User talk:Fossilgal

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Petosky stone and Petoskey stone/Prismatophyllum
Why did you create the redundant article Petoskey stone/Prismatophyllum when you were aware of and had already edited the article Petosky stone? At Wikipedia, we title an article by the best known name of the subject. It seems unnecessary to create a redundant article which additionally lists the scientific name of the subject in the title. That is better covered in the text of the article Petosky stone. I see no reason not to redirect your new article title to Petosky stone, unless there is some reason for the new article. Thanks. Edison (talk) 18:19, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

There is debate as to whether Petoskey is classified as Hexagonaria or Prismatophyllum. Each time I edited the "Petoskey Stone" text, it would go back to the original format. I felt it might help to create a NEW posting with the Prismatophyllum name. I didn't know this would cause a bid problem. The 1981 “The Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology”, volume on corals indicates that Hexagonaria is only known from Washington State and the NW Territories (now Nunavut). Prismatophyllum, on the other hand, is characteristic of the mid-continent Middle Devonian. Therefore species that the Petoskey stones represent should be assigned to Prismatophyllum.
 * I have reverted again. Please see the talk page at Petoskey stone. Rmhermen (talk) 16:01, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I have reverted your reverts of my edit once again. Please participate in the discussion of the issue on the articles talk page. You appear to be using outdated sources. Rmhermen (talk) 19:00, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Your contributed article, Petoskey stone/Prismatophyllum


Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Petoskey stone/Prismatophyllum. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - Petoskey stone. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will to continue helping improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Petoskey stone - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

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