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Hello, Prof. Squirrel! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! ~~Ebe123~~ → report on my contribs. 11:38, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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A little encouragement[edit]

The Copyeditor's Barnstar
Thanks for taking the time to clean up Cephalopod aggression. :)  Obsidin Soul 12:22, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE January barnstar[edit]

The Cleanup Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Prof. Squirrel for copy edits of over 12000 words in the GOCE January copy edit drive. Your efforts are appreciated! Dianna (talk) 20:05, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ahem[edit]

There is consensus for mammals, insects, plants and reptiles for lower case names, however birds are a distinct case, with ornithological societies declaring Official common names etc. So the names are capitalised, well, about 9000 bird species articles currently are anyway. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:18, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Look, the other stuff is great, and you've even spurred me into doing some cleanup too. Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:54, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification[edit]

Hello, i just wanted to say that i love u and i think that u are a terrreffic editur. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prof. Chipmunk (talkcontribs) 05:04, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE Drive wrap-up[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors January 2012 backlog elimination drive
GOCE January 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graph

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors January 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter.

Participation

45 people signed up for this drive this time; of these, 35 participated. This is similar to the number of editors who helped out in November. Thanks to all who participated! Barnstars will be distributed in the near future.

Progress report

Recent drives have been focusing on the oldest three months in the backlog. During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—July, August, and September 2010—from the queue, and there are less than 300 articles remaining from 2010. End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here.

When working on the backlog, please keep in mind that there are options other than copy editing available; some articles may be candidates for deletion, or may not be suitable for copy editing at this time for other reasons. The {{GOCEreviewed}} tag can be placed on any article you find to be totally uneditable, and you can nominate for deletion any that you discover to be copyright violations or completely unintelligible. If you need help deciding what to do, please contact any of the coordinators.

Thank you for participating in the January 2012 drive! All contributions are appreciated. Our next copy edit drive will be in March.

Your drive coordinators – The Utahraptor talk, S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), Stfg (Talk), Sp33dyphil (talk), and Dank (talk)

GOCE March copy edit drive[edit]

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their March 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goal for the drive will be to eliminate the remaining 2010 articles from the queue. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, Stfg, and Coordinator emeritus SMasters. 19:49, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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GOCE March drive newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive update

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Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here's the mid-drive newsletter.

Participation: We have had 58 people sign up for this drive so far, which compares favorably with our last drive, and 27 have copy-edited at least one article. If you have signed up but have not yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!

Progress report: Our target of completing the 2010 articles has almost been reached, with only 56 remaining of the 194 we had at the start of the drive. The last ones are always the most difficult, so thank you if you are able to help copy-edit any of the remaining articles. We have reduced the total backlog by 163 articles so far.

Special thanks: Special thanks to Stfg, who has been going through the backlog and doing some preliminary vetting of the articles—removing copyright violations, doing initial clean-up, and nominating some for deletion. This work has helped make the drive a more pleasant experience for all our volunteers.

Your drive coordinators – Dianna (talk), Stfg (talk), and Dank (talk)

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GOCE March drive wrap-up[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive
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Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! This is the most successful drive we have had for quite a while. Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter.

Participation

Of the 70 people who signed up for this drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Special acknowledgement goes out to Lfstevens, who did over 200 articles, most of them in the last third of the drive, and topped all three leaderboard categories. You're a superstar! Stfg and others have been pre-checking the articles for quality and conformance to Wikipedia guidelines; some have been nominated for deletion or had some preliminary clean-up done to help make the copy-edit process more fun and appealing. Thanks to all who helped get those nasty last few articles out of the target months.

Progress report

During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—October, November, and December 2010—from the queue, and have now eliminated all the 2010 articles from our list. We were able to complete 500 articles this month! End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here.

When working on the backlog, please keep in mind that there are options other than copy-editing available; some articles may be candidates for deletion, or may not be suitable for copy-editing at this time for other reasons. The {{GOCEreviewed}} tag can be placed on any article you find to be totally uneditable, and you can nominate for deletion any that you discover to be copyright violations or completely unintelligible. If you need help deciding what to do, please contact any of the coordinators.

Thank you for participating in the March 2012 drive! All contributions are appreciated. Our next copy-edit drive will be in May.

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GOCE May copy edit drive[edit]

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their May 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goal for the drive will be to eliminate January, February, and March 2011 from the queue. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg.

