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Song 2
To make the song look like a tag like templates, type {| id="userpage" style="margin:auto; width:; text-align:center; border:px solid ; background-color:; padding:1em; padding-top:0.5em; margin:;" before the text and |} after the text. Dinosaur Fan (talk) 04:08, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Done.  IJReid   discuss 22:47, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

your song
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A Velociraptor for you!
LOL. IJReid discuss 15:12, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

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Hilarcotherium
Hi, recently I made the article of Hilarcotherium, but I need help to make a cladogram. More exactly, I'm interested in the cladogram in the left that you can see here:, apparently is very similar to those in the article of Antarctodon. Also, I'll appreciate if you can review the grammar of the article. Thanks in advance, --Rextron (talk) 06:03, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Done. I also have a cladogram request page for future requests. IJReid  discuss 15:36, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot, I'll remember your request page. Cheers, --Rextron (talk) 18:47, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Carpenter map
Hi, I see you just added a map by Kenneth Carpenter to the Apatosaurus article. I assume you thought it was free due to the blog's license, but the problem is that when the blog authors post images created by other people (not to mention published in unfree journals), the images do not automatically become free. Only the images the blog owners have created themselves, or oif they specifically state that they have been given permission to publish the images under said license by the actual authors, not just permission to use them. FunkMonk (talk) 04:59, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * It mentions that the version which I have uploaded (different from that in the paper) was given permission by Ken to be used under the CC by license. IJReid  discuss 14:34, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'd quote the exact wording used then, to avoid confusion (it is not stated in the image caption): "He has kindly sent me the full-resolution version — which is four times as big as the one I extracted from the PDF — and gave me permission to post it here on SV-POW! under the CC By licence." FunkMonk (talk) 15:15, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

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Apatosaurus
Thanks for your work in the article. I personally think all we need now before GA is the lede to expand. You might have a different opinion. I'm busy this week but if you do nominate, I'll help when I can. LittleJerry (talk) 05:09, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree with that, but maybe we should also put it up for a copy edit, just to fix some of the potential errors that we haven't noticed yet. However, we might want to get it as close to FA as we can before we nominate for GA, so I will still do a little more work. IJReid  discuss 14:22, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Can you fix cites 21 and 51? LittleJerry (talk) 01:20, 26 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Seems like did a "rubber stamp" GA pass, while himself removing stuff from the article without discussion. I don't think that is proper GA procedure. ‎Gug01, GA reviews are done by adding points to the review page for the nominators to respond to. Rarely if ever do GAs pass without any discussion with the editors. I would advise you to read through several previous GA reviews about similar subjects to prepare yourself for reviewing. This review certainly won't prepare the article for a FAC. FunkMonk (talk) 20:14, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I didn't realize. Do you think I should undo that edit and un-pass the article, leaving the review up to discussion? If so, I'll do it. Gug01 (talk) 22:38, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Just hit the undo button. Once I closed a review prematurely and asked what to do and that is how I was told to do it. IJReid  discuss 22:52, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I think you should perhaps try to continue the review on the review page. Read the article carefully, and wherever you find something that might be an issue, bring it up on the review page. That's also the way to do FA reviews. Otherwise, we may ask to have the review page restarted. Seems like may want to weigh in, after this edit. FunkMonk (talk) 08:31, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * What do you think of the situation, and ? Will you try to run it at FAC anyway? Will you continue the review,, or should we have the nomination reset? FunkMonk (talk) 12:15, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * If possible I would prefer not skipping the GA review, and if needed, reset it. IJReid  discuss 15:02, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah let's wait a little while for another GA review. LittleJerry (talk) 02:33, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * You can ask an admin to reset the nomination to the original nomination date, so you don't have to wait two months again... FunkMonk (talk) 09:12, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Apatosaurus review
Since your an admin, could you reset the time stamp on the Apatosaurus GA nomination, as we had the review restarted because of a quick-pass without any comments. might have a bit more to say as he knows more than I on what to do and what was done. IJReid discuss 15:20, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks as though Cas sorted it. Let me know, though, if you need anything else. Firsfron of Ronchester  03:38, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay Firs. Thanks anyways. IJReid  discuss 03:59, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

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Apatosaurus
Sorry I'm not able to help much. I've been very busy. As for the locomotion sentence, I did not write that part. LittleJerry (talk) 19:15, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

