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Amanita phalloides

I'll first give it a good copyedit later today. Right now I think it's got a wealth of info, but a number of issues (typos, grammar, wording, jargon...) that would prevent it even becoming a GA. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Circeus (talk • contribs) 14:31, 22 April 2007 (UTC).

As a quick update, I've been intrigued by the appearance of "Secr." in the author citation when Louis Secretan was not mentionned anywhere else in the article. Researching showed up a reference to Amanita phalloides Secr. Then it dawned to me that possibly this name was so rarely employed because it was invalid. A search in Taxon showed up that his Mycologie Suisse, although predating Link, is now rejected as invalid for nomenclatural purposes, so Secr. has no reason to be in the author citation. I will correct this when copyediting the article. Circeus 16:04, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Not logged, sorry about that. Re: Secretan, I think only the Synonyms in the taxobox really ought to mention it (They need to be added), although a quick sentence in the article wouldn't hurt. Secretan would probably need a page of his own too... About the link you give, the Vaillant page is not in French. It's in Latin... If you want, I can make a quick translation for French if you want me too, since I'm billingyual and translation is a hobby of mines. Bt for that I need a link to the exact stuff you want translated... 132.203.184.123 14:52, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Roughly, it goes:

The root [!] of this mushroom is a sort of supple [?] bulb, round and nut[!]-sized, it sometimes measures 2 inches wide, ending in a spintop below, and open like the crown of a medlar at the top, where it is sometimes like divided in 3 or 4 quarters [!]. From this opening raises a stipe between 3 and 5 inches tall, approximatively six lignes thick, holing up a cap first cut like an hemisphere and that later spread into a parasol open of sometimes 2 or 3 inches,sometimes over 4, white above and sometimes olive-ish, sometimes smooth, sometimes covered without order with bits of brown skin [!], cut in various shapes, making them appear covered in brown warts. The flesh is very white, as are the gills, who are very close to each others, and whose intervals contain small potion of gills[?]; at their thickest they have about 3 to 5 lignes. The flesh has as much of it around the stipe[??]. This stipe is the same color as the cap and has a strawberry[!] where the cap used to surround it. This mushroom has no bad taste. It is found at the end of August and the beginning of September, in the small park of Versailles [!] under the chestnut trees. The figure of Fungus dipsacoides Cob Would illustrate it well if it didn't have a conical cap.

Circeus 20:34, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Finally! Talk:Amanita phalloides/Comments. Circeus 03:47, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't worry about the dashes. over half the ISBNs on Wiki have none ;-) I'll add my refs (which refers to the whole of Secretan's work.) soon, and respond at the comment page for the rest. Circeus 14:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I found this, which might of interest. Also a literature review about all the toxins. According to the Cornell site, Antamanide could be sort of a counterpoison, which probably ought to be investigated. and this: Weiland, T., and Faulstich, H. 1983. Peptide Toxins from Amanita. Pp. 585-635. In: Handbook of Natural Toxins, Volume I: Plant and Fungal Toxins. R.F. Keeler and A.T. Tu, Ed. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, NY. (ISBN 0824718933, it seems to be sorted as a serial in a few places). Maybe the added material in Volume VI: Toxicology of plant and fungal compounds (ISBN 0824783751) will have some more stuff. Circeus 15:13, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Looks like it's gonna have to wait because the friggin' off-campus access to JSTOR just won't work, so I can't look up Taxon. Circeus 00:21, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

THe hilarious part is that Citizendium is mostly an older version of the Wikipedia page, so I doubt it has any information the 'pedia doesn't have XD Circeus 15:27, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

DYK

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Request for peer review

Hi, I put an article up for peer review, Date cultivation in Dar al-Manasir, and found your name in the horticulture wikiproject list of people. If you have some time, I think it would make a great FA and wanted to get some expert advice. cc: user:SB Johnny, quercus robur, user:NoahElhardt, Cas Liber, User:Doc Tropics, Lynnathon, Benjamin, HelloMojo, Strobilus. Thanks, Rhetth 01:39, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

So it's not a dud?