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April 2012 Wikification barnstars.[edit]

The Working Wikifier's Barnstar
For establishing a position of lucky #7 on the leaderboard, Prof. Squirrel, I award you the Working Wikifier's Barnstar! Excellent job! Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 21:18, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The Bronze Wikification Barnstar
For wikifying no less than 37 articles, I also award you the Bronze Wikification Barnstar! Your contributions are appreciated! :) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 21:18, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE May mid-drive newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter

Participation: Out of 49 people signed up for this drive so far, 26 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!

Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive, largely due to the efforts of Lfstevens and the others on the leaderboard. Thanks to all. We have reduced our target group of articles—January, February, and March 2011—by over half, and it looks like we will achieve that goal. Good progress is being made on the overall backlog as well, with over 500 articles copy-edited during the drive so far. The total backlog currently sits at around 3200 articles.

Hall of Fame: GOCE coordinator Diannaa was awarded a spot in the GOCE Hall of Fame this month! She has copy-edited over 1567 articles during these drives, and surpassed the 1,000,000-word mark on May 5. On to the second million! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg

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June Wikification Drive![edit]

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GOCE May barnstar[edit]

The Copyeditor's Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Prof. Squirrel for copy editing articles totalling over 30,000 words during the May 2012 copy edit drive. Your work is much appreciated. Dianna (talk) 00:35, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fossa ovalis[edit]

Hola,

I noticed that you are also editing the fossa ovalis article. I was thinking, quite a lot of the article talks about patent foramen ovale, which already has an article. Perhaps it would be a good idea to condense the info about the patent foramen into about 3-4 sentences and link over to patent foramen ovalis instead. --Kerowyn Leave a note 05:30, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thank you.--Prof. Squirrel (talk) 17:25, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE May drive wrap-up[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up

Participation: Out of 54 people who signed up this drive, 32 copy-edited at least one article. Last drive's superstar, Lfstevens, again stood out, topping the leader board in all three categories and copy-editing over 700 articles. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: We were once again successful in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog—while removing 1166 articles from the queue, the second-most in our history. The total backlog currently sits at around 2600 articles, down from 8323 when we started out just over two years ago.

Coodinator election: The six-month term for our third tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the fourth tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg

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GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive[edit]

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors

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June 2012 barnstars![edit]

The Working Wikifier's Barnstar
For tying with 3family6 for position #10 (as ChrisGualteri opted out) on the June 2012 Wikification drive's leaderboard, I am proud to present you with this fine Working Wikifier's Barnstar! Congratulations! Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 03:32, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The Iron Wikification Barnstar
For wikifying 27 articles during the drive, I also present you with this iron wikification barnstar. Well done! :) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 03:32, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE July 2012 mid-drive newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter

Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 25 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!

Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—May, June, and July 2011—by about 40%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 264 articles so far, to around 2500 articles.

Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, your best copy-editing work of the month will be eligible for fabulous prizes! See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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WikiProject Wikify: July Newsletter and August Drive[edit]

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GOCE July drive wrap-up[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up

Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in August here.

Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress).

Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.

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WikiProject Wikify and the future of wikification[edit]

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I made the move you suggested, but it was objected to by another editor, so please use WP:RM DGG ( talk ) 19:03, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of Youngest Birth Mothers[edit]

Hi. I took note well of your remarks.

I do not want to enter in conflict with you. I will re-examine point by point my modifications, and will try to shorten my entries (even if I tend to writing always too much !).

You must simply know, regarding your comment about my information not contained in citations (a remark that will be fair for several other entries, I know) : before contributing to Wikipedia, I collected a lot of information for me, but I rarely recorded my sources, web pages that I can not find thereafter. So, often what I say is true, but I can not prove it ...

In particular on the case of São Francisco de Assis, I swear that I invented nothing: it is really a prisoner "on leave" returned at her mother (neighbor of the school) who raped the girl; I absolutely have to find you the article!

Also, I will try to find the sources proving my claims, to complete our subject. I am going to revise everything, by comparing between my version (that I have copied on "MS Word") and your current text, then, I shall modify your text a point after the other one, rather than to crush everything by pasting the entire mine.

I invite you, on the other hand, to accept my "cutting" of the whole: it delivers "packets" of cases much shorter (usually 12-20, until thirty at worst), which responds better, I think, to the criticism about the length too heavy.

