User talk:Casliber/Archive 59

Persoonia terminalis scheduled as TFA for December 17, 2017
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 * Also Musca, ditto, ditto, for the 21st.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:53, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you and all who worked on it for the shrub and the collaboration! "Dear all, my main reason for spamming the 5000000th article spot was this - I tried to hit the goal with an article that was improvable to FA standard to show folks that new articles could still be buffed to this level...to show just how much there was still to write. So here we are. This is sort of a co-nom as a bunch of folks have helped along the way - Chevvin, Checkingfax, Koavf, Northamerica1000, Sandstein, ‎Mike Peel, Sasata and many others who chipped in a few edits here and there. Anyone who feels they did a good bit of grunt-work and wanna be co-nom are welcome to put their name to this nom. This was one of the most collaborative articles I've worked on." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:56, 17 December 2017 (UTC)


 * ... and for today's Musca! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:08, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Lepiota brunneoincarnata
Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Fantastic hook! It made the all-time non-lead hook list!. Yoninah (talk) 16:37, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Wow. Colour me surprised. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:19, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Prep promotion
Hi, I notice you already promoted Prep 2 to the queue, making it the second one in line. Would it be possible to hold off from promoting a set until the previous one has gone to the main page? Then other editors can still tweak the hooks. (A hook needs to be changed here per discussion at WT:DYK.) Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 15:33, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Blyth
Hi Cas, did you notify any users or WikiProjects of that FAR? The nom page is still showing the example links... Nikkimaria (talk) 18:43, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes - it looks odd as it hasn't transcluded the latest version. (i.e. see view at Featured_article_review/Blyth,_Northumberland/archive1). If you look, here you can see my notifications in May and November, as well as Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_United_Kingdom  Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:56, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Mamba Mombo
I vaguely remember it. Looking back I can see that one editor was blocked 5+ years ago and I was trying to mentor him at the time. I can take a look and try to sort most of it out this week as far as rewriting prose and improving references.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 05:29, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
 * He's come back a few times. some of the hyperbole he was getting in the article was pretty funny. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 06:28, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Ringed brown snake
Alex Shih (talk) 00:03, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018
So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? , and. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

WP:BIRD standard article sections
Hello Cas, in your recent edit to the variegated fairywren, you noted that the sequence of the 'Behaviour and ecology' sub-paragraph headers is usually 'Food and feeding' first, followed by 'Breeding' second. If this is so, then perhaps it should be reflected on the project page where it currently lists the order as the other way around ('Breeding' followed by 'Food and feeding'). I'm not really fussed either way, as chronologically this really is a "chicken and the egg" type problem, but for the sake of consistency it would be good to settle on a standard template to use for all bird articles. 'Cheers, Loopy30 (talk) 21:35, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Gosh. colour me surprised. We should sort this out so open a discussion on the wikiproject birds talk page and suggest everyone choose. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:05, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * The article layout section was originally added on 19 Apr 2008 with the Feeding section listed before the Breeding section. It was changed to the present order on 02 Aug 2009 and has remained unchanged for over eight years now. Therefore, while some older articles may still retain the original layout, I would expect the vast majority of articles to now conform to the new layout. Is there any way you can ascertain if the older format is used more often? I would not open a vote on the project page if we could not show that this is indeed the usual or more common practice. Loopy30 (talk) 03:14, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I am surprised that it was switched without discussion, and I can't see any for the relevant time. I don't remember it changing and have been using "feeding" before "breeding" on many pages. I think you'll find large numbers of articles with each order.Also, HBW has feeding before breeding. Before we do anything, let's ask Jim. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:50, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * @ Jimfbleak: How prevalent is one version compared to the other? 'Cheers, Loopy30 (talk) 18:00, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * , I think I've always put breeding first. Since I've written a decent proportion of the bird FAs, and collabed on a few more, I'd guess that most follow breed-feed. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  19:45, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I also do breeding and then feeding (most of the time, that is). The reason is because of the fact that one talks about how the young are fed and what they are fed. Thus, it would seem good to have that behaviour put in context (in relation to whether the young are altricial or precocial, specifically). RileyBugz 会話投稿記録 20:02, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Alright then...,mine are all the other way...may as well start swapping them all around. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:19, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Is it ok if I just post a message to WT:BIRDS so that other members can be aware of this discussion (I'm going to link them here). RileyBugz 会話投稿記録 21:45, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes...there are a stack of articles.....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:47, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Please consider re-running for ArbCom
You are an excellent Arb, and the community needs more, and experienced, and neutral, candidates to choose from. Please consider running. Softlavender (talk) 08:31, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Why thanks - I generally have a year off in between tilts at it....I was planning on resting as long as I saw a quorum of sensible people run. I will recheck the list anon. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:57, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

