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19:11, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Poinsettia

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The article Poinsettia you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Poinsettia for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Starsandwhales -- Starsandwhales (talk) 23:42, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020

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Hello Enwebb,

Source Guide Discussion

The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.

Redirects

New to NPP? Looking to try something a little different? Consider patrolling some redirects. Redirects are relatively easy to review, can be found easily through the New Pages Feed. You can find more information about how to patrol redirects at WP:RPATROL.

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Refresher

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16:08, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Murder of Tessa Majors for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Murder of Tessa Majors is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murder of Tessa Majors until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Black Kite (talk) 00:11, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

16:17, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Woolly Rhino

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hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgeparpas (talkcontribs) 16:59, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. Enwebb (talk) 19:00, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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20:59, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Horseshoe bat

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Horseshoe bat you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:41, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need a story for the newsletter

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ICYMI: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dinosaurs#A reflection on the Spinosaurus controversy, 5 and a half years later. Cheers --awkwafaba (📥) 02:47, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Awkwafaba, I'm not sure I'm following, what exactly is the controversy? Enwebb (talk) 16:17, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's more of a lack of controversy. The palaontological community isn't really convinced of the quadrapedal, fully-aquatic version, but the public seems to accept it without much debate. just an idea. --awkwafaba (📥) 17:41, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2020 March newsletter

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And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
  • England Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
  • United States Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
  • Somerset Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
  • Pirate flag CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
  • The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included United States L293D, Venezuela Kingsif, Antarctica Enwebb, England Lee Vilenski and Nepal CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

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WikiCup newsletter correction

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There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; United States L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, United States Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

February 2020 Tree of Life Newsletter

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February 2020—Issue 011


Tree of Life


Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!
Newly recognized content

Segnosaurus by FunkMonk
The Goldfinch (painting) by Jimfbleak
Gharial by BhagyaMani, reviewed by Dunkleosteus77
Steller's sea ape by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by Hog Farm
Poinsettia by Enwebb, reviewed by Starsandwhales
Honeynut squash by , reviewed by Ealdgyth

Newly nominated content

Danuvius guggenmosi by Dunkleosteus77
Denisovan by Dunkleosteus77
Homo luzonensis by Dunkleosteus77
Homo naledi by Dunkleosteus77
Horseshoe bat by Enwebb
Cimicidae by Cwmhiraeth and Chiswick Chap

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00:35, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Horseshoe bat

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The article Horseshoe bat you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Horseshoe bat for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:21, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Shohei Otomo's usage of Pilot/Namiki pens 'in an advertisement'

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I'm beginning revisions to the Ballpoint pen artwork wikipedia page and among my first edits I added a link to the wiki page about Shohei Otomo which I happened to come across by accident. Heads up: I'll also be making edits to link Otomo's wiki to related pages.

And... sorry BUT: I happen to know that the 'Pilot advertisement' you noted in his article is mistaken or at least misleading; the 'ad' was nothing more than a promotional video produced by Otomo or a collaborator (perhaps to gain Pilot's interest?), but the way it is written in the wiki makes it seem as if Pilot commissioned the video and it was used for advertising purposes. The video in question shows Otomo cracking open a beer before drawing, something I highly doubt such a respected Japanese institution as Namiki pens would allow to be depicted, even in the 21st century. That beer also happens to be identifiably a Kirin brand beer, something for which I doubt Pilot/Namiki & Kirin would be in cooperation. On top of that, the video shows no identifying credit at all, nothing to identify the video as an 'ad' and I can't think of any company who doesn't include a logo in an ad. If I remember correctly, only some kind of narration by Otomo himself, unrelated to the pens, runs through the so-called 'ad'. On top of that, Otomo's artwork basically subverts classic Japanese imagery and the artist himself openly criticizes Japan's consumerist culture, a trait which I highly doubt such a corporation would align itself with.