If I find that sometimes you have cut too much text, or that you have deleted entries that I would have kept, or that you have too rounded ages, weight, or height, I admit that you have done an excellent job of rewriting and grammar correction, inspired and useful.

As I noted on my "talk page", I am French, and I do not speak well English. So thank you for having "swept" behind me. If, in the future, I can transmit you the next cases that I will find for translation, it would probably be better...

I see that you've also invested yourself a lot for this page, and I hope that we can work together rather than against each other. I will work on the French version (in my language !) of this subject, as you advised it to me, and, for the English version, I shall confide you to complete it for me with the data which I shall find.

I had not dared to discuss with you, and I passed by the strength. I regret it… Let's collaborate !

GrégoireLlamty (talk) 05:28, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Wikify: November Newsletter and December Drive[edit]

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GOCE November 2012 backlog drive awards[edit]

The Barnstar of Diligence
For copy edits totaling in excess of 60,000 words during the WP:GOCE November 2012 backlog elimination drive, please accept this Barnstar of Diligence on behalf of the Guild! Congratulations, and thanks! —Torchiest talkedits 17:35, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The Guild of Copy Editors' Award
For coming in first place in the 5k+ articles category, with nine articles, Prof. Squirrel is hereby presented the GOCE Gold Star Award. Thanks so much! —Torchiest talkedits 17:35, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The Guild of Copy Editors' Award
For copy editing the longest article of November 2012 backlog elimination drive (List of youngest birth mothers, with a mind-blowing 26,113 words!), please accept this second GOCE Gold Star Award. Amazing work! —Torchiest talkedits 17:35, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Leaderboard Award: 3rd Place – Total Words
Also, for editing 50,755 words in the GOCE November 2012 drive, you are awarded the GOCE Silver Star. Thanks again for all your excellent contributions to the drive! —Torchiest talkedits 17:35, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oakland edit-a-thon[edit]

Pleasure meeting you this afternoon, and thanks for the help with the speculative fiction article (it's far better now). Had I my wits about me at the time I would have asked for copyediting help at Parable of the Sunfish, so let me remedy that now. I tend to think of that article in terms of literary theory and philosophy of science, but it's also a fascinating window how biology was taught in this country back in the day. Should you have time and interest I'd appreciate any comments you might have.

Best,

GaramondLethe 06:20, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a gander at it. —Prof. Squirrel (talk) 14:57, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Wow. I was just hoping for a couple of comments.... Thanks so much to taking the time to do that. I've had a quick look and don't find anything to disagree with. I definitely owe you one. Give me a shout if you ever get bogged down in R programming or need to borrow a supercomputer.
Gratefully,
GaramondLethe 17:46, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I saw you back at the Parable. While you're around, could you tell me about note "a"? Did you mean that the essay was originally printed under a different name than it appeared in the collection? GaramondLethe 18:19, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas!![edit]

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December 2012 Wikification Barnstars![edit]

The Iron Wikification Barnstar
Congratulations! and thankyou for wikifying 15 articles during the December 2012 drive. Also, happy New Year! benzband (talk) 17:12, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The Working Wikifier's Barnstar
Also, congratulations on your leaderboard appeanrance during the drive! benzband (talk) 17:27, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Look at history[edit]

In Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests you say "I have no idea who reverted it (or why)". Please learn to read an edit history which in this case clearly states: "2012-02-26t00:08:21‎ Vegaswikian (21,437 bytes) (moved acceptance and commitment therapy to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: page moved per uncontested WP:RM discussion)". But I will excuse the you slog of finding the discussion which is here. I am rather surprised that Vegaswikian did this move since he is an experienced editor and ought to know our standards. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 21:06, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

February 2013 Wikification Drive[edit]

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WP:GOCE January backlog drive award[edit]

The Cleanup Barnstar
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Speedy deletion declined: Pumpkin roll[edit]

Hello Prof. Squirrel. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Pumpkin roll, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Other page credits this article, which is older, as its source. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 02:59, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I was just about to write the same thing. Good pick up, though. Pete aka --Shirt58 (talk) 03:09, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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October 2013 wikification drive awards![edit]

The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
For scoring fourth place on the leaderboard during the October 2013 wikification drive, Prof. Squirrel, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar. Congratulations! :)
The Iron Wikification Barnstar
For wikifying a total of 18 articles, you are also awarded the Iron Wikification Barnstar. Keep up the good work! :)