You are from Spain!
And I mean it! --Antiseismographite (talk) 20:04, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
 * What makes you think that? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Alternate names in bird articles
Hello Cas, I have another article format query here as a result of this edit here where you removed the bold for an alternate name because it wasn't located in the lead paragraph. MOS is very large and by no means have I read it all, but I do not see where it bans all use of bold outside of the lead section.

Reading MOS:BOLD, it states that as an article title term, any term that redirects to the article (such as an alternate name) can be bolded at the first occurrence in running text whether or not this term also appears in the lead.

When there is only one alternate term, it looks good to put this information in the first sentence of the lead paragraph. When there are two or more alternate names, this can unduly clutter the lead and are best placed in the Taxonomy paragraph. In each of those cases, the alternate name should be bolded at its first use. 'Cheers, Loopy30 (talk) 23:40, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
 * The second sentence is a formatting issue - if I (for instance) write User talk:Casliber it will be bolded. I agree with only having the one or two commonest names in the lead. I have gone by the first sentence (i.e. bold in lead only) - also hinted at in sentence 3 (i.e. discouraged if large number of terms) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:53, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I have read through MOS:BOLD again and the first sentence does not actually say "bold in lead only" but only that this is the "most common use". As for the second sentence and formatting issues, it took me a while to understand your example, so forgive me if I have missed your point. In your example, the words "User talk:Casliber" were bolded automatically as a result of you placing wikilinks around a term that is also the title of the present page. In contrast, the superb fairywren example is not an automatic formatting issue as the bold was manually added to a term synonymous with, but not identical to, the article title. Under MOS:BOLD, this use is permitted for "the first occurrence in running text, of a term that redirects to the article or one of its sub-sections, whether the term appears in the lead or not". As for the third sentence, "dozens of vernacular names" should indeed be discouraged and would perhaps be better in a list or table. In the superb fairywren example we are talking about six alternate names, in other articles it is often only two or three names. Loopy30 (talk) 15:21, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral
Cas, have been unable to find anything further on the surrounds, except for the mentions of the various people buried there. Frankly, some of it is concreate, more of it modern and rather ugly walls to cheap government flats, so writers tend to downplay. Will endevour to look further, but in the meantime, can u revisit the FAC pls. I return I offer a stirring Latin tune - Ceoil (talk) 11:20, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Heh, nice - something a bit Yello-ish about the track...which might explain the name....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:10, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll trade you some oranges for some blue cheer Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:21, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh wow, I love it, just great, its like it was 1989 all over again :) While we are on 60s psysadelia, raise you white noise. PS I never thought Yello got their due; them and thomas dolby, written of as novelty, when they were anything but. Further, we watched Killing Ground on Thursday night...fucking hell, never going to Australia. I hadn't realised ye are all mental. Ceoil (talk) 22:29, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * You mean The Killing Ground (2017 film)? Hmm, never heard of it....Didn't like that one but like this one alot. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:37, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * But hey, my wife is on a yoga weekend outside of sydney and went for a bushwalk...I told her to check her body for these little feckers. Poisonous here. I have had ticks in western Australia and Finland (of all place), in both places essentually harmless...but not eastern Australia....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:39, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm dissapointed to hear you drag down Finland, of all places, with the Aus outback mentals I see in hunter killer films, and that I naturally assume are everywhere down there. Its not a fair comparison, Finlad is lovely! Ceoil (talk) 23:27, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * so...er...mind how you go ;) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:41, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * My god, yer even worse than I feared. careful now Ceoil (talk) 22:44, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Aah that brings a smile :) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:47, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

