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WikiProject Mammals Notice Board[edit]

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Padshah UtherSRG 2024[edit]

You wrote "Since you can't explain in your own words, I see no reason to unblock you"

What own words? What do mean?

What questions should I answer You just decline the unblock request.

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Hi[edit]

Hello how arw you? can you see this if i want start draft about this subject can you help me Omarbinomar9 (talk) 11:31, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

you can see news on google Omarbinomar9 (talk) 11:31, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://g.co/kgs/S65dMSb Omarbinomar9 (talk) 11:32, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest you read both WP:YFA and WP:BACKWARDS to learn what is needed, and then go to WP:AFC to create a draft. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:34, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked again. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 11:35, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks! - UtherSRG (talk) 11:37, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Restoration[edit]

Would you by any chance be able to restore Draft talk:Harald Eidheim? The wikiproject categories helps it show up on various Article alerts Geschichte (talk) 20:52, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see nothing to restore. - UtherSRG (talk) 10:27, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:SDZeroBot/G13 eligible[edit]

Hello, UtherSRG,

I think you restored all of these drafts but didn't make minor edits to the pages so they appear to be eligible for deletion again. Could you remedy this? Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:50, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I tried a few times, and no amount of reasonable minor edit stuck (single space, rm space, add line, rm line). - UtherSRG (talk) 12:37, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

These articles are still listed as eligible for CSD G13 speedy deletion. Can you make minor edits to the pages? Maybe add a word or header. Is there something wrong with User:SD0001/RFUD-helper? Or are these articles just too short? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:28, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The articles are just too short. The requestor should make improvements on them, or they should be re-deleted until they are ready to make those updates. - UtherSRG (talk) 10:25, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Palestine in plant articles[edit]

Please see Palestine (region)#Flora distribution. The political move is the replacement of "Palestine" (or better "the region of Palestine") by "Israel", which is sadly all too common. Sources like Plants of the World Online use the WGSRPD units. Peter coxhead (talk) 06:40, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah... I was seeing a change to using either Ireal or Palestine being changed to the other after the conflict between them had started (or increased, depending on your perspective) as being the political edit. If we have a particular standard and this edit was in keeping with it, then that's fine. - UtherSRG (talk) 10:23, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the problem is that both sides interpret "Palestine" politically, which is why I try to use something like the [[Palestine (region)|region of Palestine]], but inevitably it gets changed back and forth to either "Israel" or plain "Palestine". Sigh...

(The reason that plant taxonomic databases use "Palestine" derives, as far as I can tell, from Flora Palaestina – see the introduction to List of native plants of Flora Palaestina (A–B).)

Peter coxhead (talk) 13:47, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the further explanation! - UtherSRG (talk) 13:49, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Advice on Dorcadion kartalense and author[edit]

Hi UtherSRG, I was looking at Dorcadion kartalense. To me, I do not think the article is ready for the mainspace. I was thinking about moving it to draft, but I have seen weaker species articles (I have probably made one or two myself). To me this seemed basically like a copy and paste from WikiSpecies (species:Dorcadion_kartalense), without attribution. When is it appropriate to move a valid species article to draft? I have made some minor improvements to the article.

I then looked into the author of the article, it appears to be the scientists credited with finding this species. I have noticed the user is potentially trying to create their own Wiki article and an article for the journal they manage. The journal they manage is used a citation in this species article and in a few others. Additionally, they have created a category Category:Taxa_named_by_Maxim_Lazarev. Their Wikispecies userpage redirects to their Wikispecies article (see here) -- but I understand Wikispecies might have different policies. I recognize that the author is probably notable enough for their own EN Wiki page, but this feels like COI on a few fronts and away to juice the system to get their preferred outcome.

I left a COI user warning on the author's talk page, in hopes that they disclose explicitly on English Wiki if there is any connection.

I am wondering if I should have approached this differently or not at all? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance. --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 07:22, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would say this should be discussed more broadly. I suggest raising it as an issue on WP:AN. - UtherSRG (talk) 10:28, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why WP:AN and not WP:COIN? --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 14:38, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Classicwiki: That would be good, too. Might be better. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:48, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sockpuppetry update[edit]

Hello, regarding this case, Marek Sobola is now reactivated, and KysuckeMuzeum is a second sockpuppet. — Biruitorul ^Talk 11:05, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please make an SPI report for this. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:07, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]