Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Phasmatodea

Common name for article title?
According to the related WikiProject Tree of Life, "in cases where there is a formal common name (e.g. birds), or when common names are well-known and reasonably unique, they should be used for article titles." Is there any strong reason why this wikiproject has a conflicting guideline? --Vsion 06:25, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I agree with that. It would be stupid to use a scientific name, when the general public wouldn't recognize it, opposed to it's common name. But what common name would go instead of 'Phasmatodea'?  — Ypna • Ypna • 22:48, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I have changed the advice - but so few species have common names.... Edwbaker (talk) 17:40, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

WP:TOL template
I'm working on a proposal to subsume all the WP:TOL project banners into a single one. Please see WikiProject Tree of Life/Template union proposal and its talk page. Circeus 19:22, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Animals project proposal
I think it's both a pity and somewhat illogical that we have no animal WikiProject despite the fact that there are over 20 projects that are basically its daughters. There are also other projects that could emerge from it in the future, such as one on animal behavior. The project would provide a central place for people from all animal projects to talk, a central set of guidelines for articles on animals and zoology, and an assessment system for articles related to animals. If you are interested in creating such a project please visit Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of life to discuss. Richard001 08:48, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

The following projects would come under the parentage of this project:


 * WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles
 * WikiProject Dinosaurs
 * WikiProject Pterosaurs
 * WikiProject Sea Monsters
 * WikiProject Arthropods
 * WikiProject Lepidoptera
 * WikiProject Phasmatodea
 * WikiProject Spiders
 * WikiProject Birds
 * WikiProject Cephalopods
 * WikiProject Fishes
 * WikiProject Aquarium Fishes
 * WikiProject Sharks
 * WikiProject Gastropods
 * WikiProject Mammals
 * WikiProject Monotremes and Marsupials
 * WikiProject Cetaceans
 * WikiProject Primates
 * WikiProject Cats
 * WikiProject Dogs
 * WikiProject dog breeds
 * WikiProject horse breeds
 * WikiProject Animal rights

Proposed change to Naming conventions (fauna)
There is a current proposal to change an animal-related naming convention, which directly effects the the Manual of Style guideline, and the naming conventions policy. If you are interested, your input would be appreciated.  Justin  chat 06:32, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme
As you may have heard, we at the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial Team recently made some changes to the assessment scale, including the addition of a new level. The new description is available at WP:ASSESS.
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Redirects on "G. species" disambiguation pages
Please see this discussion so that we can come to a conclusion about redirects used on "G. species" disambiguation pages.

Thank you, Neelix (talk) 00:44, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

New WikiProject proposal: Biota of the UK and Ireland
I've proposed a new WikiProject named WikiProject Biota of the UK and Ireland which would encompass all species and conservation efforts within Britain, an extremely interesting area. The project would include vegetation classification, Category:Lists of British animals, Category:Conservation in the United Kingdom, Category:Ecology of the British Isles, Category:Forests and woodlands of the United Kingdom, Category:Fauna of the British Isles and anything else to do with the flora and fauna of Britain. If anyone is interested just leave your name on the proposal page. Cheers, Jack (talk) 17:11, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Phasmatodea
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Coordinators' working group
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Thanks. — Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}κοντριβς – WP Physics} 09:32, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)

Inactive Tag
I marked this WikiProject as inactive due to a lack of recent project activity. If this tag was placed in error, simply remove it from the top of the page and mark this project 'active' at the WikiProject Directory, here. Andyo2000 (talk) 15:47, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Proposal
It has been proposed that this Wikiproject and Wikiproject Mantodea be fused into Wikiproject Insects, any thoughts?   Bugboy52.4 |  =-=  00:24, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I think that would make sense - I was surprised when I discovered that there was WikiProject Phasmatodea. Mostly because the topic (I assume), isn't heavily edited. It doesn't surprise me that it's been labelled inactive. Fusing them together sounds logical.  — JamesDouch • Talk  • 22:53, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

WP 1.0 bot announcement
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Phasmatodea articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
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We would like to ask you to review the Phasmatodea articles and revisionIDs we have chosen. Selected articles are marked with a diamond symbol (&diams;) to the right of each article, and this symbol links to the selected version of each article. If you believe we have included or excluded articles inappropriately, please contact us at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8 with the details. You may wish to look at your WikiProject's articles with cleanup tags and try to improve any that need work; if you do, please give us the new revisionID at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8. We would like to complete this consultation period by midnight UTC on Monday, October 11th.

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No Phasmatodea lists
I noticed there isn't a single list article about Phasmatodea. No lists of species of any countries, regions or anything! I think it would be a good idea to create one, a complete list (or a list specific to just one area). Does anyone know some sources that would mostly be what to work off. I'm surprised there isn't already a list.  — JamesDouch • Talk  • 23:03, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Here's one List of phasmatodea of Australia, I just created it. If anyone could help create articles for all the red-links then that would be great. I might create another list sometime (depending on if I find some appropriate sources - a list of all species).  — JamesDouch • Talk  • 02:11, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The Phasmida SpeciesFile has the functionality to generate geographic lists. Edwbaker (talk) 17:42, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!


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Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
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First annual Tree of Life Decemberween contest
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Heteropteryx dilatata listed at Requested moves
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Project revival
This project has been completely inactive for a long time now(as far as i can tell), other than myself.

Im not overly familiar with wikipedias guidelines, but as far as I can tell this project cannot be considered active or semi active until at least some level of collaborative activity is resumed. I am going to start making some changes to this project page and document my changes on this talk page, and start attempting to regain some activity in this project. I am unsure how to get more activity, or what forums i should post to. Wolfgang likes bugs (talk) 02:18, 16 May 2023 (UTC)