User talk:M rickabaugh

Help
Hello new wikiproject member! I was a member last year and have had some success with several articles. If you need help or advice I am still pretty active on wikipedia and will be more than willing to assist you. Just leave me a comment on my talk page. Note that I will not do your work for you!!!--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 16:43, 31 August 2010 (UTC)--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 16:44, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

I noticed that your page is a little box-less. you can find them all here. --Artemis Gray (talk) 02:40, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I had been trying to figure out how to make them. --M rickabaugh (talk) 10:48, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I found this site. It is a Wikipedia userbox generator. You may have to look up some color codes, but other than that, it is fairly straight-forward. http://www.yerich.net/userbox/--Artemis Gray (talk) 21:45, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Well...
...its been about a month now, not too much work done/being done, hope you have a good explination for that at the end of the year when you sit down with the big cheese...--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 18:40, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
 * To add on to User:NYMFan69-86 above,

There is no excuse for not editing. Do yourself a favor, and edit now while you can work at a relaxed pace. You’ll soon find that that’s how Wikipedia functions. Procrastination only yields a failing grade and a poorly written article. You might want to check these things out if you haven’t already: Article views:,. |Your edit count. Also, if you have a wikipedia-related problem that’s stopping you from editing or need some help, feel free to ask by posting a message on my, User:NYMFan69-86, User:JimmyButler, etc.’s talk pages. Vancemiller (talk· contribs· count· email) 22:08, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Time to get it done
As of today, I'm am making it my goal to update something on either article on a daily basis. I am ready to finally get this article really going. I wish I hadn't procrastinated, but I am motivated to do it now. I am ready to take it on. On a side note, tonight I put a citation on the Little Tunny article to some new information I have added. I am not sure how to link the citation to my summary of the source. If someone could assist me with this it would be greatly appreciated.--M rickabaugh (talk) 03:06, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I just created this reference tutorial to hopefully explain how to use references. Let me know if this is confusing or unhelpful etc.  See loggerhead sea turtle for a great example. — Vancemiller (talk· contribs· count· email) 11:36, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, the tutorial made it much easier. --M rickabaugh (talk) 01:57, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
 * WELL I'LL BE A MONKEY'S UNCLE...SOMEONE'S EDITING!!!!!! This almost brings a tear to thine eye...almost.  Has your reference concern been addressed in full?--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 04:20, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
 * So far, yes. If have more questions, I'll put them here or ask on someones talk page.--M rickabaugh (talk) 14:04, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, good. If it's a question about how to do something in general, leave it here or on someone's talk page.  If it's a question related to the content/structure of either article, leave it on the appropriate article talk page.  Good luck, NYMFan69-86 (talk) 17:28, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Hey!
Cool map!--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 15:06, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I had some help from a classmate to figure it out. Im still working on finding info to fill out the section though. --M rickabaugh (talk) 21:33, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It's gonna take some work to be sure. I recommend, before adding much more content, read through each of the sources a couple of times...learn a little about the animal...shore up your knowledge.  After that, use the sources you found most informative to construct your sections.  You have what...about two months?  It can be done, just be diligent and edit every day.--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 03:03, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice. It should really make deciding sections a lot easier. --M rickabaugh (talk) 21:56, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Yup. I find myself following the section heading layout used either a) by my best source or b) by a similar (prefferebly GA or FA) article.  In the case of little tunny, another fish would be best...perhaps Ocean sunfish or Pallid sturgeon.  Good luck, and if you need help, you know my number (so to speak).--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 01:08, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

