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Thanks

Thanks for that fix; I had noticed but was too lazy to fix it, so I'm glad you did. Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:19, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

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THANK YOU!

Thanks for all the help and suggestions on the Spotted eagle ray article! Your suggestions helped me get there! Marissa927 (talk) 02:29, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Cool. Maybe you can help a member of your group do another article to GA. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 20:28, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Miss me?

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TCO (talk) 01:16, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Not really. Activity from you seems all over the place, IP and all. I never felt you left, partly because your user/talk page got quite a few edits. Glad you are noticing the AP project, it's one of the good things that works on Wiki that would be nice to encourage. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 13:28, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
The stuff about vital articles is interesting. A long time ago I started using the phrase core topics and I notice the phrase is being used. For me the vital articles contains a number of errors plus the idea of a hierarchy does suggest errors also. The question is what would be the best way to detmine such a section of acrticles, page views is not useful because of entertainers of temporary note. Number of conversions into other languages also is helpful but has similar distortion to views plus it can be gamed by creating other language stubs. Views, language and project importance and article current quality are all used in the WP:WP1 scoring. It's an an approximation and not very good in my view. I had some thought that a core article would effect more people in the world, but then somehow it also requires an intensity as well. For example floor is something that applies to all but it's not an intense subject where as electricity effects fewer but it use is so wide ranging that it effects peoples lifes immensely. Then on top of that Wikipedia is a voluntary project so even if writing a core article is more important to Wikipedia it's not to the article writer. Perhaps I'm wrong and you would rather improve turtle compared to alligator snapping turtle? Somehow I doubt it and the former would be harder to do. Maybe this is what the issue is, editors do the more easy things because they are easy? Enough of my aimless thoughts. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 16:10, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the help

Thanks for the grammar help and fixing of general typo's, it's embarrassing going back and reading all the little things I did wrong. Thanks for the help.--Krustev LeMont (talk) 16:39, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Your welcome. Article is coming on nicely. Some copy-editing for redundancy and GA maybe a consideration. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 18:09, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

RFA thank you

Thank you for your comment and support at my recent successful RFA and ath the previous. Being now the new fellow in the fraternity of administrators, I will do my best to live up to the confidence shown in me by others, will move slowly and carefully when using the mop, will seek input from others before any action of which I might be unsure, and will try not to break anything beyond repair. Best, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 22:06, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

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Queensland Tiger

Hi! I saw your minor edit to this article on a subject that interests me and I was wondering if you had the time, could you help me try and improve it a little more over the next few months? It's an interesting topic as are most of the marsupial mammals still living or recently extinct, geologically speaking. I was originally attracted to the article as one of the "rational skeptic" members of WikiProject Paranormal and WikiProject Cryptozoology. I thought my background in science and experience working as a Folklorist gathering folklore accounts from primary sources might be of some use to the article and others like it. I'm not as active an editor as I once was but seeing a new face pop up on my watchlist on an article I'd moved on from gave me a little smile. I extend a wiki-welcome to you and wanted to let you know I had an interest in this article or any articles on the animals in the family Thylacinidae or the classes (or infraclasses) of Dasyuromorphia and Marsupial. Since my experience in Archeology was often spent looking at the effects of disease on populations (of both humans and diseases of animals as they affected human populations), I try to keep abreast of new developments in areas such as Devil facial tumour disease and while unrelated, having just as much of a devestating effect, White nose syndrome in bats, due to my personal interest in bats as pollinators. Anyway - I just wanted to poke my head up and say "Hello fellow editor!" and offer you a wiki-cookie for inspiring me to look back at some articles I have long left behind me! LiPollis (talk) 22:39, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

For inspiring another Wiki-Editor to get back to work& to have fun while doing so! 1 small edit can make such a difference.

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A loggerhead turtle at Océanopolis, Brest, France

The loggerhead sea turtle is an oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. An adult weighs around 135 kilograms (298 lb), with the largest specimens weighing in at more than 454 kilograms (1,001 lb). The skin ranges from yellow to brown in color, and the shell is typically reddish-brown. Found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans as well as the Mediterranean Sea, the loggerhead sea turtle spends most of its life in saltwater and estuarine habitats, with females briefly coming ashore to lay eggs. The loggerhead sea turtle has a low reproductive rate and a lifespan of 47–67 years. Omnivorous, the species feeds mainly on bottom dwelling invertebrates. Its large and powerful jaws serve as an effective tool in dismantling its prey. Loggerheads are considered an endangered species and are protected by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Turtle excluder devices (TEDs) have been implemented in efforts to reduce mortality by providing the turtle an escape route. Loss of suitable nesting beaches and the introduction of exotic predators has also taken a toll on loggerhead populations. Efforts to restore their numbers will require international cooperation since the turtles roam vast areas of ocean and critical nesting beaches are scattered among several countries. (more...)