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Request
Hi. Don't feel obligated, but would you like to grab my GAN for a review, perhaps in an effort to reduce the massive backlog? I understand if you're currently wrapped up with real-life obligations. Thanks either way. Slightly mad  14:16, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look between addressing stuff in my unexpectedly complicated FAC....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:55, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Northern rosella Four Award

 * Thx! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:06, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Also, double-congrats on no. 30!--Gen. Quon (Talk)   20:09, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * there'll be more ;) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:24, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Boletus pyrrhosceles
Alex Shih (talk) 00:03, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

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DYK for Amanita subpallidorosea
Alex Shih (talk) 00:04, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Talk:The Cabin in the Woods/GA1
Cas Liber, it's entirely up to you as reviewer, but the nominator here, who is clearly in no hurry to work on this despite nominating it, has a great many current GANs—17 at the moment—the bulk of them ones with few nominator edits like this one. The GA instructions were certainly not followed in this case, where a minimal contributor is expected to reach out to regular contributors and get their thoughts about doing a nomination prior to actually opening a GAN. Several such nominations have previously been removed; the only reason this one wasn't is because you'd already started your review. They are also not great in actually responding to GA reviews when issues are raised, for example Talk:Book of Genesis/GA1. Best of luck, whatever you decide to do here. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:57, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Generally, I am happy to leave things open longer rather than shorter, but was intending on closing this as a fail due to inaction and hence not fulfilling broad coverage criteria. I might look at some of the other nominations. It is a shame when people nominate so many as it clogs the system. Thankyou for pinging me as it had slipped my mind. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:07, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know; I just saw that you took on a new one. I've just removed 3 of the 17 as clear violations of the GANI requirements, one of which I'd actually opened the discussion about whether the article was ready on the talk page, but didn't get back to it until today. (It turns out there were 16 GANs in a two-day period, many of which were done without consultation, and several of which were reverted out of hand by others.) BlueMoonset (talk) 05:32, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * The one I took had actually quite a bit of editing by the nominator, so thought I would take a closer look. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:04, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * There have been a couple of posts to this review by other editors, one of whom seems likely (though with questionable authority) to take matters off your hands and fail it preemptively. So I'd like to suggest you put this one out of its misery and fail it now—the nominator seems to follow through on those articles that they have worked on extensively, but content to let the others (like this one) flounder. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:40, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * ok failed now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:36, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:15, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Red-backed fairywren scheduled for TFA
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Reptiles
Cas, I see what you mean in reptile pages. I've cleaned up/added many gecko species stub pages in the families Carphodactylidae and Diplodactylidae which are primarily Australasian. I've also moved any commons images to the respective pages as well. Being from that world, if you know of anyone waiting on loading images for any of the species, feel free....Pvmoutside (talk) 16:30, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 17:23, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Austroboletus olivaceoglutinosus
Alex Shih (talk) 00:05, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Encyclopedia of Life
Hi, do you have an opinion as to the reliability of the Encyclopedia of Life? I see you commented about it nine years ago:

So has it gotten better to the point we should use it to expand articles here?&#32;Anythingyouwant (talk) 18:57, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Gosh time flies. Will take a look but as a tertiary source on principle I'd be disinclined to use it. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:37, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay, I started using it today for Euphorbia arbuscula but can backtrack. EOL has a useful list of sources about that species, so maybe will use that instead.&#32;Anythingyouwant (talk) 20:48, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Termitomyces eurhizus
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Happy Saturnalia!

 * Thanks, and may yours be safe and festive too! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:38, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Calocybe indica
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And olive branch & holiday wishes!

 * Season's greetings reciprocated. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:29, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy holidays!
 Happy Holidays!   Hello Cas! Hope you have a great Christmas, New Year, or whatever you celebrate! RileyBugz 会話投稿記録 22:56, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Season's greetings reciprocated! cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:40, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