Unless it can be clearly proven otherwise, any text referring to Otomo's video as a Pilot/Namiki-commissioned ad is misleading and must therefore be reworded for accuracy and clarity. This is no slight to Otomo or his artwork; surely worthy of a wiki page but anything less than the facts should be relegated to the artist's own websites or social media. Penwatchdog (talk) 08:35, 7 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If you think the source or wording I used was wrong then feel free to remove per WP:BRD. Enwebb (talk) 15:10, 7 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

17:14, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

21:17, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Peer review for FL proposition of List of horseshoe bats

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  • Hello Enwebb, thanks for creating the List of horseshoe bats. I think that list has a potential to be a FL but it needs some review. I have some questions but could be more to correct before proposint the list to be a FL. Is it possible to make a peer review with the help of Bats TF? I will write some of my questions here:
  1. As I'm not a native speaker, I have some difficulty about the use of "in/on", especially for the islands. In the text, when I put the range for subspecies I used Csorba et al. as the reference, and there for all islands only "in" was used. I have corrected for some small islands by using "on" but for bigger islands "in" is used, e.g. for Borneo, it should be in or on?
  2. In the opening it is said there are 106 species, but I counted 103 species. There are still many different classifications. I don't know which one is valid. Handbook of the Mammals of the World - Volume 9 (2019) could be used as the reference for the species, but I don't have access. Is it possible to find somebody to help with it?
  3. Formosan lesser horseshoe bat (R. monoceros) redirects to Little Japanese horseshoe bat (R. cornutus) but it should have its own article.
  4. For synonyms, I have used again Csorba et al. But I have another question. When a taxon is considered a subspecies after its description as a species, we could consider it as a junior synonym or not?
  5. Also I think we need more header text before proposal.
Thanks in advance for your help. --Mskyrider (talk) 07:11, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Mskyrider, I'm not enwebb, but your question about in vs on for islands is intriguing. I'd say "on Corsica" but "in Sicily." I want to say "on Borneo." I am going to have to think about why. --valereee (talk) 19:24, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Mskyrider: I'll be a WikiJaguar too, and say that 'in' is for political areas, and 'on' if for physical islands. One is 'in' (the country of} Australia, and 'on' {the island of) Australia. So either really works. English can take it however you want to do it. --awkwafaba (📥) 00:19, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Mskyrider, agreed with awkwafaba about the use of on and in.
  • As for your 2nd point, I don't have access to that work either. My typical less than legal approach to obtaining books doesn't happen to have this title--probably because it's pretty new. All my local libraries are closed right now, but you can try posting on the resource request page. Conversely, I saw 4444hhhh adding a reference to Mammals of the World Vol. 9 on Bat, so maybe they can help you out
  • The bats task force has been mostly following mammaldiversity.org. They follow this 2008 publication (which is in Chinese) in listing R. monoceros as a subspecies of R. cornutus.
  • If I understand your question correctly for point 4, yes, a taxon that has been demoted from species to a subspecies is almost certainly going to have its name considered as a junior synonym, as long as that is consistent with the Principle of Priority
  • I've never reviewed a Featured List or helped make one, but I can contribute more here if that would be helpful to you! Enwebb (talk) 16:10, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

map

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Hey, Enwebb! Did you make the map? There'd been one there a few days ago, but it became outdated so I pulled it, it's good to have it again. Do you know how to do one of those sliding-scale thingies so you can see the development over time? --valereee (talk) 15:52, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Valereee, yes, I made the map! I can commit to updating it every day after 2pm when the new numbers come out. Can you think of an example of an article that has what you're talking about with the sliding scale? I'm not sure I've seen that before. Enwebb (talk) 15:54, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hm...I feel like I've seen one on a wp page, but maybe it's been in some source. Things blur together in my memory. :D Let me see if I can find an example of what I mean. --valereee (talk) 16:25, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, like this idea, although obviously this is way more sophisticated than I'm talking about: https://vac-lshtm.shinyapps.io/ncov_tracker/ --valereee (talk) 16:33, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Valereee, I'm not sure how to make that for Wikipedia, but I could make a GIF if that would be helpful. That's not too hard. Enwebb (talk) 01:59, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

condolences on the loss of your pet

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17:07, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

