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Cenozoic Washington image captions

Hey, Kevmin. Belated thanks for correcting my error regarding the Republic fossils in the image captions at Draft:List of the Cenozoic life of Washington (state) and for catching a few other things I overlooked, like Myrmeciites being a form taxon. I'm kind of hesitant about some of the word order changes, though. The new version that lists the common name ahead of the binomials reads nicely, but I kind of still think that the captions should put the binomial name ahead of the common name since the list itself is organized around them. Would you be open to me switching the word order back in those cases? Abyssal (talk) 00:13, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

I was going for more readable prose in the caption. and I think that the order works fine and reduces the broken feeling of the word structuring that was there originally.--Kevmin § 00:16, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Alright. I'll start writing captions more long the lines of your recommendations. Please keep an eye on the page to see if you dislike any of the new captions or if there are any old ones that still have problems. Abyssal (talk) 01:32, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Do you think some of the shorter ones should be rewritten for consistency with the longer ones? Eg, should

Fossilized skeleton of Amyzon aggregatum, an Eocene-Oligocene sucker fish

be

Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene-Oligocene sucker fish Amyzon aggregatum

? Abyssal (talk) 13:16, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

We should get to those yes, for example I would go with "Fossilized skeleton found in Republic, of the Eocene sucker fish Amyzon aggregatum", since A. aggregatum is Eocene, with mention of being found in Republic being optional given that the majority of the images are not of actual Washington state fossils, but living specimens or from elsewhere.--Kevmin § 13:24, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

OK. Abyssal (talk) 13:29, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

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Melons

I appreciate your opinion on this matter, but would you care to link the relevant plant guidelines at the discussion? I've not seen them myself, so I'm curious. RGloucester — ☎ 02:06, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

See here, Wikipedia:Naming conventions (flora), which says to use the scientific name. The scientific name is the most widely used of the names for the melon, and with two vernacular names, the scientific name is the most unambiguous name.--Kevmin § 13:03, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

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Question

Hi, Kev - I was just wondering if (hopefully) you're operating a bot as I noticed how quickly you caught the vandal at Alligator Gar. If so, will you add American Paddlefish? It's probably coincidental, but there have been occasions when I nom an article for AfD, or Merge, etc., it tends to have a "you pissed me off" effect which triggers a chain reaction of vandalism to my GA/FA articles, or it could just be vandalism of a specific topic. Ping when you respond because I can easily get sidetracked and forget to trace my steps. Thanks - ^{Atsme✍🏻📧} 15:20, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

@Atsme: It was a happy/sad coincidence that I caught it last night. I happened to be on a looking at my watch list when the vandalism happened. I dont actually have any bots haha. Sorry I cant be of more help.--Kevmin § 18:06, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

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Sequoia (genus) / Paleontology

Re: (Remove reference to "S. jelholense" as this species in placed in a podocarp genus now)

Do you have a reference for this, i.e. a citation?

I find per Stewart and Rothwell (1993/reprinted 2004), pages 423-424: "Southern hemisphere examples are typically placed in the Podocarpaceae (e.g., McLoughlin, et al. 1995), a Gondwana family. Northern hemisphere material are placed in the Taxodiaceae, now subsumed into Cupressaceae (e.g., Bell 1956), a Laurasian family."

Much of the flora and fauna of Jehol is Laurasian.

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Lacewing Fossil section

Hi Kevmin, I am improving the Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings) page, and I think the fossil section lacks order and info. I wonder if you can take a look and comment what can be improved in the talk page. Insects paleontology is overwhelming to me, as well as, I'm a newbie. Thanks in advance (LeónHormiga (talk) 04:02, 26 November 2018 (UTC))

Lizard

The reference to Lizard in the Isoetes histrix article is to the Lizard, Cornwall. It occurs there and in the Channel islands only in the British Isles. see https://bsbi.org/maps?taxonid=2cd4p9h.4k9 Plantsurfer 17:10, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Then the information should have been, Isoetes histrix; Channel Islands. The lack of context made the entry inaccurate--Kevmin § 17:17, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject Gemology and Jewelry

Hi, I saw your name on the members list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Gemology and Jewelry, and was curious if you would be interested in helping "reignite" the project if you have the time! - Stilistic (talk) 21:47, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

AE

I originally didn't think to notify you on this, but an AE case I just opened includes mention of the subject accusing you of tag-teaming over at Insect a few years ago, so it's probably better that you're aware at least. Not asking for comment there or anything, so this is just dotting the i's on notification.

