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Sven Manguard Wha? 01:51, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

they already got him

Hello A. I wanted to let you know that the pest that you have been dealing with has already been blocked . I saw that you were being thorough by reporting him to AIV so you might want to go ahead and remove that - but it is up to you. Thanks for your vigilance and cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 23:52, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Followup - one of the helperbots already got the report at AIV so there is nothing else to do. Thanks again and now back to normal editing - whatever that is :-) MarnetteD | Talk 23:55, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Heydar Aliyev International Airport

Thanks for helping while I'm maxed out on 3RR. HkCaGu (talk) 06:38, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

My pleasure.--Mr Fink 15:02, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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Note of appreciation

I realise that you love your work, but speaking as someone drastically incapable of anything of the kind myself, I just wanted to express my appreciation (as opposed to merely saying thank you). More strength to your eye, arm, and tools! JonRichfield (talk) 09:23, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Your signature

I thought you should know that your signature does not currently link to your talk or user page, as required. I should add that I like your illustrations and thank you for picking up on the removal of "obsolete" at Spontaneous generation while I was still thinking, "Is this for real?" (I'll blame daylight savings time for my sluggishness.) Novangelis (talk) 03:26, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words, and yes, my signature does link to my talk and user page: I put my surname in it.--Mr Fink 03:51, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

I should have been more specific: there is no internal link. I'm almost absolutely certain that there has to be a clickable link (you can always get another opinion), plus there are other male users with the same surname on Misplaced Pages.Novangelis (talk) 04:25, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

On the other hand, when you put a link on the page the link links to, Misplaced Pages programming does not put in the link. Otherwise, my signature shows up fine on other talkpages.--Mr Fink 04:55, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Article Feedback deployment

Hey Apokryltaros; 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) 21:33, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Fossil barnstar

	The Fossilized Barnstar
	For your extremely diverse contributions of paleoart, as well as contributions to the paleontology articles themselves! FunkMonk (talk) 09:36, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much!--Mr Fink (talk) 13:58, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Welcome! FunkMonk (talk) 15:28, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

De-extinction

I appreciate your input. No meanness detected from your comments. I concur that until the de-extinction process actually starts it probably isn't notable until the process gets rolling (if it gets rolling at all). Stylteralmaldo (talk) 12:25, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Pretty much all authorities agree that most of these are impossible to resurrect, much of the DNA is so degraded that it can't even be analysed properly, let alone used for cloning. FunkMonk (talk) 12:47, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Your painting style

What is it called? Th4n3r (talk) 19:03, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

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Aepyornis

I didn't bother to check because I had no clue where to look as there was no edit summary. I wasn't trying to be rude, I just saw what looked like to me an incorrect deletion and fixed it "with" an edit summary explaining. See Edit summary speednat (talk) 05:10, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Indonesian IP

I've requested page protection for some of the pages (see Misplaced Pages:Requests for page protection). You might want to add some pages to that list. --Fama Clamosa (talk) 08:12, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Indonesian IP? It must be "Megatherium Man"--Mr Fink (talk) 13:46, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with these "Megamen", but the IPs are all from Indonesia. If these "mega-contributors" are known old problems, maybe you should mention it on the RFPP? --Fama Clamosa (talk) 14:29, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up

Thanks for the explanation regarding User talk:125.164.1.8. I wasn't quite sure what to make of their edits, but I'll revert anything I see involving Category:Extinct animals of Oceania in Special:RecentChanges now that I know. Out of curiosity, are they always an IP, or did they have a username at any point? Sophus Bie 13:32, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

How odd! I'm surprised I've never run in to them before. Or, perhaps I did, and didn't recognize it. Sophus Bie 13:57, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

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From AIV

I don't want to make AIV any more cluttered, so I'm responding here. Please see WP:VAND#NOT. The behavior you are describing includes:

• Disruptive editing
• Harassment or personal attacks
• Lack of understanding of the purpose of Misplaced Pages
• NPOV contraventions.

All of these things are specifically listed in Misplaced Pages:Vandalism as not vandalism. AIV is meant to handle clear-cut cases of plain vandalism or spam that do not require discussion. The behavior you're describing warrants at least some level of community discussion to resolve, so it's not appropriate for AIV. —Darkwind (talk) 20:54, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

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Might, you want to join "sci.bio.paleontology"?

