you are interested in the sciences! Sign up to participate here and dive into articles needing expansion and creation on our to-do list. Feel free to make a request for images or materials at the request page, and of course, if you share your successes at the outcomes page you will receive the SIA barnstar! Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to your participation! Sarah (talk) 18:27, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Biology of Diptera

Hello Shyamal I've used a couple of your pics here [14] Soon I'll add the dangling Tipulid. Anything else you can think of illustrating Fly behaviour? atb Robert Notafly (talk) 15:25, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Robert, will look over it in detail soon, hopefully. It does need more inline citations. Shyamal (talk) 04:07, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

SIA project!

Hey Shyamal! So happy that you came by the Smithsonian Institution Archives project and signed up to participate! We've got a great list of subjects that need to be improved upon or written about. I do hope you'll visit the to-do list and dive in - do let me know if you need anything. And of course, your contributions can earn you the official oh so fancy SIA barnstar :) Thanks again! So happy to have you on board! SarahStierch (talk) 23:53, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Madras Journal of Literature and Science

In case you miss my link at REX, take a look at this:

• The Madras journal of literature and science. 1849. pp. 402–. Retrieved 20 April 2012.

SmartSE (talk) 09:55, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

GAN

Hi! I just wanted to let you know that I finished posting the GAN review of Egyptian Vulture. I made a bunch of suggestions and can't wait to see the article get promoted! :) Keilana|^Parlez ici 00:03, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Nuptial gift (animal behavior)

I'll send private. — Preceding unsigned comment added by suteam1 (talk • contribs)

Have responded by email. Essentially, if you want to edit without disturbance use your sandbox otherwise you would need to learn to edit with others. That is part of the Wikipedia experience. Please ensure that your university is listed on Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects. Shyamal (talk) 02:56, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Finishing touches to Transitional fossil

Hello Shyamal, I am the GA reviewer for Transitional fossil. The review has been stuck for some weeks now, with the only outstanding actions being to supply a few missing citations. I notice you've done some work on the article. Would you be up to sorting out the gaps, or do you know other editors who could do the work? with best wishes Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:17, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I would have helped if I knew more. I happened to notice your post on Petter's page and did check out the situation and I only fixed some harvard referencing - the links were broken (visible with some Javascript that I have). Afraid I cannot help much on this. Shyamal (talk) 12:19, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

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resource request

Hi Shyamal,

I've uploaded the article you requested at the resource exchange. You can find a link to the article at that page.

Best, GabrielF (talk) 16:32, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot ! Shyamal (talk) 02:11, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Mermithid

Found this odd creature the other day (see the photo on the "Hebe" description for what came next [15] It's a small world How are you? Well I hope Robert aka Notafly (talk) 20:24, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Your request

I have send it to your by mail--Shrike (talk) 16:39, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

That was fast! Thanks a lot. Shyamal (talk) 16:50, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Philcha

Yes, I knew he was ill at times, but I didn't realise how seriously until the announcement, it's a great pity Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:23, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Need Opinion

Hi Shyamal, Need your opinion in a confusion here in a wiki article. I created a sub section Algae under Flora in Western Ghats and added a small note of number of species of diatoms and recent new species descriptions. For source I cited my recent papers. See what I have done [16]. But User:Abhishek191288 have removed it citing "Not a reliable source". I do not understand how a peer reviewed paper become un reliable source. I left a message in his talk page and no reply (its been more than a month). Before I put back the content I wrote, I want your opinion. Thanks--Karthickbala (talk) 08:04, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

This is the sentence I wrote:

content

Nearly 2000 species of freshwater diatoms are reported from Western Ghats region. Most of the diatom report come from Jog Falls, Sagar, Lonavla and outskrist of Mumbai by H. P. Gandhi. Recently many new species of diatoms are reported from streams of Central and Southern Western Ghats.[1] [2][3]

Karthick, I think the first line alone would be perfectly appropriate (the 2000 species) - I suppose a single source to support that would work. Also perhaps more on algal diversity, etc. The section is rather bare at the moment. Of course, there should be no doubt that about the reliability of peer-reviewed journals but check if you can cite a secondary source or review for the 2000 species estimate. Shyamal (talk) 14:25, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi Shyamal Thanks. I have not sourced for the number of species, as my paper on checklist of diatoms of Indian subcontinent is in review state and will get published in a month or two. My observations shows that Central and Southern Western Ghats are more diverse than Northern part for diatom diversity, as diatoms are related to the wet condition. This is also one reason why I donot write in English Wikipedia. Half of time we spend of arguing one's point and many people here just read the codes than reality. It is always better to contribute commons with picture and write in Tamil :) --Karthickbala (talk) 20:12, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