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 * Whoops, sorry . I searched L. praecisio because I thought it might be under that name and created the article when I saw it wasn't. IJReid  discuss 15:29, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
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Skeletal in that giant mammal paper
I don't know if you've noticed, but the skeletals in that new paper (at the bottom) are separated from the text and other images, so it is very hard to extract them. Either the compositions are reconstructed in Photoshop, or the skeletals are just uploaded here one by one. Taking screenshots will reduce the quality of the images. What do you think? FunkMonk (talk) 04:24, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Let me think about it. Is the text really necessary? IJReid  discuss 04:26, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure, but it should definitely be in the file descriptions. The best part is, though, that all the scale humans are exactly the same size. Also, see my comment here: FunkMonk (talk) 04:28, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately for me, I don't have Photoshop anymore. Apparently the version I have is too outdated for my computer (Mac OS X). And I don't have the Adobe to open PDFs so extracting with the tools is relatively out of the question. Anyways, the skeletal are quite low-quality, so a screenshot might not be that much of a loss. IJReid  discuss 04:34, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * What skeletal would we want? All of them? Should I bother with the Indricotherium? IJReid  discuss 04:39, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I'll try to work out something with the skeletals in Photoshop. The indricothere probably can't be used, the text says it's based after the Gregory S. Paul skeletal silhouette... FunkMonk (talk) 04:47, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I've uploaded a screenshot of the M. exiles skeletal. It is as big as in the paper, and if it is made any larger it becomes too pixelated. I think that taking screenshots is our best option to getting these skeletals. IJReid  discuss 15:35, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, if we don't care about the text, the most accurate way is to select the image (first skeletal, then the guy), copy it, and place it in an image editor, if we want it completely unaltered. FunkMonk (talk) 15:37, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I've done that, yet it turns out ridiculously small. Maybe half the size of the one in the paper? IJReid  discuss 15:44, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, well, the problem is that upscaling images does not add any information, it only makes it blurrier. Perhaps we should make compilations of related animals, instead of uploading single skeletals, since they're not really helpful as skeletals due to their small resolution. FunkMonk (talk) 15:48, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm uploading them by the species, so M. primigenius etc. get two. Anyways, as they are in the paper, they do not seem too blurry. Any smaller and most detail is lost, yet any larger and they are quite blurry. We should ping users that might be involved in this, like anyone you've worked with on these proboscidean pages. IJReid  discuss 16:06, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I think the woolly article is a bit too image heavy already to support more images, but there are quite a few short probosciean genus articles that could be expanded and where the images would be helpful. FunkMonk (talk) 16:57, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok. Will get on it soon. IJReid  discuss 17:00, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Hey, could you upload the image in this paper for the Prodeinotherium page. Also, how should I upload the four skeletal of some genera, all in one line or as a 2 by 2 square(ish) image? IJReid  discuss 04:15, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd put them on a single row, the article probably didn't due to the the limited space of the paper. Here's the image you requested: I read German, so feel free to ask if there's something from the paper you want to use. By the way, seems Archive has become harder to get images form, I had to change .php to .jpg in the filename after saving... FunkMonk (talk) 05:45, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * OK, and thanks. IJReid  discuss 14:08, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Wait, you read german? Can you skim through it to see if there is anything about Meyers description of P. bavaricum, like Meyers comparisons, systematics and basic description? Feel free to add it directly to the page. IJReid  discuss 14:11, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * It's a technical description of the lower jaw based solely on the fragments shown in the image, so I guess it's not of much use compared to later papers. FunkMonk (talk) 20:26, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks. IJReid  discuss 20:34, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * The article looks good! And by the way, here's an article that also makes the point that the scraps used to estimate size in that new paper can't really be used for anything definitive: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/14/the-largest-beasts-to-walk-the-earth/ FunkMonk (talk) 02:45, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Also, this pdf has an abstract about Deinocheirus we could use: http://eavp2015.uni.opole.pl/biblioteka/docs/Abstract-book.pdf FunkMonk (talk) 02:50, 15 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Continuing up here, the phenomena article doesn't seem to make any negative comments about pretty well-represented specimens like Prodeinotherium, so I think it only warrants mention in external links. Also, only the last few sentences of the Deinocheirus abstract could be used here, as the others seem too complex for me, never mind laymen. But thanks for mentioning these. If you find the time, Prodeinotherium will soon be trying for GA and after maybe FA. IJReid  discuss 04:09, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, I was meaning more when it coems to the"largest mammal" articles in general. As for Deinocheirus, it is actually only the last line or paragraph of that abstract (it had a fast metabolism and grew fast etc.) that we would need to summarise. FunkMonk (talk) 06:26, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Opisthocoelicaudia
Hi! I'm sorry it took me so long, but I think it is past time to nominate our Opisthocoelicaudia article for GA. If you like to, please nominate it! I still miss one book that might be interesting, but that can wait until the possible FA candidature (I should have it by then). --Jens Lallensack (talk) 22:36, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Would you like to be the nominator, after all it was mainly your effort? IJReid  discuss 00:32, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I wasn't aware of your answer. It doesn't matter for me who the nominator is. I would do the FA nomination myself, if it comes to that. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 22:35, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Apatosaurus
Hi. Would you like to renominate Apatosaurus again sometime? LittleJerry (talk) 23:20, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, when are you available? IJReid  discuss 01:57, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Anytime this week I guess. Should we check the papers to make sure the specimens studied are not Brontosaurus? LittleJerry (talk) 02:20, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, but if they are maybe we could mention that "related animals like Brontosaurus". IJReid  discuss 04:05, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * All mentions up to the paleobiology section are of Apatosaurus, or mention the possibility that the specimens are not Apato (like AMNH 460 and FMNH). Although I'm not sure if "Einstein" was included in the BYU specimens in the phylogeny found as E. parvus. And also, come september this year, all of Gilmore's figures are PD, so those could make a useful addition later on. IJReid  discuss 04:20, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay. So do you what to wait until then to renominate? LittleJerry (talk) 19:47, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Yah probably, should mention this on the collab page. I have a print copy of Gilmore's paper, so I can scan all the figures to make them quite large. IJReid  discuss 19:52, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * , maybe a discussion of the talk page is worthwhile. I think that Ankylosaurini should be merged, but perhaps Ankylosaurinae should be separated? IJReid  discuss 02:17, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

