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ARCHIVE PAGE 80: August 2014
Hello. And how are things? :)
I saw this template and figured you would know if it should be used or not for gastropods. Is this the new, better way to handle changing taxonomy?
My very best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:39, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Anna! Thanks for asking. I am OK except I have a pretty bad ankle sprain (and a small knee sprain and low back sprain) which are all slowly healing. Automatic taxobox are absolutely a good idea in the long run because they save a lot of work when you have taxon articles in the many thousands like we do. I believe JoJan has been using an automatic taxobox system like that a fair bit for a year or so; I am not certain it is the same one though, you should ask him. He knows quite a lot about it including the pros and cons. All I can say is that the most obvious disadvantage of automation is that with the old hand-done taxobox, a relative beginner on Wikipedia who is creating a new article on a taxon can easily just hand-copy an old-fashioned pre-existing taxobox and adjust it to work for another species or genus or family etc. In contrast the automatic taxobox is not intuitive. It is very opaque and hard to learn to use. I have not looked recently and no doubt the documentation has improved a lot since I looked at it a couple years ago, but back then the documentation was pretty impenetrably worded. I am packing for a trip that starts on Monday so I will be around a bit less for two or three weeks. Hugs to you, Invertzoo (talk) 13:06, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
- I'm sorry about your injuries. Get well soon. :)
- I'll watch JoJan's contribs to see how he's doing things, and further investigate this type of infobox.
- I was looking at this again --- so great! Also, I looked the pic of you with the big shell. You look like the coolest person ever. :)
- Enjoy your trip. Be safe. Hugs. :) :) :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:57, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
- No, you are the coolest person ever Anna; just look at your user page!!! I am in awe of you! Seriously! Invertzoo (talk) 00:11, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
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It sounds great, and I would love to come along, but I am thousands of miles away. Invertzoo (talk) 14:25, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
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Hi I have not been into my account in quite sometime. Seems the last thing I did was leave a note about the redundant info on the Menopause page and you invited me to try and make some constructive improvements to it. Thank You, I will at some point go take a look at it again. Enjoy your vacation. Selene Scott (talk) 07:33, 11 August 2014 (UTC)Selene ScottSelene Scott (talk) 07:33, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Selene Scott: every constructive contrubutions with reliable sources are welcome. Cheers Wikicology (talk) 07:52, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Selene. I did go through the Menopause article quite carefully as as result of your first note. I tried to weed out all the duplicated info, however, feel free to examine the article and see what you think now. Welcome back. Invertzoo (talk) 14:54, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
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