You seem to be interested in paleontology. Might you want to join, the newsgroup sci.bio.paleontology?--Mr.23 (talk) 23:12, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the offer!--Mr Fink (talk) 23:58, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

What? You don't have a program? Use Google Groups.--Mr.23 (talk) 03:29, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

I'll try that out, then.--Mr Fink (talk) 03:35, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Oh. One more thing; ignore the spam, and try to stick to the on-topic discussion.--(Mr. 23) (annoy) 11:49 31st May 2013 (UTC)

Sure thing. I'll probably lurk for a while, though.--Mr Fink (talk) 16:00, 31 May 2013 (UTC)posters).

And, if you see any posts, under the name "Thrinaxodon"; that's me. Try to ignore that, (unlike some other posters).--(Mr. 23) (annoy) 17:29, 31st May 2013 (UTC)

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Category:Birds of Azerbaijan

Hi.

I am putting this category by using IUCN reference. I do not see the justification for erasing this category. Otherwise all other country categories should also not likewise stay. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.224.24.19 (talk) 14:29, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Not all of those articles specifically state that said bird lives in, is a migrant/vagrant species in or even mentions Azerbaijan.--Mr Fink (talk) 14:34, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

I would urge youto check each IUCN reference in each article, before automatically erasing it. There is a Category:Birds of Azerbaijan for a reason. And please do not empty this category.

Then would it kill you to write about which locations and or habits each bird is found in Azerbaijan rather than haphazardly spamming the articles with the category like a spambot?--Mr Fink (talk) 14:40, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi. I don't think I violated any Misplaced Pages rules by using a credible reference in each article which states that the particular species is native to Azerbaijan. (And not just migrating species or accidental travellers). I was not spamming and nor is it or was my inention. I edited too fast withouth putting an edit summary, sorry about that and for any other misundarstandings. But when citing sources, will you at least allow the category to stay. Or should the categories be restricted to continents only, instead of countries, which is the case in many of these articles? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.224.24.19 (talk) 14:49, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Table help

For each of your tables, I think you need to remove the lines of code before and after the actual sortable table code (which begins with {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; font-size: 95%;"). I'm not sure what this code is, but for some reason it's making your tables appear next to each other rather than above and below each other. Smokeybjb (talk) 16:10, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!--Mr Fink (talk) 17:24, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

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The Dodo is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Its external appearance is evidenced only by 17th-century paintings and written accounts that vary considerably, so its exact appearance is a mystery. Little is certain about its habitat and behaviour. Subfossil remains show the Dodo was about one 1 metre (3.3 feet) tall and may have weighed 10–18 kg (22–40 lb). It is presumed that the Dodo became flightless because of the ready availability of abundant food sources and a relative absence of predators on Mauritius. The first recorded mention of the Dodo was by Dutch sailors in 1598. In the following years, the bird was preyed upon by hungry sailors, their domesticated animals, and invasive species introduced during that time. The last widely accepted sighting of a Dodo was in 1662. Its extinction within only about a century of its discovery called attention to the previously unrecognised problem of human involvement in the disappearance of entire species. The Dodo achieved widespread recognition from its role in Alice in Wonderland, and it has become a fixture in popular culture, often as a symbol of extinction and obsolescence. (Full article...)

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Elephant

If you see my contributions, you can tell, it was not an attempt at vandalism nor was it intended. I made a minor change to the page and somehow wiki messed up --Muhammad(talk) 23:23, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

On being gentle

Hi Apokryltaros. Would you mind being a bit more gentle with newbies? Otherwise we might lose potentially valuable contributors, such as this one. Thanks. --Epipelagic (talk) 09:30, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

It would help a great deal, also, if the newbies made more effort to distinguish themselves from delete-happy vandals before they throw fits, too.--Mr Fink (talk) 15:10, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I agree :) --Epipelagic (talk) 17:49, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

But otherwise, I'll try not to bite too often. My dentist is nagging me about wearing out my teeth.--Mr Fink (talk) 18:32, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Template

Hey Apokryltaros

I'm sending you this because you've made quite a few edits to the template namespace in the past couple of months. If I've got this wrong, or if I haven't but you're not interested in my request, don't worry; this is the only notice I'm sending out on the subject :).

