User talk:Manemoff

Mesenosaurus romeri etymology
You want to say that Efremov considered Russia Holy Land? And therefore, he named M. romeri in honor of some pilgrim from Italy or Spain? Are these your fantasies? Have you read how Efremov himself explains the name (Efremov, J.A. 1938. "Some new Permian reptiles of the U.S.S.R". ComptesRendus (Doklady) 19: 771–776)? Religion in the USSR of the 1938 was actively persecuted, Efremov was an atheist and considered religion a relic of the past, therefore, religious etymology was impossible. In addition, Russia is an Orthodox, not a Catholic country, so the references to Western pilgrims are dubious. Perhaps Efremov named M. romeri in honor Alfred Sherwood Romer, with whom he was familiar, but I can’t assert this for sure since I did not read Efremov 1938. It is better not to write anything about etymology at all than to write false information. Aleksey (Alnagov (talk) 09:21, 4 March 2020 (UTC))

Class assignment?
Hi. I was wondering if you were working on the Mesenosaurus article as part of a class assignment> If you are, could you ask your instructor to get in touch with my colleague Helaine at helaine@undefinedwikiedu.org (if you're in the US or Canada) or drop a note at the Education noticeboard if you aren't? We provide free resources that they can use to help making editing a lot easier for students. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:32, 4 March 2020 (UTC)