Cheers! If I said "I'm miffed!", would you come running or go? (talk) 04:07, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Why was it too complex? —Prof. Squirrel (talk) 04:40, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 01:41, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just spreading the word.[edit]

I got the wikification drive for the month started, the other day. Would have had it up sooner if I'd realized it hadn't been started, but at least it's up now. :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 04:04, 13 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you[edit]

Dear Prof Squirrel,

Thank you for your copy edit of the article Children's film. I wrote much of the article in its present form about 2 years ago and finally got it posted about 8 months later. I know it needed edit and I thank you and all the others for it. Thank you very much Robin klein (talk) 19:28, 2 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Cheers! Spring in Wikipedia is lovely! Just avoid the articles on flowers... (talk) 03:10, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

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You're invited! Litquake Edit-a-thon in San Francisco[edit]

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Happy Valentine's Day!!![edit]

Happy Valentine's Day, to you and yours! Cheers, Grinding, grinding, grinding... what are we finding, finding, finding... (talk) 23:48, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

April 2015 Wikification drive.[edit]

Greetings! Just spreading a message to the members of WikiProject Wikify that the April drive has been started. Come on, sign up! :) One hand on the mouse, one hand on the keyboard... and the feet can do the rest! Hee-hee! (talk) 03:49, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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June 2015 Wikification drive.[edit]

Greetings! Just spreading a message to the members of WikiProject Wikify that the June drive has been started. Come on, sign up! :) "A wiki of beauty is a joy forever." Seriously. That's how long it'd take to read! (talk) 04:51, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Updated scripts[edit]

Hi Prof. Squirrel. I edited your vector.js to update you to the latest version of TemplateScript (but I left it commented out since it already was). You were using a much older version called regex menu framework, so the main difference you'll see is an improved regex editor and cleaner custom scripts. I also adjusted your TemplateScript scripts so they do what I think you meant them to do. Let me know if you re-enable it and something breaks. :) —Pathoschild 03:06, 09 August 2015 (UTC)

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Ethnic groups in Rwanda[edit]

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Hi there Prof. Squirrel. I just came across this article and noticed you placed this {{cleanup|reason=inconsistent currencies; conversions not provided|date=May 2013}} tag on this article back in May of 2013. That was nearly 3 years ago. There were only two currency instances that were disharmonious. Why not just fix those two instead of slapping on a maintenance tag? I just fixed them now in about 4 minutes and removed your tag. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 06:52, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Fastest organisms listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Organisms at high altitude[edit]

Thanks for copy editing Organisms at high altitude! Nice job.

I wanted to check --- did you mean to delete the paragraph starting with "Small mammals at high altitude face..."? I'm not sure whether that was an oversight or purposeful. Thanks! —hike395 (talk) 11:27, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, because it was unsourced and original research. –Prof. Squirrel (talk) 03:45, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Editing about medicines[edit]

hey - especially for older mediations, you are going to find many, many instances of the label reprinted on many websites. there is no value in citing many such sources. There can be a value in citing say the European or UK label vs the US FDA label; sometimes they differ. Thanks for your work, in any case! Jytdog (talk) 03:18, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Dyslexie[edit]

You created an image.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dyslexie_sample_font.tiff

In the article Dyslexie, it is stated that there is no evidence the font helps people. As long as that statement is allowed in the article, it would be better to revise this image to state that the font is intended to help dyslexics.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:37, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Beware false precision[edit]

I note your edit to fastest animals, where you converted imperial to metric units, with the comment changed units to metric as per MOS:UNITS, and bc km/h (when a whole number) is more precise than mph.

Making the units consistent was good, but increasing the precision introduced many errors, in the form of false precision.

Many of the original values were clearly approximations to the nearest 5 mph, where "55 mph" implies that the true (but unknown) value is somewhere between 52.5 mph and 57.5 mph.

In contrast "88.5 km/h" implies that the true value is (at worst) somewhere between 88.25 and 88.75 km/h (between 54.8 and 55.15 mph), or about 16× more accurate than was originally claimed.

It could also be read as implying that the true value is between 88.45 and 88.55 km/h (54.96 and 55.02 km/h), which would be 80× more accurate than the original.

A better way (to put Metric values first) would be to add |order=flip to the convert macro and leave the other values intact. It's also appropriate to reduce the implied precision by using the |sigfig= parameter.

I invite you to review your changes after reading false precision.

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