Glad to see that it's good information. I did not write it, I just found it. But I'm not an expert at what it's talking about, so thanks for any work. Any yes, the inline referencing (and some other minor formatting like removing the
codes) needs to be fixed. Rhetth 00:56, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Raven in Norse mythology

Some time ago, I added what is worth adding about the raven in Old Norse culture in the article Raven banner. The information is sourced as well.--Berig 08:16, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Problems with cut and paste job in an article

Hi there Casliber. I recently put up a "Unreferenced" tag on the Three Kings Islands page. The sole reference was under an "external links" heading and the link was messed up anyway. Its recently been corrected but the tag has been removed and its still under an "external links" heading ( if its a reference its in the wrong place here, no?). Anyway, it turns out that much of the article is a cut and paste job from this website- I'm thinking this stuff needs to be deleted but I don't really know what to do - the guy who removed the "Unreferenced" tag seems to be taking my efforts to sort out referencing for this page the wrong way (see the bottom of my talk page) and if I take any further action ( not really sure how to deal with this sort of plagiarism situation anyway) its probably going to provoke an edit war. Could you please help to sort out the plagiarism/referencing problems with this page? Cheers, Kotare 12:01, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

OK yeah I hear you, the citation needed tags certainly are more specific- for the record though, I meant well and wasn't trying to be a pedantic prick for the sake of it. Cheers, Kotare 10:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

thanks

What brought it on, though? I've been busy in RW this week a lot, and have been lax about poking bird towards peer review. Sabine's Sunbird talk 20:16, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

ISBNs

Cas - noted your edit summary query at Common Raven. ISBNs started around 1969-70, though for a few years before that (from mid to late '60s?) there were SBNs (slightly shorter). Later reprints and new editions of older works should have ISBNs. Maias 06:02, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Silly me - just realised you can read all about it at ISBN. Cheers. Maias 06:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Herrerasaurus

Hey, cool, Cas. We could use another hand. Firsfron of Ronchester 21:14, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

LoL Thank You

He he, thanks for the User talk:Alastair Haines#Civility barnstar. For me, this was an exercise in learning the system and taming others' assumptions about motivations. Pretty hairy, but good on Hanse for actually doing the obvious thing and doing the editing himself, rather than trying to insist I write his text for him. Good on Heimstern for not blocking me despite the request. Things could have been done better by all, but I'm happy it was a learning process.

I've found a nice, big, non-contentious area that needs work ... ancient New Testament manuscripts. There are already others wanting to expand this area too. Perfect! Created my first infobox, which is great fun! ;) Alastair Haines 00:08, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For your help on Elk (Cervus canadensis). MONGO 06:19, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I want to expand several sections over the next few days...your continued efforts would be most appreciated.--MONGO 06:19, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Dist map

Hey Cas, I got a pd earth map and was about to crerate your dist map but the information is vague, I could replicate a similar version of whats in the PDF but if there is more accurate info available I'd prefer to work with that. Gnangarra 11:04, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I'll look around but fungi knowledge is meagre compared with plants. The one on the pdf was the best one I'd seen. cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 13:06, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Ok I'll work with that then Gnangarra 13:30, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

FAC

Don't worry. I've been far more nitpicky than that before. After all, there's no point in supporting a FAC if we don,t feel it represent the best work of Wikipedia. Circeus 01:29, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree that the section headings are not quite right, but I'm not quite sure what I would do to fix it. Your alternative isn't all that compelling to me. I think it would be very difficult to structure this article well, considering the many contexts. But in my experience an elegant structure can always be found with enough effort. So I would have been inclined to agree with you in weakly opposing. Hesperian 02:24, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Anyway, it's all academic now. I'll be a bit busy the next few days...I meant to make Tennis Ball banksia a DYK but forgot..oh well.....cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 02:29, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Just saying hello since you're online

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Lambeosaurus

Hi, Cas;

I noticed what's gone on with Lambeosaurus, and although I appreciate it, I don't think we should get into the habit of doing it (especially when Species of Psittacosaurus has been there longer). Have a good day! J. Spencer 22:49, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

I think Species of Psittacosaurus should have an outside reviewer, unless it sits up there for weeks. I'm actually a little interested in what an outside reviewer would say about it, since it's not a straight genus article like the vast majority have been. J. Spencer 03:17, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Cannington

No worrie Cas let me know when your next in the neighbourhood I'll take you directly to locations the images are from. Gnangarra 14:18, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Its always a good time you just need to what flowering and where. Besides even without flowers I can these ones again each spot had a significant landmark so I can rephoto at different stages, especially the in the burnt sections. Gnangarra 14:23, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Casliber, thank you for your kind words of support on my RfA, which closed successfully yesterday. Please feel free to drop me a note any time if there is anything that I might be able to do for you. Pastordavid 16:21, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Guess what?

