Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Evolutionary biology/ Archive 6

Sandbox organiser
Hi all

I've been working on a tool for the past few months that you may find useful. Sandbox organiser is a set of tools to help you better organise your draft articles and other pages in your userspace. It also includes areas to keep your to do lists, bookmarks, list of tools. You can customise your sandbox organiser to add new features and sections. Once created you can access it simply by clicking the sandbox link at the top of the page. You can create and then customise your own sandbox organiser just by clicking the button on the page. All ideas for improvements and other versions would be really appreciated.

Huge thanks to PrimeHunter and NavinoEvans for their work on the technical parts, without them it wouldn't have happened.

John Cummings (talk) 11:06, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Article title input requested
An editor has requested for Early European modern humans to be moved to Upper Palaeolithic Europe. Since you had some involvement with Early European modern humans, you might want to participate in the move discussion (if you have not already done so). Note that the page was already moved, however the discussion has been reopened as the result of a move review. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:01, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Dragon man
I recently created an article for the recently discovered archaic human Dragon Man (archaic human). Any help improving the article would be appreciated. Thank you! Thriley (talk) 17:35, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Science Competition 2021
Hi! I am here to remind you all that Wiki Science Competition 2021 has started last week. It will last until November 30th or December 15th, depending on the areas.

WSC is organized every two years, and people from all countries can upload files (the goal are the international prizes) but specific national pages are also set up, for example for the USA or Ireland or New Zealand. Such national competitions (when they exist) act as an additional incentive to participate.

We expect a sitenotice to show up for all readers here on enWikipedia as well, but probably during the second half of the month when all countries with national competitions are open for submission at the same time. In the meantime, if you are planing to upload some nice descriptive photo, infographics or video to Wikimedia Commons, please consider submitting them using the WSC interface, you might win a prize.--Alexmar983 (talk) 02:24, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Devolution_(biology) - does this need any tweaking?
Could folks please take a look at Devolution_(biology) ?

Section has no cites.

- 189.122.97.18 (talk) 03:18, 22 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks, yes. Several sections of the article are very crufty and primary-sourced (or wholly without, as the IP rightly says). I've chopped the worst of it and tagged the rest. It does need some scholarly-cited discussion. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:39, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move of Abiogenesis
A requested move of Abiogenesis to Origin of life is under discussion. Project members are invited to contribute. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:21, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Alfred Russel Wallace
I have nominated Alfred Russel Wallace for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 20:51, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Featured Article Save Award for Alfred Russel Wallace
There is a Featured Article Save Award nomination at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review/Alfred Russel Wallace/archive1. Please join the discussion to recognize and celebrate editors who helped assure this article would retain its featured status. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  22:51, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

WP:URFA/2020
Thanks to everyone in this Wikiproject that helped save Alfred Russel Wallace's featured article status. This article was originally reviewed as part of WP:URFA/2020, an initiative to ensure that older FAs still meet the featured article criteria and potentially rerun some articles as today's featured article. There are other FAs within this Wikiproject's purview that would also benefit from a check-up. Would editors be interested in reviewing these articles and letting us know if they still meet the FA criteria? The articles that fall under this Wikiproject are:


 * Charles Darwin (received notes in Nov 2021), --- Checked (using the notes). Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:07, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Evolution (received notes in Feb 2022) Fixed some issues, citations needed and possible need for updates remain. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:36, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Genetics
 * History of evolutionary thought
 * On the Origin of Species --- Checked. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:36, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
 * History of biology
 * Ediacaran biota (received notes in Jan 2022) Citations needed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:36, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Evolution of lemurs

Any help with reviewing these articles is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to ping me or post on URFA/2020's talk page. Thanks! Z1720 (talk) 16:10, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Coccinellidae
A discussion is in progress at Talk:Coccinellidae about the status of vernacular names for these insects. Project members are invited to participate. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:56, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Needs review: Bias in the introduction of variation (arrival bias)
I recently submitted a draft article for review on the theory of bias in the introduction of variation (aka "arrival bias") as a cause of orientation or direction in evolution. This is a fundamental theory with substantial empirical support and potentially broad applications in regard to molecular evolution, evo-devo and self-organization.

I would appreciate anyone offering to review this or help identify reviewers. Thanks! Dabs (talk) 21:24, 20 January 2023 (UTC)