User talk:Yzx

Cloudy catshark
Just letting you know that I have passed the article for GA. There are a few suggestions of fixes, though, that I suggest you read up on here.  bibliomaniac 1  5  06:48, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Good to see you back
I was scrolling down GAN and saw you had listed something. I'm glad to see you're back at it! I've missed stalking your articles. ;)  ceran  thor 22:04, 3 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the support :) I'm still quite busy IRL but trying to find time for articles here or there. -- Yzx (talk) 01:54, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Blotchy shark
At the GA review there's still the unresolved issue about clarifying rows vs series of teeth, please use Rathbone. Remember WP articles must be understood by non-experts as far as possible. --Philcha (talk) 22:16, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Limbatus
I think this book is very old because I am sure there is not any blacktip in Mediterranean. At the last 20 years; only 1 shark reported in Mediterranean, Italy, there wasn't seen any sharks for the rest. I think my version is more realistic.--Westnest message  07:59, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Both of the sources I gave are dated to 2005. If you want the article to say otherwise you need to provide a recent reliable source (preferably multiple reliable sources) saying so. -- Yzx (talk) 08:26, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
There is a request for mentorship if you are willing to take up. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:22, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Appreciate the thought, but sorry, I have no desire to take on such a responsibility. -- Yzx (talk) 01:25, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Mustelus mustelus
? see here - I ask as file is not moved and it is still in Mustelus mustelus article Bulwersator (talk) 15:31, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Quite sure, as the white spots are characteristic of M. asterias and absent from M. mustelus. -- Yzx (talk) 17:19, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I added rename template on commons. BTW, I found it during replicating images between enwiki and plwiki - mayb you can join? See Wikipedia_talk:ANIMALS Bulwersator (talk) 17:53, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Good Article promotion

 * And Coral catshark too! Well done. – Quadell (talk) 15:22, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi!

It's me again! After the Cookiecutter shark, I translated the Sicklefin lemon shark (Requin-citron faucille). Yesterday, he has been promoted Featured article at unanimity! Thanks again, it was a pleasure to translate! My next on the list is the Black dogfish. Best regards --Citron (talk) 17:49, 20 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Glad to be of help. -- Yzx (talk) 22:45, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

 * Thank you very much! -- Yzx (talk) 02:17, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Interview with Wikimedia Foundation
Hello Yzx, I hope you're well. My name is Aaron and I'm one of the Storytellers working on the 2011 fundraiser here at the Wikimedia Foundation. For this year's campaign we're seeking out and interviewing active Wikipedians like yourself, in order to produce a broader and more representative range of "personal appeals" to run come November. If you'd like to participate in this project, please email me at amuszalski@undefinedwikimedia.org. Interviews are typically conducted by phone or Skype and take between 30-90 minutes. Thanks! Aaron (WMF) (talk) 04:23, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Spotted eagle ray
Hi Yzx! Would you by any chance be interested in taking on the GA review of Spotted eagle ray? --Ettrig (talk) 16:05, 21 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't do GA reviews because I tend to be a perfectionist and I'm worried about failing articles unfairly. If another person more familiar with general GA expectations will take responsibility for passing the article, I'd be happy to offer my comments. -- Yzx (talk) 20:07, 22 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks. No need to explain. We should all do what we think is best. --Ettrig (talk) 09:22, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks. Appreciate the gesture. -- Yzx (talk) 19:37, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

A Request for Help
Hello Yzx, Ettrig suggested I come to you for help with the article Sand tiger shark because of your interest and success in sharks. I am currently working on it for a project in AP Biology and hope to make the article to a GA status and possibly a FA. Until then, however, I need all the help and experience I can get to make the article to its true potential. I'm just looking for suggestions, review, additional resources, etc. I would truly appreciate your help, (I have a real interest in sharks as well) and I hope to hear from you soon. --UND77 (talk) 03:11, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks for your thorough review. --Ettrig (talk) 07:25, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks. Glad to be of help. -- Yzx (talk) 23:05, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Nervous shark
Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Nervous shark you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 5 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Lhynard (talk) 17:06, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Creek whaler
For some reason my review at Talk:Creek whaler/GA1 is not appearing on the talk page of Creek whaler, even though it is shown as transcluded. Anyway I have linked to it. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:32, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Nervous shark
The article Nervous shark you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Nervous shark for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and review a nominated article yourself? Lhynard (talk) 20:58, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

