User talk:Ashorocetus/Archive 1

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Thankyou for your warm welcome and helpful information! Ashorocetus (talk) 15:10, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Huaxiaosaurus
Hello Ashorocetus, I noticed you thanked me for my work on Huaxiaosaurus. I couldn't find where you added it, as it wasn't on any of my pages. I just wanted to say your welcome as I appreciate you noticing. For future reference I would like to know where you put your messages to me.Reid,iain james (talk) 23:18, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

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We need to talk
For like a couple of years now I've been intermittantly working on a series of articles about fossil eggs in my user space. I planned to nominate them for a multi-article DYK that would end up in the Hall of Fame. Those sorts of nominations are time sensitive. Within 5 days of creating the article they have to be nominated. The fossil egg article you just created has the same title as one I was going to create. So basically, I was wondering if you wanted to help me out and be my co-nominator for a DYK Hall of Fame winning hook. Abyssal (talk) 13:13, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

I would be glad to help you in any way I can. You'll have to tell me what to do, 'cause I'm new here and don't really understand how to do much. Ashorocetus (talk) 15:26, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * OK, you know how you merged Dinosaur egg and fossil egg? Please split those back up, I have a bunch of stuff to add to each article. Abyssal (talk) 19:50, 13 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I hadn't heard back from you so I got worried, but I see you've already resplit the articles. Thanks! That's a big help. I'll try to finish the revamping and DYK nomination before the weekend. Talk to you later. Abyssal (talk) 01:54, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I've nominated our articles for DYK. :) Abyssal (talk) 18:53, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Great! Thanks for your awesome work. 97.121.235.161 (talk) 21:06, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Hey Ashorocetus

I'm sending you this because you've made quite a few edits to the template namespace in the past couple of months. If I've got this wrong, or if I haven't but you're not interested in my request, don't worry; this is the only notice I'm sending out on the subject :).

So, as you know (or should know - we sent out a centralnotice and several watchlist notices) we're planning to deploy the VisualEditor on Monday, 1 July, as the default editor. For those of us who prefer markup editing, fear not; we'll still be able to use the markup editor, which isn't going anywhere.

What's important here, though, is that the VisualEditor features an interactive template inspector; you click an icon on a template and it shows you the parameters, the contents of those fields, and human-readable parameter names, along with descriptions of what each parameter does. Personally, I find this pretty awesome, and from Monday it's going to be heavily used, since, as said, the VisualEditor will become the default.

The thing that generates the human-readable names and descriptions is a small JSON data structure, loaded through an extension called TemplateData. I'm reaching out to you in the hopes that you'd be willing and able to put some time into adding TemplateData to high-profile templates. It's pretty easy to understand (heck, if I can write it, anyone can) and you can find a guide here, along with a list of prominent templates, although I suspect we can all hazard a guess as to high-profile templates that would benefit from this. Hopefully you're willing to give it a try; the more TemplateData sections get added, the better the interface can be. If you run into any problems, drop a note on the Feedback page.

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DYK for Egg fossil
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DYK for Timeline of egg fossil research
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DYK for Cephalopod egg fossil
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DYK for Dinosaur egg
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DYK for Egg paleopathology
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Talk:Dinosaur size
There is something on the talk page of Dinosaur size. I can't answer it. It is about accurate sources. Do you think you can help? Dinosaur Fan (talk) 08:44, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

New messages on Talk:Dinosaur size
Loads of new messages on Talk:Dinosaur size! And most of them are not answered. Dinosaur Fan (talk) 07:39, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

P.S. There is a vote. Me, Mike.BRZ and Cas Liber had already voted. The deadline is 22/1/2015. Dinosaur Fan (talk) 23:34, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Hi
Are you still here? Dinosaur Fan (talk) 13:53, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

I was on vacation over Christmas, sorry about that...Ashorocetus (talk) 21:43, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

New Username
Hi Ashorocetus, I changed my user name into Spinosaurus75 (Dinosaur Fan). If you see anyone editing with the user name Spinosaurus75 (Dinosaur Fan) or signing like this: Spinosaurus 75 Dinosaur Fan, it means it was my edit or my signature. Spinosaurus75 Dinosaur Fan

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Parvoblongoolithus
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 * Doesn't the category "Eggshell fossils stubs" count? Ashorocetus (talk) 00:57, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

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DYK for Protoceratopsidovum
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Else Halling
Hi, I noticed you just uploaded this hook to Prep 5. However, there is a special occasion hook waiting in the December 24 holding area on the main page which needs to be uploaded to this set. I thought the person image would make a good lead hook here, as we haven't run a person image for a few sets. Yoninah (talk) 23:42, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for keeping an eye on things. Ashorocetus (talk &#124; contribs) 02:44, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Macroelongatoolithus
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DYK for Elongatoolithidae
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DYK nomination of Sankofa (Oogenus)
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DYK for Mycomorphoolithus
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Prep 2
Hi, thanks for helping with prep building. FYI, the image hooks should be varied along the lines of people-nature-buildings-paintings, etc. I moved the person image out of this set because it was the fourth time in five sets that a person image was appearing. Best, Yoninah (talk) 16:22, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Talkback
Minor re-review needed per hook struck in place of ALT1. North America1000 20:51, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

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ALT7 at Planned Parenthood DYK
Hi Ashorocetus. I have added an ALT7 at Template:Did you know nominations/Planned Parenthood that is all encompassing and comes in a 199c. Cheers! 19:04, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

QPQ
Hi Ashorocetus. Thank you for your DYK review of Planned Parenthood. Because of my skillset I do not feel qualified to go solo on a through DYK review. I guess I could give it a shot and then let others participate and fill in my blanks? Please advise. Ping me back. Cheers! 07:18, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Checkingfax. Yes, doing a DYK review for the first time is daunting, but it's not actually as hard as it looks. I'd say give it a shot, and if you're not confident you did it correctly, drop me (or another user who's done multiple DYK reviews) a message and I'll look it over and fill in anything you may have missed. Ashorocetus (talk &#124; contribs) 14:09, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Ashorocetus. Thank you for your reply. I was looking at my DYK portfolio, and as one hook was pulled from the queue for bringing negativity to a living person, am I still at the bright line of 5 for the QPQ exemption? If a hook is pulled from the queue can it be resubmitted or has the 7-day clock run out? Ping me back. Cheers!  18:00, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Checkingfax. Looking carefully at the rules, its not at all clear. If you are not confident that you can do a QPQ, I would ask someone who knows more about the system whether or not you are exempt. As for resubmitting pulled hooks, I've never seen anything on that specifically, but it seems like the 7-day clock running out would preclude it from being submitted again. Ashorocetus (talk &#124; contribs) 04:34, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi . OK, so I looked again, and I found this: "However, people who have made fewer than five DYK nominations, are not required to do another review." So you would be exempt since not all of your credits are your own nominations. Ashorocetus (talk &#124; contribs) 13:13, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, . Thank you for digging in. After things ease up for me I will do some QPQ regardless of the exemption, but I am happy to know my lack of QPQ will not slow down this nomination. For full disclosure, I also have Jozef Raskin in the DYK nomination stage, as the nominator. Cheers! PS: Firefox spellcheck suggests your username is actually Shortcrust.  16:46, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll go ahead and approve it, since I'm pretty sure you're still QPQ exempt. Ashorocetus (talk &#124; contribs) 20:20, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Planned Parenthood
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