17:25, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

March 2020 Tree of Life Newsletter

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March 2020—Issue 012


Tree of Life


Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!
Newly recognized content

Argentinosaurus by Slate Weasel and Jens Lallensack
Wolf by LittleJerry
Horseshoe bat by Enwebb, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Cimicidae by Cwmhiraeth and Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Enwebb
Coronariae by Michael Goodyear, reviewed by Dank
Ardipithecus ramidus by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by starsandwhales
Ooedigera by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by Hog Farm
Bathyphysa conifera by Awkwafaba, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Calliphora vomitoria by Y.shiuan, reviewed by Jens Lallensack

Newly nominated content

Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations by Britishfinance
Bathyphysa conifera by Awkwafaba
Moniliformidae by Mattximus
Disease X by Britishfinance
Mandarin Patinkin by Rhododendrites




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Tree of Life newsletter distribution

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Hello! Just in case you did not see my note here, I'm hoping you can share the newsletter with the relevant WikiProjects as well. Much appreciated! ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:51, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another Believer, Done! Thanks for the reminder. Enwebb (talk) 20:57, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Enwebb, Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:57, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Barnstar of Diligence
Congratulations for one year on the news(letter) beat! Great job! Guettarda (talk) 22:53, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you :) Enwebb (talk) 13:27, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

19:02, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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The Original Barnstar
Hey Enwebb, thanks for your comments they were really nice. I'm trying to fully create this wikipedia page as a class assignment. I don't want to be rude but since this is going to be graded I'd really appreciate it if I could fill out this article in it's entirety, just trying to get that undergrad degree but I really do wanna stress how much I appreciate your comments. Mutchroom (talk) 21:08, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

15:30, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

18:44, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

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A year ago ...
bats
... you were recipient
no. 2193 of Precious,
a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:28, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2020 May newsletter

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The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
  • England Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
  • Botswana The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
  • Somerset Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
  • England Lee Vilenski with 869 points, Gondor Hog Farm with 801, Venezuela Kingsif with 719, Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce with 710, United States Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and Mexico MX with 515.

The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Cinnamon red bat

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Cinnamon red bat you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dunkleosteus77 -- Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 17:41, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

16:59, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

April 2020 Tree of Life Newsletter

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April 2020—Issue 013


Tree of Life


Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!
Newly recognized content

Danuvius guggenmosi by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by J Milburn
Neanderthal by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Homo luzonensis by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Lythronax by FunkMonk, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Ichthyovenator by PaleoGeekSquared, reviewed by FunkMonk
Secretarybird by LittleJerry, Aa77zz and Casliber, reviewed by The Rambling Man
James John Joicey by RLO1729, reviewed by The Rambling Man
Homo naledi by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Vermilion flycatcher by CaptainEek, reviewed by HickoryOughtShirt?4
Canada lynx by Sainsf, reviewed by Dunkleosteus77
Alice Gray by Rhododendrites, reviewed by The Rambling Man
Caryodendron orinocense by CPC273, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Jaguarundi by Sainsf, reviewed by Usernameunique
Gigantopithecus by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by Starsandwhales
Denisovan by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by Starsandwhales
Disease X by Britishfinance, reviewed by DannyS712

Newly nominated content

Lythronax by FunkMonk, Lythronaxargestes and IJReid
Ichthyovenator by PaleoGeekSquared
Neanderthal by Dunkleosteus77
Alpine newt by Tylototriton
Secretarybird by LittleJerry, Aa77zz and Casliber
List of ursids by PresN
Borchgrevinkium by Super Dromaeosaurus
Caryodendron orinocense by CPC273
Siamosaurus by PaleoGeekSquared
Canada lynx by Sainsf
Vietnam mouse-deer by Sainsf
Jaguarundi by Sainsf
Vermilion flycatcher by CaptainEek
Alice Gray by Rhododendrites
Gigantopithecus by Dunkleosteus77
Paleobiota of the Posidonia Shale by Yewtharaptor
Meerkat by Sainsf

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20:41, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Cinnamon red bat

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The article Cinnamon red bat you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Cinnamon red bat for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dunkleosteus77 -- Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 16:41, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