GAN Sharptooth houndshark has passed GA!
Good work! You manage to write about complex (to me) subjects clearly. Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 12:50, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Freshwater Sharks
Wasn't there sightings of a smooth hammerhead in the Indian River, blacktip reef sharks in Malaysian freshwater habitats, finetooth sharks in Texas rivers as well as tiger sharks, daggernose sharks and sandbar sharks in river mouths? I was NOT referring to brackish water sharks AT ALL. I was referring to sharks found in freshwater, plain and simple. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.98.128.11 (talk) 05:09, 16 April 2012 (UTC)


 * River mouths are brackish water habitats, as are many large rivers up to at least the tidal limit. Scientific sources consistently give the only truly freshwater sharks as the bull shark and the Glyphis sharks. Here's one such source:, which also talks about sharks in river mouths. -- Yzx (talk) 05:20, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

WP:STARGATE
I propose a conversion of this Project into a task force. You may improve a consensus by clicking WT:WikiProject Stargate and discussing a proposal. --George Ho (talk) 17:24, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

FA fish
Hello. I noticed that there's not that many fish articles at FA status. i hope you'll consider bringing your GA fish articles up there. LittleJerry (talk) 05:56, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Porbeagle
I have nominated this at WP:TFAR Pumpkin Sky   talk  23:03, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * coming soon, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Precious
A year ago, you were the 287th recipient of my PumpkinSky, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:41, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Your edit at Portuguese dogdish
Hi Yzk. My immeadiate instict was to undo what you did, as you falied to see what I was trying to do and did not bother to leave a note, which be more educational for other editors. My intention was to introduce "of the" for better flow/ style. In the process I absentmindedly switched the order of "family Somniosidae" to "Somniosidae family". Your revert is correct, in terms of biological names (THOUGH it is NOT wrong to say it the other way round and you will find hundreds of cases in the WP), but requires that author being reverted is aware of that (which was not the case here), otherwise you might lust unleash a series of reversals. A short note would have helped. Regards, Rui &#39;&#39;Gabriel&#39;&#39; Correia (talk) 06:17, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

False catshark
I've started looking at the GA review for this - all seems good so far, but as I've been working on it for a while, I'm going to read it over again for prose with clear eyes in a few hours. :-)

I've left a few commments on fairly minor issues you might want to have a look at - nothing really problematic so far, though. Great work! Andrew Gray (talk) 17:32, 21 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Two more queries, and we're good to go. Andrew Gray (talk) 19:04, 22 April 2013 (UTC)


 * All looks good - congratulations on your 88th GA! Andrew Gray (talk) 19:44, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

GA review – Sand devil
Hi, Yzx. Thanks for your work on Sand Devil. I'll be reviewing the article here, so make sure to keep an eye on my concerns. The article isn't too long, so I don't think it will take me a long time to review it. Thanks again! ComputerJA (talk) 21:51, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Oophagy
How do you know that manta embryos didn't use their mouths and eat yolk. You state that for goblin shark. LittleJerry (talk) 01:20, 26 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Because there are no oophagous rays. Oophagy only occurs in three groups of sharks (the Lamniformes, the Pseudocarcharidae, and the tawny nurse shark). -- Yzx (talk) 01:25, 26 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Well, I'll have that last issue resolved soon. I just need someone at resources to finally post that Mozambique manta thesis. (I lost access to it). LittleJerry (talk) 02:09, 27 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Okay, now all your concerns are now met. LittleJerry (talk) 21:32, 27 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Back the subject, do other fish "absorb yolk" in the womb? LittleJerry (talk) 22:46, 5 May 2013 (UTC)


 * The absorption of yolk for nourishment during embryonic development is the default for all vertebrates (possibly all animals). It's matrotrophy, i.e. additional provisioning by the mother (through uterine secretions or through a placenta) that's the derived condition. -- Yzx (talk) 23:28, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Sixgill stingray GA review
Hallo, I'm reviewing the article, which I enjoyed. I have made a few comments in the review, with a suggestion on the talk page for a cladogram (drafted, feel free to edit - I deliberately kept it sparse). All the best - Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:29, 12 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Hallo again, delighted to be able to congratulate you on your --- is it 91st? --- chondrichthyan (not a word I often use on talk pages...) GA. Well done.


