User talk:Circeus/december2009

DYK nomination of Water supply and sanitation in Morocco
Hello! Your submission of Water supply and sanitation in Morocco at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Calmer  Waters  16:09, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

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List of Tricholomataceae genera
Hi Circeus, didn't know you were in the WikiCup! Since you've helped out so much, I wondering if you wanted to be a co-nom of the above for FLC, sometime in January (if all the puzzle pieces are found). What's left to do:
 * 1) complete the few remaining protologue references (more intensive digging required for these last ones)
 * 2) add opening blurb of reasonably substantial length so it can be nominated for DYK (wait until January for this)
 * 3) move genera authorities to genus column, and add new column for distribution & fill in details
 * 4) make sure images are the best available (pictures of type species preferred I guess); then add alt texts
 * 5) figure out what the missing genera are

The last one will be the most difficult, but I've left a note with a "real" mycologist who's highly published in the area and edits here occasionally; hopefully can he give some advice. Sasata (talk) 16:46, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Taxonomy fun...
Hey have a look at the link here, which I have set up a discussion of at the cockatoo talk page. heh. Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Claverack Library
Yes, it is, There are two dozen or so listings in Claverack, more than any other community in the county, even Hudson. After I get done with my current batch we'll have articles on most of them. And it's no wonder I get some of these names mixed up, especially when there are a number of similar property names (wasn't the issue here, but I got confused with the way some properties are named in other communities). Daniel Case (talk) 02:00, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

The 2010 WikiCup begins tomorrow!
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