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I just wanted you to know that I'm not ignoring the excellent work you're doing on Sunda Loris. I've been a little busy, and hopefully—starting tonight—I will be returning to the slow loris collaboration. First I need to finish the Slow loris conservation article, but after that, I will jump in and help (if you want) with the Sunda slow loris. Keep up the good work, and thanks! – VisionHolder « talk » 22:23, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
Since the Primate article mostly your baby, I was wondering if you would have time to track down info and add a glaring omission to the conservation information. On 2 April 1977, it appears that all primates were listed under either CITES Appendix I or II. Not only does this need to be discussed in the article, but it could also be added to the infobox. – VisionHolder « talk » 21:56, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
The importance rating for WP:PRIMATES is a little difficult for me to judge on the new Conservation of slow lorises article. I set it as "Low", but if you disagree, please change it. – VisionHolder « talk » 03:16, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for moving this to the correct section, heh. The link to the discussion for the proposed merge apparently didn't pinpoint a specific subsection. I got fooled by the similar icons for move, heh. Anyway, cheers. -- Obsidi♠n Soul 04:32, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on July 6, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 6, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article directors Raul654 ( talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 ( talk · contribs), or at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch. ™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 04:07, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Primates are a mammalian order which includes modern humans. Most non-human primates live in tropical or subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Primates range in size from the Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, which weighs only 30 grams (1.1 oz) to the mountain gorilla weighing 200 kilograms (440 lb). According to fossil evidence, the primitive ancestors of primates may have existed in the late Cretaceous period around 65 million years ago, and the oldest known primate is the Late Paleocene Plesiadapis, c. 55–58 million years ago. Primates are characterized by their large brains, and increased reliance on stereoscopic vision at the expense of smell. These features are most marked in monkeys and apes, and noticeably less so in lorises and lemurs. Three-color vision has developed in some primates. Most also have opposable thumbs and some have prehensile tails. ( more...)
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Congrats on the TFA day for the article you helped improve to Featured Article quality, primate! An important educational contribution to the encyclopedia. :) — Cirt ( talk) 16:10, 13 July 2011 (UTC) |
the references I used are much more objective and do not come from an orginization I will use those. Matsuiny2004 ( talk) 22:09, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
Never mind what I said before added as a quote instead Matsuiny2004 ( talk) 22:41, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
If you are concerned about overquoting in the article all thats needed is someone who can put them into their own words Matsuiny2004 ( talk) 12:13, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Yes I do need some help with grouping references. I am worried about screwing up the references I added and am not very good figuring out how to do it Matsuiny2004 ( talk) 12:32, 4 January 2012 (UTC)\
can you point out which sentences I have repeated? I am just having a hard time finding them Matsuiny2004 ( talk) 12:35, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Alright I think I grouped all the reference Matsuiny2004 ( talk) 12:53, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
The books you mentioned to group are actually different sources Matsuiny2004 ( talk) 12:58, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Did I make all the fixes you wanted? Matsuiny2004 ( talk) 13:06, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
I think I have addressed all of your concerns :) 13:20, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Thank you :) Matsuiny2004 ( talk) 13:25, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Can you tell me where you got the code or what app you used to group references? Matsuiny2004 ( talk) 13:39, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
firstly > see sleep because "It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom." Drift chambers ( talk) 12:22, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
This error is yours .
Please explain reasoning of > 22:44, 4 January 2012 (rm irrelevent images)
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To Err is Human Alexander Pope
Drift chambers ( talk) 13:09, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
The reason I've broken them down into sub-pages is for the same reason you cite we probably shouldn't have the sub-articles. You see, when everything points to the "main page" the main page quickly becomes overwhelmed with useless, trivial entries that are of no use to anyone... By splitting the article up, and keeping only the most notable examples in each section we eliminate all cruft from the main article and also move the more obscure listings to the more specifically-named sub-articles. Most people will be looking for the most well known and common fictional apes, fewer people will be looking for the obscure ones which is part of the reason they're in sub-articles... =/ does that make sense? Ncboy2010 ( talk) 15:42, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
I am trying my damndest to clean up these articles and consolidate information in an as-easy-as-possible-to-navigate manner. I know that the sub-articles seem fairly short at the moment and ultimately redundant but once I've moved the monkeys over here it might not be the case.... Do you see where I'm coming from? Ncboy2010 ( talk) 15:49, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I plan on bring this article to GA status. Would you have the time to help? I found some dead links and cites with no info beside the title. The second paragraph of the communication section is also largely uncited. These will be a problem. LittleJerry ( talk) 19:00, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
"Rhesus" is a proper name, so the monkey is "Rhesus monkey" or "Rhesus macaque". - UtherSRG (talk) 12:26, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
The problem with the way you've moved these images (alternately left and right) is that now they sandwich text. Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images#Location says that this should be avoided. So if you really want the images alternated in this way, you need to add breaks at the end of sections (e.g. via {{-}}) although this introduces blank spaces. Image layout is not a simple matter! Peter coxhead ( talk) 14:45, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
You complained about a lack of refences in my contribution to Great ape language. But the article is essentially a summary article, and the references are in the obvious detailed articles. So I put them in to make you happy, but this is very tedious and not really helpful.
