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List of Justices of the High Court of Australia
Hi SchreiberBike, I've got one more ongoing move discussion that's encountered some resistance. Would love to read your input on it. Cheers! Woko Sapien (talk) 13:40, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Glad to help. It's a never ending battle. For future events, I'd suggest adding a note at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters as asking for help from people you know will probably be on your side could be considered canvasing. If there's a note at WT:MOSCAPS, I'll see it and so would many others. Regardless, keep up the good work.P.S. I've got List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which should be List of acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom on my list, and it's the head of a long series. I'm busy with another project until near the end of the this year, but if you're in the mood to take it on, feel free. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨ 15:51, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
 * That's my bad! As I said on the move discussion, I've been canvassed before, so I assumed it was okay. Thank you for the advice on future move discussions!
 * Also, I'll definitely look into those "Acts" articles! Woko Sapien (talk) 16:07, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Excellent! Wikipedia's got what seems like million rules and no one knows them all (but any one can blame us for not knowing them). SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨ 16:20, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Made a proposal on the "List of Acts of..." articles. I kept "the" in the title because one of my arguments is that these should all follow the precedent set by the American versions (e.g. List of acts of the 112th United States Congress). But otherwise, it tackles the issue of needlessly capitalizing "Acts". Woko Sapien (talk) 17:49, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

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Wildlife of Zimbabwe
Hi dear SchreiberBike. The second paragraph of the lead section of the article Wildlife of Zimbabwe says: "In the 1990s, it became one of the leading countries in Africa in wildlife conservation and management with a reported income generation US$300 million per year from the protected areas of the state, rural community run wildlife management areas and private game ranches and reserves." I think that an "of" is required before "US$300 million" and also a full stop must come before "rural community". As I am not a native speaker of English, I decided not to make any changes to the article, but please do so if what I say is right or explain why what I say is not right. Thanks in advance. Taddah (talk) 11:37, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Like many articles on Wikipedia, this one is badly out of date and not that well written. I copy edited the second paragraph as you suggested and made some other small changes, but it deserves more attention. I didn't follow your suggestions exactly, but please take a look at it now and see if that is better. Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help (but I'm in a busy period and may not be able to do much). Thank you, SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨ 13:43, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for your edit on the article and your answer. I truly appreciate it. Taddah (talk) 13:52, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Polyommatus
For some reason this genus is placed in Riodinidae in the (automated?) taxobox. This should be Lycaenidae.Would you be so good as to fix this.Best regards Notafly (talk) 20:13, 23 October 2023 (UTC) PS Polyommatinae is also placed in Riodinidae It looks as though the "parents" part of the taxobox is incorrect
 * Sorry it's taken so long to get to this. I think this may have fixed it. Take a look and see if it looks right to you. I've not worked with automated taxoboxes much recently so I'm not sure if I did it right. I've pinged Rodrigo Conte who made the change to see if his understanding matches with mine. Take care, SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨ 23:11, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Very many thanks.Everything I checked seems ok.Best regardsNotafly (talk) 19:21, 27 October 2023 (UTC) Did you note we have lost Alan Cassidy as an editor.He has made endless contributions and added marvellous photos.A well known expert on Lycaenidae he has been blocked due to (to my mind) his political and social views.Alan was a military officer not a diplomat.I will try and contact him and maybe make amends.

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Always precious
Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:00, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you Gerda, you've made today more special. Bless you. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨ 22:17, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

CS1 error on Gertrude Ederle
Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Gertrude Ederle, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows: Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=edit&preload=User:Qwerfjkl/Botpreload&editintro=User:Qwerfjkl/boteditintro&minor=&title=User_talk:Qwerfjkl&preloadtitle=Qwerfjkl%20(bot)%20–%20SchreiberBike&section=new&preloadparams%5b%5d=&preloadparams%5b%5d=1197328905 report it to my operator]. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 02:27, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
 * A "bare URL and missing title" error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. ([//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gertrude_Ederle&action=edit&minor=minor&summary=Fixing+reference+error+raised+by+%5B%5BUser%3AQwerfjkl%20(bot)%7CQwerfjkl%20(bot)%5D%5D Fix] | [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&preload=User:Qwerfjkl%20(bot)/helpform&preloadtitle=Referencing%20errors%20on%20%5B%5BSpecial%3ADiff%2F1197328905%7CGertrude%20Ederle%5D%5D Ask for help])
 * Fixed it. Thank you, SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨ 02:53, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

