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Your submission at Articles for creation: Butterfly Animal (Fossil) has been accepted
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Hi
I've reverted your edits to Parioscorpio because they restate text that is already in the article. Happy editing! Hemiauchenia (talk) 18:32, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I've added the text back after having second thoughts. Hemiauchenia (talk) 18:39, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

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Thanks again, and happy editing!  TheTechnician27  (Talk page)  04:48, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started
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Speedy deletion nomination of Lepidocoleus


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The deletion nomination
Hey, saw your new article was nominated for speedy deletion right away. I removed the template. That user has a habit of immediately nominating new pages for deletion. To avoid that happening again in the future, you could start it in a draftspace or add an in progress template at the top. Seacactus 13 (talk) 01:55, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Ways to improve Kimbryanodus
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Sindhochelys
If you're interesting in writing new articles, then there's an extinct Paleocene turtle (Sindhochelys ragei) that was discovered a week ago and still needs creation. The open-access paper describing it is here:

Hiroizmeh (Talk | Contributions) 04:27, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you kind sir Fossiladder13 (talk) 12:56, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

OK ive gotten it done can you get it out of draftspace

Petraster moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Petraster, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Singularity42 (talk) 16:34, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Hey, I think your draft version now has sufficient content to go into mainspace. I have tagged the second version you created in mainspace for a non-controversial speedy deletion by an admin so that your improved draft version can be moved over and preserve the article's history. Singularity42 (talk) 17:11, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Petraster


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Your submission at Articles for creation: Petraster (December 22)
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 * Looks like this draft has gone back and forth between mainspace and draftspace and proposed deletion and so on. Just wanted to check in and confirm that the existing article looks good to me, but the initial citation to Wikipedia should be replaced with something else, since Wikipedia is a user=generated source. Hopefully the original article cites its sources and you can use those instead. Rusalkii  (talk) 23:59, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Things to watch out for when editing
I have fixed some of your problematic edits. First of all, it is preferable to basically use a dissertation as a reference. In the case of Dracopristis, when you first created it, there was no reference other than news websites. At least there should be a paper that is described, if that is not too old taxa. As seen in Bandringa, do not use first or second person like "we" or "you" when writing an article. This is clearly stated. You made a mistake in Paleontology in Iowa, causing the whole article to be centered. You may not have understood it because you were editing from your mobile phone, but let's check it. And in Latenivenatrix, you posted an inaccurate paleoart. We recommend that you first check the details of the image on Wikimedia commons. And in Lebachacanthus, I saw some proprietary research. Basically, it is not recommended to write anything other than what is clearly stated in the papers. In fact, Prionosuchus lived only in Brazil, and Dimetrodon teutonis was a too small species to attack Lebachacanthus. Also, don't use the fossil shopping website as a reference... sometimes there are fake fossils. If you want to use the same reference multiple times, merging them is easy with visual editing. Some articles in ResearchGate are not recognized as articles in visual editing, so it is better to use the original link of the article. You should also resolve copyright issues of some of the images you uploaded as soon as possible... Anyway, I'm still a beginner in editing too. Let's do our best each other! Ta-tea-two-te-to (talk) 10:36, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Ok got it Fossiladder13 (talk) 13:11, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Edits
Hello Fossiladder, I very much appreciate the work you've been doing on articles related to extinct fauna. However, you're making improvements to these articles in an unusually high amount of edits. I wanted to ask if you could try to reduce the amount of times you publish an edit, maybe once you've finished a section of an article? This will help keep the history of the articles cleaner and easier to navigate for other editors. Cheers, --TimTheDragonRider (talk) 12:41, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

You’re right maybe I don’t need to publish an edit just when I fix a typo. Yeah whenever I edit, I will try to make the edits substantially large. Fossiladder13 (talk) 13:06, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I would not worry about incremental edits in the course of creating/improving an article. As you can see at Vitamin A, I started with an article that was already B-class (perhaps not warranted), and did scores of edits over a month as preparation for submitting for GA. As long as your edit summaries make clear WHERE the edits were, not a problem. David notMD (talk) 16:32, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Erratus
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Your GA nomination of Erratus
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 * A synpathetic note - most of my GA nominations succeeded, some with LOTS of work, but two failed. I addressed all the outstanding issues, reapplied, worked through (with a different reviewer) and succeeded on second try. Example: Riboflavin. David notMD (talk) 16:35, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Dracopristis
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Your GA nomination of Dracopristis
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DYK nomination of Erratus
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 * Hello, there have been multiple comments now to the DYK nomination. Please respond to them as soon as possible, thanks.  Naruto love hinata 5 (talk · contributions) 13:53, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