On a related note, there are secondary sources with very minor mention of that study in question now, so if that was an area that interested you beyond just primary sourcing issues, I'll be looking into where some related insect diversity additions might fit in for the near future. Kingofaces43 (talk) 22:17, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Goliathoceras

Hi Kevmin,

Can you tell me, if the genus Goliathoceras exist? I have this 2 pictures: File:Pu - Goliathoceras sp. - 1.jpg and File:Pu - Goliathoceras sp. - 2.jpg with the Unidentified Goliathoceras sp. in the Rotunda Museum, Scarborough, England. description. But neither here and neither on Google, I don't find any information about it. Meanwhile perhaps became a synonym of another genus name? Regards. DenesFeri (talk) 09:43, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

@DenesFeri: it is a valid genus yes. It looks like the display had the genus name misspelled, with the correct spelling being Goliathiceras with an i rather then an o.--Kevmin § 15:47, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Thank you very much! Now I found the Goliathiceras on the internet. Cheers. DenesFeri (talk) 09:23, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

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Specific epithets

Hello Kevmin,

Thank you for your amazing work in many fields over many years.

Regarding etymologies of plant names, I have sometimes used texts like Roland Wilbur Brown's old book (1954) "Composition of Scientific Words" to explain the origin of botanists' names. It is true that sometimes I have tried to "read their minds". I have no doubt that when they gave names like Boronia biflora, or Thelymitra grandiflora, the "flora" meant 'flower' or 'flowers'. However, I can't "prove" that, so the derivation at the moment is "original research" and it is probably better to remove it altogether. It's worth noting that when he wrote the original description, Cheel wrote sed floribus solum duobus, which I think translates as "but only a couple of flowers". I will wait a while though before removing the naming part - you may have other ideas. Gderrin (talk) 22:25, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

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Paleohydrology

The next time you want to do a QPQ at DYK, you could try Paleohydrology. I wrote the article because the topic cropped up in another article I wrote, Lake Aguelmame Sidi Ali, and there seemed to be a gap in Wikipedia's scientific coverage. However, it was a topic on which I knew nothing, and the article would benefit from a knowledgeable eye. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:43, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Actually, I see someone reviewed the article within minutes of my nominating it at DYK. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:11, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Amber

OK, let'ts talk about this. The external image works for me. I suggest that if it does not appear on your computer, it may be a browser issue. At any rate, the picture is also shown in the cited article, if you care to read it. As for the exclusion of Burmese amber from the main article, I cannot see any reasoning. The cited article does not raise any question about its ineligibility as a "true" amber. As noted, the discovery of amber at depth in Myanmar less then 10 years ago is significant. I would remind you that if you do not agree with cited edits and additions such as I made, that Wikipedia is a democratic project. If you feel there is a need to revert a change such as I made, make a good argument. I feel my edits are justified, useful, and help keep the article up to date. I have not rolled back your latest reversion, but I trust that you will. Let's not drag this out. Verne Equinox (talk) 00:45, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

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Rivularis

You have not shown yet where in Wolfe and Tanai (1987) we can find that rivularis would be the Latin word for "rill" or "brook". Wimpus (talk) 17:20, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Your point? your are tendentiously editing without at any point collaborating with other editors. you simply delete anything that is not acceptable to your personal tastes, with not net benefit to Wikipedia. You KNOW that rivularis ins clearly a derivation of the Latin rivulus, but taxonomic use offends you, so you delete it rather then add and appropriate reference.--Kevmin § 18:59, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

My point? You seem to add information that is not mentioned by the source. So, that is clearly OR.