 * thx for a morale-boosting card :) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 15:26, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * Ummm, ok. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 06:06, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!
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DYK for Anoplognathus aureus
Alex Shih (talk) 00:03, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and All That
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and best wishes in all things! Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 14:18, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Reciprocated. cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:20, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Season's greetings...
To all who posted on my talk page as well as all my wiki-buddies who read it. Not in an easy spot to do yule-spam this year so this will have to do (chuckle). Cheers all, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:56, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Happy holidays to you and your family, Cas!  ceran  thor 01:47, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Uninvolved admin
Hi Cas, hope you've had a good Christmas. Just to spoil it, could you take a look at User talk:CSHN_Murthy. There is lots more in blanked versions of the history and elsewhere, but basically he's been advised on competence and behaviour issues by numerous editors over a couple of months, including at least three admins. You will see I've blocked him for this edit, threatening legal action and with gross incivility, as the culmination of consistently poor behaviour. His response has been to repeat the threats on his talk page and add further vilification (of me this time, which doesn't bother me, but shows his mindset). I think there is a case for withdrawing user page editing rights, but since I'm one of the malicious incompetents ganging up against him, it's clearly not appropriate for me to do so, so I wonder if you could have a look and decide whether or not to apply that sanction. Many thanks <b style="font-family:Lucida;color:red">Jimfbleak</b> - talk to me?  15:22, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Taken care of by .I guess nothing much for the outgoing folks to tell their grandchildren:) Anyways, wishing you and your loved ones a pleasant 2018.Regards Winged Blades Godric 15:55, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Been in transit the last 9 hours.....umm...looks like a lot happened while I was incommunicado. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:45, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Seasons greetings with a pointy workload option
dear Cas, Could you chuck a shufti at Flatback sea turtle? It was classified as Natator depressus, but there seems to be some confusion (perhaps mine?) I read Colin J. Limpus's The Flatback Turtle, Chelonia depressa Garman in Southeast Queensland, Australia, Herpetologica, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Dec., 1971), pp. 431-446, after seeing the redinked gloss after on the Crab Island article. Give this request the flick pass if it's a bother, and best wishes for the New Year. Nishidani (talk) 13:56, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hmm, on it. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:01, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Snottygobble
Hello Cas, Afraid I'm not much good at "catchy hooks" but maybe you could make one out of "snottygobble"? Gderrin (talk) 03:22, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

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Talk:Phragmipedium kovachii/GA1
Cas Liber, you've had this review open for over three months, and although I pinged you and the nominated back on December 5, there wasn't any response, so I'm assuming this fell through the cracks or the ping went astray.

Do you think you could start wrapping this up now? It's up to you whether you'd want to contact the nominator first. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:09, 31 December 2017 (UTC)


 * It's been another two weeks. Please let me know what your plans are with your review of this nomination. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:41, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Casliber!
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Dinosaurs
Hi Cas, I was just wondering how come you are not in the habit of nominating dinosaur articles anymore? Though birds are technically dinosaurs, of course... FunkMonk (talk) 21:00, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I was pondering that myself recently. Given I do this to relax, I have to be enthusiastic about something. There has been a flurry of activity among birding editors over the last year which has been nice to be a part of. I did think about it recently, just have to get motivated to write one.....I also did muse on Righting Great Wrongs and think about doing more paleozoicy or cenozoicy too.....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:07, 6 January 2018 (UTC)


 * I have been pretty busy too recently, so what I often do in these periods is try and kick some existing GAs over the FA line too as FAC is really a Rate Limiting Step (especially for specialised articles) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:09, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
 * No pressure, but it would of course be nice to see such a nomination one day! Seems the amount of bird nominations has decreased in recent months, not sure why... FunkMonk (talk) 21:23, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
 * People just do different things - a few editors are doing other things and others are less active. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:58, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, seems a few bird articles are also cooking at the moment... FunkMonk (talk) 22:01, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi again
Hi Casliber, I hope I find you well. I left you to finish the Red-billed quelea FA, as I went on holidays end of August to South-Africa. You asked me to take pictures of Proteaceae. Of cause, I have long been back but have been busy to ID as much of the photos I took. This is to let you know I'v added Proteaceae pictures to Wiki Commons of Diastella fraterna!, Leucadendron coniferum!, ''Ld. gandogeri!, Ld. salignum, Ld. rubrum''! nf, ''Ld. xanthoconus, Leucospermum calligerum, Ls. conocarpodendron'' subsp. viridum, ''Ls. cordifolium, Ls. cuneiforme, Ls. oleifolium, Ls. prostratum!, Ls. truncatum!, Mimetes cucullatus, Paranomus abrotanifolius!, Phytoplasma on Protea cynaroides!, Protea caffra'' subsp. caffra, P. cynaroides, P. denticulata!, P. glabra, P. laurifolia, P. neriifolia, P. piscina! nf, P. roupelliae, Serruria adscendens!, S. balanocephala! or S. gremialis!, S. elongata!, S. fasciflora!. Species not on commons before have !, nf = not flowering. In some other species I provided the first pictures not from botanical gardens. For an overview see here.

