Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Beetles/Archive 3

RfC on categorizing by year of formal description
Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life for a discussion on possible guidelines for categorizing by year of formal description of a species. Peter coxhead (talk) 10:55, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Request for comment on recommending usage of automatic taxoboxes
There is an RfC regarding recommending usage of automatic taxoboxes at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life. Inviting anybody who watches this page to contribute their thoughts to that thread.

WikiProject Beetles is currently using automatic taxoboxes in 33.5% of project tagged articles that have any form of taxobox. Plantdrew (talk) 01:26, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Change from Anobiidae to Ptinidae?
I think the beetle family Anobiidae should be replaced by Ptinidae according to Bouchard (2011). This is effectively a name change, because all the subfamilies will remain the same. I'll be happy to do this, but I thought I should check first to see if there are any objections. Bob Webster (talk) 20:21, 27 August 2018 (UTC)


 * It's done now. Bob Webster (talk) 04:59, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

100 C-class articles achieved
Dear WP:Beetles participants,

Just a friendly note to say that we have just passed a new achievement: 100 -rated articles. Huzzah. We are few and our work is massive, so achievements should all be acknowledged. I thought this was a good moment to also thank you all for for any and all edits you each have made to the benefit of this WikiProject.

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Thanks and best wishes.Zakhx150 (talk) 10:47, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note, Zakhx150, and onwards! -- Daniel Mietchen (talk) 12:16, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Wonderful to hear! :) We Wikipedians only take NO for an answer! (talk) 12:26, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

thanks Fourdots2 (talk) 00:07, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
 * That's fabulous! I've been off Wikipedia for quite some time and watching the project that I helped revive take off so much is extremely gratifying. Keep up the good work! Gug01 (talk) 17:45, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Naupactini review
Hi WP:Beetles participants, I added some information on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naupactini, but as I am new on editing pages, not sure if it was correctly done. So, if someone can take a look, I will continue improving that page. Regards! (LeónHormiga (talk) 20:11, 15 December 2018 (UTC))
 * Great article, and much more in-depth than most beetle articles. The only thing I would caution is that the vocabulary should be understood by an 8th grade beetle enthusiast per Wikipedia guidelines, and some of the vocabulary used is somewhat complicated and could be substituted for simple language. Good job though. Gug01 (talk) 17:59, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Cerambycid genera
Articles for species in polytypic genera need to be debolded.Ypna (talk) 03:43, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Oxysternon conspicillatum
A saw a wonderful photo on Wikimedia Commons so I came to Wikipedia to read more about this beetle. Unfortunately we didn't have an article at all, so I created it. Please expand the article. Axl ¤ [Talk] 14:27, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

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Despite the many Wikipedians who edit content related to organisms/species, there hasn't been a Tree of Life Newsletter...until now! If you would like regular deliveries of said newsletter, please add your name to the subscribers list. Thanks, Enwebb (talk) 00:22, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-active?
According to WikiProject Insects, WikiProject Beetles is "semi-active," but I do not see it labeled as semi-active on WikiProject Beetles. At least one of the pages should be changed. Is this project active, semi-active, inactive, or defunct? --Nessie (talk) 16:04, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
 * In a formal sense it's probably semi-active based on the general activity coming in bursts.Zakhx150 (talk) 16:45, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

First annual Tree of Life Decemberween contest
After all the fun with the Spooky Species Contest last month, there's a new contest for the (Northern hemisphere's) Winter holidays at WikiProject Tree of Life/Contest. It's not just Christmas, but anything festive from December-ish. Feel free to add some ideas to the Festive taxa list and enter early and often. --Nessie (talk) 18:02, 12 November 2019 (UTC)