So, as you know (or should know - we sent out a centralnotice and several watchlist notices) we're planning to deploy the VisualEditor on Monday, 1 July, as the default editor. For those of us who prefer markup editing, fear not; we'll still be able to use the markup editor, which isn't going anywhere.

What's important here, though, is that the VisualEditor features an interactive template inspector; you click an icon on a template and it shows you the parameters, the contents of those fields, and human-readable parameter names, along with descriptions of what each parameter does. Personally, I find this pretty awesome, and from Monday it's going to be heavily used, since, as said, the VisualEditor will become the default.

The thing that generates the human-readable names and descriptions is a small JSON data structure, loaded through an extension called TemplateData. I'm reaching out to you in the hopes that you'd be willing and able to put some time into adding TemplateData to high-profile templates. It's pretty easy to understand (heck, if I can write it, anyone can) and you can find a guide here, along with a list of prominent templates, although I suspect we can all hazard a guess as to high-profile templates that would benefit from this. Hopefully you're willing to give it a try; the more TemplateData sections get added, the better the interface can be. If you run into any problems, drop a note on the Feedback page.

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I am sorry

I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done something like I did on User talk:SummerPhD. I promise to stop disrupting others in the harmful way. I was like "Oh man I should not have said that". Honestly, I didn't mean to hurt anyone. I was just trying to reason with SummerPhD, not to antagonize with SummerPhD. Hopefully it settles well between you and me. All I want to say is that I am truly sorry. Batman194 (talk) 19:32, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Apology accepted, it would also help if you also apologized to SummerPhD, too.--Mr Fink (talk) 19:42, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Orthoceras

Thank you for the cleanup in Orthoceras (orchid). I'd generally prefer titles for a genus name used for both plants and animals to be a DAB, but I try to be conservative in moving animal genera away from an ambiguous base title. I feel more competent to judge plant genera as not important enough to deserve the base title than animal genera. I glanced at Google results for Orthoceras and the cephalopod seemed to dominate, so I'm not totally comfortable establishing Orthoceras as a DAB. What do you think about making Orthoceras a DAB, and moving the cephalopod genus to something like Orthoceras (mollusc)? Plantdrew (talk) 06:11, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Grizzly Bear

I don't know why you reverted my changes to Grizzly bear. They certainly aren't vandalism. Binomial or trinomial names are supposed to be in italics. Why do you think only the subspecies part should be in italics and not the genus and species part? Dger (talk) 22:02, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

I thought is might be a mistake. Cheers. Dger (talk) 03:11, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Bell Miner

I am curious, do you have a source for your information that:

(Bell Miners) were given their common name because they feed almost exclusively on the dome-like coverings of certain psyllid bugs, referred to as "bell lerps," that feed on eucalyptus sap from the leaves. The "bell lerps" make these domes from their own honeydew secretions in order to protect themselves from predators and the environment.

This is followed by the line:

They are also very likely to be named after their bell-like call.

Most Australians will subscribe to the second meaning, given that they are almost universally known as Bellbirds.

I assume you also realise that the word 'miner' here is a corruption of the word 'myna', and does not refer to the habit of the birds of 'mining' the bell lerps but to their similarity (or to be more accurate, the similarity of their cousins, the Noisy Miner) to the mynas of India.

123.122.200.143 (talk) 23:17, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

That was the explanation I had heard from a Nature documentary on Australian wildlife, i.e., that they were "mining" the sugar-domes of the bell lerps.--Mr Fink (talk) 15:30, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

I don't think that that's really a very satisfactory source. Especially when it is wrong. I think that the explanation should be removed from the article, unless you have a reliable and checkable source.

221.219.154.205 (talk) 12:45, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

I've formally proposed removal of the explanation at Talk:Bell_Miner.

221.219.154.205 (talk) 13:37, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

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Talk:Coconut oil

I have reverted your removal of an IP's comment at Talk:Coconut oil as it was not clear why you removed it. - SummerPhD (talk) 23:41, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

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Ok Apokryltaros...I don't know if the system is the one to blame but the only way I was able to know your link is because the system sent me to you...the page was clearly reverted by someone with your link...now, i am not sure who do you think you are talking to for using that threatening language of yours...with me your totally wrong pal...don ever use it again...if it happens that the system was wrong I apologize...the specific page I am talking about is "The News"...