Wikipedia talk:WikiDragon

dying out?

A cursory census shows that WikiDragons are far more numerous than the almost extinct knights and even the otters, and I suspect that proclaimed dragons are the fourth most common species on the Wiki after gnomes, elves and faeries. But I'm not going to update the article and userboxes accordingly as I suspect that many of these dragons are mere wannabees representing humans at their keyboards. WereSpielChequers 16:35, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

The following is from IUCN 3.1 Red List, which is a standard for evaluating whether a species is endangered:

"13. Transfer between categories

The following rules govern the movement of taxa between categories:

A. A taxon may be moved from a category of higher threat to a category of lower threat if none of the criteria of the higher category has been met for five years or more.

B. If the original classification is found to have been erroneous, the taxon may be transferred to the appropriate category or removed from the threatened categories altogether, without delay (but see Point 10 above).

C. Transfer from categories of lower to higher risk should be made without delay."

Going by these guidelines, the WikiDragon population must stay above fifty for 5 straight years in order to be moved from the Critically Endangered category to the Endangered category. If the population is above 250 for five straight years, it graduates to Vulnerable. Once there are 1,000 individuals for five straight years, the WikiDragon will fall in the Least Concern category.

Basically, if we can keep the population where it's at until 2013, the WikiDragon will be considered Endangered instead of Critically Endangered.

Make sense?

However, I do feel that the userbox should be updated to reflect the recent censuses. I'm not sure how I'd go about doing that, except to simply leave off the "one of the last of a dying species." Any other thoughts?

Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:32, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

If we include those with the topic icon as well as those with the userbox then I'm pretty sure we have over 50. I'm not keen on changing an existing userbox as its tantamount to changing other users user pages. However I've drafted some alternatives:

This user is a WikiDragon. ...one of the last of a dying breed...

This user is a WikiDragon.

This user is a WikiDragon. ...endangered per the IUCN red list...

This user is a WikiDragon. ...flame on the wing...

This user is a WikiDragon. ...flying fast, burning bright...

This user is a WikiDragon. ...flying fast, burning bright...

Thoughts?WereSpielChequers 00:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmm. The orange one is rather appealing. I like how it uses the German one instead of the Slovenian one, which was rather dull and drab. The new orange one has such a positive attitude to it, something that the green one always lacked. I'm not sure about the text, however. It seems a bit awkward, but I don't have a better idea myself. Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:46, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

However, I'm proposing you remove the italicization, as follows:

This user is a WikiDragon. ...flying fast, burning bright...

It looks cleaner that way. Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:49, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

How about (and kind of how I feel at the moment):

This user might be an unhatched WikiDragon. ... best left undisturbed...

htom (talk) 20:02, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Something broken there in the newline or lack thereof? htom (talk) 20:02, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

(Yeah, I just added a bunch of line breaks to help out. Easier to read.) Hmm. The "best left undisturbed" brings out the bad. Wikipedia isn't a battlefield, so we shouldn't represent WikiDragons as bad guys that might hurt you. Also, most WikiDragons are already hatched and will readily point out that they are a WikiDragon. Perhaps something like this:

This user is a WikiDragon making massive, bold edits everywhere.

It could probably stand some draconification, though. Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 03:44, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

I picked the username "OtterSmith" for reasons that have nothing to do with WikiOtter-ness, but I suspect, looking at the Wiki-fauna, that I'm probably a WikiOtter who is repressing an inner WikiDragon. I see lots of places where there should be articles, and resist the temptation to make them. htom (talk) 04:17, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

While I agree with you all, we also need to update some of our images that were deleted. Apparently they will be undeleted in 2017? See http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_in_Category:Dragon_statues_at_Dragon_bridge_%28Ljubljana%29 for more info. --Macha Panta (talk) 08:31, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Reclassification

I know this is a joke page and all, but is there anyway way to change the genus to "Eurodraco"? So as not to conflate it with the actual "Draco" genus? Booger-mike (talk) 23:18, 19 May 2023 (UTC)