User talk:FunkMonk/Archive 24

Hypocrite. You always reject the obvious consensus from the other editors and demand that your POV remains untouched. You have been deleting info from the cloning section since it was created, "summarizing"it you claim, but when a summary is done and reditected to the parent article you flip-flop like a fish and post the long version again, forgetting all about having your panties in a bunch about the need to summarize it. Please stop your infantile trolling. Thank you. Rowan Forest (talk) 02:06, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

I created the cloning section to begin with, so don't give me that BS. As I said, I wrote 90% of that article, and I know what it took to get it to FAC, so I won't just stand back and see it degraded with garbage pop science sources and bad writing. FunkMonk (talk) 20:57, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

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Nice! FunkMonk (talk) 15:44, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

October

... with thanks from QAI

But today, thank you for Rodrigues Solitaire! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:34, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Oh yeah, my first ever FAC, nice to finally see it up! FunkMonk (talk) 09:14, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

I remember the feeling! Today, I am proud of a great woman on the Main page, Márta Kurtág, finally! - Here's my ideal candidate for arbcom. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:27, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Today, thank you for Spinophorosaurus, "a long-necked dinosaur which is notable for bearing spikes on its tail, and in being one of the most completely known members of its group from its time and place. We have summarised all available sources, including a German book about the expeditions that found the fossils, and the article therefore has a detailed and rather dramatic account of the discovery"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:51, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

And you're welcome! FunkMonk (talk) 12:18, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

My partner on the wolf project withdraw. I would like another opinion on the new comments the PR. See the links below.

• User_talk:William_Harris#Withdrawing
• Wikipedia:Peer_review/Wolf/archive1

I left a comment in the section there. I don't think there is anything to worry about, it is common to disagree with reviewer comments, and that's only a peer review anyway. FunkMonk (talk) 15:45, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

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Ok! FunkMonk (talk) 08:20, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

	Time To Spread A Little HappyHolidayCheer!!
	I decorated a special kind of Christmas tree in the spirit of the season. What's especially nice about this digitized version: *it doesn't need water *won't catch fire *and batteries aren't required.
	Have a very Merry Christmas - Happy Hanukkah‼️ and a prosperous New Year!! 🍸🎁 🎉

Thanks, and here is a dinosaur themed Christmas card in return! FunkMonk (talk) 20:41, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

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Hi FunkMonk, I reverted your edit to S Curve, not because there was anything wrong with your edit, but because of the edits before and after yours. I have replaced Sigmoid curve. Leschnei (talk) 17:06, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Ok, I didn't even notice. FunkMonk (talk) 20:35, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Segnosaurus you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 09:40, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, hope to see you on the other side! FunkMonk (talk) 15:10, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! FunkMonk (talk) 09:17, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

No problem. :) Cheers, Baffle☿gab 03:02, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Precious

Seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! FunkMonk (talk) 08:56, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Today, thank you for Rodrigues parrot, "the last article about an extinct species of parrot from the Mascarene islands yet to be nominated here, so I thought it was time to put it up. Very little is known about the bird, but most of what has ever been written about it is summarised here. The article also covers two supposedly congeneric, but dubious, species."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:59, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Welcome! FunkMonk (talk) 08:39, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

I have a peer review open, Clara Schumann, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:01, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

I'll see if I have anything to add... FunkMonk (talk) 09:10, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. This is a hard one - for me - because I didn't write it, found it like this just before her bicentenary, which it entered like this. Kma67 helped with copy-edits, Chuckstreet with the referencing, later that month it entered GAN [https:https://www.search.com.vn/wiki/index.php?lang=en&q=Clara_Schumann&oldid=919441734 like this, and was approved as a GA by Reaper Eternal on 15 October, - then - of course - with all paragraphs ending on a citation. I think she deserves a FA but am not sure how. - We now have an article by many aothors, with referencing unified by Chuckstreet who is no longer available. I am unsure about things such as the sections about people (her husband, Brahms ...) vs. a more chronological telling of her life. Thoughts? I don't know how much about her thoughts about other composers - which didn't change music history, afaik - we should represent. Such questions. As for duplicate links, in any rendering of Life and Work, we should allow a link in both areas because readers might look at only one. There's also this remark ;) - ... and to decide what else should go to the lead ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:13, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Hmmm, when I've taken over articles that already had much text, such as passenger pigeon, I would read a book on the subject, and double check all the info with it to verify and consolidate. During this process I would add additional info or remove info, depending on what I saw in the book. Could maybe be a solution here. On links, yeah, if they are not too close to each other, duplication is ok in a long article. But it should be checked that links to the same things aren't in successive paragraphs, etc. FunkMonk (talk) 10:21, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

I just sent you an email. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 20:06, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

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Ok! FunkMonk (talk) 19:21, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi, FM - do you remember the Burma-Shave signs along the highway? I attempted to maintain (z axis) perspective and still keep the signage readable but as you can see in the 2 images, the perspective of distance between objects is sacrificed. This is one of the areas where I struggle, and if a mathematical computation is required in a pre-drawn frame, well...nope - not happening. Any tips you can provide will be greatly appreciated. FYI - the discussion that inspired the signage begins here. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 12:32, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Interesting but tricky project, Atsme! I guess the question is whether the relative size between the signs looks correct compared to the spacing? I think that looks fine, but one thing to note is that the lower sign design you use shows all four side surfaces in perspective (like on a keyboard button), though two or more of them would not be visible if we assume this is a normal "plank" of a sign (of course depending on view angle and thickness of the sign). For example, here you see the sign head on, so you don't see any edges (disregard the white wear that looks a bit like edges)[2], while here you see them from slightly above and the side, which reveals the upper surfaces and a bit of the left surfaces here:[3] FunkMonk (talk) 19:21, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, FM - the 2 images you linked are very helpful. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 19:49, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

@FunkMonk:

Per Bold, Revert, Discuss, I have reverted your good-faith, but malformed, merger proposal of Ostrich egg to Ostrich for two reasons:

1. It was malformed, without the required talkpage discussion anywhere; and,
2. At this RfD discussion, consensus was, specifically, to retarget away from Ostrich. While consensus can change, it was felt that Egg as food#History was more appropriate. Note this retargeting was without prejudice to creating an article for Ostrich egg, which Smec did, and which I thought was reasonable and not an unnecessary content fork.