17:18, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

14:17, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

22:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

May 2020 Tree of Life Newsletter

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May 2020—Issue 014


Tree of Life


Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!
Newly recognized content

Lythronax by FunkMonk, Lythronaxargestes and IJReid
Meerkat by Sainsf, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Borchgrevinkium by Super Dromaeosaurus, reviewed by Amitchell125
Nakalipithecus by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by Gog the Mild
Scanisaurus by Ichthyovenator, reviewed by Gog the Mild
Sand cat by BhagyaMani, reviewed by Aven13
Pigs in culture by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Sainsf
Sun bear by Sainsf, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Megacephalosaurus by Macrophyseter, reviewed by Aven13
Cinnamon red bat by Enwebb, reviewed by Dunkleosteus77
Banteng by Sainsf, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Cartorhynchus by Lythronaxargestes, reviewed by Dunkleosteus77
Black-footed cat by BhagyaMani, reviewed by Amitchell125
Homo ergaster by Ichthyovenator, reviewed by Dunkleosteus77
Black coral by Aven13, reviewed by Sainsf
Heuglin's gazelle by Sainsf, reviewed by The Rambling Man
Australopithecus garhi by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by Hog Farm
Chororapithecus by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by IJReid
Ornithocheiromorpha by JurassicClassic767, reviewed by IJReid






Newly nominated content

Gigantorhynchus by Mattximus
Leech by LittleJerry, Chiswick Chap and Cwmhiraeth
List of mephitids by PesN
Sand cat by BhagyaMani
Cinnamon red bat by Enwebb
Kristianstad Basin by Ichthyovenator
Nakalipithecus by Dunkleosteus77
Scanisaurus by Ichthyovenator
Sun bear by Sainsf
Heuglin's gazelle by Sainsf
Black coral by Aven13
Australopithecus garhi by Dunkleosteus77
Chororapithecus by Dunkleosteus77
Northern crested newt by Tylototriton
Megacephalosaurus by Macrophyseter
Banteng by Sainsf
Cartorhynchus by Lythronaxargestes
Ornithocheiromorpha by JurassicClassic767
Black-footed cat by BhagyaMani
Bat virome by Enwebb
Echinodon by IJReid
Homo ergaster by Ichthyovenator
Dwarf dog-faced bat by Enwebb
Doedicurus by Dunkleosteus77
Zebra by LittleJerry

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21:11, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer newsletter June 2020

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Hello Enwebb,

Your help can make a difference

NPP Sorting can be a great way to find pages needing new page patrolling that match your strengths and interests. Using ORES, it divides articles into topics such as Literature or Chemistry and on Geography. Take a look and see if you can find time to patrol a couple pages a day. With over 10,000 pages in the queue, the highest it's been since ACPERM, your help could really make a difference.

Google Adds New Languages to Google Translate

In late February, Google added 5 new languages to Google Translate: Kinyarwanda, Odia (Oriya), Tatar, Turkmen and Uyghur. This expands our ability to find and evaluate sources in those languages.

Discussions and Resources
  • A discussion on handling new article creation by paid editors is ongoing at the Village Pump.
  • Also at the Village Pump is a discussion about limiting participation at Articles for Deletion discussion.
  • A proposed new speedy deletion criteria for certain kinds of redirects ended with no consensus.
  • Also ending with no change was a proposal to change how we handle certain kinds of vector images.

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18:48, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

16:30, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

WikiLoop Battlefield new name vote

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Dear Enwebb,

Thank you for your interest and contributions to WikiLoop Battlefield. We are holding a voting for proposed new name. We would like to invite you to this voting. The voting is held at m:WikiProject_WikiLoop/New_name_vote and ends on July 13th 00:00 UTC.

xinbenlv Talk, Remember to "ping" me 05:16, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Dwarf dog-faced bat

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Dwarf dog-faced bat you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dunkleosteus77 -- Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 20:41, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Special Barnstar
Thank you! Guettarda (talk) 20:08, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2020 July newsletter

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The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
  • Botswana The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
  • England Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

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Your GA nomination of Bat virome

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Your GA nomination of Bat virome

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Your GA nomination of Hammer-headed bat

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Your GA nomination of Bat virome

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Merlin Tuttle

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Hello! Thank you for informing me of my violation of Wikipedia's COI policy as I was previously unaware when making edits to Merlin Tuttle. I have publicly disclosed on my talk page my COI with the subject and I would like to move forward with properly contributing to Merlin's page if that is a possibility. I am new to Wikipedia and am a bit overwhelmed by the rules and complexities so my apologies for my ignorance! Please let me know if you would be interested in reviewing Merlin's page or what the appropriate procedure is for contributing to his page. Thank you! Dmil3422 (talk) 22:43, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Thank you for the clarification and glad to learn that you are a bat fan! About the photo, would it be possible to use it if I uploaded a signed consent form from Merlin and MTBC granting permission to use it?

