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Thanks for the introduction, much appreciated. Also thanks for recommending those articles, they come in handy I say! I'll always be happy to contribute to Wikipedia.

P.S. Thanks for the cookies! Solo Toady (talk) 23:44, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Your Welcome Solo Toady, I am sure you will enjoy editing here on Wikipedia. So if you are stuck somewhere and need help always feel free to ask me :). Thanks and Happy Editing! TheGeneralUser (talk) 19:15, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

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Removal of the Cape Vostok photograph.
Yes, the photograph has indeed been taken by satellite imagery administered under the license of Google Maps. I apologize for my mistake and I agree that you may remove this photograph. Thank You. Solo Toady (talk) 11:57, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Category:Kaiser Wilhelm II Land geography stubs
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A big thanks for the warm welcome!
Thank you JoJan, to my delight, I appreciate the warm welcoming to an exciting Wikiproject. I too, have an interest in Gastropods and the family of Pyramidellidae mollusks, I hear you are a professional at that topic as well, keep up the phenomenal work, mate! I am looking forward to editing articles involved with Gastropods!!! Solo Toady (talk) 05:30, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't call myself a professional, just an enthusiast. I've done a lot of work in the Pyramidellidae earlier this year. But I couldn't finish, as my workload in this project is so enormous and I had to go on to other families checking each run of the Ganeshkbot (a bot creating lots of articles). At the moment I'm working on the Calliostomatidae, checking each genus and adding text and photos wherever possible. I would appreciate I you would continue on the Pyramidelldae. There is still a lot of work to be done in this family. I will check upon your work regularly. And if you would get the impression that some genera are polyphyletic, that is because they are probably so. Dr. Bouchet (of the Museum of National History in Paris) agrees with me on that point. There is another malacologist working on this family and until his study will appear, we'll have to do with the information available. Cheers. JoJan (talk) 14:30, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

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Ways to improve Bartrumella kaawaensis
Hi, I'm Kudpung. Solo Toady, thanks for creating Bartrumella kaawaensis!

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Howdy
Hey Toady, nice work with the Pyramidellidae articles! I see you've been quite proactive lately. It's good to have you with us at Wikiproject Gastropods! Please, remember to check the validity of the taxon using WoRMS when creating a new article, in order to avoid duplicity. WoRMS is not foolproof but it's good enough. Best wishes! --Daniel Cavallari (talk) 14:48, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much Daniel, I appreciate it when my hard work in modifications are recognized.

Yes, I have to admit I've dedicated many hours of my time to improving the Pyramidellidae stub articles, I am willing to contribute to all the articles in that category, however, it will be very time consuming. I hope you are enjoying contributing as much as I am. Happy editing! Solo Toady (talk) 01:16, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Apicalia
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A page you started has been reviewed!
Thanks for creating Apicalia chuni, Solo Toady!

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Hey, welcome, and one small thing
Hello Solo Toady, and Welcome!!! I was happy to see you had joined the gastropod project. I Just got back from 2 weeks on a shelling trip with almost no internet connection. I was delighted to see that you are working on the Pyramidellidae, a very voluminous but poorly understood group. I wanted to ask you if you would do one thing, which is that when you create a new gastropod article, could you also put the gastropod project template on the talk page of the new article? That would save us a lot of work. If it is a species article and it is a stub, and it has no photo, you could put:

A genus article would have the same thing but with importance=mid.

If you could do that it would be really great. Many thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 23:58, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

A page you started has been reviewed!
Thanks for creating Asterophila japonica, Solo Toady!

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Re: Creation of Asterophila japonica
Thank you for commenting on my work. It was great that you found out about this unknown species. It is great that these small sources can make such a good article. I hope you enjoy your holidays as well, Merry Christmas and have a happy new year! Springyboy (talk) 06:42, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Another couple of things
Hello again Solo Toady. Can I mention a couple more things? I just wanted to ask that, all through an article, it would be better if you would put all of the Latin genus and species names into italics, not only just in the taxobox and in the first mention of the name. Also, when you create a taxobox for a genus, you don't need to use the "Binomial name" field at all, you just put ... genus = ... and then ...genus_authority = ..., like that.

In the taxobox you can put the genus name in boldface and in italics, as it is the title of the article. I started fixing the last few of your new stubs here, and I changed the prose a little bit too in a couple of them, but I won't have time today to go through any of them throughly, let alone fixing up all of your new stubs. However my edits on the last few will give you some idea of what I am talking about. All very best wishes to you,

Invertzoo (talk) 19:15, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

And thanks for the delicious cupcake! :) Invertzoo (talk) 13:36, 26 December 2012 (UTC)


 * You're most sincerely welcome, I am more than happy to give anyone a small gift! Solo Toady (talk) 02:57, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

MERRY CHRISTMAS :)
I totally forgot to wish you a very Merry Christmas! Forgive me! I hope yours went well! Invertzoo (talk) 19:01, 2 January 2013 (UTC)


 * That's okay, I did enjoy spending time with my family on Christmas Day, I hope you did as well. Face-smile.svg Solo Toady (talk) 01:55, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

More notes about the taxoboxes, etc
Just wanted to explain that when I wrote that you don't need the binomial field in the taxobox, that was only the case for genus articles. You need to use it in all the species articles.

And I also wanted to explain that the phrase "marine terrain" is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms, the word terrain being used only for land masses, not submarine surfaces.

Thanks for all your hard work, Invertzoo (talk) 18:58, 28 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you for informing me, I sincerely apologize if I made mistakes. I do feel rather 'worn out' after contributing a lot of time to making articles, I have to admit, it is rather time consuming, so excuse me if I happen overlook something, thanks and happy editing! Solo Toady (talk) 01:22, 29 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks to you SoloToady for all your very hard work. It is very much appreciated! Please take it easy with making all these new stub articles, slow down a bit or take a break so you don't burn out! You are not making mistakes exactly, it just takes a little while to get used to the way we do things here in Project Gastropods. I hope you don't mind that I have told you about several things over the week or two, I just think it's better to tell you now rather than after you had done dozens more articles! :) I should explain to you that for marine species we do sometimes use a bot which can create stubs using the info in the WoRMS database, however, the bot is currently busy working on other families of marine gastropods. Invertzoo (talk) 17:05, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Okay, I will still make Eulimidae articles, but at a much slower rate (perhaps one article every two or three days), just so I have enough work to do without wearing my brain out too much. Thanks, and a happy new year! Solo Toady (talk) 22:29, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Happy New Year to you too Solo! Invertzoo (talk) 20:27, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thank you so much! This Barnstar means so much to me, as I never thought I would get this far as a Wikipedian to be given a Barnstar during my hobby. This will always be a very special, important moment in my history of being a user of this site. I am proud to be able to say that I have contributed to other individuals knowledge, and remember, I'm not putting my effort into these publications because I feel forced to, I'm doing it because I am satisfied and delighted spending my time here on Wikipedia! Once again, thank you very much for this special Barnstar, I'll keep up the exceptional work for sure, and have a brilliant time in 2013! Face-smile.svg Solo Toady (talk) 05:17, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

I was happy to be able to congratulate you on your work here. Wikipedia is a wonderful free resource, a staggering world-wide achievement, and an extraordinary place that is powered entirely by volunteer work. I remember how I felt a few years ago when I was given my first Barnstar: just great! Suit yourself with what you do, and how much you do of it. Be careful not to burn out. Every little bit helps and sometimes all we can do is just a little bit. Best wishes to you SoloToady, Invertzoo (talk) 19:40, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

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