User talk:Clayoquot/Archive 6

Lion
Hey, Clayoquot; I know you've been a significant contributor to Lion. It is prominently figuring at Featured articles/Cleanup listing. Since Marskell isn't around, do you think you can enlist some editors to help restore it back to FA standards? I sure hate to see what has happened to that one. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 16:12, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Sandy. I'll do my best to find the time. Thanks for thinking of me. It's always good to hear your voice. Cheers, Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 04:54, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Social Animal
Clayoquot, Hi. I know you have been a considerable contributor to the Orca's page and since I have only a rudimentary knowledge of Orcas from cable documentaries, I was inquiring as to whether Orcas are regarded as social animals. I was under the impression that they were. They were originally listed in that article as being so, but another contributor who maintains themself to be an expert in that matter, removed them from that page. So I am asking if it is an acceptable contention to include them in the list of social animals? I appreciate any understanding of Orcas that you can offer. Thanks... Steve. Stevenmitchell (talk) 00:06, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for asking. Yes, orcas are highly social, and I have never heard of this fact being seriously questioned amongst scientists. From which page was it removed? Cheers, Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 01:18, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

My Bad!
My bad on Wildlife photo-identification! Vicenarian (T · C) 06:20, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It's OK. Thanks for your note! Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 06:24, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Michael Bigg
Well done! -- KenWalker | Talk 01:30, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 04:49, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Blue whale
Hi there,

I've just processed a semi-protected edit request on the Blue Whale article, and I turned down the request.

I'm not an expert in the topic area, therefore I looked at major contributors to the article that were active, and hence found you.

Please could you check my response to the request, and see if my comments were appropriate - in Talk:Blue Whale.

Many thanks,  Chzz  ►  06:06, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

(I don't watchlist pages, so please drop me a note on my own talk or something, cheers)


 * Thanks, that's great. 94.197.144.106 (talk) 07:41, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

User:Tbranch
Interesting, I had not seen that as an option before. It must have been added recently (although the idea has been thrown around for as long as autoconfirming was in place). It seems to be rarely used, but I went ahead and granted it. Let me know if you see anything else that comes up and thanks for taking note of this! --TeaDrinker (talk) 16:50, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks TeaDrinker! Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:21, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Heya
Thank you for the cherries and the welcome back. I'm still not really settled in, so we'll see how it goes. "Wikipedia is a treefull of cherries"—is that an actual observation or a sentimental wish?

Ramadan is being celebrated where I am. In that spirit, I'm offering you a date. Marskell (talk) 20:26, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Marskell. For readers, it's cherries for sure. For writers, I don't know... But BTW this is funny: http://www.mattcutts.com/images/duty_calls.png . Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 03:44, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Vancouver
- Mkdw talk 11:55, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Killer Whale - featured article review
Hi Clayoquot nominated Killer Whale for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Tom B (talk) 19:49, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:48, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for your positive comments. I saw you have been the main editor for a while now and had added a lot of inline citations in the past. Ideally I would do a pre-notification before listing but the article has been tagged for some time now, as you indicate. The main area of work for this article will simply be adding a lot of reliable inline citations to the end of paragraps, hopefully it can be kept, about half the articles i've brought to review have been kept. If someone is working on it, then they are given time to improve rather than delist, happy hunting Tom B (talk) 12:44, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Belugaboy535136
I have no issues if you would like him to be a part of a wikiproject as long as his edits are constructive and helpful to those projects. I only ask that if any issues arise please let me know.  Zoo Pro  07:33, 5 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I'll restore his name to the lists then. It's not that I *want* him to be a part of WikiProjects, but as he signed himself up before I think we should let him stay. I'll leave him a note to the effect that the reason I'm doing it is that WikiProject membership is not a big deal. Cheers, Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 07:43, 5 January 2010 (UTC)


 * No worries at all. I am happy for him to be a part of the projects as long as he is doing the right thing. I will endevour to get to the Springer (orca) talk page and let you know, i do have some issues that you have already raised and i will give you my full opinion on the talk page. Cheers  Zoo Pro  07:50, 5 January 2010 (UTC)


 * If he keeps making non-constructive edits then we should ask for blocks or topic bans. I am concerned about possibly discouraging people from signing up for projects if we send a message that the edits of project members will be more scrutinized than the edits of non-members. Whatever method you use to sanction people, you will probably have to spend time arguing about it. So you might as well sanction people with something real, like a block, than with something symbolic like a having their name on a project list. I'll keep an eye on him. Take care, Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 08:02, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Arthur Griffiths
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Your remark
You may want to sign your remark here. JoshuaZ (talk) 05:55, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Thanks for the prompt. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:57, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

CU
You have e-mail. -- Avi (talk) 06:20, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Discussion invitation
Ikip 05:06, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

