User talk:Schmiebel

California Barnstar[edit]

		The California Star
		This barnstar is for your work on California waterways and wildlife. Will Beback talk 01:57, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for creating Silver Creek (Weber River tributary) and McLeod Creek. Magnolia677 (talk) 11:23, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

1/3/2009 There is a wikipedia page on Don Jose de Canizares, but this cannot be the same Don Jose de Canizares that made the first map of San Francisco Bay and sailed on the first ship into the Bay, the "San Carlos" with Ayala? Could I be referring to his grandson?Schmiebel (talk) 08:02, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Autopatrol and reviewer granted[edit]

Hello, this is just to let you know that I have granted you the "autopatrolled" permission. This won't affect your editing, it just automatically marks any page you create as patrolled, benefiting new page patrollers. Please remember:

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If you have any questions about the permission, don't hesitate to ask. Otherwise, happy editing! Dabomb87 (talk) 23:24, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have also given you reviewer rights. See WP:REVIEWER and Help:Pending changes for more information. Regards, Dabomb87 (talk) 23:24, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Canis rufus rufus[edit]

Now we have two articles about Canis rufus rufus, this one and this one. Should we delete the former? There are also the taxa floridanus and gregoryi. Chrisrus (talk) 12:13, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There really is not good justification genetically for any subspecies of Canis rufus but I think it is reasonable to have pages for Canis rufus rufus (Texas red wolf), Carnis rufus floridanus (Florida red wolf), etc. as long as the article cites Chambers' recent paper and states that whether there is enough genetic diversity to justify a subspecies name is debatable. I'll do that now on the Texas Red Wolf page and also add a redirect at the top to the primary Red Wolf page. As to whether the trinomial should be listed on the Red Wolf page, I think it should for historical reasons despite the lack of evidence for any subspecies divisions.Schmiebel (talk) 16:46, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is it important that the Red Wolf be declared a species so that it will be protected under the Endangered Species Act? Chrisrus (talk) 19:35, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The red wolf has been declared an endangered species under the ESA since 1967, and yes it is critical that it stay listed as there are only 100 individuals in the wild (eastern North Carolina). But you are making me smarter - I found the USFWS Species Profile for the red wolf - and you can see here http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=A00F that the USFWS now also classifies the red wolf as its own species, i.e. as Canis rufus, and not as a hybrid. I'll add this ref to the Main article and its talk page.Schmiebel (talk) 20:49, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Chrisrus - I finally updated the Gray wolf wikipedia page to bring it up to date with the latest genetic research and make it consistent with the Red wolf page.Schmiebel (talk) 00:38, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Rivers[edit]

Hi, noticed your interest and work on rivers, thought you might help maintain tracking for these by adding {{WikiProject Rivers}} on the talk page so that WikiProject Rivers collaborators can help. Also I didn't see your name on the active members and thought you might find the project of interest and might want to add your name to the members list. Wolfgang8741 says: If not you, then who? (talk) 20:12, 11 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]