User talk:Adityavagarwal/Archives/2017/October

DYK for Alpine pika
Alex ShihTalk 04:32, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Smith's red rock hare
The article Smith's red rock hare you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Smith's red rock hare for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wilhelmina Will -- Wilhelmina Will (talk) 23:41, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

FAC reviewing barnstar
Thank you very much, Mike! Adityavagarwal (talk) 02:35, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of American black duck
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article American black duck you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TheSandDoctor -- TheSandDoctor (talk) 05:21, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of American black duck
The article American black duck you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:American black duck for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TheSandDoctor -- TheSandDoctor (talk) 06:02, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of American black duck
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DYK for Ethiopian highland hare
— Maile (talk) 03:49, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Ethiopian hare
Hope I didn't lock you out in an edit conflict! And apologies if there was a system with names like :O or :122 or whatever that I disrupted but as per WP:REFNAME Names MUST NOT be purely numeric; they should have semantic value so that they can be more easily distinguished from each other by human editors.; I know whenever I see an entry's code I get really confused thinking "okay what's :022 and what's :122". Hopefully you don't mind. Umimmak (talk) 21:06, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Umimmak Yeah, I got an edit conflict, and then noticed three of your edits before I was saving it. I was going through my watchlist and all, while you were finishing the formatting, and then I resumed editing when I saw your green signal. I did not know about WP:REFNAME, but would make sure to properly name them in the future! Apologies for the trouble cause. Thanks a lot for telling me this awesome point, and of course I do not mind learning something new always (very happy to learn new things)! Adityavagarwal (talk) 21:15, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I was wondering if I caused you any edit conflicts too, as there was very narrow gap for you to format and save the references. Adityavagarwal (talk) 21:15, 3 October 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm done with this article for today; so hopefully that means no more edit conflicts :) And yeah you did, hence having to do a couple of edit fixes to get them all in there, but it's only fair since I caused edit conflicts for you. P.S., you keep seeming to only use the google books for the Rabbits, Hares and Pikas book, but as a heads up the IUCN has the whole book available on its website (linked in the references now) -- just a heads up because I know Google Books can sometimes be frustrating with missing page previews. Umimmak (talk) 21:23, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Umimmak Lol, it was funny (the edit conflicts)! It made me smile. :D I have used up all the information from the IUCN and other references too. Iucn is not cited everywhere, as the same/similar information is present in CAP or Mammals of Africa, etc. which are cited instead. It is complete from my side, so would you like to co nominate it for DYK/GAN? Adityavagarwal (talk) 21:27, 3 October 2017 (UTC)


 * I appreciate the invitation but I think this one's all yours :) Good luck! Umimmak (talk) 21:32, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Umimmak Actually, I would be happy and honoured to joint nominate it. Nothing is mine, everything is everybody's! You have substantially added on the article too (staggering 3569 bytes), so it is only fair if we nominated it together instead of me alone. Adityavagarwal (talk) 21:41, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, thanks :) If I'm going to co-nominate it, I'd like to do a bit more work on it then; I know collaboration can be tricky but hopefully this runs smoothly :) Umimmak (talk) 00:08, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Umimmak Yeah buddy! :D Let me know when you are done! Adityavagarwal (talk) 03:14, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll be gathering sources on and off :) But to be honest I don't know much about ecology so I'm not sure I trust myself with a ton of the content -- this genetic study I found will take me some time to fully understand. Umimmak (talk) 04:00, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Umimmak Take your time! I got your back, so no worries. Adityavagarwal (talk) 04:30, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * okay thanks :) I don't have much experience writing species articles for GAN or DYK so I'll defer to your experience. I think the taxonomy section could probably benefit from that genetics paper I posted if you could take a look at that? Umimmak (talk) 05:10, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it looks better! I tweaked a bit. How about "...that the distribution of the Ethiopian hare is allopatric or parapatric with that of the African savanna hare?" for DYK?
 * I don't know enough about ecology so I defer to your judgement :) but my first instinct reading it is "well, which is it?" so I don't know if the ambiguity might be an issue. You also have more experience with DYKs Umimmak (talk) 10:16, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest
Hi. Thankyou for your participation in the challenge series or/and contests. In November The Women in Red World Contest is being held to try to produce new articles for as many countries worldwide and occupations as possible. There will be over $4000 in prizes to win, including Amazon vouchers and paid subscriptions. If this would appeal to you and you think you'd be interested in contributing new articles on women during this month for your region or wherever please sign up in the participants section. The articles done may also count towards the ongoing challenge. If you're not interested in prize money yourself but are willing to participate and raise money to buy books about women for others to use, this is also fine. Help would also be appreciated in drawing up the lists of missing articles. If you think of any missing articles please add them to the sub lists by continent at Missing articles. Thankyou, and if taking part, good luck!♦ Dr. Blofeld  08:39, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, Dr. Blofeld, for the invitation! Certainly interested, and signed up. It would be a great way to further increase the article count. Adityavagarwal (talk) 12:30, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas's pika
Alex ShihTalk 03:17, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Philippine cuckoo-dove
Alex ShihTalk 03:17, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Forrest's pika
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:03, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

The Barnstar of Integrity!