Feel free to re-propose the merger, with a talkpage discussion if you wish, but do note that Ostrich may not be the best target.

Also, and by no means am I suggesting this is the case, but I have noticed page patrollers and pending changes editors being too quick to revert new targets for redirects, or redirects converted to articles. Just a suggestion, but personally, what I would prefer to do is to initiate a discussion with the user before doing the reversion. It's so much more in good-faith.

Anyway, happy editing! :-)

Cheers,
--Doug Mehus T·C 20:15, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Started talk page section. FunkMonk (talk) 20:16, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

FunkMonk, Please do not just undo my reversion per WP:BRD. You still need to re-add the talk page section to the wikilink in the merger template. So, instead of using 'undo', copy and paste the merger tag, with the correct section link in the discussion area. Doug Mehus T·C 20:20, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

FunkMonk, Per WP:NOTBURO, I have re-added the merge tag for you, with the correct discussion page link. Doug Mehus T·C 20:29, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Please keep this discussion to the relevant talk page so other editors can see it. FunkMonk (talk) 20:31, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

FunkMonk,  Done. Doug Mehus T·C 20:45, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Left aligned images that are high up in the article make the text squeezed in a small space in the center. To me this sandwiched text looks awkward and doesn't serve readability. (I actually rarely think a left aligned image works well at the beginning of a section, but the sandwiched text is a standalone issue.) I don't think removing left alignment in these situations is an overzealous interpretation of the MOS. MOS:SANDWICH says "avoid sandwiching text between...an image and infobox". But I'm happy to hear more about your further thoughts on this if I'm not interpreting your edit summary correctly. —Hyperik ⌜talk⌟ 16:51, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

In any case, the issue should now be solved. FunkMonk (talk) 17:33, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

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Thank you today for Kosmoceratops, "about a dinosaur which is said to have had the most ornamented skull of them all, therefore the cool name. Writing this article has also been motivated by a certain US president slashing the national monument which is the only place this dinosaur has been found in half, and hopefully getting this article to the front page one day could spread some awareness."! - hopefully today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:09, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, yeah, dinosaurs are always attention grabbers, so let's hope... FunkMonk (talk) 11:13, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

I have a "bird" on the same page, DYK? Great memories of actually having seen that, while the Voice of the Forest Bird is normally only heard, not seen. -Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:00, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Ah, I was confused of what era, as I saw no birth date. Perhaps not findable? FunkMonk (talk) 12:27, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

I found nothing, and remember a soprano whose date was there but she wanted it removed saying that people potenionally casting her might not, because of age. I removed it, but it's still on wikidata, of course ;) - She looked great when I took her pic. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:51, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Interesting, well, down the line it will probably be hard to keep the dates out if others start mingling with the pages... FunkMonk (talk) 13:04, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Greetings,

since you did comment on this later withdrawn FAC I wanted to notify you that I've renominated it at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Coropuna/archive2. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 20:15, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

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Ok! FunkMonk (talk) 14:50, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

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Two "birds" with one stone! Though they're already dead... FunkMonk (talk) 10:50, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Okay, time to ask someone who (probably) knows. I'm gathering sources to create disambiguation pages for plant genera and species. Anything you can tell me about this process, for either animal or plant species, would be really helpful. For instance, for T. rex (disambiguation), did someone Google "T. rex"? Is there a working assumption that people will sometimes shorten binomial names to just the species name, so that a disambiguation page is assumed to be needed if there are two unrelated organisms with the same species name? - Dank (push to talk) 04:12, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Please rely to the Wolf FAC. I really need another opinion. LittleJerry (talk) 00:40, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi, FM! Hope all is well on your end. Not sure how closely you keep up with dinosaur news, but I thought maybe this info might interest you. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 14:48, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi, thanks, all is fine here, as I can work from home during these strange days. And that also gave me some time to watch some of your documentaries, it was really nice to see how the genuine enthusiasm just oozes out of them! And yeah, I follow dinosaur news quite closely, but still nice to see those discoveries on parade. I hope you're well too, and if we're told to stay home much longer, maybe it'll at least give us more time to research and write (currently working on the Lythronax article with a couple of other dino-project guys)... FunkMonk (talk) 15:07, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

There's currently a discussion at Jimbo's page about working from home. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 15:16, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Ooh, fingers crossed! I have my doubts whether Jimbo even looks at his talk page, though... It's kind of like writing letters to Santa Claus. FunkMonk (talk) 15:23, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

We'd love to have your participation over at WikiProject Extinct Hawaiian Land Snails. Happy April Fools! Sdkb (talk) 07:04, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Sorry for my daftness, hehe... FunkMonk (talk) 07:28, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

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Thank you today for Rodrigues starling, about an "extinct bird with an interesting history"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Welcome as always! FunkMonk (talk) 07:26, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

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Thank you today for Segnosaurus, "a therizinosaur, one of the strangest dinosaur groups (and one of my favourites); they would have looked like huge, pot-bellied birds, with long claws on their forelimbs. This article is about one of the first known members of the group, and therefore also covers the long standing mystery about them, and how palaeontologists slowly realised what they were." - Loving-kindnesses for Easter! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:30, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Welcome, and happy Easter! FunkMonk (talk) 15:34, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

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