User talk:Abyssal/Archive 19

Your contributed article, Crevasse Caynon Formation


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Ages of turtles
Heya Abyssal,

some of the ages you are putting on the turtles are probably not old enough. I guess they need updating. You just did Mata mata for instance the genus certainly goes back to the Miocene and there are no fossils that are attributable to the modern species. I am guessing you will get to Phrynops it also goes back to the Myocene. There are published reports of this. I saw a couple of others I was curious about too I shall look for them. If your unsure ask me, I am a co-author on the recent checklist of fossil turtles and named two fossil Chelids. Cheers, Faendalimas  talk 17:57, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Systematic errors in "First appearance" categorisations?
Hello Abyssal,

I am repeatedly noticing what seem to be errors in your assignments of "First appearance" ages in categories for groups of animals. I mentioned this first in July for an Orthopteran, but you didn't reply; I see that Mr Fink has mentioned something similar; I noticed another one today, Megachilidae, which I have researched, added cited text for, and corrected; and User:Dunkleosteus77 has just undone another, for Toothed whale. This is quite worrying because you seem both not to respond to questions, and to be proceeding to make changes which are sometimes demonstrably wrong, without adding reliable sources. In the case of Megachilidae, there was in fact no mention of age in the text of the article, and so there were no inline sources on the matter at all.

Could you please check your work, and add sources and if need be suitable text to support any claims you make in articles, via categories or otherwise? Continuing as you are going could be considered disruptive editing, so discussion at least would be much appreciated. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:30, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

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Torgugas Formation
This article that you started is actually a typo from the fossilworks page http://fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=57778 (note the correct spelling Tortugas just below Torgugas) Here is a spanish language reference to the location, referring to it as the Tortugas formation. I don't have an account so I can't migrate the page and I don't figure the talk on Torgugas Formation is well-monitored, so I thought I'd let you know. http://boletinsgm.igeolcu.unam.mx/bsgm/vols/epoca03/4101/1980-41-1%20y%202%20Helenes.pdf 137.110.38.1 (talk) 03:08, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Corrected! Thanks for alerting me. Abyssal (talk) 12:33, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

"Extant first appearances"
Hi, I've tried googling for this phrase and found nothing, nor do the new category pages have any talk pages where a definition might be found. Since "first appearance" means "did not appear before" and "extant" means "existing already", the phrase does sound paradoxical; and since it doesn't seem to be in use anywhere, it could be thought a neologism (the indelicate might consider it WP:OR, indeed).

All of this leads to a question, or perhaps a series of questions, though they are related:

What exactly do you mean by the phrase? What purpose is it intended to serve? What value is being added that may compensate for the introduction of a new set of categories? Why is it being introduced without discussion or local documentation, or if a discussion did take place, where was it? Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:39, 16 November 2015 (UTC)


 * So the "first appearances" applies to the group in a distant age, while the "extant" applies to the group as it is now, quite uncomfortable grammatically and perhaps also in evolutionary and philosophical terms; I am not surprised I found it hard to understand. "Extant groups first appearing in Cretaceous", yes, a bit long. But perhaps not so contorted. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:36, 16 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Documenting the category header would certainly be a useful improvement. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:46, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Drummock
Hi... two of us are working on Elizabeth Gray (fossil collector) (help yourself!) which is within your expertise I think. I noticed that she collected at Drummock .... and you had created a page on Drummock group .... is there a connection? Victuallers (talk) 14:07, 24 November 2015 (UTC) Thanks for the link I guess this means that Drummock |Group is for Drummock in Ayrshire. I thought Gray might have discovered it but it would appear that she was not the first fossil collector there (e.g. her dad). Cheers Victuallers (talk) 08:29, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Geologic unit dabs
Hi, Abyssal. I spend some of my editing time working on disambiguating links, and I was directed to List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Georgia (U.S. state) to disambiguate Clayton. While I was working on it, I found that the Clayton Formation that you link to in that list is found in Illinois, not Georgia. Knowing that some units have a wide spatial extent, I poked around online until I found this. I think the WP article is the one noted in IL; the one you want to include in the GA article is the first one listed.

You may want to try clicking on more links in that list to make sure they lead where you mean them to. I tried Midway Group, and that article says it's in Tennessee--no mention of Georgia. Sigh. — Gorthian (talk) 23:35, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

I found Lower and Canada listed in the age column of List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New Brunswick. Lower is also listed as an age in List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Texas, as is United States. Maybe you're zooming through these a little fast? — Gorthian (talk) 23:47, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

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Transparent backgrounds
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Category:Tattoo subjects
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About Oolagah Formation and Oologah Formation
Hi Abyssal, You're the expert, and I'm just a random Eng Lit nerd who somehow ended up with the sysop buttons. I can WP:G6 the Oolagah spelling if you really want, but it does seem to me to be a plausible variant spelling. Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 11:13, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The redirect is fine. Abyssal (talk) 21:44, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Question
Sorry, that just you, but I see that you're active now. Do you can correct my English in my sandbox? Thanx you and regards. Dawid2009 (talk) 17:43, 16 February 2016 (UTC)


 * And do you know where I can report technical matters of refs in this page? Dawid2009 (talk) 17:49, 16 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanx for help. It will be useful, when somewone will be intrested in this article. Did you writed that you don't urdenstand enaught this page in what sennse? As that my English is understandable or the topic need any competentions? Dawid2009 (talk) 19:15, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Reference errors on 4 March
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Geological time navigation templates
Hi, what a nice set of templates you constructed! I created a category for them, Category:Geological time navigation templates (may not be the best name), so that it's easier for editors to find the one they need. Have I missed any? Peter coxhead (talk) 09:36, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Exodus: An Oratorio in Three Parts
Hi. I'm just curious if you've forgotten about your last edit to this DYK submission. It's been sitting like this for about 10 days. Other people might want to review it if you've decided that you don't want to do it. Otherwise, I'm looking forward to any comments you might have to improve this article on William Shatner's album. Thanks! -  t u coxn \talk 15:24, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Please note, I made the above comment before this happened. That the two comments were so close together is a complete coincidence. I did not mean to pester you. Thanks! -  t u coxn \talk 22:15, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

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Great work!
Hi Abyssal, great work you've done and are doing, my compliments! I hope it's ok I added 1 entry to your new fresh list of Ichtyosaurs, the Muiscasaurus catheti, here? If it's ok, I may help you with the Colombian geology if you like. Cheers, Tisquesusa (talk) 06:44, 22 April 2016 (UTC) By the way, today I created the article Etayoa, could you shine your geological eye over it? It may be interesting for your great portal! I don't want to touch it; it's your work in progress and I respect that. All the best, Tisquesusa (talk) 06:48, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

Taxonomy check needed
Hi, I regularly check Category:Automatic taxobox cleanup. Today there were some errors caused by the hierarchy upwards from Template:Taxonomy/Scutarx. I've made fixes that remove the errors, but I'm no expert on the taxonomy of these groups, so it would be useful if you could check as you seem to be knowledgeable. (One of the several problems was that there had been an attempt to bypass Stagonolepididae and link the taxonomy template directly to Aetosauria, which appears to have only this family, but with the former's rank.) Peter coxhead (talk) 11:26, 1 May 2016 (UTC)