And I know that rivularis is an adjective, derived from the noun rivulus ("small brook, a rill, rivulet"). The translation of "rill" or "brook" for the adjective' rivularis is therefore incorrect. Or is Kevmin's interpretation of what rivularis would mean, worth mentioning? Wimpus (talk) 19:06, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

"you know", thats the problem, you refuse to add sources to all of your assertions you merely assert with the assumption that everybody should take you as fact. You also refuse to understand or learn that taxonomic usage of Latin and Greek words are not, I repeat, not consistent and will never be consistent with ancient Greek or Latin. Thus whining on and on about it does not correctly match ancient terminology is tendentious at best and obstruction more often then not. Wolfe &Tanai clearly indicate the source of the species name, Beaver Creek. Its clear that castorrivularis beaver Creek.--Kevmin § 20:00, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

In case you do not know the difference between an adjective and a noun, please do not make any etymological edit. You seem to guess that "rivularis" is a noun meaning rill" or "brook", while it is evidently not. And, if you want to explain the full compound castorrivularis, you need a source for the full compound. Good luck, finding one! Wimpus (talk) 20:09, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Your entire post there is irrelevant to the fact that it is a taxonomic etymology so I will continue to edit based on what the taxanomic up sources say. You do not have the authority to say otherwise. Taxonomy is not language usage and does not follow the rules you insist. Name derivations do not work that way. So your red herring is noted.--Kevmin § 20:16, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

But, your taxonomic source does not explicitly state that "rivularis" is "rill" or "brook". So, you are making that up? Maybe, you should read this explanation on -alis and -aris. And Stearn's Botanical Latin (1983, p. 500) states: "rivularis (adj. B): pertaining to brooklets". Stearn does not state that rivularis is a noun, so you seem to be clearly mistaken. Wimpus (talk) 20:33, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

I'm not mistaken. I just get annoyed when someone ruleslawyers as a means to promote a point they have absolutely no backing reference for. The link you posted now is irrelevent to taxonomic names. The link you used a couple posts ago states the connection you are now claiming doesnt exist. And the nomenclature entry for the species written by wolfe and Tanai states thst species name is a reference to the type locality on beaver Creek. Its all there.--Kevmin §

And again, you do not seem to understand the difference between a "noun" and an "adjective". "Child" for example is not the same as "childish". The reference to Stearn's Botanical Latin is relevant as it makes clear that rivularis is not a noun. And I do agree with your assessment: "And the nomenclature entry for the species written by wolfe and Tanai states thst species name is a reference to the type locality on beaver Creek.", but not with your assessment "rivularis", Latin for rill or brook" as that is not supported by your source and clearly OR. Wimpus (talk) 22:30, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

The difference is irrelevant, as the item you are kvetching about is a species name. Its not a word, its not subject to Latin grammar rules. This is the same straw man you resort to when you actually have no valid argument, but don't want to admit as such. The etymology given in the article is not OR ad continual removal by you will likely result in sanction of you, as you are already being called out by on multiple articles by multiple editors.--Kevmin § 23:45, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

There is a difference between single words (written without a hyphen) and parts of compounds (written with a hyphen). Please study these differences first and do not confuse them. Wimpus (talk) 00:52, 16 November 2019 (UTC) Then ADD THE HYPHEN if it so important to you. But you are in VIOLATION of 3RR, a bannable offence.--Kevmin § 00:55, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

No, you can not add arbritarily a hyphen. And rivulus is not the same as rivularis. Wimpus (talk) 00:58, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Per whom in regards to Botanical latin?--Kevmin § 01:14, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

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Hymenoptera

Hi Kevmin, on the same basis that you reverted my edit, you should also un-wl "sawflies" under 6.1 Symphyta. However, this is only the second time that these terms are wl witin the article. Hardly a case of WP:overlinking although perhaps one of WP:underlinking.

Classification is the sixth section and a substantial distance down from the lede. It is an important section that people may wish to jump straight to or which may be directly linked from another article. We shouldn't be forcing them to have to start reading an article from the first word, nor making them scroll back up to the top trying to find an example of a term that is wl.

I have restored my edit. Steve 121.44.62.246 (talk) 07:53, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Burmese amber article created

As I've been going through fossil insect articles on wikipedia I've noticed that you've created a significant proportion of them, as well as the article on the Rovno amber. I have created an article on the Burmese amber, which I think we can agree is long overdue. I was wondering if you had any feedback and ideas for improvement. Hemiauchenia (talk) 15:59, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Kevmin, do you have a roadmap of what you plan to add to the article? As your previous additions have all been very good and I want to avoid treading on each others toes with our additions. I definitely think that the history post 1875 and Invertebrate sections of the article obvously need serious expansion, as well as the addition of a Flora section, but otherwise I'm interested to know what you have planned. Hemiauchenia (talk) 20:04, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

@Hemiauchenia: I really don't have any specific road-map in mind at this point. Given the large nature of the paleobiota described from the amber, I ended up going with creating Paleobiota of Burmese amber to cover the detailed side and think the Burmese amber sections should be more of a highlights reel.--Kevmin § 03:48, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

