User talk:Micah.Steinbrecher

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Did you know...?[edit]

Thank you for your recent contribution to Polistes chinensis.

I wonder if you would like to consider submitting it as a candidate for the "Did you know...?" feature. DYKs (as they are commonly called) are short snippets taken from Wikipedia's newest articles and, if approved, appear on the Main Page. You can learn more about this at Wikipedia:Did you know.

Your article Polistes chinensis appears to meet the criteria for submission as a DYK, but would be greatly improved if you expanded the lead section to briefly summarize the main points of the article. If you choose to submit a short (and interesting) fact from your article, please read the rules and the supplementary guidelines carefully. Please ask me if you have further questions.

According to the DYK tool, your article was created or expanded on October 18. DYKs must be nominated within 7 days of the creation or 5-fold expansion of the article, so if you choose to submit your article, please act quickly! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:18, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete DYK nomination[edit]

Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Polistes chinensis at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 20:48, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for November 14[edit]

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Cannibalism (zoology), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page P. chinensis. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

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License tagging for File:Nest.jpeg[edit]

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Problems with upload of File:Bald faced hornet nest.pdf[edit]

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Disambiguation link notification for November 21[edit]

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

Bald-faced hornet

added a link pointing to Cosmopolitan

Greater banded hornet

added a link pointing to P. chinensis

Kin recognition

added a link pointing to D. maculata

Polistes chinensis

added a link pointing to Kanto

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DYK nomination of Polistes chinensis[edit]

Hello! Your submission of Polistes chinensis at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! BlueMoonset (talk) 23:30, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Polistes chinensis[edit]

On 9 December 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Polistes chinensis, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Polistes chinensis cannibalize their larvae in prey- and honey-limited conditions? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Polistes chinensis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

The DYK project (nominate) 02:06, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Arabidopsis Circadian Oscillator Model.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Arabidopsis Circadian Oscillator Model.jpg, which you've attributed to http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v8/n3/fig_tab/nrg2049_F6.html. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

If you are the copyright holder for this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

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File permission problem with File:Chinensis feeding.pdf[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Chinensis feeding.pdf, which you've attributed to Toshihiro Gamo [1]. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

If you are the copyright holder for this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add {{OTRS pending}} to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:File copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. --Animalparty-- (talk) 07:36, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Student profile for Wiki Education Foundation?[edit]

Hi! I work for the Wiki Education Foundation, which supports students and instructors who use Wikipedia in their coursework. I'm curious about your experience with Wikipedia assignments, as it seems you've been through two Wikipedia courses? If you're interested in talking about those experiences and the work you did for our student profile blog I'd love to have a chat or send some questions (here or via e-mail). Drop me a message on my talk page or send me an email: eryk@wikiedu.org. Looking forward to hearing from you! Eryk (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:33, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:08, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]