I could ID many species that are not in the field-guidebook with the help of iSpot and iNaturalist. Friends of mine have traveled West-Australia for half a year recently. I promised to assist them in identifying the taxa, but they did not record the locations. Do you have a suggestion where I could find help for this task?

I'll be occupied with uploading other SA pictures for some time. I hope in due time you are willing to lend me a hand in setting up two WikiProjects (Botany of the Cape, and Pelargonium). I've got some stuff in my Sandbox, but need help before I can post it. Some people in the Netherlands and South Africa are willing to contribute.

Kind regards, Dwergenpaartje (talk) 18:27, 7 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Brilliant!! Let me take a look. I am familiar with much WA flora so are the photos already uploaded to wikimedia commons? If so, good - I do have many friends in WA who are very knowledgeable about these things too. cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:14, 7 January 2018 (UTC)


 * I'll certainly let you know as soon as I have uploaded the stuff. Thanks in advance! Dwergenpaartje (talk) 22:24, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Bat FAC
Hi there. Would you be able to do a source spotcheck for the article, please? The page has stalled. LittleJerry (talk) 18:46, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah meant to at some point. Will try today. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:24, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
 * But what about the spotcheck? LittleJerry (talk) 02:47, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hang on. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:54, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Macrocybe crassa
Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

About Xylocopa rufitarsis - "red-leg carpenter bee"?
Hi Cas. I have only been able to find one mention on the inter-tubes for the common name of X.rufitarsis as "red-leg carpenter bee", that bee-ing - see what I did there, Sione? - the article itself. Obviously its specific epithet "rufitarsis" means "red legs", but... well, more generally I think we should be writing Wikipedia articles for readers who don't initially know what "binomial authority" and "specific epithet" mean. Here endeth this rant. Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:49, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * You are of course right. I just stuck up the taxobox skeleton of an article around a pic. I'll trawl through some stuff to find plain English material to add anon. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:15, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Euphorbia arbuscula
Alex Shih (talk) 12:03, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK promotion problem
Cas Liber, it looks like you promoted Prep 4 to Queue 4 when it was incomplete: there is only a "that" for the final (quirky) hook.