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Back Again

Hello. If you remember, I was the student working on the Spotted Eagle Ray article. I have just a few questions. My teacher said he may open up the second semester for extra credit. I wanted to pick up the Spotted Eagle Ray again, but I really don't think it has the FA potential that some other articles do. I have been considering joining the Sand Tiger Shark article. I was wondering what your opinion on the spotted eagle ray was. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marissa927 (talk • contribs) 17:00, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Take a look at the WP:FACR. It is a no compromise list of requirements, writing has to be engaging, even brilliant; all content must be supported by high-quality reliable sources and the article has be comprehensive. On the comprehensive angle typically the aspect of a popular culture section arises. For the spotted eagle ray, it makes an appearance as Mr Ray in the film Finding Nemo. I found a reliable source (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00206.x/full), but not sure that is enough to put the film character(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X8jQFuvLPs) in context. For the moment I'd recommend helping out with sand tiger shark while checking if enough is available to meet the WP:FACR criteria. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 01:13, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Thank you! I read what you said to Savetheoceans. I think I'll stick with sand tiger and quoll for now. Once again, any suggestions you have are welcome! We will get to editing soon! Marissa927 (talk) 04:21, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Marissa927, In group 4 the article Olympic marmot has good potential. It's a sizeable article already, well sourced and attracted the attention of User:TCO. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 17:28, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Thank you! I will have a look at that as well. I am going to wait for about a week until everybody else has their grade before I touch their articles. I already have mine so I want to wait for the rest of the class. Marissa927 (talk) 15:09, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Quoll?

Hey SunCreator, It's been a while since I last edited Wikipedia, but my teacher has offered extra credit to work on it and I really enjoyed working on it last semester. I was wondering, do you think that the quoll has potential for featured article? If it does, I am thinking about continuing my research on it. But if you don't think it does, I will move on to another topic. Thanks! --Savetheoceans (talk) 17:07, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Listen to what SC says, but I think it will be easier to get another topic up to GA than to take Quoll to FA. It's not just polishing (which is still a lot of work), but also a genus article is going to be tougher. You probably need to re-reasearch the topic, understand more about each species, have a range map breaking each species out, etc. Good luck either way!TCO (Reviews needed) 22:55, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
Read WP:FACR and reply to Marissa927 in the above section. The sources on quoll are already high quality. Not sure what it make of Unclean_animals#Implicit_list or Kinie Ger. According to Bark (utterance) the quoll makes a bark, that was unexpected and wants to be covered in the article. Overalll I think quoll is a decent subject to attempt FA with. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 01:13, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks so much!I think we will begin to work on the article as soon as possible. I will make sure to add the vocalization to the behaviours section. --Savetheoceans (talk) 13:32, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

archive talk page request

SC:

Will you please add archiving (and archive old talk) for this page [1].

P.s. Looks like you have a fan club!

TCO (Reviews needed) 22:49, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

bump.  ;-) TCO (Reviews needed) 03:52, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Lined seahorse

Thank you for editing the Lined seahorse article. I just completed the introduction this morning. How do you think the article looks as of right now? I appreciate your help. LittleCass 14:05, 9 January 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Littlecass (talk • contribs)

Going to check out now. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 17:39, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Updated some things and added some thoughts. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 19:14, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. I appreciate it. Do you think the image that you deleted would look better if I made it smaller. I added it back and I see what you mean about it being distracting, but I do like the image. Do you think I could move it somewhere else or shrink it that would make it less distracting or should I just all together delete it? Thank you. LittleCass 03:30, 10 January 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Littlecass (talk • contribs)
Do as you wish. My thought that it didn't add anything to the reader and article has plenty of images. By the way sign you comments with ~~~~ it will automatically put your name/date and stuff, you appear to be doing it manually!. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 03:37, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Okay! I'll delete it for now and maybe re-add it later if I lengthen my article. I wasn't sure if there was enough image or not which is why I was nervous to delete. Thanks for your help! Yeah, that tilde thing confuses me a little, haha. LittleCass 03:59, 10 January 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Littlecass (talk • contribs)

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Asmane Gnégné

Hi, many thanks for highlighting the Asmane Gnégné article to me at my RFA - I have now gone back to add a few more sources, as well as an infobox. Regards, GiantSnowman 09:32, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

And upon further research, appears to be non-notable... GiantSnowman 12:40, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up. GiantSnowman 14:43, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Eastern river cooter

There is a long standing split tag on this page placed by you. I am trying to clear up the backlog of split tags like this. Unfortunately, I cannot work out what you want otherwise I would have made the split. Would you be willing to make the split? Op47 (talk) 14:28, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

See Talk:Eastern river cooter#Split. Split into Eastern river cooter and River cooter, see references have both, they are different. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 14:34, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

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Ivan Senin

I wanted to notify you that I removed the BLP unsourced tag you placed on Ivan Senin as he died in 1981. SwisterTwister talk 03:08, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

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  • i just added the citation on the page basit Jehangir sheikh kindly check it , and it still shows cition needed error

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