User talk:GhostsintheSnow

August 2010
Your recent edit to the page Bowhead whale appears to have added incorrect information and has been reverted or removed. All information in this encyclopedia must be verifiable in a reliable, published source. If you believe the information that you added was correct, please cite the references or sources or before making the changes, discuss them on the article's talk page. Please use the sandbox for any tests that you wish to make. Do take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thank you. See http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/2467/0 Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 04:33, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

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Bowhead whales
The link/source you provided only states that the Alaskan population is endangered. That particular information would be suitable for the body of the article and would fit at Bowhead whale. However, overall, which is what the infobox is concerned with, the whale is listed as least concern. The idea is to present a worldwide view and not just a US specific view. If you look further at the International Union for Conservation of Nature listings they break down the sub-populations, the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea subpopulation (not clear what the status is), the Okhotsk Sea subpopulation (endangered) and the Svalbard-Barents Sea (Spitsbergen) subpopulation (critically endangered). As you can see it would be impossible to list all of those in the box so the overall rating is used. Cheers. Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 23:11, 25 August 2010 (UTC)