(refactored) Ikip 04:40, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Short wikibreak
I'll be editing very little, if at all, for the next week. Between upcoming travel and a big party in my hometown, I'm very busy this week. Take care, Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 07:01, 23 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Now it's my turn to say I'm very glad to see you back at killer whale! :-) Thanks, Avenue (talk) 09:36, 4 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Glad to see you there too :) Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 09:38, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Final discussion for Requests for comment/Biographies of living people
Hello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:
 * 1) Proposal to Close This RfC
 * 2) Alternate proposal to close this RFC: we don't need a whole new layer of bureaucracy

Your opinion on this is welcome. Okip  02:09, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Pictures?
Hey there, I'm The Gallant Osprey and I noticed that you had a picture of a Lioness and some (extremely cute) Lion Cubs. I thought I would copy you but with Platypuses. Can you show me how to do that? Leave an answer on my talk. Oh and here is a link: (talk) The Gallant Osprey 08:37, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Disability
Have you noticed the new project: Disability? I've added their template to the talk pages at DSPS and Non-24. I may end up having to defend this and if so will ask your help. Cheers, Hordaland (talk) 09:30, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Carles Puyol
Hi there CLAYOQUOT, VASCO from Portugal here,

GREAT job in improving this player's article. I only did some minor fixes, on which i now elaborate: i composed intro because it said there twice he was FC Barcelona's captain, when only one suffices. I also removed some overlinking (one time in intro and one time in storyline is enough, for instance Xavi was linked more than one time, that's overlinking).

Last, i relocated (not removed, don't worry man!) the section PERSONAL LIFE, after all the sporting sections, more important in the case of an athlete. Hope you like my changes, all for the best, happy editing - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 18:57, 20 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks Vasco. It's always nice to hear from friendly fellow editors. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 07:36, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Delta and Dawn DYK
If you could find a couple of more refs for this article, I'd be glad to nominate it for a DYK. I'd recommend using Scroogle's search engine to find refs. The Sacramento Bee has articles available through Scroogle. You can read about Scroogle and how I use it at User:Morenooso. moreno oso (talk) 05:32, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion. I think it's a good idea, but I'll pass. I just happened to be reading the Humphrey article and thought it looked funny that D&D were there, so I did about 60 seconds of cutting and pasting. You did a nice job of tidying it up. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:37, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I've passed your note along to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cetaceans. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:47, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Please let me edit the article. You caused an edit conflct and I lost data. moreno oso (talk) 06:37, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem. Sorry I accidentally got in the way. Have fun. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 06:40, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Please remove me from your DYK nom. I wish to be no part of it. moreno oso (talk) 19:47, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 00:39, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

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Talk:Interaction design/Schools
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Image discussion at article 17 Mile Drive
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Paraphrasing
We generally paraphrase rather than quotes large amounts of text. Best Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 18:13, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Fenugreek & breastfeeding
Hello. You left this message on my Talk page:
 * This struck me as an unnecessarily harsh edit summary. If you had done a simple Pubmed search for "fenugreek breastfeeding" you would have realized it is not nonsense. Please try to be more careful, especially with new users.

With respect, the concept of using fenugreek as a galactagogue is an unproven herbalism myth, with no scientific evidence it is safe or effective, i.e., it is as nonsensical as using fairy dust. I know and use PubMed routinely, and found nothing credible to indicate it has value in breastfeeding. I did not "bite" the newbie, but as you saw on her Talk page, I welcomed her and advised about MEDRS sourcing as you did. --Zefr (talk) 16:20, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Respect must be earned, and Clay just earned mine. Thanks for the note on my talk page, I am not "new" but I am just recently getting into the guts of serious editing. Clayoquot is correct! A quick search of pubmed produced ample evidence of studies supporting the fact that "consumption of fenugreek significantly increased amount of the produced breast milk" network meta-analysis. Phytother Res. 2017 Nov 30. doi: 10.1002/ptr.5972. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 29193352.
 * 1: Khan TM, Wu DB, Dolzhenko AV. Effectiveness of fenugreek as a galactagogue: A

comment redacted

So, Clay, while reading that abstract, it plainly stated that another plant was an even more potent galactagogue (new vocab for today) than fenugreek... wiki'd it and BOOM, I have actual info to contribute as an editor. TL:DR - Could you point me to some project pages on how to format citations? I will poke around, but any help would be appreciated. (I have already found "DON'T JUST READ THE ABSTRACT"...) Angryredplanet (talk) 01:30, 18 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi . It's nice to meet you, and thanks for finding that article. For formatting citations, I like to use https://tools.wmflabs.org/citer/. There's a drop-down widget at the top that you can switch to "PMID" then you just paste "29193352" into the search field and you get a formatted ref. By the way, it's a good practice at Wikipedia to comment on the edit not the editor. I've redacted your comment above as a personal attack. We can all disagree without making the disagreement personal. Take care, Clayoquot (talk &#124; contribs) 04:50, 19 January 2018 (UTC)