On the Right Track
YEA!!!!! If you want to seal the deal for that A. Take a look at allopatric speciation while viewing the entire article in edit mode, note how the references are set up. There is separate Reference/Notes section from the Bibliography. If you can break the code on that (ie. copy paste then substitute your reference info) then you will establish a uniform format for citation that the others can hopefully follow. You can also look at the Bog Turtle or Loggerhead - both use the same protocol and both passed the biggest obstacle for FA - correct citation format! Very pleased to see real content being added. By the end of next week - it could be put up for peer review; I personally see a lot of unanswered questions that should be addressed within the context of the new info that has been added. The peer review will allow you to focus on specific concerns - in some ways that is easier than struggling with what to put in and what to leave out. If you can get to GA before Christmas; then there is hope for FA by the end of the semester. --JimmyButler (talk) 02:16, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Certainly great work being done by several editors nowadays. I'm trully happy to see the progress being made.  References are by far the hardest thing to get perfectly right.  I've done some reformatting on the Mauritian Tomb Bat, I haven't looked at little tunny yet.  My advice, as Mr. Butler says, is to follow the FAs (any of them really).  Beyond that, more content from the sources and addressing the concerns on the talk page(s) are all that are really needed before PR.  Great work again, NYMFan69-86 (talk) 02:23, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Im looking to see if there are things I can do to improve them this weekend, I really want to make it so the citation isn't located within article text but rather in a reflist below. I have had practically zero time this week to do editing due to swim team and heavy homework in other classes, but I really want to do more for the article... regular homework is not interesting compared to this.--M rickabaugh (talk) 23:53, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Well you still want in-line citations. Those link down to the paper they came from, which is in the seperate section "References."  Is that what you were talking about?--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 01:43, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Not exactly, I want the link # things to stay, but I want to move the text of the citation, that you see in edit mode, from within the paragraphs down underneath the reflist. The tutorial Vance created helped the in-line part, but I could not reproduce the way he had the "{citation}" portion with the reflist. --M rickabaugh (talk) 02:25, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
 * As of right now, both articles are fine regarding where the list (at the bottom) lies. You have the inline citations that link down to the specific references.  Are you talking about how this looks: where you have footnotes than, under those, a bibliography?--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 02:57, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, that was what I wanted them to look like. Mr. Butler showed me how at school on Friday, and i updated them all today. --M rickabaugh (talk) 21:16, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright. They look good! NYMFan69-86 (talk) 22:38, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Reference issue resolvation
M rickabaugh is their anyway that you can meet after school this week to show me how to correctly but in the citations in the text? I keep messing up. And did you address the citation problem Mr. Butler addressed? I wasn't sure or not because if not we can work on that too. thanks! --Jraffe0404 (talk) 04:03, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, on Thursday. Thats the only day I don't have after school activities this week. And I've looked at it, but I don't know what to do, since I don't really understand the source. --M rickabaugh (talk) 00:17, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Is it a problem with html formatting or just knowing what to put for certain fields (i.e. publisher and such)?--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 00:20, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I think I understand the formatting, but I don't know the field data, because google books didn't let me see the page with the publishers when I checked.--M rickabaugh (talk) 00:35, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah. When I cited this google book, I looked for all that information in the left hand column.  You can try clicking on "About this book" and scrolling down to "bibliographical information" it will tell you the publisher among other things.  I don't know if it's like this for every google book though.--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 00:45, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh wow, I didn't even see that. --M rickabaugh (talk) 00:46, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Great. Is there anything else preventing the development of perfect references? :-D NYMFan69-86 (talk) 00:54, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Nothing I can think of at the moment. --M rickabaugh (talk) 01:15, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * :-) NYMFan69-86 (talk) 01:19, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Addressing the concerns
Nice work...keep going!--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 23:35, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Request Peer Review
Lets put it up for peer review in hopes of making GA by the end of the semester. Take a look at the bat's talk page (top) for an example of peer review.--JimmyButler (talk) 22:03, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll put it up on Tuesday or Wednesday. Theres a couple more things I want to double check on.--M rickabaugh (talk) 01:08, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Better to put it up earlier rather than later (generally takes a while for the reviewers to come), no harm in doing it now, issues can be resolved during the process. Good luck whenever you decide to put it up, NYMFan69-86 (talk) 01:18, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, ok. Most of the things I have in mind are fairly minor, so I'll look at the tomb bat page to see what I need to do to put it up.
 * It's up now, cool.--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 03:13, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, just finished the request paragraph-thing--M rickabaugh (talk) 03:19, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Very nice, I've left you your first comment.--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 03:25, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I don't know the proper way to respond, but thats a perfect picture for the phys. description.--M rickabaugh (talk) 03:34, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

You can just say 'yup'...or 'mhmm'...or whatever your favorite king of the hill character says. :-P NYMFan69-86 (talk) 03:36, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Coevolution
Good example: One problem: The pollen of the yucca plant is very stick--JimmyButler (talk) 17:57, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Oops, taken care of. --M rickabaugh (talk) 03:58, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Suggestions
Hello Mark, it's Marissa. Now I am in AP Biology and I was wondering(if you still check this) if you know any wikiusers that were exceptionally helpful or if you have any tips for me. We are still just getting started, but any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marissa927 (talk • contribs) 01:22, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello Marissa, sorry it took me such a long time to respond, I haven't been particularly active on Wikipedia since last year. If you are looking for someone that was very helpful, NYMFan69-86 helped me a lot when I was working on articles.  As for tips, they depend on what you are trying to do, because there are a lot of different aspects to the project. If you have more specific questions, let me know and I can see if I can help. I was good with citations last year, so if you need help formatting those on an article just let me know.--M rickabaugh (talk) 19:34, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Oh its fine, I didn't expect you would still even be on! I was just checking in case! I have found some users especially helpful, but thank you for checking and responding! My article is Spotted eagle ray if you're wondering, or if not. Hope your doing good out at the NCSSM! Marissa927 (talk) 19:55, 20 November 2011 (UTC)