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Your GA nomination of Hammer-headed bat

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June/July 2020 Tree of Life Newsletter

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June and July 2020—Issue 015


Tree of Life


Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!
Newly recognized content

Canada lynx by Sainsf
Gigantorhynchus by Mattximus
Leech by LittleJerry, Chiswick Chap and Cwmhiraeth
Orangutan by LittleJerry
Secretarybird by LittleJerry, Aa77zz and Casliber
Vermilion flycatcher by CaptainEek
Bat virome by Enwebb, reviewed by Chidgk1
Doedicurus by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by Hog Farm
Dwarf dog-faced bat by Enwebb, reviewed by Dunkleosteus77
Echinodon by IJReid, reviewed by JurassicClassic767
Edvard August Vainio by Esculenta, reviewed by ChiswickCahp
Hammer-headed bat by Enwebb, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Homo rudolfensis by Dunkleosteus77, reviewed by JurassicClassic767
Nina Demme by SusunW, reviewed by Enwebb
Northern crested newt by Tylototriton, reviewed by Enwebb
Pterodactylus by JurassicClassic767, reviewed by ChiswickCahp
Zebra by LittleJerry, reviewed by Dunkleosteus77

Newly nominated content

Horseshoe bat by Enwebb
Siamosaurus by PaleoGeekSquared
Zebra by LittleJerry
Australopithecus afarensis by Dunkleosteus77
Australopithecus africanus by Dunkleosteus77
Australopithecus bahrelghazali by Dunkleosteus77
Australopithecus deyiremeda by Dunkleosteus77
Australopithecus sediba by Dunkleosteus77
Bonelli's eagle by Sandhillcrane
Great flying fox by Enwebb
Homo habilis by Dunkleosteus77
Markham's storm petrel by Therapyisgood
Ornithocheiridae by JurassicClassic767
Paranthropus aethiopicus by Dunkleosteus77
Paranthropus boisei by Dunkleosteus77
Paranthropus robustus by Dunkleosteus77
Tatenectes by Slate Weasel

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Mustelodon hoax warning

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Hi, I'm one of the Catalan Wikipedia users who regularly write about mammals. Thanks for the heads-up on the Mustelodon hoax. It does look like this could be the longest-lived hoax we've ever had, at least on the English-language Wikipedia. Have a great day!--Leptictidium (mt) 06:44, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Leptictidium, and thank you for correcting my machine translation so that it was more understandable :) Enwebb (talk) 16:25, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

16:06, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up

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Hello! Thank you for simply pointing out WP:ENGVAR and not biting my head off. My impression about how this was being handled was incorrect. Cheers! Nightsmaiden (talk) 16:42, 16 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nightsmaiden, I imagine most people find learning easiest when they are not being belittled :) Happy to help, please drop me a line if you have questions while editing. Enwebb (talk) 20:05, 16 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

20:40, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Egyptian Rousette bat: A natural reservoir for MARV

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On the Egyptian Rousette bat being a reservoir for Marbug, there is a CDC dispatch in regards to this. The discovery gives credence to specific populations of the Egyptian Rousette as being a natural reservoir for MARV. Here is a link to the dispatch: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/6/17-2165_article

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Your GA nomination of Great flying fox

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WikiCup 2020 September newsletter

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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

  • Free Hong Kong Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
  • IndonesiaHaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
  • England Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