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List of animal actors
Only Alfred Hitchcock thought of human actors as animals, and as cattle, not primates. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:10, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * No matter. I know some people do not think of people as animals, but I do think most people do think of people as primates. I like clarity too, and it seemed to be a loss of such, but I can let it go. Keep up the good work. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨ 12:02, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

MOS:TITLETYPOCON
Hello, SchreiberBike,

This redirect appeared on a list I run on the Wikipedia database for redirects that are errors. I'd like you to tag it for CSD G7 speedy deletion because a) no one will know that this discussion is called "MOS:TITLETYPOCON" except for you so it really only serves a purpose for you, not for our editors, even those interested in MOS discussions. Secondly, b) as soon as the talk page gets archived, it will no longer be accurate because the discussion will be placed in the archives, not on the main talk page where this links to. I could tag it for an MFD discussion but I thought I'd first explain why these types of individual redirects are not useful and give you a chance to rethink its creation. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 03:38, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi @Liz, My rough model for this shortcut was BIRDCON which has been in place without objection since 2014. As I explained in the edit summary when I created it, "I will monitor the target page and change the link when that discussion is archived." I had planned to add the shortcut template to the MoS talk page, but I started with the redirect to be sure it would work. I think this redirect is useful, so I'd like to discuss further. Thank you, SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨  11:57, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I've added the shortcut to the MoS talk page discussion with an explanation. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨ 12:13, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * That is appreciated. I'm still not sure about this page. I did realize that a discussion would go to RFD not MFD. Let's see if any other editors have an objection to it. Liz Read! Talk! 16:52, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

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Names in French.
I realised that on wiki the common names have caps only for titles. I had never come accross since a lot of books or websites don't apply this rule but my bad. I don't really get why it would apply to name in French though. The caps are mandatory in French when you are refering to a specific species. I'm just trying to understand the logic not really force my edit. Arkin40700 (talk) 12:40, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note. In English, species common names are often capitalized in guide books and lists for emphasis, but not in running text in general publications. I've read books about butterflies where the butterfly common names are capitalized, but the bird names are not, and vise versa. Wikipedia, being an encyclopedia about everything, decided to stick with lower case. That was a difficult decision as the people with interest in birds, especially, were used to their birding guides which consistently capitalized common names.I'm not a French speaker, but my observation of French is that species common names are sometimes capitalized and sometimes not. I just looked at the French Wikipedia articles for the first three birds on List of birds of Metropolitan France: Oie des neiges, Oie cendrée, and Oie rieuse and found that the names were capitalized mid-sentence 4 times out of 5, 2 times of 14, and 1 time out of 3 respectively. So, in that small sample it looks like in French Wikipedia they are not mandatory or even the majority. Even if capitalization was French Wikipedia's style, we'd follow English Wikipedia's style. Keep up the good work. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨ 13:18, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't know it you can speak French but :French wiki on naming species.
 * I tried translating it to English on DeepL.com and it seemed accurate.
 * I've updated those articles in French. I try to focus more taxonomy and scientific but when I come accross those kind of small mistakes I correct them. Arkin40700 (talk) 13:57, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I've never looked at Conventions typographiques, but I figured there was something like that. Clearly the rules are different on French and English Wikipedia. I've no formal training in French but I know plenty of words and I've spent some wonderful time in Provence, so I feel like I can figure out a lot (and sometimes I can see where translations lead astray). My best to you. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨ 16:31, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Translating French page in English
Hello,

I have made a page for a Swiss sculptor (from the same region as me), Marc Raymond, on the French Wikipedia. I was wondering how to do an English translation of this page. I have tried to translate but it is only for experience editors from the English Wikipedia.

Do you know how I could do that ?

Thank you very much and have a good day. Adamdoter (talk) 13:49, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note. I'm in a busy period just now and haven't had much time for Wikipedia. I will be away from my computer completely for the next four days. I took a quick look at User:Adamdoter/Marc Raymond and it looks reasonable, but needs some work. Since you asked, I'd be happy to work on it with you next week, but if someone else can work on it sooner, they should feel free. There's all kinds of helpful information at Translation and Help:Translation that I've not read, but I'll bet, like most of Wikipedia's rules, it is somewhat overwhelming. My French is not nearly good enough to translate, but I'd be happy to edit the English version. Thank you, SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨ 12:17, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello,
 * Thank you very much, I feel relieved really, because I am a bit lost with all Wikipedia rules and my English isn't the best.
 * Please take your time, no hurry, and if you can help me out with this traduction I will really appreciate !
 * Thanks again and have a good summer Adamdoter (talk) 10:08, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

"MOS:TITLETYPOCON" listed at Redirects for discussion
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