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John McLaughlin (screenwriter) John McLaughlin is an American screenwriter. He has written and co-written a number of successful films, including Hitchcock released in 2012; Black Swan released in 2010; and Man of the House released in 2005. McLaughlin has also written for television, and in that medium he has also worked as a producer, co-producer and executive producer as well as a story editor, consultant and even as an actor.

The class rating of this article
This article was previously labelled as being "A" class, which is considered to be very close to Featured Article in standard. However, it appears to be the case that the proper A-class assessment procedure was not followed when "A" status was first awarded to this article.

The necessary qualifications for "A" class, and a description of the proper process for awarding "A" class, are described here.

The article has now been labeled as "B" class. Project Gastropods will attempt to have the article properly assessed to see if it currently qualifies officially for a higher rating, or can rapidly be improved to meet a higher rating standard, but if the article currently cannot qualify as higher than a "B", it will remain as "B" class until it is further improved. The original editor claimed that all existing published information on this little-known species is already included in the article, however, even if that is the case, that by itself is not sufficient basis to award "A" status. Invertzoo (talk) 13:01, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

About the A-class articles
Hi Michal, I just wanted to say that most (with maybe 2 exceptions) of the A-class articles need to have a better lede or intro section: it is necessary for the lede to summarize the content of the article. If those articles lacking this were submitted for GA review, that would be one of the first things a reviewer would comment on. (I have tried before to work out how to give the B&R article a lede and failed, but maybe I can try again.)Invertzoo (talk) 14:19, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

This morning I have written a summary-style lede to the B&R article so that it would have that necessary item when the article is submitted for GA. You can take a look at that lede and see what you think, maybe you can improve it. Invertzoo (talk) 16:25, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Today I quickly expanded the ledes in the other A articles that did not include a summary of the info included in the article. The ledes need more fine-tuning but they are better than no summary at all.Invertzoo (talk) 23:21, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

From A to GA?
If (as you mentioned) you want to get our current eight so-called A-class articles promoted to GA, I would recommend that we focus on each one in turn and ask a few members to help fix them up before they are submitted for GA review. I notice that some of the species articles have numerous strikes against them as far as even A class goes. Prior to my recent work they lacked a proper lede, they also have some prose difficulties, and in several cases, only one reference. If we do try to nominate one of these eight, I would also recommend that you yourself are not the nominator, and that while the review is in process you make a great effort to restrain yourself and not fight against suggestions that are made by the reviewer. A combative approach almost always guarantees failure.

Awarding A-class
I also would like to remind you once again that A-class can not be awarded by the same person who puts the article together. The article must be reviewed by an impartial reviewer either from the WikiProject or from elsewhere. This means that most of the eight cannot legitimately claim to be A-class articles. And do they even meet the criteria?

A-Class criteria
The criteria are as follows (my emphasis):

The article provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia: How to write a great article. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate.

Thank you for all your hard work and your good intentions, Invertzoo (talk) 17:47, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

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A link to a Hawaiian Shell News article on sinistral shells: 

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Little bits of data
The following could be the beginning of a List of the marine molluscs of Poland. It's not much data, but it was removed from the list of molluscs of Poland so that could become a List of non-marine molluscs of Poland.

Bivalvia

 * Cardiidae
 * (sercówka biała) Cerastoderma lamarckii


 * Tellinidae
 * (rogowiec bałtycki) Macoma balthica


 * Myidae
 * (małgiew piaskołaz) Mya arenaria


 * Mytilidae
 * (omułek jadalny) Mytilus edulis


 * Astartidae
 * (astarta północna) Astarte borealis
 * (astarta zachodnia) Astarte elliptica

........................................................................................................................................................... The following was removed from List of non-marine molluscs of Latvia, it could in theory become part of a List of marine molluscs of Latvia:

Bivalvia

 * Cardiidae
 * Cerastoderma lamarckii (Reeve, 1844)


 * Tellinidae
 * Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myidae
 * Mya arenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Mytilidae
 * Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758

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Happy New Year
Dear JoJan,

Our vision for Wikipedia is one of beauty, natural symmetry and light.

I wish you a Happy New Year, everything good for your family, your loved ones and yourself, peace and joy for all the people of the world. I also wish a joyful and peaceful expansion for Wikipedia, may it bring helpful, generous, and peaceful information to everyone. All the very best from Invertzoo (talk) 16:52, 1 January 2009 (UTC)



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