 * I do hope you'll devote some time to reviewing other people's GA candidates; there is no formal quid pro quo as with DYK submissions, but there is a desperate need for people who know the GA ropes, as you certainly do, to join in, keep the queues short, and above all educate the newbies. I wish other areas had anything like the skilled coverage that you've given to the sharks, by the way. Great work. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:08, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Natural History Shield

 * Thanks very much! The thing about reviews is that I don't particularly want to be solely responsible for passing/failing other people's work (and I'm a total nitpicker), which is why I stopped doing DYKs after they started their QPQ requirement. I'm more than happy to do informal reviews if requested. -- Yzx (talk) 07:21, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * My pleasure. What I can say is that since you have self-awareness of your critical skill and nature, as well as of the need not to "bite the newbies", you will certainly be very useful as a reviewer, and you'll find you can "bite your tongue" when necessary. And of course, you can always stop and ask for a Second Opinion! All the best, -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:43, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Editor of the Week
User:Epipelagic submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:
 * I nominate Editor Yzx as Editor of the Week for writing and significantly expanding a large number of high quality articles on a regular basis. Over a period of nearly five years, Yzx has been the principal editor of 2 featured articles, 87 good articles and 211 DYK's, mainly on sharks and rays. Yzx has achieved all this in a quiet no-fuss, non-confrontational style and with a remarkable economy of edits. In addition, Yzx has uploaded over 1000 images generally of high quality to Wikimedia Commons, many of which are used here on Wikipedia. --Epipelagic (talk)

You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week: Thanks again for your efforts! Go  Phightins  !  19:58, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, thank you Yzx. Your contributions on cartilaginous fishes are exemplary and much appreciated, and have set challenging standards for other marine life editors to emulate. --Epipelagic (talk) 20:37, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Wow, thank you very much! I'm honored. -- Yzx (talk) 02:33, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Your contnuing efforts to educate our reader and improve the quality of the encyclopedia are appreciated. ```Buster Seven   Talk  06:46, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Congratulations on well-deserved award! Great work.--Tomobe03 (talk) 09:07, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, congratulations! AutomaticStrikeout ?  13:44, 27 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Congratulations and thank you for some great work here :) TheOriginalSoni (talk) 04:24, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Of course, congratulations, but more importantly: Thank you for all the great work and helpful edits. Bringing so many articles to GA or better is exactly the core of our mission here, and you serve as a great example.  Dennis Brown - 2¢  - © - @ - Join WER 12:30, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Wow! What a body of work you've accumulated. Thanks for expanding and improving so many articles in this area, in particular your 96 GAs--it's an achievement few Wikipedians can match. -- Khazar2 (talk) 16:01, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
 * By way of small thanks, let me go ahead and give that last waiting GA a review. -- Khazar2 (talk) 16:02, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks again everyone for your kind words. -- Yzx (talk) 16:39, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! -- Yzx (talk) 00:32, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Goblin shark
You uploaded that pic (File:Mistukurina owstoni museum victoria.jpg) of a goblin shark and added it to the article, and you are pissed that I messed with your edits. I totally understand the feeling, because I'm feeling the same thing right now.

I think my SVG sketch of a goblin shark compared to a human diver is a very useful and relevant image, vividly illustrating the scale of this animal. This sort of diagram appears in lots of other articles on whales and sharks. Go see for yourself. Plenty of precedents.

Your pic is very nice. I've been looking for a good profile photo of a real specimen with jaws retracted. A live underwater shot would be best, but this is good enough. I see that it's validity as a free resource is not yet confirmed. Is it yours? If not, did you get permission from the owner? I do want your pic to appear in the article. Maybe even in the infobox. But I also want my SVG size comparison diagram to appear as well - in the infobox.

I always thought galleries were a nice place to put images which don't fit perfectly into specific sections of the article (I like strong relevance). It looks neater to me. Could you refer to me to the official guideline that discourages this?Kurzon (talk) 15:25, 17 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I've given my rationale for the image removal at Talk:Goblin shark. For galleries, Image_use_policy says that galleries should only be included if necessary to explain some aspect of the subject that cannot be accomplished by inline images, which is not the case here. -- Yzx (talk) 15:32, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Viper dogfish
My GA review follows. Adam Cuerden (talk) 10:49, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Edit warring at the goblin shark article
Hello Yzx. I see that you have been taking part in the recent edit war at the goblin shark article. I've protected the article for two days as an interim measure. I'm sure that you've read all the relevant policy pages before, so I'll just point you to my comments on the protection and note that until a consensus has been reached I'll be blocking anyone who continues to revert. Do let me know if you have any questions about any of this, though. Best — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 01:04, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Garden Warbler
I hope I'm not harassing you, but it's been a few days since I addressed your most recent comments, and I wondered if there were still any outstanding issues (I can see from the Stradivarius post why your thoughts may have been elsewhere) (:  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  06:33, 22 July 2013 (UTC)


 * No worries. The article looks fine so I've given my support. -- Yzx (talk) 07:28, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

A Fish for You!!!

