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On 8 October 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pachypanthera, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the early big cat Pachypanthera may have weighed as much as 142 kilograms (313 lb) and had teeth similar to a hyena's? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pachypanthera. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pachypanthera), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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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)
On 6 November 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sivapardus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sivapardus was larger than a leopard, smaller than a lion, and had a face like a cheetah? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sivapardus. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sivapardus), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hey SilverTiger, you mentioned you might be able to help with a cladogram. I am working on an article in my sandbox based on the cladogram on page 386 of this article. I really want it to include everything in the "Androsaemum-group", but haven't been able to figure out how to include the sections Triadenioides and Arthrophyllum and H. webbi. Any guidance you can give would be super helpful! Fritzmann (message me) 18:12, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
@Fritzmann2002:, I replicated the structure of the given group (the entire Androsaemum-group, C) from the cladogram you directed me to, though you may need to add links and piping as appropriate. Happy editing, SilverTiger12 (talk) 18:39, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
On 28 November 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Felis wenzensis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an ancient wildcat species is known only from a part of the jaw of a single animal discovered in Poland? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Felis wenzensis. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Felis wenzensis), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Ah, I forgot about that. Copying within Wikipedia isn't something I normally do. Though, the text at Icelandic Christmas folklore was originally copied from the previous Yule Cat article, by the by. Happy editing, SilverTiger12 (talk) 16:53, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
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.
New newsletter!
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)
On 25 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Yule cat, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in Icelandic folklore, the Yule cat eats people who do not receive new clothing for Christmas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Yule cat. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Yule cat), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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)
Hey. Didn't you remove or redirect pages on sand cat subspecies ? Someone created this one Pakistan Sand Cat today. I suggest to delete or redirect it to the main page. Your thoughts? Cheers, BhagyaMani (talk) 15:16, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
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)
I do not agree. Because : after the revision of lion subspecies to just 2 valid ones in 2017, some of us had long + difficult discussions about how to deal with this issue of subspecies, and how to tease apart + merge the contents of the outdated subpages. It was then decided to keep above mentioned 2 pages. So much re history; check the archive of the lion talk page for details. True is that now both pages contain text that is also part of the main page on lion. But they also contain text that is NOT part of the main page. Therefore imo, we first need to decide what to keep + transfer to main page + what to delete, before redirecting. And I suggest to discuss this on the lion talk page, but not here. – BhagyaMani (talk) 12:14, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
The newsletter will not be returning to a monthly format (mainly because the author is busy failing every exam imaginable) and is on a bimonthly schedule for the foreseeable future.
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)
Reverted edit in WIKIPEDIA: WikiProject Tree of Life
You reverted an edit by me in WP: WikiProject Tree of Life;
if you read it, the edit is named "switching some things from left panel and main page", which typically means i made an edit on the /left panel sub-page as well, in which you did not revert the edit.
I had removed the "Content: Sections §", which i myself created in the past, but believe no longer necessary
I put uncommented because i believe that finding commented parts is difficult - I fixed the text align created by 2.
I moved the "guides" from the left panel to the bottom of the main page - which means that through your edit, they no longer exist
i moved information into the tables, such as article alerts; as i believe that is going along with the already existing structure, and to look similar in structure to other WPs,
i moved the todo from the main page to the left panel subpage, to look similar in structure to other WPs, such as WP:microbiology - which means that it is duplicated through your edit
a) i believe 1. 3. 4, and 5 had nothing wrong with them, though 2. might have been wrong of me; do you have disagreements?
b) If you do have disagreements, should i revert my edit in WP:WikiProject Tree of Life/left panel as well?
If one is kept and one is reverted, whichever ones are, this will cause problems
I regularly use the Table of Contents that you removed, and the page is long enough that it is needed. Especially ever since you moved the Article Alerts so far down the page when that needs to be prominent. SilverTiger12 (talk) 01:34, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
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