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Diabloceratops

Hello, Conty;

Because Diabloceratops is not yet published, but seems to be on the cusp of publication, I have redirected the article to Ceratopsidae. In some cases, publication can be jeopardized by leaks, while in others, leaks may permit unscrupulous researchers to get enough information to rush through their own publications and take credit for the work of others. It is even possible that if an early unofficial description is detailed enough, it could technically become the actual publication, again taking credit from the actual workers.

Since all I did was redirect the article, it can be brought back as soon as Diabloceratops is published, or at least becomes widely-enough discussed that we aren't in danger of any of the above consequences happening. Thank you! J. Spencer (talk) 23:22, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Tyrannosaurus shoulders

Hello, Conty;

I really like your new diagram File:Tyrannosaurus_specimens_arm_diagram_01.JPG; there is one tweak I would make. The scapula should take up some of the "circle" of the coracoid, even in front view (see for example here for side view). Instead of O— (O=coracoid —=scapula), it would be CI— (C=coracoid I—=scapula). Thanks, and keep up the good work! J. Spencer (talk) 02:07, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Dinosaur image review

Hi, please consider posting your dinosaur images here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Dinosaurs/Image_review before you add them to articles. That way they won't be removed. FunkMonk (talk) 17:02, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Documentaries about prehistoric life

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Paleoart review

Hi Conty, I see you're making non-dinosaur paleoart. If you want some second opinions, you could post it to this section of the paleontology project for reviw: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Palaeontology/Paleoart_review FunkMonk (talk) 18:56, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Tarbosaurus

Hi Conty,

Can you re-upload your image of File:Tyrannosaurid IVPP V4878.JPG with a couple of small grammatical changes? On the left-hand side, can you change the text to say "White parts of the skull are missing"? And on the right-hand side, can you capitalize the word Shanshanosaurus? Tarbosaurus is a Featured Article; the illustrations, I feel, must be correctly spelled. I appreciate your efforts. Thank you. Firsfron of Ronchester 13:12, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Avimimus

Hi Conty! Good catch, actually i'm not sure why I restored the pedal digits so long, I wonder if I was going by an older skeletal or something lacking feet! I'll try to modify it in the future. As for the skull shape, since only the posterior skull and the tip on one specimens upper jaw is known, the shape of the skull is pretty much unknown at this point, at least until the bonebed specimens are described... MMartyniuk (talk) 23:05, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

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Quality loss in images

Hi, when you edit an image and upload it over another, how do you do it? Because I have noticed tht a significant qulity loss occurs, see for example the Sinosauropteryx holotype photo[1], which went from 2.37 MB to 740 KB after you edited. Next time, be sure that the file size doesn't drop that far, otherwise we'll have many images with degraded quality. FunkMonk (talk) 08:49, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Wookiee

You might wish to find a reference for the "inspiration" part you added here. Even if you do someone may remove it as trivial. Britmax (talk) 09:52, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Male pregnancy

Hello, Conty. I'm not sure what you meant by this edit, since, even with the first source being attributed to a dead link, it was clear from the two other sources that he was talking about ectopic implantation of the embryo along the abdominal wall. I reverted you on this, but fixed the dead link into a working link and specified what he meant. Flyer22 (talk) 03:45, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Pakicetus

Hi - have you read Thewissen et al (2009)? It seems he might have changed his mind re: whether Pakicetus was aquatic (or at least Pakicetids):

However, the details of the pakicetid skeleton tell a different story; this was not an ordinary land predator. The skulls show that the orbits (the sockets of the eyes) of these cetaceans were located close together on top of the skull, as is common in aquatic animals that live in water but look at emerged objects. Just like Indohyus, limb bones of pakicetids are osteosclerotic (Madar 2007), also suggestive of aquatic habitat, an interpretation consistent with stable isotope evidence.

Evercat (talk) 21:44, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Have we seen the last of Hands on Hips?

