Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cetaceans/Archive 1

Blue Whale map
The existing map is very unconvincing, showing them present in numerous shallow inshore waters where (as far as I know) they don't occur other than as exceptional rarities, usually dead or close to death. I've posted an alternative map at Talk:Blue Whale, please take a look and see if you think it is better; and edit it as necessary to make it even better - MPF 00:21, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

WikiReader Cetacea
Hello there, I just started the page WikiReader/Cetacea. I worked out a Reader at the german Wikipedia you can found at de:Wikipedia:WikiReader/Wale for download ( a newer version will be there in a few days) and I think we can make this with the english articles too (I translated some of them to german). The german Reader will be printed in some weeks and this is the goal for an english Reader too. So anybody who should be interested may join the WikiReader project, for discussion please contact me at my german Userpage. Greetings from Berlin, -- Achim Raschka 10:27, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Resource
Hi, I came across these fact sheets on sea mammals from the Australian Museum while researching for something unrealted, they're quite comprehensive and have heaps of additional references listed --nixie 12:44, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

False killer whales
If you're knowledgeable on False_Killer_Whales, or simply on dolphins and cetaceans in general, please see my questions on that article's talk page. Dayv 02:22, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I replied there. Pcb21| Pete 08:48, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Excellent, thanks! Dayv 21:36, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Capitalization
Hello, cetacean lovers. I realize the issue of capitalization of common names has been discussed before, in different contexts. I find little evidence that common names of cetaceans are capitalized outside Wikipedia, and believe that we should use lowercase names as well. From your project page I gather that you have little interest in this issue, which is fine; I just wanted to let you know of my intentions to revisit this matter. &mdash; Knowledge Seeker &#2470; 20:54, 3 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I re-opened the discussion at Talk:Bottlenose Dolphin. If you are interested, please offer your opinion or experience there. You may also wish to share any examples of capitalized names being used in formal literature outside Wikipedia. &mdash; Knowledge Seeker &#2470; 22:40, 3 December 2005 (UTC)


 * If you are interested, please also see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (fauna). Thank you. &mdash; Knowledge Seeker &#2470; 07:11, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Nothern Bottlenose Whale in Central London
There is a young whale in the river Thames in london... the whale seems to be ill and unable to swim out to sea, what does everyone think? - Aled D 17:07, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Talk pages are not chat lines. They are for discussing the article. - UtherSRG (talk) 17:39, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Articles for the Wikipedia 1.0 project
Hi, I'm a member of the Version_1.0_Editorial_Team, which is looking to identify quality articles in Wikipedia for future publication on CD or paper. We recently began assessing using these criteria, and we are looking for A-class, B-class, and Good articles, with no POV or copyright problems. Can you recommend any suitable articles? Please post your suggestions here. Cheers, Shanel 20:20, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Blue Whale
This is a featured article that has had some issues listed on its talk page that may threaten its featured status. If you can help please see Talk:Blue Whale. --maclean 25 06:57, 21 April 2006 (UTC)


 * We saved it. Pcb21 Pete 07:58, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Old Tom
Old Tom was a killer whale that helped whalers round up and kill baleen whales in return for thier lips and tounge. I made a stub but don't have any time to expand it. Anyone here interested? The bellman 07:23, 25 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I've put it on my watchlist but not sure I know enough just yet. Pcb21 Pete 10:55, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

stub and cat
I was bold and created Cetacean-stub and category:Cetacean stubs. What do people think of the pic i chose? Too cutsey? I chose it cause it is easily recognisable and it had a transperent background. Hope nobody minds. If you do just edit/deleate it. peace out The bellman 08:42, 25 April 2006 (UTC) minor edits by UtherSRG (talk) 10:42, 25 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm ambilvalent about the picture (stub messages are screened out via javascript for me). Stub templates are not very use at the best of times - if you want to see stubs just the general category and turn on a stub threshold in preferences. In particular for cetacean articles there are very few stubs, so the category is not very valuable? Pcb21 Pete 10:54, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Spy hopping
Do we not have a page about spy-hopping? or am I just not searching good enough? A interesting question was raised at Talk:Great_White_Shark anyone have any comments? I would like to know the definition of spy-hopping, i.e, if the GWS is the only shark which lifts its head and the threasher shark actually jumps full body out of the water, can GWS be considered to be the only one that does spy-hopping? and why does animals do this, can they actually see in air? Stefan 00:29, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Now found breaching which also talks about spy hopping. Stefan 08:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The answer to the spyhopping question is: Many whales are known to spyhop, Belugas and Bottlenose dolphins are notable. I'm pretty sure bowhead whales do, too, but I'll have to check up on that. --Belugaperson 14:34, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Redesigning Portal Main Page
I have made a redesign of the portal main page which is accessible on my user page currently. What do you think about putting that one up instead of the current one?

I have made a few more pages to accomodate this layout, with a featured article and picture box. I was also thinking of adding a short taxonomic list of the major taxa as well.

What do you think? --chris_huh 15:16, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I have updated the main page now, hope you like it --chris_huh 13:49, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Looks good, much better now so i certainly think that the MfD should result in a keep. Death Eater Dan ( Muahaha ) 06:53, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Cetacean skeleton images?
Does anyone know of any free-use (or otherwise acceptable) images of a cetacean's full-body skeleton? Particularly one that shows the tiny vestigial leg-bones buried in the body? -Silence 15:50, 5 June 2006 (UTC) I have updated the main page now, hope you like it.

Trying to save the Portal
The cetaceans portal has been put up on the MfD page, i want to try and save it, particularly since i made a whole new layout for the portal about a week before it was put on MfD. You have probably noticed the drastic changes to the layout of the portal and the article list provided by Death Eater Dan. I have also made a template for the link to the portal page which can now be added to any cetacea related page by adding preferably at the top of the See Also heading, or under the taxobox maybe.

It looks like this:

which links a nice image of a sperm whale fluke to the portal and having it as a template allows the image to be changed at just one location rather than to change it on every page.

Congratulations
Nice to see a Cetaceans article as the featured article on the main page, Right whale. Death Eater Dan ( Muahaha ) 11:14, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Right whale
Right whale is up for a featured article review. Detailed concerns may be found here. Please leave your comments and help us address and maintain this article's featured quality. Sandy 22:27, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Userbox
There ought to be a userbox for this project. --Gray Porpoise 12:54, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Perhaps, if a userbox is created, it should look like this:

 --Gray Porpoise 13:09, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi, per your request at Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/Ideas, I created a userbox for you at WikiProject Cetaceans/Userbox. The only thing I changed was to lighten up the link so it is easier to see. Enjoy! — Mi ra  05:49, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you! --Gray Porpoise 15:58, 21 July 2006 (UTC)