User talk:Draco ignoramus sophomoricus

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Scale charts
Hi Draco! Good news and bad news--good news is that I promised Bamboozlingbert a new scale chart a wile back and will definitely get onto this soon. Bad news--by "soon" I mean at least a week and a half because I'm going on holidays tomorrow. But more are coming, don't worry. Dinoguy2 (talk) 22:12, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Greek again
Hey you helped me out in confirming the meaning of aliourophobia; wondering if you could check my latest contribution on the discussion page to 'apples and oranges' Eugene-elgato (talk) 11:05, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Elate, euxaristw para polu....fainetai exete dikaion Eugene-elgato (talk) 10:47, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * hey, do you know anything about agrotissa milk? Eugene-elgato (talk) 13:45, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * And also, if you could check out Etymology. Under discussion is the etymology of etymology, where I think etumon means ready and everyone else thinks it means true senseEugene-elgato (talk) 11:37, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * It is somewhat ironic, but never mind ! Ultimately one would have to go back to the hypothetical proto-indo-european language; and beyond that, whi knowsEugene-elgato (talk) 22:13, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Eupleridae
You discussed some issues at Talk:Eupleridae some time ago that remained unresolved; you may be interested in the new information I added there. Ucucha 01:35, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

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Please preview, consolidate, and summarize
Hi Draco, and thanks for your contributions. Below are a few editing suggestions to make it easier for you and others to collaborate on the encyclopedia. Please preview, consolidate, and summarize your edits: Thanks in advance for considering these suggestions. Eric talk 18:59, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
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 * My edits are too many, too frequent, too minor and too homogeneous to add an explanation to them individually. I just add taxa in geological stages' biolists based on preexisting wikipedia info.--Draco ignoramus sophomoricus (talk) 14:27, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding. While I disagree with your reasoning for not leaving summaries, you are obviously here to improve the encyclopedia and I ain't the cops, so I don't want to hassle you. I think if you do end up taking a moment to consider what it's like for other editors watching the articles you work on, you'll see my point. In any case, it would be a nice gesture to the community if you would at least consider using the show preview option to consolidate your edits. Thanks again for the improvements you are making. Eric talk 14:40, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your attention but please rest asured, in the rare occation where I am about to make some more drastical change than simply adding a taxon in a list I always consult previous editors of the article in both the article's talk page [1] and the more invested recent editors' talk page[|[2]. Also the main reason I took the initiative to start editing was mainly because the specific articles I contribute to were seemingly too neglected to cause anyone emotional distress by changing them (and I'm extensively using the show preview and sanbox features but typos can always ascape one's attention). Jokes aside, I currently lack experience on editing etiquette so I just try to be as brief and non-invasive as I can with my edits and I'd appreciate some patience and tolerance by wiki veterans' behalf, thanks again for your guidance.--Draco ignoramus sophomoricus (talk) 14:49, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

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Thank for your hard work, too!
Based on my watchlist I can see that you are also busy completing the geological stages' articles' biolists. Thanks so much! I think these are nice summaries of how life evolved through the ages. I'm not an expert. I use other wikipedia pages as a rough guide and try to figure out the age by typing the taxon name into google or google scholar. For fishes, the Handbooks of Paleoichtyology are always useful. There is also one on Paleoherpetology, but I don't have it. I think you did a nice job. And mistakes can always be corrected by other wikipedians. I'm quite new to editing here and might not know all the tools yet. Any advise would be appreciated.We can communicate here or through mail, both fine for me. --GleisReis (talk) 17:55, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Pretty much the same here. I mostly use fossilworks since the site seems to be linked to almost every taxon's article (so I assume it's an acceptable source for wikipedia) as long as it does not contradict sourced articles' content, as is in quite a few cases, hope this tips helps you further. Thanks again for being reliable, it really motivated me to further outline vertebrates' evolutionary course since the Silurian, while originally I only aimed at only clarifying theropods' timeline and call it quits.--Draco ignoramus sophomoricus (talk) 19:56, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Fossilworks is surely a good source. Some open access studies feature a phylogenetic tree with genera/species plotted against time. They can be useful, too. Inevitably, there will be mistakes and also phylogenetic and stratigraphic placement can change with new data - but that's not a problem as we or others can always update and correct. I think you do a good job by adding formation names as this makes it easier in the future to spot potential errors in age determination. I'll try to add this info in the future, too. I'm currently a bit busy but will resume contributing in the next days. It's motivating not to be the only one doing it.--GleisReis (talk) 10:03, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the note. I don't know too much about Cretaceaous faunas, but I'll have a look. I'm happy to contribute to similar projects in the Paleozoic and Triassic. Keep me posted.--GleisReis (talk) 20:22, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

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