 * Simranpreet singh Thank you very much for your mention. Everybody, I feel, is amazing! Wikipedia is made so strong and good due to so many awesome editors, including you. I hope you have a great rest of the day! Adityavagarwal (talk) 18:11, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Award for you!

 * hike Thanks a ton! An award from a veteran editor like you is so motivational. I hope I would contribute more and be as good an editor as you some day. Would you like to review the Thomas's pika for GA? Thank you again, and I hope you have a great rest of the day! Adityavagarwal (talk) 18:15, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * hike Re-ping, I forgot to sign on the first attempt, and I noticed it might not have sent you a notification, so pinging you again! Adityavagarwal (talk) 18:16, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Bar-tailed cuckoo-dove
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DYK for Comoros blue pigeon
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:31, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ethiopian hare
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Ethiopian hare you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 08:41, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ethiopian hare
The article Ethiopian hare you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Ethiopian hare for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 09:21, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ethiopian hare
The article Ethiopian hare you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ethiopian hare for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 13:02, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Scarlet-breasted fruit dove
Alex ShihTalk 02:17, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Precious
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:50, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Gerda Arendt Oh my! Am I really worthy of it? Thank you so very much! Also, please let me know if I make any mistakes or anything, so that I would not make them again. Thank you again! Adityavagarwal (talk) 09:26, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is made so strong and good due to so many awesome editors, including you! - What you contributed in a few months is amazing! - I have been asked to give the award for a first DYK, as an encouragement, - well, too late for that ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:48, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * ps: I nominated an article for GOCE because it had a tag. The tag is gone but if you'd have time to go over it from a copy-editor's point of view, I'd be grateful. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:51, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Gerda Arendt Thank you very much for your kind words. I hope to get more DYKs, and you could give me the 25 DYK expansion medal after that. :P I would happily copy edit your article, and be sure to complete it by tomorrow. Also, kindly feel free to ask me on anything in the future too! Adityavagarwal (talk) 09:55, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Perhaps watch here for to-do-things, and feel to add your own. - Sorry, I don't do DYK medals, waiting for my latest ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:14, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Gerda Arendt I have to admit that I have limited knowledge about the article. So, even though I complete copy-editing it, it might have to have another look! Adityavagarwal (talk) 13:42, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:13, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Western bronze-naped pigeon
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:02, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Natal red rock hare
The article Natal red rock hare you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Natal red rock hare for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wilhelmina Will -- Wilhelmina Will (talk) 12:41, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for New Britain bronzewing
Alex ShihTalk 01:48, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Forrest's pika
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Forrest's pika you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wilhelmina Will -- Wilhelmina Will (talk) 05:20, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Moupin pika
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Moupin pika you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 12:01, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Barred cuckoo-dove
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:46, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Little cuckoo-dove
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:47, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Nouman Ali Khan
Thank's for your help and ARV.  Adotchar | reply here 10:14, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Wow, thanks a lot, Adotchar! I notice you are semi-retired on Wikipedia? I hope you become active again by the time I could ban them without reporting to ARV! ;) I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day! :D Adityavagarwal (talk) 10:27, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Adotchar May I also know how to know the number of reports to AIV? Adityavagarwal (talk) 11:35, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * So, essentially I started at 20 something, and counted from there. For the first 20 something, I went to a third-party contributions report site, sorted the list for WP-article edits, and counted the ARV ones. With someone as active as you it may take a while. I used to be active, but am coming back.  Adotchar | reply here  01:10, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Adotchar Ah, thanks a ton again. That is a great idea! Actually, I would be active more on content creation, but not on CSDs, ARV reportings, etc. so, it might be easier to count. You have a solid number of ARVs, which is really awesome. :D Adityavagarwal (talk) 06:42, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Adityavagarwa], Thanks! I don't do much content creation. I'd like to get into making articles, though I don't know much about subjects and usually doubt my research. I've only made two articles. [[User:Adotchar| Adotchar | reply here  09:56, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Adotchar Not a problem at all! Would you like to develop an article or two to GA with me? You would be able to learn easily, that way. For about two weeks or so, I wont be doing much content creation, however, but if you are interested, we could get a few GAs after that! Adityavagarwal (talk) 09:58, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I've never made or helped make an article into a GA. My best is start-class. If you're working on an article that I could help with, please notify me. I'd love to help out, and make a GA!  Adotchar | reply here  10:06, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, surely. The next GA, I would nominate with you. For the next two weeks, however, I would not be doing anything on any new article, but after that, not only one, but more articles could be going to GA together. Would surely inform you on the next few GAs (would be mostly on extinct species, but any other article if you like)! :D
 * Pinging Adotchar. Adityavagarwal (talk) 10:12, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank's!  Adotchar | reply here  10:15, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Turkestan red pika
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Your GA nomination of Thomas's pika
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Your GA nomination of Brown pelican
The article Brown pelican you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Brown pelican for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of J Milburn -- J Milburn (talk) 02:41, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Articles
I know you said earlier we could work on an article together, so I could learn how to make articles as I've been doing CVU my entire Wikipedia career. Any ideas about that?  Adotchar | reply here 21:43, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Adotchar Yeah, have to get started. Please give me some more time, as I am getting really busy with exams. After that, I would be able to give a lot of time to Wikipedia like before! Adityavagarwal (talk) 03:10, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 October 2017
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Hey, I am a new editor on wikipedia. I already have submitted 2 drafts of general use. This time, i am also writing about on page optimization, if you may see my draft. In meantime i am learning how to use externel reliable sources and for that i used my clinic from where i am taking treatment and what resources for reliabilty i saw i used them. It's ok if you delete my draft article but why have you deleted my user page. It's not ustified. Plese revert your commited action. i want to complete my draft and be continued with wikipedia. Meenakshi Rana (talk) 08:27, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, Meenakshi Rana, according to the deletion notice, it seems like you had added too much of self-information that should not be present on your userpage. This is because wikipedia is not a web host, to have such sorts of information. Little information about you on your userpage is really cool, but a lot about you makes your page look like a resume! I am unable to see the deleted page, so it would be great if an admin could look at it and say where and which parts exactly cause the problem! Have a great rest of the day, and ask me if you have any more questions/need help. Cheers. Adityavagarwal (talk) 14:18, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Bar-tailed cuckoo-dove
Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove
Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Western oriole
Alex ShihTalk 01:02, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Alex Shih and fitindia Thanks! :D
 * The Ethiopian hare DYK has long been reviewed, and it is a wikicup participant. So, if it is all cool and possible, could we have it in the queue before? Many thanks! Adityavagarwal (talk) 22:08, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks for the reminder. Yoninah (talk) 23:20, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * yoninah and fitindia Actually, it is going to finish on 31st, so could we not have it before that? Say on prep 2. Thanks! Adityavagarwal (talk) 03:21, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Turkestan red pika
The article Turkestan red pika you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Turkestan red pika for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of IJReid -- IJReid (talk) 05:21, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Talkback message from Tito Dutta
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 * One new. --Tito Dutta (talk) 14:52, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Moupin pika
The article Moupin pika you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Moupin pika for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 01:21, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!