300 taxa were described from the amber last year alone, and the number of taxa described each year is likely to continue to grow. It'll get really tedious to update, many of the taxa have uncertain classifications that subsequently change in new papers and it will be extremely confusing after a while. Cataloging the species found in the burmese amber is probably best left to the anonymous IP user who does the 20XX in paleontology pages, or Andrew J Ross who has already done the comprehensive 2018 list and the 2019 supplement. I agree that the main burmese amber article should only show the highlights as over 1000 genera is simply too many to comprehensively cover, but what counts as a highlight? The currently created articles on Burmese amber taxa account for around 5% of the total (in terms of genera). I think coverage should mostly be at the family level. Hemiauchenia (talk) 04:05, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Regardless of our difference of opinion on the Paleobiota article, you are making excellent progress and I'm impressed with your image uploads, particularly your breaking up of compilation paper figures into useable images. Since you seem to be much more efficient than me at doing this I thought I would link some more Open Access Scientific reports articles for you to upload figures from. [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] [8], [9]

More open access articles [[10]], [[11]] Some really exciting stuff here, well worth uploading. Hemiauchenia (talk) 22:24, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Not as relevant, but images of Radiophron Microcostaphron from Spanish amber [12] Hemiauchenia (talk) 23:51, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

I always try to find good images when i can, since they add so much more to the articles. Ill take a look through the articles you have here, though the termites are sadly not so great images. I just took care of Astreptolabis laevis.--Kevmin § 05:26, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Another couple of articles, this time on drain flies [[13]] and stoneflies [[14]] Be warned though, The PeerJ's high res images really are high res, the images I got from another paper [[15]] were nearly 30 megs and difficult to deal with. Hemiauchenia (talk) 02:54, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Awesome, and no worries, Ive done a few PeerJ images over the years--Kevmin § 03:30, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Taxoboxes

Yea, very nice, but problem that I had in mind was not few articles to look good, but to fix outdated upper taxonomy for all several thousands Stylommatophora or all 37000 gastropods with outdated upper taxonomy indicated manually in the code, if to bother about removing lots of code that changes nothing in how article is displaying then it would take years of pure time to fix it and nobody would do it. What people should think when introducing it - is how to easily fix it in thousands articles later.--Igor Balashov (talk) 17:24, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Im curious why you feel the approx. 15 - 20 seconds needed to delete the unneeded higher taxonomy is an undo burden and that its should end up being other editors such as @Peter coxhead: to fix? I understand that there are a lot of boxes to fix, have you looked at the amount of boxes needed for extinct Colepterans alone?--Kevmin § 19:17, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Because if to consider the number of pages that needed to be corrected even these 15-20 seconds are transforming in over 200 hours, but in fact it is more than 20 seconds. And that's why the number of outdated taxonomical pages there will be only growing. Anyway, good luck with that, I'm out of this.--Igor Balashov (talk) 19:41, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

@Igor Balashov: you haven't answered the question Kevmin rightly asked: why should other editors have to spend their time cleaning up after you? It takes the same total time however it's done. You're just saying that because it looks ok to you, you'll leave it to someone else to finish the job. Peter coxhead (talk) 19:59, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Kevmin: thanks for sorting out those taxoboxes. I was going to do it first thing this morning, but I see you were ahead of me! Peter coxhead (talk) 05:31, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Moving a page

Hello is it possible to correct an error and rename Palaeontology in Lebanon >> Paleontology in Lebanon ? Thanks--Wdgm (talk) 09:28, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

@Wdgm:Its always possible to move pages for corrections, however in this case there is no error. Palaeontology is the British English spelling and an accepted use so there is no move needed.--Kevmin § 16:28, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

I understand. The problem is that this article does not appear in the menu at the top right with similar articles such as Paleontology in Oregon, in Colorado etc. It is the same thing for the Pagewiews statistics or internal links :there is no article Paleontology in Lebanon. Is it possible do to do something ?--Wdgm (talk) 14:01, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

By "top right menue" are you meaning the search box, and if so are you searching for Paleo or Palaeo? The search box is only so intuitive. An easy fix is creating a redirect from the american spelling to the current spelling.--Kevmin § 17:31, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Ive moved to the American Paleontology, since this was an oddball and the other articles didnt use the British spelling.--Kevmin § 17:34, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much for this--Wdgm (talk) 15:21, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