User:TopGun

Hello, Could you please look into the history of Partition of India ? I really don't understand. After this revert by him I added the text which was sourced. Then he left a note Talk:Partition_of_India#Decline_of_Hinduism. Then I have added an another reference which clearly says so. How could he revert when the fact is well sourced ? Can you please do the necessary ? I don't want an edit war. I have been observing these pakistani users keep doing this everywhere. Need your thoughts. Thank you -- ɑηsuмaη ^ʈ ᶏ ɭ Ϟ 16:00, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Instead of canvassing chosen multiple editors, try an RFC (before which you need to discuss on the talk page). --lTopGunl (talk) 16:40, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

This is not new... ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 16:07, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I admit I din't know about the WP:SYNTH. -- ɑηsuмaη ^ʈ ᶏ ɭ Ϟ 17:07, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Shyamal:

Thank you for your help in identifying Nogodinidae. I have a few more insects not well identified; will post there soon. I had seen many of your works; but didn't know you are active here now. Appreciating your efforts to make wiki so rich. Regards, Jee Jkadavoor (talk) 09:54, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

You are welcome. Shyamal (talk) 14:07, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Credo Reference Update & Survey (your opinion requested)

Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:

• Link to Survey (should take between 5-10 minutes): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N8FQ6MM

It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.

At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).

Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.

If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at [e-mail]. Cheers! Ocaasi^t | c 17:32, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Have answered the survey and would like to give away my account. Shyamal (talk) 05:54, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Black-chinned Laughingthrush

Saw you changed genus for the laughingthrush. Looks like the whole group is in transition right now. I saw the IOC genus as you state. The IUC lists the genus as Strophocincla, with Clements, Howard & Moore, and Zoonomen all listing as Garrulax. Went with consensus. Garrulax also I believe original, so went conservative....Pvmoutside (talk) 03:51, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

You are right. I have refrained from using the new family Leiothrichidae for the moment. On the IOC site, I believe the HTML lists are the most up-to-date and the other formats could be out of date. Shyamal (talk) 03:53, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

OTOH, I think the Trochalopteron placement is well justified by studies that are more recent than Clements et al. - The two south Indian species other than the Wynaad Laughinghthrush do not belong to the core Garrulax. See http://jboyd.net/Taxo/Leiothrichidae.pdf - I would leave it at that place rather than Garrulax based on old works, at least that is the stand of the most recent work on the region - Rasmussen&Anderton Shyamal (talk) 04:05, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Birdbox

Looks like it's a problem with the {{convert}} template (or perhaps the way I called it). Gotta get to work now, but I'll continue checking this out later and see if I can't come up with a plan of action here. Bob the WikipediaN ^(talk • contribs) 15:40, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Unidentified fungi

Hi Shyamal,

I've found this near my home(Kannur distrivt, Kerala) last Sunday. I've uploaded this to [mushroomobserver.org http://mushroomobserver.org/102155] for identifying.

Its most similar to Cookeina tricholoma

Do you know this?

Thank you in advance --Vaishak Kallore | വൈശാഖ്‌ കല്ലൂര്‍ (talk) 13:08, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out the interesting website. I am afraid my knowledge of mushrooms is too limited. Shyamal (talk) 16:00, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

It is Cookeina tricholoma only... :) Thanks for the reply Shyamal... Reached here through Tinu Cheriyan ;) --Vaishak Kallore | വൈശാഖ്‌ കല്ലൂര്‍ (talk) 17:44, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Adolph Nehrkorn

FYI.[17][18] 98.82.88.62 (talk) 22:38, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Good to see it de-orphaned. Shyamal (talk) 05:03, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

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Online Ambassador

Hi Shyamal! Are you interested in being the Online Ambassador for any classes this term? We've got a few classes that are looking for ambassador right now (Canada, US), so if you're up for helping any, please do! Let me know if you have any questions, or if you'd like me to pick a course for you.--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 16:16, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Not sure about it. The last experience was a bit overwhelming with a whole bunch of students editing all over the place on very US centric topics that I could not ( and cannot) really help with. Shyamal (talk) 16:28, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. If you do see one of the courses that seems interesting to you, feel free to just help out here and there where you can without signing on as an official ambassador for the class. The courses are much less US-centric now; lots of sociology, communications, psychology, biology, and other stuff.--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 16:34, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

