Fireyair

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Hi -- I signed up to do the GA review of the article. Since you're a new editor, can I ask whether you're aware that it is expected that the person who nominates an article should be prepared to respond to concerns that are raised? Regards, Looie496 (talk) 03:51, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

I sincerely apologize. Something came up. I will let you know if I am able to regularly respond to your inquiries. Again, I apologize. (☲Fireyair☲ (talk) 02:33, 9 November 2009 (UTC))

No problem, I just needed some reassurance that my review wouldn't be wasted. Regards, Looie496 (talk) 03:37, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Etymology of biology

The word biology does not come from βιολογία. Βιολογία is a modern Greek term derived from the German Biologie. In fact, both the English and the Modern Greek terms derive from the German one. User:Nbarth described everything pretty well but for some reason he got reverted. In any case, I believe that the article should just mention the ultimate roots (eg: "from bio- + -logy, on the model of Greek – βίος, bios, "life"; -λογία, -logia, study of" (and not mention the cognate modern Greek word), as is the case with every other wiki-article on a theory/concept which is described by a Neolatin word based on classical Greek roots (confer: biorhythm and xenoglossy). Cheers. --Omnipaedista (talk) 14:19, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

June 2011

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I apologize. When I edited it, I had mechanically checked the minor edit box and did not notice until after the edit. I assumed the automatic tag would be enough of a heads-up for other editors. ☲Fireyair☲ (talk) 18:16, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

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