Amanita phalloides is ref-ed at long last! Circeus 16:55, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh right. I'll look at Common Raven at somepoint. Right now, I'm busy with a FAC of my own (Verbascum thapsus) and planned updates to Acer barbatum and Acer rubrum.Circeus 18:26, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Well... You can always just cite that chapter as a whole instead, and still use a single ref. In V. thapsus, I've abbreviated later refs because I didn't want to extract only 2 references from the reference notes.Circeus 14:45, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Common Raven/Comment is started. I'll come back to it soon. Circeus 21:46, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Many Thanks:

Wow! What can I say? I was pretty surprised someone actually started a petition about me. Thank you so much Cas, I was really gone for good. That last argument really set me off & I figured no one liked me & that I had better ways to use my time. However, your petition really changed my mind. Sure it wasn't WP:100 or anything, but 15 people saying to come back was all I neededto feel that this place wasn't a dung hole after all. I'm probably not going to be talking to people much after this message, as Wikipedia hasn't been nice to me in the past & not talking is the best way not to get into arguments. In any case, thank you for the support & for actually giving a damn. See you around. If you wanna check on what I'm doing, you might see me editing NZ articles for a while. Thanks again. :) Spawn Man 00:08, 16 May 2007 (UTC) P.S. I'm asuming the "hahahaha" was about my "The doctor is in" note. Glad you thought it was funny. :)

Simple: Delete the damn thing! It adds nothing to the article apart from giving a complicated way of saying "The kea eats fruits, seeds, roots etc..." Honestly, delete it. FAC voters don't like needless tables anyway. Just compile the table into a quick sentence or something & that should solve your problem. :) Spawn Man 02:08, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I award this Barnstar of Diligence to Casliber for tireless efforts on the Common Raven page. Thanks for all your enthusiastic efforts! MeegsC | Talk 09:43, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

B. violacea

Did you miss my message on the talk page? Hesperian 06:01, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes! thanks for the note cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 06:02, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

PS: Been a bit preoccupied with Common Raven at FAC....cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 06:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

No worries; I sometimes forget that you don't watch every page you ever edit, unlike certain other fruitcakes who go around with a watchlist of 5000 hanging off them. Hesperian 06:33, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

aha, well mine's up over 2500 now....cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 06:36, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

I've tarred you with the wrong brush then. I was talking to a long-time Perth editor the other day who only had 12 articles on his watchlist - he simply didn't put a page on his watchlist unless he really, really cared about it. For some reason I thought your watchlist was along those lines - in the sub-100 club anyhow. As usual I have no idea where I got that ridiculous notion. :-) Hesperian 06:52, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Heya!

Erm, I was only kidding about the "very slack cas" comment in my edit summary because I often forgot to edit that link too. :) Anyway, I'd be happy to co-maintain the collaboration (IE, We'd drop in whenever & update things that need updating, but share the workload). So if co-maintainence is okay with you, then I'd be happy to do it with you Cas. Reply to this & I'll start up. However, I think we should refresh the board every month when the new collab article is chosen, just to keep things fresh & to stop overloading the page. Anyway, if you think that's okay, I'll start working on the page again. I've currently been rewriting a few comics articles (Ah Batman, my hero when I was a teen lol), so I'll be busy on that for a while. I'll start working on the colab whenever I get time in the near future. Cheers, Spawn Man 07:01, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Carioca RFA

Thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was (31/4/1), so I am now an administrator. If you have any comments or concerns on my actions as an administrator, please let me know. Thank you! --Carioca 20:33, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Parasaurolophus

Hi, Cas;

I've run into a creationist who's decided to make a stand at Parasaurolophus for some reason. Any suggestions? J. Spencer 00:00, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, gotta run for a few hours. Notify at 3RR rule. I can look then if no-one else has picked it up. Neiterh I not Firs are impartial so better if unrelated admin. abck soon cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 00:09, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay, looks like the situation has calmed down now at any rate. J. Spencer 00:10, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Raven Hunting

Hi Casliber: I know you've been looking for some info on Common Raven hunting/bounties, etc. There's been a bounty on ravens in the North Slope borough of Alaska for some years, in an effort to help with recovery attempts for Steller's and Spectacled eiders; they've now become quite rare (around the inhabited areas, at least). I'll see if I can find more info for you -- I'm heading over there in a couple of weeks! MeegsC | Talk 09:31, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Great! hope you get a ref. I'd hate it to be a deal-breaker on this FAC....I'm pretty jealous (mmm...Alaska...). cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 09:58, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

DYK

Hi, Cas; I'll see what I can find. J. Spencer 01:02, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I emailed J a PDF of this paper so have fun guys. Sheep81 03:39, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Collab:

KK, I've changed the 3 month to 1 month thingy on the dino collab & am ready to begin my co-maintainer position with you. If there's any workload you'd definitely like me to take care of, just say so, but other than that, everything should be straight forward... Cheers Spawn Man 01:44, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