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2019 in insect paleontology

Hi. I noticed that you removed three species of Lebania listed as described in 2019. However, a source was provided that they were indeed named in 2019, so what was your reason for that removal? Regards --37.30.55.88 (talk) 14:59, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

thank you for pointing that out, I didn't mean to remove them at all, and I have reverted that edit.--Kevmin § 17:56, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

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Cystoidea vs. Paracrinoidea

Thanks for the catch, I blame my dyslexia. I don't know how I copied info from the Echinodermata page for cystoids to the paracrinoids page, looked at it, and thought, "Yes, this is fine and 100% what I intended to do." Especially embarassing when I know the orders of paracrinoids are Comarocystitida and Platycystitida, at least until Lembreck publishes her thesis and destroys everything. :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:543:180:B3B0:E0DE:5F30:4A9E:FC1 (talk) 13:41, 20 June 2020 (UTC) 71.236.92.93 (talk) 01:51, 21 June 2020 (UTC) Hi, I've added more info to the Paracrinoidea page. I am working on a bibliography of paracrinoids, so I've been happy to try to contribute more info.

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I see what you were doing at Template:Taxonomy/Alienoptera in relation to the discussion about moving the Alienoptera article, but its taxonomy template has to reflect its status as an order, as per the references given, so it can't be made a child of a superfamily. Peter coxhead (talk) 06:30, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

I missed getting back to that one and correcting my mistake, thank you for catching it. --Kevmin § 19:07, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

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Swietenia mahagoni

Hi Kevmin, this edit seems to have reverted to an IUCN 2.3 assessment for the species. I had recently updated this to the IUCN 3.1 assessment of 2020. Thanks Declangi (talk) 09:45, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

@Declangi: my apologies, I tried to make sure I retained the updated IUCN assessments as performed the move reversals. I will correct that one now.--Kevmin § 15:01, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

No worries! I know you're doing a lot of reversals of moves to common names and thanks for that work. On Swietenia mahagoni, I just restored some other details like the updated reference. Thanks Declangi (talk) 20:07, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

I saw the second section of IUCN updates that I had missed, thank you very much for retrieving them.--Kevmin § 20:47, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

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Page moves

Hi Kevmin, I happened to notice in Special:Contributions/Ddum5347 that this user has just made a large number of pages moves and requested "technical" moves of animal articles from scientific names to plain English names. I saw on their (now deleted) talk page that you and others had asked them not to do that. I'm not sure what's involved, other than that I currently have some concerns about what seems to be their lack of interest in consensus, so I thought I'd see if you wanted to take a look... --IamNotU (talk) 03:01, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

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Have you seen this?

A stem-ant wasp Camelosphecia has been described in ZooKeys, all the images are CC BY 4.0. Just thought I would give you a heads up. Hemiauchenia (talk) 06:38, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

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DYK question for Hiodon woodruffi

I just reviewed your article for DYK and think it sounds great. However I suggest rephrasing the hook as follows:

... that the extinct mooneye fish Hiodon woodruffi (pictured) was not described until 1978, although the earliest finds date to 1906?

How does that sound to you? Philepitta (talk) 05:05, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Looks good, I approved on the nom page--Kevmin § 05:14, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

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Deinodryinus? aptianus

Hi. You reverted my edit on Deinodryinus? aptianus. You are correct the genus is not extinct but the species is so, although there may be a simpler way of doing what I did, my edit was factually correct. YorkshireExpat (talk) 08:12, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Bad method
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Dryinidae
Genus:	Deinodryinus (?)
Species:	†D. aptianus
Binomial name
†Deinodryinus aptianus

|extinct=yes only works in {{Speciesbox}}, but then, as shown to the left here, using Template:Taxonomy/Deinodryinus/? doesn't show the "?" in the abbreviated and full binomials.

See also how the taxobox is constructed at ? Nycticebus linglom. I think that with "nonstandard" binomials, such as those with "?" in them, using {{Automatic taxobox}} with overrides by |species_text= and |binomial_text= is the only way to achieve the effect required, unless you construct a separate taxonomy template for the species.