 * Thank you! -- Yzx (talk) 02:17, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Pigeye shark TFA
Hello, this is just a brief note to let you know that Pigeye shark will be appearing as Today's featured article/September 10, 2013. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask me. If the blurb needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Today's featured article/requests/instructions. Congratulations on getting the article to FA, by the way, and I hope that the TFA appearance goes smoothly. Sorry for the late notification - you may have already spotted this news through your watchlist; the bot that was meant to tell you seems to have broken. Regards, BencherliteTalk 19:36, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Milk shark
Hi Yzx,

I have undone your reversion of my edit; I think you must have misunderstood the change. Jordan and Richardson published an illustration of an animal they called Scoliodon walbeehmi. This turns out to be a synonym of Rhizoprionodon acutus. The animal they illustrated is therefore Rhizoprionodon acutus. They did not illustrate "a synonym of the milk shark", nor can I imagine how they could even do that. It simply doesn't make sense. They illustrated a milk shark, albeit under a name that is now deprecated. --Stemonitis (talk) 17:54, 28 October 2013 (UTC)


 * The caption said that it was an illustration of Scoliodon walbeehmi, which is what it is. I think you're splitting semantic hairs. -- Yzx (talk) 18:02, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

TASSELLED WOBBEGONG ASSOCIATES
Hi Yzx, I was wondering if you could give me some more information about the amazing behaviour of the small fish and other creatures that hang around the tasselled wobegong and lure in larger fish which the shark then preys upon? A reference would be great, or a point to a relevant science figure. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.185.161.97 (talk) 16:37, 2 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I don't think there are any more references beyond what's already in the article. -- Yzx (talk) 21:01, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Australian weasel shark
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Australian weasel shark you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of J Milburn -- 18:51, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Australian weasel shark
The article Australian weasel shark you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Australian weasel shark for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of J Milburn -- 17:02, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sicklefin weasel shark
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sicklefin weasel shark you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- 00:31, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sicklefin weasel shark
The article Sicklefin weasel shark you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sicklefin weasel shark for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- 12:12, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Finless sleeper ray
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Finless sleeper ray you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of J Milburn -- 15:01, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Finless sleeper ray
The article Finless sleeper ray you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Finless sleeper ray for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of J Milburn -- 09:52, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Giant freshwater stingray
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Giant freshwater stingray you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- 16:31, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Giant freshwater stingray
The article Giant freshwater stingray you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Giant freshwater stingray for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- 19:42, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tasmanian numbfish
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tasmanian numbfish you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Daniel Cavallari -- 21:02, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tasmanian numbfish
The article Tasmanian numbfish you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tasmanian numbfish for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Daniel Cavallari -- 20:32, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Japanese sleeper ray
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Japanese sleeper ray you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- 21:51, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Japanese sleeper ray
The article Japanese sleeper ray you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Japanese sleeper ray for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- 20:42, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
  sharks

Thank you for quality articles for the project fishes, especially on sharks, such as porbeagle, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (17 September 2010)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:28, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Two years ago, you were the 287th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, repeated in br'erly style, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:33, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Four years ago, you were recipient no. 287 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:36, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Seven years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Sun!
Also, if you're interested:

ArbCom elections are now open!
Hi, You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:55, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for September 8
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Hemitrygon, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Taxonomy. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:35, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:47, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:35, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for reuploading multiple photos of cartrilaginous fish
to Commons from other sources. I was just searching for good photos of Batoidea that have enough frame around to still show the whole specimen even if I cover some of the edge of the picture. I selected five that I liked the most, and of the five, three (File:Southern stingray miami.jpg, File:Urobatis halleri bolsa chica.jpg, File:Pteromylaeus bovinus valencia.jpg) were your uploads. – b_jonas 10:20, 16 November 2022 (UTC)