User talk:Bob the Wikipedian/Archive/8

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Hello,

In this case, the license template is not enough because 1. it is not self evident that it is a self-created work; 2. the uploader is not the creator; 3. it is already published on the Web. Regards, Yann (talk) 07:25, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Hey
Can you check out Dendroolithus and its taxonomy pages? I can't understand why the template won't display that it's in the Dinosauroid-Spherulitic Basic Shell Type. Abyssal (talk) 17:24, 4 January 2011 (UTC)


 * The Spherulitic thing was created as an experiment to see if there was something wrong with how I made the original Dinosauroid-Spherulitic entry. Anyway, thanks for looking into this, but after I just recreated the article I'm finding that taxa higher than the oofamily rank still aren't showing up. Is there anything I did wrong while trying to set this up? Abyssal (talk) 20:35, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * That template you gave me just shows up in the body of the article. I assume I'm using it wrong. How dod I implement it? Abyssal (talk) 21:21, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Interestingly, it still doesn't seem to be working. I have no idea why this won't work, unless something is wrong with the Dendroolithidae taxonomy page that is preventing Dinosauroid-spherulitic from getting called. Abyssal (talk) 23:26, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Deprecated taxon
Template:Deprecated taxon has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:47, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Taxonomy/Dictyoptera
Template:Taxonomy/Dictyoptera has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:47, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Taxonomy/Insectivora
Template:Taxonomy/Insectivora has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:47, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Taxonomy/Lipotyphla
Template:Taxonomy/Lipotyphla has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:47, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Please discuss controversial taxonomies first
Neomura is not as well-accepted everywhere as on wikipedia, simply because a couple of wikipedia long-term editors are major fans of Thomas Cavalier-Smith. His taxonomies are not as fully accepted in the sciences as they appear to be on wikipedia. I think that including Neomura requires a discussion with the community. --Kleopatra (talk) 07:47, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * If you notice, that taxobox at Eukaryota says "citation needed," and is otherwise unsourced except for the primary taxon name. I'll add a citation needed to neomura and take it up on that and the neomura talk page.
 * Whatever I can do to forestall us looking like idiots instead of actually editing and correcting wrong information in articles. And that's why we have things like ridiculous articles on neomura that don't even suggest the controversies surrounding the taxon and unsupported and ancient and mixed taxonomies everywhere, because there are always surprises waiting, like having to convince someone that a an unsupported and "citation needed" taxonomy should not be rolled out to the 100,000 articles on the encyclopedia.
 * And you say you don't see where everyone fights every comment I make? It is so impossible to actually write and edit articles on wikipedia. And so undervalued on the score card. --Kleopatra (talk) 08:00, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Which part have I ignored? All I'm trying to do is understand what you're wanting changed on the Template:Taxonomy/Eukaryota-- you said there was a problem with it, but you haven't identified what the problem is. Bob the Wikipedian (talk • contribs) 08:35, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Apology
You, Smith, and the plant editor snap at me first, when you don't completely ignore my comments, whenever I ask a question or raise an issue, then sometimes apologize. But you always return to the bite-her-head off next time I raise an issue or ask a question. I feel attacked and cornered. This can make people defensive. I'm going to hold off on accepting apologies while I still feel as if I'm going to get shot down for every post I make.

If you don't know what question I asked, why not just copy and paste anything in my post that has a question mark at the end of it and try to answer that, or ask me if you don't understand anything in it. --Kleopatra (talk) 16:37, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikiproject Animals
Hello Bob. Thank you for your trust in me to take over this job. However, I have never coordinated a project before. Where can I find something explaining the role of the coordinator? Anyway, I certainly have an appropriate username for the job. Thanks again, --  T H F S W  (T · C · E) 21:38, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, thank you. Now, do I have to accept it or something? --  T H F S W  (T · C · E) 21:50, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
 * But how do I accept? --  T H F S W  (T · C · E) 21:59, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Ten wiki
I gave you sysop :) Keegan (talk) 08:49, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Steven Walling was busy trying to work on the ten parties, and I was trying to watch tenwiki for him but I was busy with other stuff, so he 'crated me on there to find workers. You've been cat herding sorting and you're a sysop here.  Long story short.  Keegan (talk) 19:50, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Fixing my mistakes
- ha! Thanks. ErikHaugen (talk | contribs) 00:50, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

New sig
I'd just like to point out two things about your new signature: Besides that, I think it's great. Have a nice day! —Preceding signed comment added by Nicky Nouse (talk • contribs • wikia) 13:32, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) You can't expect everyone to download the font, vectrize your sig instead
 * 2) The tagline should be "The Free Encyclopedian."


 * Well, you could try substituting a user page. Or you could do what I didon a different wiki, you could substitute a page that your sig is transcluded on, allowing it to insert it as a template. —Preceding signed comment added by Nicky Nouse (talk • contribs • wikia) 18:30, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, and by the way, I didn't make that template. The credit goes to some user named Pretzels. —Preceding signed comment added by Nicky Nouse (talk • contribs • wikia) 23:04, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

My dear administrator friend,
Would you mind looking at the deleted version of this page, and copy the contents into the appropriate spot on the appropriate archive page? You can look at the mottos surrounding that particular date to see what you should do; just replace the dead transclusion with the motto, leaving the dead date link there. For some reason, the guy deleting the old pages forgot about that one. Hi 8 7 8  (Come shout at me!) 02:58, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Dual status systems: CITES & IUCN
Shortly after I posted a question to Template talk:Taxobox, MiszaBot II came through and did an archive, so I'm not sure if you'll have noticed the new question (unless you've set your watchlist to ignore bot edits). Anyway, I've asked if it would be possible to display both IUCN and CITES statuses in the taxobox. Please discuss there, of course. Thanks. –  VisionHolder « talk » 15:01, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Template error! This is printing on every article I edit: {{#if:|
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And throughout wikipedia.

--Kleopatra (talk) 15:48, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Template
Hi Bob, seems like you have got a good hang of templates, so here is a little request. I am trying to get something as follows but dont seem to know enough to make this possible. I am not sure if it will gain currency but I think a draft version may be worth making to get some discussion going. The idea is to include bird measurements in an infobox (possibly collapsible - since this is not key to most people) - the entries I have tried to picture on the SVG (unfortunately not properly rendering but should give an idea). There are multiple blocks for subspecies and then there are specific measurement labels with ranges or values (+ conversions) sometimes split by male/female. Do let me know if you could give it a try. Thanks in advance. Shyamal (talk) 08:40, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Absolutely no urgency. Thanks. Shyamal (talk) 04:38, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello, my dear Bob
If I were wanting to find you on IRC, which channel might you be hiding in? Hi 8 7 8  (Come shout at me!) 00:23, 31 January 2011 (UTC)


 * The thing that I would like to talk to you about is somewhat important, and I have to go soon, so, at the risk of sounding impatient, answer me quickly!  Hi 8 7 8   (Come shout at me!) 00:27, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Propaganda
The name of this category is a nasty bit of propaganda. The name of a cleanup category should described what is wrong with an article (if anything), rather than prescribing how you think it should be fixed. There are different solutions to almost every problem, including this one, and presuming to claim that the automatic taxobox is the (only?) solution is shameful. The old style of taxobox is still the primary implementation, and there is no consensus for it to be generally replaced. I trust you will remedy the situation. --Stemonitis (talk) 08:19, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Ichnoorders
Thanks for the updates. Good work on that template. Abyssal (talk) 17:43, 31 January 2011 (UTC)