It's documented at Template:Automatic taxobox#Exceptional cases. Peter coxhead (talk) 10:28, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Fair enough, thank you both for the taxobox massaging and tweaking. Nonstandard nomenclatural construction with the boxes is not my strongest suit.--Kevmin § 16:45, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

No worries, and thanks for the pointers. I note that the case with an uncertain rank is not documented though. Also, I may have mucked up a couple of revisions I did earlier in the week so will dig them out and correct. Still learning :) YorkshireExpat (talk) 17:14, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

@YorkshireExpat and Peter coxhead: Im glad it popped up when it did, since it helped me to craft a better box on the article I'm drafting up right now! User:Kevmin/sandbox/Amia hesperia, which has a similar issue, but the ichthyologists decided to go with "Amia" rather than Amia? or ?Amia.--Kevmin § 17:34, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

I guess we have to go with sources, but in general I would expect Amia?, regardless of the position of the ?, to mean that it's a valid genus name, but the placement in the genus is uncertain, whereas "Amia" would mean the genus name has not been validly published or is in some way taxonomically dubious. Peter coxhead (talk) 16:08, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

@Kevmin and Peter coxhead: compare for "Crocodylus" acer where it is known that the genus is not valid, but a distinct name has not been assigned. YorkshireExpat (talk) 07:29, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

@YorkshireExpat: I note that the quotes don't seem to appear in either of the sources given, and appear to originate with the first creator of the article in 2011. So "?" could also have been used. Peter coxhead (talk) 07:35, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

@Peter coxhead: Yes, fair enough, although they both pretty old. Maybe the article could use some work. YorkshireExpat (talk) 07:53, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

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DYK for Pseudolarix wehrii

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WT:PLANTS

I get the sense that you think I might be, I don't know, difficult to work with. I'm pretty sure I'm not. And these lists aren't by any means carved in stone; FLs are a little different from FAs in that regard ... you might see people arguing tooth and nail to keep their preferred text in an FA, citing WP:FAOWN, but both the policy and the culture are different for FLs. I haven't personally heard before that Stearn is considered biased ... I've often heard him described as exactly the opposite ... but of course, coming from the time and culture he came from, he said a few things we now consider cringeworthy, and I've tried to be sensitive to that when I can. The main thing I want to say is: I'm pretty happy with my own choice to limit the sources for these lists ... tons of sources probably would have made FLC completely unworkable ... but neither I nor the FLC reviewers are likely to object if people from the wikiproject want to substitute other sources and do some editing ... within reason. At some point, if there's too much going on or too much disagreement, a trip to WP:FLRC might become necessary ... but that's not really my call, and I don't have strong feelings about it. - Dank (push to talk) 23:01, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

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Comptonia columbiana

Hi Kevmin: I've promoted your hook for Comptonia columbiana, but with a small addition to indicate that we're talking about fossils:

• ... that 49.5 million year old fossils of Comptonia columbiana leaves (pictured) preserve evidence of moth feeding?

Can you please let me know if that wording is okay with you? MeegsC (talk) 11:20, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

• @MeegsC:The wording looks good for the hook. Thanks--Kevmin § 13:34, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

I have now moved this into Queue 3. The article text mentions a single fossil and suggests that the leaf was not eaten by the moth larva, but cut out to make a pupal case. Would you object to me changing the hook to

• ... that a 49.5 million-year-old fossil leaf of Comptonia columbiana (pictured) preserves evidence of insect damage? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:11, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

@Cwmhiraeth: damage works as well, though feeding is more accurate. The first paragraph of the Heliozelidae entry on page 45 of Labandeira discusses the younger larvae feed in the leaf forming serpentine and then blotch mines before the final instar cuts leaf sections to form a cocoon.--Kevmin § 14:29, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

OK, I'll leave it alone then. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:59, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

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Dorylinae

Have you checked the list of genera of Dorylinae? Almost half of them are synonyms of others in the same list. The reader should know that. --Polinizador (talk) 17:00, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Polinizador Not from what I see at AntCat or AntWeb. the secondary sources used for ant taxonomy. What is your citation for there being synonyms in the list?--Kevmin § 17:09, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

I think i see where the issue is, the early 2000s lumping of everything ever into Cerapachys was reversed in the mid 2010's, but the genu redirects hadn't been fixed, making it seem that the status of the subfamily article was outdated, but instead its the genera articles that need updating.--Kevmin § 17:18, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Ok. That is what I noticed. --Polinizador (talk) 17:23, 3 June 2021 (UTC)