User talk:Faendalimas/Archive 1

Tortoises
	A Galápagos tortoise (Geochelone gigantea)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Testudinidae; Gray 1825
Genera
	Astrochelys; Chersina; †Cylindraspis; Dipsochelys; Geochelone; Gopherus; Homopus; Indotestudo; Kinixys; Malacochersus; Manouria; Psammobates; Pyxis; †Stylemys; Testudo

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Harriet[edit]

I would be interested in reading your original 1995 paper on Harriet the Tortoise, is it online anywhere? Zerbey 17:39, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

sorry the original paper is not online, just the rewrite of it from Reptilia which is the link on wiki I put in. It says essentially the same without all the detail. The DNA results were published by Scott Davis and Ed Louis of Texas A&M University so they are the contact authors for that. Faendalimas 06:51, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image tagging for Image:Elseya irwini.gif[edit]

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Image copyright problem with Image:Macrochelodina expansa.gif[edit]

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Rheodytes[edit]

The page Rheodytes is a redirect right now. When you click on a redirect and it sends you to the article it links to, there should be a little link just under the article title that reads "Redirected from [PAGENAME]." That PAGENAME will be a link to the actual redirect itself, allowing you to edit the page.

I've linked directly to the edit page for Rheodytes here, for your reference as well. bibliomaniac 1 5 20:00, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles needs you![edit]

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Chelodina canni[edit]

This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Chelodina canni, and it appears to include a substantial copy of http://www.carettochelys.com/chelodina/chelodina_canni.htm. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. See our copyright policy for further details.

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Please follow the instructions at WP:Donating copyrighted material, otherwise the content in the Chelodina canni article will have to be rewritten. Thanks, The leftorium 17:39, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

already done that it is no longer the same as the website I previously wrote an article on. Faendalimas (talk) 19:26, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- What do you mean? The article still includes information from [1]. The leftorium 19:47, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Sorry I get what you mean now. The original issue was with a different page than that I have rewritten it since then, I am still rewriting it and it will be ok when I am done. The articles it contains info from was also written by me, and originally published by myself. But I will get it to requirements in a day or so. My real name is Scott Thomson the original author for the description of this species. Faendalimas (talk) 00:47, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Pleurodira[edit]

I fixed a small but important error that was causing some formatting problems. The "name" parameter means the name of the template, and shouldn't have any wikilinks in it. Other than that it looks great! bibliomaniac 1 5 02:05, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Saw-shelled Turtle[edit]

Thank you so much for contacting me about the welcome changes you made to this article. I am thrilled you have tasken the time to do the work. I am a complete amateur when it comes to reptiles so I really appreciate your input. I just happened to find one of these turtles walking across my driveway in outside Cooktown, Qld, and thought I should write an article about them as they are so interesting. Am in ZMcLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, India at the moment in an internet cafe with uncertain connections so I'll keep this short. Thanks again - do please contact me again any time and I may contact you if I find anything I think may need some expert advice. Cheers and best wishes. John Hill (talk) 06:40, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar Award[edit]

		The Reptile Barnstar
		This award is given to those who have made significant contributions to articles that are part of WikiProject Reptiles and Amphibians, You have made some outstanding contributions with your work on Turtle articles. It is a pleasure observing someone who is an expert in the field work on building a better and more complete Wikipedia. Kind Regards ZooPro 12:00, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply] thank you very much for this, cheers.. Faendalimas (talk) 13:04, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Galápagos tortoise subfamily[edit]

Hello Faendalimas, I have a question regarding your recent edit to Galapagos tortoise. Is it correct that the subfamily is
| subfamilia = [[Testudinidae|Testudininae]] ?

The wikilink directs to the same page as the family [[Testudininae]]. Minglex (talk) 14:12, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tortoise taxobox[edit]

Hello, I noticed you undid my revision to the taxobox on Tortoise. Aside from the suborder (which we can force that to display if you'd like), what else makes it "unsuitable"? I'd like to know, since I'm one of the people working on that template. Any improvements you can suggest are vital. Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 00:31, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'll go set the already-programmed suborders of the Testudines to always display, since you've expressed that is important. At Wikipedia, we always try to put the taxon's authority in the taxobox, even if the name of the paper is unavailable. However, I'll see if I can't find the paper so it can be added to the references section. The {{automatic taxobox}} should be capable of displaying the map and ref tags just like the {{taxobox}}-- the advantage is it allows an entire branch of taxonomy to be updated at the same time-- for example, if the Amphibians and Reptiles WikiProject has thus far refused to move forward with Sauropsida in place of Reptilia, but should they ever agree to move forward, a simple edit or two will automatically update all automated reptiles' taxonomies.

I'm placing a copy of the automated taxobox here for your convenience, as well as references below this comment. Please let me know if there's anything else that can be improved in this implementation of the automatic taxobox. Thanks! Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 04:23, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

^ Gray, J.E. "A synopsis of the genera of reptiles and amphibia, with a description of some new species". Annals of Philosophy. 2 (10): 193-217.

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Bidgee (talk) 15:47, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies[edit]

My apologies for not reading your email sooner. I rarely check that account. I will however look into the situation ASAP. Cheers ZooPro 02:09, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

December 2010[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Myuchelys, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Per policy I am afraid my friend however if the correct course of action is followed then no one can complain that correct procedures were not followed. Kind Regards ZooPro 06:47, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks ZooPro, I am trying to be careful here and have examined those policies. I am extrememly careful that anything I do say is only from my published research, like all scientists I have a mountain of unpublished material on turtles also, which is a shame for me, but it is not usable here as per the No Original Research Policy. I am being careful to follow the Expertise section of the NPoV tutorial. If I overstep please feel free to tell me. Cheers. Faendalimas (talk) 13:31, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, I also have some Conflicts of Interest in here that most users are aware of (the zoo i work at) though I do edit the article all be it with great caution, I generally find discussing things with other editors about changes to the article helps me avoid all issues and 9 times out of 10 another user will make the changes for me. Kind regards ZooPro 13:55, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

[gray-1] Gray, J.E. "A synopsis of the genera of reptiles and amphibia, with a description of some new species". Annals of Philosophy. 2 (10): 193-217.

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