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Amargasaurus
Hi Reid, thank you, btw, for your nice redrawing of Vulcanodon's foot skeleton. I think we need another redrawing, this time of the skull of Amargasaurus in order to show the shape and position of the various skull openings. Do you have some time left to help out? If so, I would gladly send you the template. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 19:12, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * sure. I can pretty much do it whenever. A link to the template you would like to do do is fine. Should I make a version without and with labels so that it can be used on different languages? IJReid  discuss 19:14, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Great! Here the link to the template: . Its from
 * p. 175, Fig. 5.5A, in Novas, Fernando E. (2009). The age of dinosaurs in South America. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35289-7.
 * Its only a photograph (I only have a printed version of the book). The redrawn image should do two things: First, it should show which parts of the skull are known and which are not (we do not need to differentiate between the individual bones here, just a simple grey fill for the area which is known would be fine I think). Second, it should show the location and approximate form of the different skull openings (in the template, these are: af=antorbital fenestra (not preserved); o=orbit; no=external naris (only visible in topview), ltf=lateral temporal fenestra, stf=supratemporal fenestra (very small)). These fenestrae would need clear labels. Also, it might be easier for the reader if the fenestrae would be colored. So these are my thoughts, but please do it differently if you got better ideas. Thanks a lot, --Jens Lallensack (talk) 21:53, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the great drawing! There are only few minor issues, but I can fix them myself quickly. Thanks again, --Jens Lallensack (talk) 11:29, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I think maybe the caption and Commons description should mention what animals the unknown parts are based on? FunkMonk (talk) 13:16, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * It is mentioned on commons already. IJReid  discuss 15:24, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * As far as I can see, it only mentions the source, not the animals? FunkMonk (talk) 17:38, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh. Well some of the jaw is based on Dicraeosaurus, but the rest is from the reconstruction in the paper. IJReid  discuss 18:03, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi! @FunkMonk: Thanks, I have added it to the image caption. @Reid: I've done some minor fixes in the drawing, hope you like them :) --Jens Lallensack (talk) 19:18, 4 August 2015 (UTC)