About Parioscorpio as cheloniellid
Apparently, according to paleontologist Dr. James Lamsdell, the paper under review suggests that its affinity as cheloniellid will be denied. (Please note that it is uncertain because it is information just from his Twitter.) I warn you that in the future you will also need to read that paper when released. Ta-tea-two-te-to (talk) 00:17, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Ok got it, thanks for the update. Fossiladder13 (talk) 12:11, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Erratus
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Concern regarding Draft:Petraster
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Copyright problem: Yorkicystis
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 * @Diannaa hey I got your message. I see the problems and I would like to fix them. I see on the page that I could edit the text to a more encyclopedic format. Would that mean I could go into previous revisions of the page and edit out the text that could be copyright problems. And just replace it with better text or remove it altogether. Please try to respond as quickly as you can because I want to get this done before I leave for a trip in the next few days. Thanks Fossiladder13 (talk) 17:19, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * You can view the extent of the overlap by using Earwig's tool. Please use the special temporary page for your rewrite: this temporary page. — Diannaa (talk) 18:31, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Got it thanks!. Fossiladder13 (talk) 18:36, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't think you intended it, but Fossil added this 'temporary' page in the mainspace at Yorkicystis/Temp which I highly doubt was your intent when you provided the location above. Please confirm. Izno (talk) 04:47, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * The intention was that he should click on the link to the correct location and do the re-write there, not in mainspace. I have finished the copyright cleanup and moved the new text into the article. The temp page and its talk page are now deleted. Case closed — Diannaa (talk) 14:14, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for helping me with this @Diannaa Fossiladder13 (talk) 14:16, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Your contributed article, Yorkicystis/Temp


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 * Note I retracted the deletion request as I found out why the page was duplicated. My apologies. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 20:15, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * @Rsjaffe Thank you Fossiladder13 (talk) 20:15, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Dracopristis
The DYK is not eligible because it was submitted on 8 Sept 2022, whereas the GA review was succcessfully completed in March 2022. There is a seven day window after the GA approval to submit. David notMD (talk) 03:13, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

New message from Narutolovehinata5
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Please consider layout...
Adding a lot of information is never a bad thing, but you should also consider the layout. Huge galleries squeeze articles. As for Paleoecology, it's not bad to mention animals of the same formation a little, but my opinion is that it's better not to be the subject of it. Don't stray too far from what the article describes. I was a little surprised when I saw that the Titanokorys article had a large number of images of animals from Marble Canyon and explained the classification of Dinocarids... Ta-tea-two-te-to (talk) 08:26, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

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DYK for Titanokorys
Vanamonde 00:02, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Re: Paleobiota of the Burgess Shale
Are you working on the arthropod section? Because if you're not, I am happy to create this section. Hemiauchenia (talk) 19:23, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Oh, that would be great. I am thinking of doing it, but considering the amount of genera and species I was waiting to see if someone would lend a hand, thanks. Fossiladder13 (talk) 19:45, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

If we are doing the arthropod section, I think it would be best if we group them based on their orders (artiopoda, radiodonta, etc). Fossiladder13 (talk) 19:47, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Sure, I've listed them roughty by major section anyway, so If you want to split them that would be fine. Hemiauchenia (talk) 19:57, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Got it, I am going to start doing more in depth descriptions Fossiladder13 (talk) 19:58, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I think I have added the bulk of the taxa now, so you should be free to write the descriptions without me treading on your toes. Hemiauchenia (talk) 21:03, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Great, thank you. Fossiladder13 (talk) 21:04, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

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Arthropod taxobox
Hey, I've been seeing your edits on the subdivisions of the arthropod taxobox. It would be preferable if your additions were accompanied by citations, especially for those groups that have no article of their own. Sources would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! ☽ Snoteleks  ☾ 10:31, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

Posted about Waukesha Marrellomorph in DeviantArt
I posted a speculative reconstruction of the Waukesha Marrellomorph and description of its assignment as "Butterfly Animal" on DeviantArt. Please note that since it is personal interpretation I have no plans to post this on Wikipedia. Ta-tea-two-te-to (talk) 09:19, 14 December 2022 (UTC)