P.S. Nice new user page! :) Spawn Man 01:44, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Ah, curse of the neglected housewife eh? Lol, I can see you sneaking around at night making sly edits here & there... ;) Reminds me of a good joke actually... Thanks anyway, hopefully I'll be of some service in the collab... Spawn Man 02:35, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

D->B (M&T 07)

APNI have finally started (but not yet finished) updating their database with the transfer of Dryandra to Banksia. e.g. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=269701. Little by little the rest of the world is catching up to WP:BANKSIA. ;-) Hesperian 03:08, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Rugby league

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Thanks

Silly me. I just noticed the Barnstar of Life you awarded me - thanks! It's great to know that somebody appreciated all that hard work. Please come and help me add quotes! --Birdman1 ^{talk/contribs} 18:21, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointy-thing

Casliber - thank you for the shiny new decoration for my userpage, and for the kind words that accompanied it. Pastordavid 14:48, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

GAC backlog elimination drive

This form message is being sent to you either due to your membership with WikiProject Good Articles and/or your inclusion on the Wikipedia:Good article candidates/List of reviewers. A new drive has been started requesting that all members review at least one article (or more, if you wish!) within the next two weeks at GAC to help in removing the large backlog. This message is being sent to all members, and even members who have been recently reviewing articles. There are almost 130 members in this project and about 180 articles that currently need to be reviewed. If each member helps to review just one or two articles, the majority of the backlog will be cleared. Since the potential amount of reviewers may significantly increase, please make sure to add :{{GAReview}} underneath the article you are reviewing to ensure that only one person is reviewing each article. Additionally, the GA criteria may have been modified since your last review, so look over the criteria again to help you to determine if a candidate is GA-worthy. If you have any questions about this drive or the review process, leave a message on the GAC talk page. --Nehrams2020 01:00, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Collab

Well, I suppose if it was a tie-breaker, I'd have to vote for migration; I'm a sucker for that "fly from one end of the world to the other" kinda thing! MeegsC | Talk 13:33, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Raven FAC

I don't see it on the FAC page anymore? Did it pass? There's nothing on the article or its talk page to indicate it did. Sheep81 18:01, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Links

I notice that you've linked years and months on American Goldfinch. I systematically delink these because I thought that they should only be linked if of real significance, eg dates of birth. Knowing your high standards and expertise, I thought I'd better check with you what the policy really is before doing anything rash. jimfbleak 14:14, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

My RFA

Many thanks for your support at my RFA. It ended successfully and I am now a glorified janitor. If I can be of any assistance please don't hesitate to contact me through my talk page. Happy editing! —Ocatecir ^Talk 18:07, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Collab again

I'm going to be partially absent for the next week or so, so will not be able to complete my collab duties during that time. Hopefully you can handle it, but in any case, see you later. :) Spawn Man 02:30, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Chlorpromazine

Hey there. Thanks for picking up on my "hint" in chlorpromazine, and for your excellent work on the article. I've had a go at improving it a bit, and I hope my edits have been helpful, although certainly not enough yet :) I've also been reading this, and I must say it looks excellent—can't believe I never came across your contributions before.

P.S. Thanks for your support, although it will likely be struck as the nom's not "official" yet :) Keep up the excellent work, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 15:20, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Will do. Feel free to drop me a line when you put it up at FAC—I'll read it more thoroughly if I can and offer my two cents. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:13, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Adam Keller

Hi Casliber! Would you be able to remove the non-image on the Adam Keller page. I ran into it, but could not remove it as the page is protected. Best regards, gidonb 10:29, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

FACs and stuff

I'm always glad to help. And don't fret over Voltaire. I dig up the source for that quote myself, after all. If I thought I needed a paper ref, I'd have done it, but for such stuff that is constantly republished, it's practically useless to give paper references. Circeus 05:50, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

B. t.

You okay if we take B. t. to FAC? Hesperian 13:01, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Eastern Whipbird

On 2 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eastern Whipbird, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 01:21, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

oooh boy

Will look at Bird when I'm done dealing with this. Should I also consider looking over Banksia telmatiaea while I'm at it? Circeus 04:14, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

(excuse my butting in) Circeus: yes please, if you wouldn't mind. Hesperian 04:53, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes please :)cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 05:02, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Your awards page

Hi Casliber ;) This might be a bit random, but I saw your post on Phaedriel's talk and so I thought I might help out. I fixed your awards bit down the bottom; when you close a table using |} you need to make sure it starts on a new line. Contact me if you need any other help, –Sebi ~ 05:51, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem at all ;) –Sebi ~ 05:58, 3 June 2007 (UTC)