Good references are indeed invaluable when controvertial statements are being made. But please do not become obsessed about them. You might note that most of the rest of this article is unreferenced, but that does not make it invalid.
So before criticizing again, ask yourself is the statement controversial? Is it easily verified in some way, e.g. by looking at an obviously related wikipedia article? If so, just accept that others may not work to your high standards.
Actually, I don't do much editing these days because I cannot be bothered dealing with the revert artists that are now so common. You did the right thing in posting to my talk page, many others just revert! Tuntable ( talk) 23:51, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Jackhynes, thank you so much for your excellent work on the early sections of Chacma baboon. I've done a bit of tidying but as GA reviewer I shouldn't intervene substantially myself. Good news is, there are just a couple of claims (now tagged) in 'Conservation' that need attention, and then I think the article will be ready. If you could take a look at them? Chiswick Chap ( talk) 15:26, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
Jack, is there any chance you could update the
File:Westbucklandschoollogo.jpg with a higher resolution image from the current website? When performing a Google search for the school, the low res wiki image is displayed at a much larger size and thus looks very poor quality.
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Hey, thanks for the help with the Stanford Archives. It's been so long since I've seen anyone else edit them that I almost forgot there were other wikipedians out there. Oh, and check this out: there was one answer that said "Indigo Girls on Film", maybe you remember it? It took me a while to figure it out, but it's actually a mashup of "Indigo Girls" and "Girls on Film". Tricky, right? I thought I'd share that one with you in case you ever decided to come visit me again. Peace!
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A Blue barnstar for making all those red links blue on Stanford Archives 16 and 21 and on other pages I have probably missed. Sesame honey tart 15:19, 12 February 2013 (UTC) |
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Hello Sir, I made an edit to the Bonobo article. Your opinion please; is it in the wrong place? Could it be edited for clarity? (Worth reading the excellent Nat Geo article whilst you're there too) Thanks PhilMacD ( talk) 21:36, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
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04:13, 10 March 2013 (UTC)Hey Jack just posted last round of notes. You're probably less than 30 minutes worth of work away from GA.
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Cotton-top tamarin is passed for GA, great work. Please let me know if you take it to
WP:FAC, I'd like to help support it.
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Hey Jackhynes; I'm dropping you this note because you've used the article feedback tool in the last month or so. On Thursday and Friday the tool will be down for a major deployment; it should be up by Saturday, failing anything going wrong, and by Monday if something does :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 22:57, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
The format at the top of Capuchin monkey looks funny because of the two images below the taxobox, I think. The primate project looks quiet so I thought I would let you adjust to to standard. I just came across it because Justin Beiber has one in quarintine in Germany. He flew it in, tabloids say smuggled, without health papers. One vet says it is too young to be away from its mother and should be with a family group. It may be worth an add to the article but up to you or the project I would assume.-- Canoe1967 ( talk) 18:17, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Jack, I was wondering if it would be OK with you if I nominated
Cotton-top tamarin for FA. You wouldn't necessarily have to do anything or be involved in the process (although it would be great if you were!). It's GA now and even if it does not pass FA it'd still be GA. I think it might be FA quality or could be without too much work. It needs a bit of cleanup with the refs or other little things that I'd get done before nominating. I'd like to do this not just because I think the article deserves it but also because I'd like a little experience with the FA process. Would it be OK with you if I did so? Thanks...
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13:26, 21 May 2013 (UTC)Great, that's no problem- I'll be happy to offer another review when you renominate, if you like. J Milburn ( talk) 19:34, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
I hope I didn't step on any toes with this edit (the choice of reference style is serious business here on WP ;) I assumed is was a typo rather than a deliberate editorial decision. jonkerz ♠talk 06:34, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
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Hello. It's been more than a month since I last posted at North Devon's Biosphere Reserve GA review. There were no responses to my concerns from you since then. I wanted to let you know that I'll be failing the nomination, should the review does not receive any responses within a week. Please let me know if you need more time for this. Thanks.-- Jetstreamer Talk 00:14, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
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