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Big Brown Bat picture

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I had a quick question for you: IMHO, the image that is featured first on the big brown bat page doesn't do a super great job 'showing off' the species. What are your thoughts about using one of these [115][116][117][118] (I especially like the last one)?--Gen. Quon (Talk) 00:48, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Gen. Quon, yeah absolutely, the last one is great and I also like the second one. The article could stand to have more pictures in general, especially considering what a common and well-photographed species it is. When's our next GA collab? A big "pie in the sky" I've thought about is a WP:GT of Bats of the United States. So any US species would work if you have interest. Enwebb (talk) 01:35, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'll go ahead and add those two in; feel free to adjust if you'd like. And another GA collaboration would be fun. I’m partial to goofy little insect-eaters like the eastern red or the hoary bat. While it’s not US-based, I also like the Northern ghost bat.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 01:58, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Gen. Quon, eastern red would be good! It is mostly already in the structure used in other bat GAs like little brown bat, big brown bat, and tricolored bat:
  1. Taxonomy
  2. Description
  3. Biology / Biology and ecology
  4. Range and habitat
  5. Conservation
Definitely would want more about the effect of wind turbines--I think that's a pretty serious source of mortality for these guys. Enwebb (talk) 02:28, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Good point. I've heard about that and cars being pretty lethal, too. I'll try to gather up some research!--Gen. Quon (Talk) 02:54, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I put out a call for eastern red bat pics on a bat-centered Facebook group. Some folks have responded. I can send you the link you'd like.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 15:53, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Yes definitely. I've tried doing stuff like this before on Facebook with the North American Society of Bat Research. People always express interest and then just...don't follow through and upload the pics. Maybe it would work out with more follow-up, though. Enwebb (talk) 16:00, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, I sent the link via Wiki-Email. Let me know if it doesn't get to you.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 20:14, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Side question: While doing some preliminary work for the eastern red bat, I decided to really quickly make an article for Lasiurus frantzii. However, some sources, such as this show it as a subspecies, whereas others, like this contend it is its own species. Is there a good way to handle this?--Gen. Quon (Talk) 18:35, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Gen. Quon, yeah, that's a hard one. Lasiurus is tricky. I went ahead and followed the ASM mammal diversity database in recognizing three genera in Lasiurini (Lasiurus + Dasypterus and Aeorestes), so that could be precedent for following ASM again and recognizing L. frantzii as distinct. Whenever MSW4 eventually comes out we can clean up inconsistencies. I think it's justifiable either way. Enwebb (talk) 18:44, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Cool. For a start, do you think the article is OK as it is right now?--Gen. Quon (Talk) 18:52, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it's a solidly decent stub. I added a couple of categories, did the stub sorting, and added needs-photo and needs-map parameters to the talk page template. Enwebb (talk) 20:23, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another quick question: Is this a photo of Lasiurus frantzii? It's labelled Lasiurus borealis frantzii. Is this just an outdated synonym (a la L. b. teliotis)?--Gen. Quon (Talk) 19:02, 16 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Your GA nomination of Great flying fox

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The article Great flying fox you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Great flying fox for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 16:03, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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16:29, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

DYK

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Seeing as United States Elections Project and Michael P. McDonald were created within the last seven days, any thoughts about proposing a DYK (esp with the election coming up). HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 18:24, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

HickoryOughtShirt?4, I think the election project page would need to be roughly doubled, but that sounds good. I just wanted to get something started, I'm sure there's more to be added. I'm having a hard time locating when the project was founded, though. Enwebb (talk) 20:05, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I think it was 2014 per this. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 20:58, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
HickoryOughtShirt?4, now-defunct elections.gmu.edu website. that makes it sound like it was somewhere else before 2014, George Mason University, not that it was founded in 2014. Which makes sense because McDonald worked there. Wayback Machine might be able to help, but I gotta run for now. Enwebb (talk) 21:05, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiCup 2020 November newsletter

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The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is England Lee Vilenski (submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by England Gog the Mild (submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. Botswana The Rambling Man (submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with New York (state) Epicgenius (submissions) close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were Gondor Hog Farm (submissions), Indonesia HaEr48 (submissions), Somerset Harrias (submissions) and Free Hong Kong Bloom6132 (submissions). The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

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New Page Patrol December Newsletter

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Hello Enwebb,

A chart of the 2020 New Page Patrol Queue

Year in review

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