I noticed you've been changing some of the "humans with dinosaurs" pics to replace the woman who had her hands on her hips with one in a more neutral position. Are you planning to do this to all of them in due time? I ask because I've been using one of them as a userpage pic for a while now and am going to be relatively inactive on all wikis for the next few months so if the image is going to change I'll either remove it from my page or replace it with something else. I've also got similar pictures on other userpages of mine such as User:Soap and commons:User:Soap, but those in particular were uploaded by others.

I suppose now's a good time to ask if you're OK with me using dinosaur images like that in the first place. I know technically the images are free for all to use, but seeing as I voted to delete a page that consisted entirely of recaptioned images of Wikipetan I wouldnt want to be a hypocrite.

A list of my userpages that have dinosaur pictures on them is at User:Soap/Notes. Though most of them are jokes, I do feel they serve a purpose in directing people to my enwiki talk page by pointing out that all those other pages are for inactive accounts of mine.

By the way there's also a T-shirt using this motif: http://www.snorgtees.com/why-are-you-waving-run

In any case, thank you for all the work you've been doing. I wish I had enough time to do as much here myself. —Soap— 22:15, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Sinotyrannus skeletal/size diagram

Hi Conty! I want to ask a little favor (sorry if it seems like I'm intruding). Can you produce a skeletal restoration or size diagram of Sinotyrannus kazuoensis? There are so few... Thanks! Taylor Reints (talk) 17:25, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

That would be awesome! Thanks! Taylor Reints (talk) 01:58, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Those are pretty cool! Thank you! Taylor Reints (talk) 20:59, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

You deserve a barnstar -and you just got one!

For your excellent work on creating dinosaur images, I present you with the Dinosaur Barnstar! AshLin (talk) 14:08, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

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Mesembriornis

I recently found your image of Phorusrhacos [2]. I think it's quite good (though as has been noted the proportions are somewhat off). Would you be interested in drawing Mesembriornis, another terror bird? We don't have any reconstructions for that one. If you want some additional information: Alvarenga & Hofling (2003) has a pretty good description of the animal, this image should give you a rough impression of its proportions and here you can find a picture of the skull. Thank you in advance - Amphicoelias (talk) 20:19, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Thomas Holtz lecture

If you haven't seen it yet, your image is used, and joked about! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rpJPuGTAUI#t=9m56s FunkMonk (talk) 02:34, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

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A velociraptor for you instead for a kitten!

	A Velociraptor for you!
	Thanks for this: . I'm doing something about Tyrannotitan and I can't finish it without that image. Spinosaurus75 (Dinosaur Fan) (talk) 13:10, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Slight misspelling in image

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Gallimimus photo

Hi Conty, are you not active anymore? I am working on the Gallimimus article, and noticed you had uploaded a high resolution photo of a reconstructed skeleton:[3] It looks strange that the skull openings have been painted out, including the sclerotic ring, so I was wondering if you could upload the original unaltered photo as well so it can be used in the article? FunkMonk (talk) 14:31, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Conty's is quite possibly dead or at least he's account is. I could find a social media for you where conty might still be active but I dont see any activity past very early 2015.--Bubblesorg (talk) 00:41, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Dead? Maybe they just lost interest here, as many editors do? FunkMonk (talk) 17:40, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

No like he's account is dead--Bubblesorg (talk) 19:42, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

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Help updating size charts

Hey Conty,

my names dan and im wondering if i could work with you on updating your size charts wether is fixing its size or changing its silhouettes. heres a few size charts i made for megalosaurus and proceratosaurus

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1ovDfseX9QXMjuey5sAKbzhMbrwqtF3vyP3TRDcAF11M/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1OD_tC2NSZYSokpG6RuaeM2VQrqpG3ogsvNJ9rhcs1AE/edit

if ur interested, my gmail is bitagain3@gmail.com and my instagram is @danwest._

Hi Dan. I you ever are reading this, I tell you this: I do not want to reveal my e-mail address, but if you think some of my size charts are inaccurate, you are free to update! Conty~enwiki, 18:06, 4 August 2021

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