Can you please fix this when you're next on? We need an eighth hook for that set. (But please don't grab the pelicans hook from Prep 6, since it's about to be moved to April Fools.) Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:05, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Done (gosh I must have been tired to miss that...) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:31, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Black mamba
Thanks for the FAC review. I'm not sure I can help you much with black mamba, since I don't have much material on it. I hope you do work on it. We could use a snake FA. LittleJerry (talk) 03:13, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ok/nevermind. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:07, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Oops. I forgot that you asked me to help source checking. I can do that when bat is passed. Do you think that's all that's needed for the article? LittleJerry (talk) 21:45, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Ok, the background is that several snake articles were worked on by a now-banned user who would stretch/embellish sources to make the snake look more dramatic. It was also a test for me to see if reworking an already well-developed article is easier or more difficult than building one from scratch (and also you are right about the lack of Featured Content on snakes). Hence I really need to go over all sources in the article to make sure that it anything wrong or exaggerated is removed or realigned to the source. I have found material that was not in citations that were supposedly supporting them. I had gone through the taxonomy section so far and have the rest to do. I figure the behaviour and toxicity sections will need the most focus. Anyway, if you feel like checking a section or two to see if sources match content that'd be great, if not it's no big deal. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:58, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Wrong synonymy
Hi CasLiber, I'm working on Felicia (genus) at the moment, see User:Dwergenpaartje/sandbox. This made clear that two redirects are wrong: Felicia erigeroides to Erigeron karvinskianus and Felicia uliginosa to Solidago uliginosa, such as becomes clear by comparing the distributions of the Felicia species and the species they redirect to. However, the synonymy in both is sourced, here and here on The PlantList. Seems like an open invitation to reverse the factual correction. What could effectively be done to avoid this? Thanks in advance for the advice. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 14:22, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yikes- Asteraceae ain't my thing. Let me digest...and have another coffee....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:50, 13 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Just noting that plantlist says that Erigeron karvinskianus itselfs is an unresolved name and that the confidence in synonyms is low. Reading more...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:53, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Persoonia adenantha
Hello! Your submission of Persoonia adenantha at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 07:36, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Persoonia procumbens
Vanamonde (talk) 04:19, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Paranomus abrotanifolius
Hi CasLiber, Thanks for the DYK nomination of Paranomus abrotanifolius. I will have to do my best to quickly paraphrase the description still between non-wiki tags, but it has various difficulties, such as morphologic terms that seem to have a specific use in Proteaceae or possibly only in Paranomus. One of the other issues is the unit of length used: lin.. I first interpreted it as an inch, but that leads to dimensions of the flower that could not be correct. I now think it stands for line (unit), the wiki article of which says botanist continued to use the unit even though it was not authorized in the British Imperial system of 1824. It further says it is variously reckoned as ​1⁄10, ​1⁄12, ​1⁄16, or ​1⁄40 of an inch, and that the British line is approx. 2.1 mm and the Paris line approx. 2.3 mm. This introduces a lot of uncertainty, but I think it would be reasonable to assume lin. is indeed short?hand for line and that it is ment to be 1⁄10 of an inch. What do you think? Thanks for the advice. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 14:13, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Paranomus abrotanifolius
Hello! Your submission of Paranomus abrotanifolius at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:21, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Paxillus involutus scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that Paxillus involutus has been scheduled as today's featured article for 14 February 2018. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/February 14, 2018. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:47, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Because you're special....
This is to let you know that Pyxis has been scheduled as today's featured article for 24 February 2018. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/February 24, 2018. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:47, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

LaMelo Ball GA nomination
Hello. I nominated the LaMelo Ball article many months ago for good article candidacy. However, no one has reviewed it since then, although it is in good shape in my opinion. I was wondering whether you could take a look and consider starting the review. Thank you. TempleM (talk) 03:35, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure. It is frustrating when one's GAN languishes there for a long time....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:13, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I've also greatly expanded on the LiAngelo Ball article, which has been a GA nominee for a while, so could you perhaps take a look at that one too? TempleM (talk) 22:47, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Daisies
Hi CasLiber, I've extended Polyarrhena today and Felicia (genus) last week. Perhaps you would care to take a look. I would be interested to do GAN for Felicia (genus) and for Brassicaceae together with you, if you think these articles are ready. Kind regards, Dwergenpaartje (talk) 20:13, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Eagerly awaiting the identification of the specific species alluded to in the old floriphiliac song
 * ''Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do!
 * I'm half crazy all for the love of you . . . .Nishidani (talk) 20:28, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Ok sounds good. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:06, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Persoonia adenantha
Alex Shih (talk) 01:19, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Persoonia chamaepeuce
Alex Shih (talk) 01:19, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Featured article review/archive/January 2018
Cas Liber, I'm not quite sure why, but the bot never archived the West Bengal review, even though you posted that it was closed (and delisted) on January 1, over three weeks ago. Maybe you need to give it a boot or something? BlueMoonset (talk) 23:53, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Err...sigh. lazy good-for-nothing bot, will take a look Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:27, 24 January 2018 (UTC)


 * I did it manually. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:41, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Isopogon mnoraifolius
Gatoclass (talk) 00:47, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Possible new editor problem
Hello, Cas,

On my watchlist, I found an article move made in error. It appears a new editor has been helpfully creating redirects and moves, but hasn't checked the articles being linked or moved. You may want to follow up on User talk:Ha-joon S, as I fear the article on my watchlist is not the only one s/he misconnected. Whoever they are, they apparently link articles without even reading to confirm the connection.

My mistakenly redirected article needing correction/reversion is Arthur Peck (aviator). This WWI pilot is presently wrongly linked to an executive of the Gap Corporation.

