User talk:Grahbudd

Cambrian Explosion[edit]

Hi Graham. Just to say that I recently read your suggested rewrite for this page (it's great!). Anyway, I've put a note on the discussion page. Just wanted to let you know here as well. Cheers, --Plumbago 12:43, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

HI remember to wikify and category your work e.g Category:1794 works. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 20:48, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

License tagging for Image:MozartPC191A.jpg[edit]

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Thank you for experimenting with the page Piano Concerto No. 19 (Mozart) on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Waggers 22:00, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: User_talk:Waggers#Mozart testing...[edit]

Hi, sorry about the revert, I realised a bit too late that it was probably part of a series of more complicated edits. The particular edit that caught the attention of the vandalism filter I was using was this one. Vandals often insert the "Example.jpg" image as a means of disrupting a page quickly, and it was this edit that was picked up. Due to the volume of vandalism last night, it took a while for me to get around to reverting the change, by which time you'd already corrected the error and made further edits. As you've probably noticed, the tool I was using to revert edits rolls back to the last edit by a different editor (without offering the chance to preview first!). I apologise again for any inconvenience that caused. Keep up the good work! Waggers 16:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Piano Concerto No. 16 (Mozart)[edit]

Thanks! Incidentally, I have some .ly/.png files of the opening of the first movement of the 16th concerto, when you have the article in a state where you want to include some music examples. Schissel | Sound the Note! 19:35, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Haydn Quartets[edit]

FYI, the french page [1] has some images that you could use. 67.52.158.62 21:39, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Great, many thanks, I had not seen that! Grahbudd 21:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re:"Fixing"[edit]

No problem. I like to use Special:Random and make an improvement to whatever I find. There's usually something to do. That's how I came across the article. I used to be a frequent recent changes patroller so I'm pretty good at spotting copyright violations and lifted text. I'm currently on wikibreak, so don't tell anyone one I'm here. No one will know if you don't tell. ;)—WAvegetarian•(talk) 02:22, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have the references listed? If so, please consider giving them full citation entries with ISBN, etc. Even if you don't have page numbers it would still be helpful. This is a listing of citation templates that make the formatting easy. You can just copy one of the examples and paste in the correct info for the reference.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 03:08, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DYK[edit]

On July 16, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Arthropod head problem, 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.

Well done Grahbudd. Very very comprehensive and interesting. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:27, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto. Great contribution. Savidan 04:04, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On 18 July, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fuxianhuia, 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.

--Yomangani ^talk 00:21, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dear expert in science,[edit]

I would like someone to do an experienced copyedit on the article Clonaid. I spent the equivalent of 2 shifts (16 hours) trying to improve the article from this to this. Since you know how to make featured articles, I was thinking that you would be interested. If you have any suggestions, please post them at Wikipedia:Peer review/Clonaid. The article is currently a featured article candidate. Sincerely, Kmarinas86 22:07, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cambrian explosion[edit]

Hi, thanks for your comments. I've posted in the same thread of Talk:Cambrian explosion a few responses and a lot of questions. It would be nice to hear from you.Philcha 21:04, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA nomination: Small shelly fauna[edit]

I've just nominated Small shelly fauna for GA. Since the typical GA reviwer has little knowledge of the candidate article's subject, I'd be grateful if you could comment on the scientific aspects - especially as Small shelly fauna tries to summarise one of your articles. -- Philcha (talk) 13:43, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Arthropod evolution[edit]

Hi Grahbudd. Just to say that I really enjoyed your review of arthropod evolution in today's Nature. It's good to see the topic get the "big journal" treatment for once. It was interesting to hear how far things have moved on - the Pancrustacea phylogeny was news to me, for instance (although I see there's an article here on it). Anyway, well done! --PLUMBAGO 12:29, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, many thanks - much appreciated! :-)

GB Grahbudd (talk) 19:37, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Precious[edit]

opabinia and piano

Thank you for quality articles such as Mozart piano concertos and individual ones, and for using your scientific background on early animal evolution and the Cambrian Explosion for improvements, for example of the opabinia articles, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:28, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A year ago, you were recipient no. 1516 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Two years now ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:25, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Much appreciated - --Grahbudd (talk) 07:40, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... and three --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Structuralism (biology)[edit]

Hello, I'm gradually working through a series of "big" articles on evolutionary biology and came across Structuralism (biology), which I see you started back in 2006. It's been tagged like a Christmas tree since 2007/8. I note that you suggested a list of scientists back then who'd contributed, and it looks a good place to start (i.e. a history); I've begun. Wikipedia has changed a great deal since then, so I was very pleasantly surprised to find you still active, and wondered if you'd like to join me in getting the tags out of the way? I think that will mean justifying the broad descriptions that you and others gave all those years ago, with details of who did what when, with suitable review-type sources from people like Michael Ruse. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:34, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Precious anniversary[edit]

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