For example, these might be ones you'd enjoy: Behavioral Ecology or Conservation Biology.--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 16:37, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, will offer help if there is no one else taking it up. Shyamal (talk) 01:48, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Chat

It had been so long, I didn't even remember I had an account here. I was looking up for some information and followed links into pages that I thought I could help improve. I've not annoyed anyone so far, so that's a good start. Will try and and be more active this time around. :) Yathin S Krishnappa (talk) 08:08, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

On the contrary, you have done great. I still rememeber File:Greater_adjutant.jpg and that suggests that I may be in error as that was uploaded in te same id. Keep in touch, look forward to more. Actually I am trying to trace that lithograph again, there must be some colour correction error on my part. Shyamal (talk) 08:16, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

I have a lot of images from southern Africa which seems to be fairly well covered here. Will try and go through articles where I can add in text/content and will try and get the science folks in Etosha behind this because they could add a lot of very interesting information (including media). Yathin S Krishnappa (talk) 09:19, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Pyrops

Thanks for the help cleaning this up. A fellow Commissioner contacted me and pointed out that "candelaria" is a noun, not an adjective - therefore, it does not change to "candelarius". I've traced the few links and fixed them so they point to the right spelling now. Dyanega (talk) 16:27, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Latin always has something like this to trip folks, even the best of experts. Shyamal (talk) 02:28, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Rippon

I certainly do- and it is a great addition to the ever growing commons library.I have never seen it before. I was in Greece this summer and haven't caught up with my e-mails yet but see I have one from you.Talk to you soon. Also catching up on this masterwork [19] from 1790. It is a rare work published in Paris just after the French Revolution and not on BHL. Warm regards Robert aka Notafly (talk) 19:56, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

House crow in India

I was wondering if house crow deserves a mention in India article. We see house crow abundantly in human settlements in India. This is quite peculiar to South Asia, right? I do not know if there are any other birds so much abundunt yet rather unique to South Asia. Is there any? I wanted to check with you before proposing the addition in biodiversity section of India article. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:09, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

There are no large scale biomass estimation efforts in urban areas, but it is possible that Blue Rock Pigeon or other species may exceed the House Crow in terms of total biomass and numbers. Also the Indian Jungle Crow could actually be more numerous even in urban areas. Not sure anyone would be interested in such matters when looking at an entry like India that is mainly meant to cover the political entity. Shyamal (talk) 05:21, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Babbler Species

I have clicked a few pictures of Babblers near my home in Bangalore.I am not able to identify the species though.Could you help me identify it?Here is one of the pictures clicked by me.

Babbler Family

Raghavan(Talk) 03:55, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

That is Turdoides affinis. Sorry for having had to remove your munia picture, but it is a bit too hazy for use on the articles. Shyamal (talk) 04:07, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Photography Ethics.

Let me explain. I, personally am of the opinion that behaviour and tolerance levels of different birds to human presence vary, but I am going with protocol here. It's well known in most of the Bird forums all over the world that any pictures related to nesting activity, including those of site-searching, nest-building, birds at nest, eggs, and young hatchlings are not to be entertained at all. Irrespective of the fact if the bird was disturbed or not. It has been debated time and again, and this is the general set of guidelines because of the simple fact that desertion of nests is a common occurrence in most bird species when disturbed.[[20]] And, it is almost impossible to judge by the photograph whether the parents were disturbed or not. For example, here are the guidelines of the Royal Photographic Society; can the photographer certify that all of them were met? [[21]] AvadheshMalik

I agree with the general forum guidelines where copyrighted images are posted mainly for garnering popularity or in photography contests and other competitive venues. On Wikipedia we often have also birds in the hands of ringers and these images are of immense encylopaedic value although they have no value for purist photographers. As for this specific image, I have asked J M Garg, the photographer to take a look at the discussion. Shyamal (talk) 01:48, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Peafowl

Thanks for the ideas. However, sexual selection relative to the train is not only in the Indian peafowl, but peafowl in general. Cheers --Cobiorower (talk) 19:45, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

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1. Karthick, B (2012). "Taxonomy and biogeography of some Surirella Turpin (Bacillariophyceae) taxa from Peninsular India". Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. 141: 81–116. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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3. Karthick, B. "The diatom genus Gomphonema Ehrenberg in India: Checklist and description of three new species". Nova Hedwigia. 93(1-2): 211–236. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)