User talk:Burmeister

List of synapsids
Thanks for the help! Abyssal (talk) 15:16, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. What source have you been using? Abyssal (talk) 16:53, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * What sources have you used on the list so far? We should be citing our data. Abyssal (talk) 16:59, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I've referenced a couple contributions, you can just paste after the info you've added from it. I've gotta go, or I'd finish sourcing it myself. Thanks again for the help! Abyssal (talk) 17:07, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Maybe we should consider splitting this article up, 500+ is a lot of names? What about dividing it into a List of pelycosaurs and List of therapsids? Abyssal (talk) 15:09, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * 200? Yeah, that sounds like a hint that we should split this thing. Would the pelycosaur/therapsid lists have reasonable numbers each? We'd probably be better off finding a different division if say, there are only 50 pelycosaurs and 500 therapsids. Also, would a pelyc/therap split exclude any extremely basal genera? Abyssal (talk) 16:49, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok. I won't really be able to help, though because I'm going out of town in a couple of days. I won't be able to resume normal Wikipedia activity until ~ May 25. Abyssal (talk) 13:47, 7 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey, I split off the pelycosaurs, and made a separate therapsid list. The latter page is still a bit long. How do you think we should divide it up? Abyssal (talk) 01:35, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

No girlfriend for you!

 * Viu? É isso que dá não aceitar namorar comigo! XD Béria Lima  Msg 03:15, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey
You seem to be able to fill in the authority data a lot quicker than me. What's your secret? Abyssal (talk) 17:54, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I notice you're at it again without having revealed your secret. What are you, a magician or something? Abyssal (talk) 02:37, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Have those mispellings been used in the scientific literature (lapsus calami?)? If they have, they should remain on the list, but their articles should be converted to redirects of the proper spelling. If they're just mispellings from people who added them to the list, then the articles should be renamed to the proper spelling or nominated for speedy deletion. Abyssal (talk) 03:02, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Then the pages should be renamed or deleted. Abyssal (talk) 03:41, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Parentheses on Order and family authorities
I reverted that back because I don't see what you are talking about. If this "rule" exists, please enlighten me. I was following other pages to be consistent speednat (talk) 22:33, 31 July 2009 (UTC)


 * If you look at zoonomen it shows no consistency, and SN2000 is being overhauled. & wikispecies doesnt really help. I am not trying to bump heads, just maintain consistency. I don't believe there is any MOS dealing with this. speednat (talk) 23:03, 31 July 2009 (UTC)


 * The system I refer to was what I saw in the majority of bird articles. I saw some inconsistencies and try to iron these out. System naturea 2000 does not use parentheses at all and ZooNomen shows no consistency whatsoever. I have looked through Manual of style, WikiProject birds, WikiProject tree of life, and the taxobox template page, and nowhere in any of these is this particular problem mentioned. I guess, if you feel that strongly about this one of us should start a discussion. speednat (talk) 23:59, 31 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey, thanks for posting that question, as I "Love" to learn and never mind finding out I am wrong. On another note you have posted some synonyms, could you reference them, not out of doubt but because I am curios where this info is? speednat (talk) 04:47, 11 August 2009 (UTC)


 * It is not very good to rely on such databases as ZN/SN. They are usually automated and have not seen human intelligence. Wikispecies is seriously getting better, but for birds it is still almost useless (too much Sibley taxonomy). Reviewed databases like WoRMS, Markku Savela's or Mikko Haaramo's are usually good and reliable. But it is really better to revert to Google Scholar or checklists like Peterson's, Clements' or if need be Sibley's. For fossil birds, Brodkorb's and Mlikovsky's usually give comprehensive authorship and synonymy data for higher-level taxa.
 * Of course author-parentheses are only possible in binomina. In uninomina, there is one valid taxon which is called as originally proposed (no parentheses), and the synonyms are of course also listed as originally proposed (no parentheses either). Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 23:11, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Machaerirhynchidae and Colluricinclidae
Sorry, no luck here. Checked the book, but it's second edition :(

Someone at WP:BIRDS ought to have access to Clements 3rd ed. The relevant pasasage from the ICZN Code Article 50.1 is: "If a work is by more than one person but it is clear from the contents that only one of these is responsible for the name or act, then that person is the author; otherwise the author of the work is deemed to be the author of the name or act."

So, if no author details are given in the List, the family-group name author would be: "Dickinson, 2003". Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 23:11, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Your resources request
In regards to this request, please email me using Special:EmailUser/ThaddeusB if you still need to resource & I will be happy to reply with a PDF copy of the document. --ThaddeusB (talk) 13:25, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Tiarajudens
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

resource request
Hi Burmeister,

I've uploaded one of the three articles you requested at WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request. You can find the link at that page. Best, GabrielF (talk) 18:20, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
Shrike (talk) 15:34, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

resource request - polar bears
Hi,

I've uploaded one of the articles that you requested at the resource exchange. Please let me know when you've downloaded successfully and I'll remove the link. GabrielF (talk) 02:07, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

resource request - polar bears
Hi,

I've uploaded one of the articles that you requested at the resource exchange. Please let me know when you've downloaded successfully and I'll remove the link. GabrielF (talk) 02:07, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Polar bear paper
Here's the paper in Acta Zoologica Fennica you requested Please let me know when you get it. &mdash;innotata 01:47, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

You've got mail!
Shrike (talk)/WP:RX 17:24, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Deltatheroides cretacicus
A tag has been placed on Deltatheroides cretacicus, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect to a nonexistent page.

If you can fix this redirect to point to an existing Wikipedia page, please do so and remove the speedy deletion tag. However, please do not remove the speedy deletion tag unless you also fix the redirect. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Camyoung54  talk  02:16, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

MP5
Please note that according to this, you are one of two bozos interfering with an experienced editors version of the article. Don't fret though, as according to this users list of contributions, it appears that the experienced editor and owner of said article has issues of their own. June 28 2013 (talk) 10:49, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm Burmeister not Burmiester, the real user envolved in the discussion. Burmeister (talk) 11:38, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I bet that never happens...i before e except...June 28 2013 (talk) 13:19, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

resource request
I have an additional question. Thanks. LittleJerry (talk) 00:07, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Atopodentatus
Thanks for the resource. Atopodentatus has been expanded & its DYK has been accepted today. You can see what a bizarre mouth the creature had here. Thanks once again. AshLin (talk) 02:01, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Macroscelides flavicaudatus
Thanks, I'd been wondering about that—I had assumed that the "authority" is the first to describe it as a full species. הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) 22:00, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

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Split/merge needed for mammal species lists
Firstly, good work on your edits to list of mammals described in the 21st century, it's great someone is keeping it up to date. However as a list that will cover 100 years of descriptions I think it's better to split the article now into list of mammals described in the 2000s and list of mammals described in the 2010s. Better now before it becomes too unwieldy! We also have mammals described in the 2000s, but no mammals described in the 2010s, these articles are better suited to explanations of the descriptions, and into these I would support merging most of the order level lists i.e. bats described in the 2000s, carnivorans described in the 2000s, shrews and moles described in the 2000s, marsupials described in the 2000s, rodents described in the 2000s. Each has twenty or less species and some only have a handful. What are your thoughts? I can help out with the merge if you need. Cheers, Jack (talk) 12:06, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, the "tab style" of the page will be maintained in the future split? Burmeister (talk) 19:42, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Do you mean the table? I think you can decide on the layout of the page, I would leave the same formatting. Cheers, Jack (talk) 10:15, 4 October 2016 (UTC)