User talk:Invertzoo/Archive 8

ARCHIVE PAGE 8: July 2008 - September 2008

Graphics lab
-- p b r ok s 1 3 talk? 08:20, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much Pbroks13. That is a good crop! I put the image in the article. Invertzoo (talk) 14:05, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Please see my talk page. — Navy  Blue  formerly iDosh 14:28, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I have uploaded the image you asked for. Please see my talk page. Let me know if the image needs any other modifications — Navy  Blue  formerly iDosh 15:44, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Mussels
I see that you are like me...you love mussels...especially steamed in beer w/leeks, onions, little garlic, some kail, french bread and lots of butter...maybe some Belgian endive on the side. Dinner is a six. Don't be late, LOL...take care'...--Buster7 (talk) 21:22, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank YOU!

 * You really deserve it! You have created such informative and interesting articles that are appropriate to an encyclopedia, not like this kind of article. A true Wikipedian! — Navy  Blue  formerly iDosh 19:20, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Amphibola crenata
Absolutely right, I had been getting round to correctly identifying the shell and will be talking to an expert next Tuesday (12th), as I wasn't happy myself. I cannot ID it with my limited resources, and it is not illustrated in Powell 1979. I have now photographed and uploaded to Commons, and the article, what I sincerely hope is an A. crenata. All I can say is thanks for pointing this out, and hopefully I will have an ID next week. Cheers GrahamBould (talk) 01:13, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

You are very welcome Graham. Yes, those new pics are definitely A. crenata. Good work! I can also have a go at getting the other shell ID'ed for you. Invertzoo (talk) 01:23, 8 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Very good of you offer, you will no doubt want the max dimension, which is about 15 mm GrahamBould (talk) 01:31, 8 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Ah 15 mm, then this may be difficult, because it is most likely a juvenile (turbinid or trochid) of a much larger species. A lot of turbinids or trochids that are very large as adults have very different sculpture and even a different shell shape when they are small juveniles. Invertzoo (talk) 12:42, 8 August 2008 (UTC)


 * It turned out to be a juvenile Turbo smaragdus, a common shell which changes shape as it grows. I should get an adult image for the article. GrahamBould (talk) 19:45, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Second Annual WikiNYC Picnic
Greetings! You are invited to attend the second annual New York picnic on August 24! This year, it will be taking place in the Long Meadow of Prospect Park in Brooklyn. If you plan on coming, please sign up and be sure to bring something! Please be sure to come! You have received this automated delivery because your name was on the invite list. BrownBot (talk) 20:12, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Byssus article
Hi! I am really pleased to see the work you have been doing on the Byssus article. It all looks great to me so far (and so far as my limited expertise allows me to assess the info). However, I wonder if you could please insert in-line citations for the factual statements you are making? This would really help improve the article. If you need help, please let me know and I will see what I can do as well. Cheers and best wishes, John Hill (talk) 23:32, 14 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi John Hill, nice to meet you. Yes, I certainly do need help with in-line citations, and I would be absolutely delighted if you can help me learn what is the easiest way to do them. I will "talk" to you more tomorrow. Invertzoo (talk) 00:43, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi again! Nice to meet you too - and thanks for your friendly note. I haven't much time today - but I have added a couple of things to the Byssus article to give you some idea of how I would go about referencing it.

First I added a "Footnote" section with a "Reflist" tag underneath it which will list all the footnotes in the article if they are entered properly. To get the "Reflist" tag just click on the symbol which is in the box of symbols below the Edit page (on the third line). It is within brackets like these: { }.

Then, when I want to add a footnote, I position my cursor directly after the passage I wish to footnote and click on the "ref" and "/ref" symbols (which are each within these marks: - sorry I have to describe this in a round about way so it the program doesn't put error messages up on this page) also listed below the edit box when editing). Then, you just insert the properly formatted reference between these two symbols and, presto, if you have it right, the reference should be listed in the Footnote section after you save your changes! One tiny thing wrong, though, and it won't work.

If you are having any trouble reading this note - click on "Edit this page" tag at the top of this page - and you should be able to see everything including the codes for the tags, etc. Also, do the same on the Byssus article and it should be easy to see what I have done to enter the footnotes.

Hope I have explained all this clearly enough to give you a start - but don't hesitate to ask if you still have any questions. Cheers and good luck with it! John Hill (talk) 04:10, 15 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi again John Hill. Thanks so much for the notes. It may take me a while to digest your instructions and see if I understand how to do this. You may have to work with me on this, if you have the time.


 * I wanted to say that although it looks as if I completely re-worked the Byssus article, correct me if I am wrong on this, but I think that basically the only really new info I put in, may have been to list the various different families of bivalves that I know have species with a byssus. I can give a different ref for each of those, or maybe if I am lucky I can use the same one or two refs for most of them.


 * If it would be helpful, I can also help by researching some of the other info in the article, in order to try to find refs for that too. As it was, yesterday I just left the previous information in the article without checking it. I did move it around some though.


 * For example, just now I checked the "Rosetta Stone" mention using a Google search, and I did find a site that has the Greek translation of the RS with "byssus cloth" in it. For now I just marked the mention in the article with a link to the site, which is not the proper way to do this, but is easy for me to do for the meantime. If you want to turn that into a proper ref please just go ahead. Maybe that will show me how to do a website footnote, which I guess is different from a book footnote. Invertzoo (talk) 13:11, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Peltodoris nobilis
I can across Peltodoris nobilis when working on the IWLC. Admittedly, I didn't compare it to other invertebrate articles; I just judged it on its own merits.

I was most concerned about the use of images within the article, particularly the two Moss Beach photos. Specifically:
 * The two photos are nearly identical in composition. I don't think one picture is saying more about the species than the other. In this case, less may be more and one picture should be enough.
 * The size of the Moss Beach images may be too large for the article. (However, cutting one of the two images may balance this out.)
 * The second picture is sited after the references, which is generally bad article formatting.

I think that removing the second image is probably the best solution to these problems. Please let me know what you think. Cheers,  caknuck °  is not used to being the voice of reason  14:41, 22 August 2008 (UTC)


 * The article looks much improved. I'm sorry I wasn't more specific at first with my concerns when I tagged it. Let me know if there's anything else I can help with.  caknuck °  is not used to being the voice of reason  14:25, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Reminder
This is a reminder that the WikiNYC Picnic is tomorrow (August 24) from 2 PM to 8 PM. If you plan on being lost, be sure to come ahead of time! To clarify, the picnic will be taking place within or adjacent to the Picnic House in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. I hope to see you there! --harej 03:24, 24 August 2008 (UTC)