 * @Ta-tea-two-te-to That’s a really nice reconstruction, and I have no problems with you not posting it. Just wait until the arthropod is actually named. Also, didn’t know the “butterfly animal’s” wings could actually be fluids. Fossiladder13 (talk) 13:40, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Well that's just my speculation. In Wendruff et al. (2020) specimen shows black streaks on the upper side of the 'butterfly wings', which may be the legs seen from the ventral side. (I don't really know) The butterfly-like shape of the entire fossil may be the result of fluid or something leaking out as the legs expand, and that may reason that only anterior horn visible in fossil, but this is just speculation and I am pretty amateur. Ta-tea-two-te-to (talk) 14:16, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
 * @Ta-tea-two-te-to Thats possible, not the first time we have found marrellomorph fossils with leaked bodily fluids. Fossiladder13 (talk) 15:19, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
 * @Ta-tea-two-te-to One interesting thing to note is that the "butterfly animal" specimen used in the Wendruff et al. (2020) paper, UWGM 2449, has some differences to the 1985 paper's specimen. For one the "wings are not as well defined, and the specimen is lacking the "antennae-like horns", instead having a weird looking attached ball thing on it's head. Fossiladder13 (talk) 17:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
 * @Ta-tea-two-te-to so that may be something to keep in mind. Fossiladder13 (talk) 02:19, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I think because some kind of fossils may just preserved body without carapace. Yeah since Marrella preserve body fluid it is possible I think. Ta-tea-two-te-to (talk) 03:07, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

"Yatenavis" reconstruction
Hi, I noticed you recently uploaded "" from the Sci-News article on Yatenavis. This image is actually of Cuspirostrisornis, and is. Sci-News often adds images of related taxa to their articles if a restoration of the actual animal is not available (e.g. their recent article on Ruixinia, which reuses Levi Bernardo's Sauroposeidon ). I just wanted to make you aware of that for future scenarios. -SlvrHwk (talk) 18:11, 24 December 2022 (UTC)


 * @SlvrHwk Oh, gotcha, I assumed it was that because it appeared in the same article. Thanks though Fossiladder13 (talk) 19:31, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Waukesha Biota
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Your GA nomination of Waukesha Biota
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Waukesha Biota DYK
Hello. just want to say, but you're able to nominate Waukesha Biota for DYK now because it fulfills the requirements for newness which is why the nomination failed to begin with. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:10, 18 January 2023 (UTC)


 * @Onegreatjoke I already did that, but thanks for letting me know regardless. Fossiladder13 (talk) 21:11, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thing is, I do believe that you can nominate it again. Your just going to have to create another page for the template. Though, if you don't want to then I fully understand. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:12, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Onegreatjoke Do you know how to do that?, cause I really do wanna renominate it before the window of times passes. Fossiladder13 (talk) 21:46, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Make the article Template:Did you know nominations/Waukesha Biota and add something in the title like Waukesha Biota/1 or something to create the new nomination. Then, try to copy the source code from dyk nominations and paste it there.
 * Another thing you could do is just to do the nomination again at WP:DYKCNN and submit. If I remember correctly, there will be an error saying how the nomination already exists. However, the source code will be displayed. You can copy and paste that source code into a brand new template page like I explained above.
 * Once your done, add the nomination to the DYK page by placing (Replace nomination name with the name of the template page such as waukesha biota/1) at the newest category and you should be good. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:58, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Onegreatjoke Thank you Fossiladder13 (talk) 21:59, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Onegreatjoke the main page, or the talk page?. Fossiladder13 (talk) 01:26, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * This Template talk:Did you know page. Put it at the Articles created/expanded on January 19 section Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:45, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Onegreatjoke did it, how does it look?. Fossiladder13 (talk) 01:57, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Good but the waukesha biota link seems broken for some reason. It should link to waukesha biota when it says waukesha biota but it isn't doing that. Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:04, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Onegreatjoke there ya go, its fixed. Fossiladder13 (talk) 02:47, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

I think Paleobiota of the Waukesha Lagerstätte should be merged to Waukesha Biota?
At present, the number of species included is not so large compared to other formations with separate paleobiota pages, and the Waukesha Biota page itself has mostly introduced paleobiota, so perhaps these two I think one should be integrated. Probably good to replace whole "Biota" section, there should be just simple list showing paleobiota like Fezouata Formation, with descriptions for undescribed taxon may good. @Hemiauchenia, I think you agreed for that but what do you think? Ta-tea-two-te-to (talk) 09:36, 19 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Ah in addition, I found that recent study mentioned about situation of "leech" fossils. Hope this helps. Ta-tea-two-te-to (talk) 09:38, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Ta-tea-two-te-to Oh, then I probably need to change part of the DYK nomination. Yeah I will integrate them. Fossiladder13 (talk) 12:52, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Not a leech now!
New study about Waukesha "leech" fossil just published! Ta-tea-two-te-to (talk) 16:24, 7 September 2023 (UTC)


 * @Ta-tea-two-te-to Yeah, I saw that. Quite an interesting development with that worm. Very excited For Kenneth's and Simon's review on the Waukesha biota to be published. Thanks anyway!. Fossiladder13 (talk) 16:30, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

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