With an advance thanks, and wishes for a great day.Georgejdorner (talk) 18:17, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Odontadenia macrantha
Vanamonde (talk) 12:12, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Hardenbergia comptoniana
00:02, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Persoonia elliptica
Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Persoonia saccata
Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Central notice request for contest
Hi, where was it you request the notice for contests again?♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:29, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
 * There are a couple of different ways...template:cent is one...and the mass alert is another....just need to remember how...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:24, 31 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Aha - Editnotice is the page you wanna read...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:32, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for that. BTW my Contests/Toolkit/Template is ready, you might be interested in using it to set up a contest sometime. I know you already have your own system and do a lot of work but the template can be adapted for any topic and save time should you or feel like doing one for wildlife or whatever!♦  Dr. Blofeld  14:22, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Snake FA
Hey, if black mamba doesn't work out for you I would be willing to work with you on another snake article for FA. LittleJerry (talk) 18:50, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Ok cool. It is heavy going that one. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:40, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Just to make sure you did miss my correction. I meant "doesn't". LittleJerry (talk) 22:03, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I noticed. Musing on this.....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:55, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Oedera capensis
The new article on Oedera capensis may have a nice fact for a DYK nomination: "what at first sight appears to be a single flowerhead [...] in fact are mostly nine densely cropped heads". I haven't done or plan to evaluate other nominations, so I'm not in a position to nominate it myself. Perhaps you can be persuaded? Regards, Dwergenpaartje (talk) 15:52, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes! I was looking at it trying to think of something interesting......well done. I'll nominate Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:54, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Cortinarius metallicus
Alex Shih (talk) 00:03, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Civility in infobox discussions case opened
You were recently listed as a party to or recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility in infobox discussions. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility in infobox discussions/Evidence. Please add your evidence by February 17, 2018, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility in infobox discussions/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:49, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Felicia echinata
— Maile (talk) 02:24, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Hiram Frank Davison
should be Hiram Franklin Davison, but I cannot make the Move page gizmo work. Do your administrative powers contain a Move page secret?Georgejdorner (talk) 05:35, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Dunno. It usually doesn't work for non admins because of needing to delete/overwrite a page this time. But I noticed that you weren't a page mover, so granted that right Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:48, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I've been moving articles for about a decade, but never previously ran into any problems. Thank you for the move, and thank you for my brand new "superpower". Till next time, toodle-oh.Georgejdorner (talk) 19:42, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Paranomus abrotanifolius
Gatoclass (talk) 01:38, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

My syntax message
Hi Casliber, if you want to see who my message was intended for, follow this. WolfmanSF (talk) 08:16, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Boletus aurantiosplendens
Alex Shih (talk) 01:23, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

TFA
This is to let you know that the Capella article has been scheduled as today's featured article for March 21, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/March 21, 2018.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:01, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Cas, do you have any thoughts on which image you want for this one? - Dank (push to talk) 22:53, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't like the twin suns one much. Maybe File:Auriga constellation map.svg indicating where it is is best of very limited options..Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:57, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

Please review_Messier 87
Hi Casliber! Since you are one of the main contributors to the article Messier 87 and it has been nominated for peer review, I would like to request you to kindly review the article. If it is good enough, it can be nominated for FA, another of your specialties ;) Thanks. ubedjunejo (talk) 22:27, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Helleborus orientalis
Gatoclass (talk) 00:08, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! I took the liberty to decorate my talk with the meaningful flower. Happy Valentine's Day, and a good time of preparation! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:07, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
 * cool! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:22, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Impact
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:23, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

... and stars, and mushrooms: "Many moons ago as a child I read about this fungus (widely eaten in Eastern Europe) mysteriously killing people..now I am a doctor and we know why it does, and I find it even freakier." Thank you, and Sasata, for poison pax! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:00, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

... and today Pyxis, thank you! You star, wonderfully absent from noticeboards, as far as I see. I try to do the same, until I see another friend in trouble ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:13, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

... and yesterday Capella, "the sixth brightest star in the sky. It's been a collaborative effort"! - I missed it, focused on Bach's birthday ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:00, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

... and today's Gomphus clavatus, missing Sasata. - I have a FAC open, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 04:53, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

... and today's Norma! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:15, 14 June 2018 (UTC)