User talk:Sharktopus/UsefulStuff

My other sandboxy areas, which seem to be proliferating

 * User:Sharktopus/ADCO admin coaching from Panyd
 * User talk:Sharktopus/ToDoList
 * User talk:Sharktopus/Sharky_sandbox
 * User talk:Sharktopus/Sandbox_archive
 * User_talk:Sharktopus/Archive2011_1 Talk-page archives
 * User:Sharktopus/JustForDYKs
 * User:Sharktopus/JustForBarnstars Barnstars and other nice things that nice people gave me
 * User:Sharktopus/FunWithWikilove These are some of the silly awards I made up
 * User:Sharktopus/Topicons Copying something HJ Mitchell does. I can edit this page to add DYK or GA or even maybe someday FA items, and transclude it to my userpage automatically.

Biology toolkit

 * Author_citation_(zoology)
 * Author citation (botany)
 * More resources at WikiProject Tree of life ***WikiProject Plants ***WikiProject Animals ***WikiProject Arthropods ***WikiProject Insects ***

Article structure recommended by WikiProject Insects

 * Description (physical, behavioral) - what makes this (group of) critter(s) different from its close relatives? Include here evidence about cognitive capacities.
 * Habitat - where does it live? how broadly does it roam? maps are good
 * Cultural, Religious, Economic, etc. Importance - what impact has it had on humans? Include here use for experimental purposes that do not relate to other headings.
 * Classification - how does it fit into the tree of life?

DYK toolkit

 * Quick check for plagiarism/copyvios here (Meh, so far not one positive result, even when putting 2 URLs into the Dup Detector below showed substantial overlap.)
 * Duplication Detector, where you input 2 URLs, xxx and yyy: http://toolserver.org/~dcoetzee/duplicationdetector/compare.php?url1=xxx&url2=yyy&minwords=2&minchars=13
 * Advice on paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting really helpful resource that Truthkeeper pointed me to.
 * Category:Passed_DYK_nominations Find approval process of recent past DYKs.

Tools for improving or criticizing Wikipedia articles

 * Repair some redlinks
 * Cleanup templates for problem content
 * Proposing a merge
 * Proposing deletion
 * Speedy deletion criteria

Interesting resources for building new articles

 * Molecule of the month
 * MOS for using images