Happy Halloween!

Hello Adityavagarwal: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!   –  North America1000 07:19, 29 October 2017 (UTC) Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.


 * Happy Halloween to you too! North America1000 07:19, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * North America Thanks a lot! :D Adityavagarwal (talk) 07:20, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Oh my! Thanks a lot, Mr. Prolific Contributor to Wikipedia (also know as 7&amp;6=thirteen)! Always, it is encouraging if such veterans like you appreciate the work. Adityavagarwal (talk) 15:25, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Ethiopian hare
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Forrest's pika
The article Forrest's pika you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Forrest's pika for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wilhelmina Will -- Wilhelmina Will (talk) 08:21, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

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Happy Halloween
I didn't want to scare you with a jack o'lantern, so I'll give you this picture of a lot of pumpkins instead. Happy Halloween!

– Corinne (talk) 14:58, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Corinne Thanks a ton! :D Although we do not celebrate it here, I thought it would be awesome to greet others! Also, special thanks for not scaring me, as I really am scared of ghosts! :) Adityavagarwal (talk) 15:00, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Happy halloween

 * 7&amp;6=thirteen Thanks a lot too, for your awesome presents! :) I hope you enjoy not only the halloween but also the rest of your days! Just be sure to have an anathema or something to ghosts... :) Adityavagarwal (talk) 15:31, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Happy All Hallow's Eve..........


Happy Halloween!

Hello Adityavagarwal: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!   –  Keep up the good work on the rise of the many not-well-known Pikas! William Harris •  (talk) •  09:26, 31 October 2017 (UTC) Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.