User talk:Shyamal/archive32

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2019).

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC was closed with the consensus that the resysop criteria should be made stricter.

• The follow-up RfC to develop that change is now open at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2019 Resysop Criteria (2).

• A related RfC is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors may now nominate themselves as candidates for the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections. The self-nomination period will close November 12, with voting running from November 19 through December 2.

Hello Shyamal, could you please move Phyzelaphryne back to its species page at Phyzelaphryne miriamae? With the addition of Phyzelaphryne nimio in 2018, this genus is now no longer rercognised as monotypic. The species page is currently a redirect with minimal page history. Once you have completed the move, I will re-write Phyzelaphryne as a stub genus article. Thanks, Loopy30 (talk) 22:00, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done Shyamal (talk) 01:36, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Oh, and another one: Calyptocephalella gayi to its monotypic genus page, which is currently a redirect with minimal page history. Loopy30 (talk) 03:13, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done Shyamal (talk) 03:19, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

I fear there may be many more of these as it's just an army of frogs or a knot of toads now as I help the Amphibians and Reptiles project convert to automatic taxoboxes. Today's fun includes a request to move Metaphryniscus sosai to its monotypic genus page, which is currently a redirect with minimal page history. Thanks, Loopy30 (talk) 17:34, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi, where did the material you added here come from? DuncanHill (talk) 17:55, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

No idea, perhaps a transcluded page. It looks like the article was then an FA candidate. Any issue? Shyamal (talk) 02:40, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

@DuncanHill: Ah - found it - the article was nominated for FA under the name of Chough and during the discussion it was renamed. See this Shyamal (talk) 05:02, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, I was just looking at the page and was going to add{{unsigned}} to a couple of the posts, but couldn't find them in the history. DuncanHill (talk) 22:10, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello Shyamal, another day, another frog. Could you please also move Ceratobatrachus to Cornufer guentheri? The species Ceratobatrachus guentheri has been reclassified from its previously monotypic genus and is now part of the genus Cornufer. The species page is currently a redirect with minimal page history. Thanks, Loopy30 (talk) 03:29, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done Shyamal (talk) 05:03, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

And also a request to move Metaphryniscus sosai to its monotypic genus page, which is currently a redirect with minimal page history. Thanks, Loopy30 (talk) 22:34, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done Shyamal (talk) 04:14, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

And also a request to move Eutaeniophorus festivus to its monotypic genus page, which is also a redirect with minimal page history. Thanks again, Loopy30 (talk) 23:47, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done @Loopy30: Shyamal (talk) 02:08, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi Shyamal- I don't usually edit other people's talkpage posts, but I thought you'd be ok with my change to yours on the Bird talkpage. I wanted to make it more understandable to us non-experts Let me know if you don't agree, and I'll change it back. Eric ^talk 13:33, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

@Eric: That is fine, I found that it needed some copyedits - faulty grammar that escaped me so long. Shyamal (talk) 13:37, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

It was fun for me -- I learned two new words and two new templates! Eric ^talk 13:39, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello Shyamal, could you please move Chrysopaa sternosignata to its monotypic genus page? The genus page is currently a redirect with minimal page history. Thanks, Loopy30 (talk) 11:54, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

And also Ombrana sikimensis to its monotypic genus page as well, thanks. Loopy30 (talk) 23:50, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done Shyamal (talk) 05:43, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

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--User:Martin Urbanec (talk) 21:58, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello Shyamal, could you please move Itapotihyla langsdorffii and Nyctimantis rugiceps to their respective monotypic genus pages? The genus pages are currently redirects with minimal page histories. Thanks again, Loopy30 (talk) 22:13, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done Shyamal (talk) 02:23, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

And also Arlequinus krebsi and Callixalus pictus? Loopy30 (talk) 03:46, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

 Done Shyamal (talk) 03:51, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, and also Chrysobatrachus cupreonitens, and Kassinula wittei? Loopy30 (talk) 03:54, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

 Done Shyamal (talk) 04:00, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello Shyamal, could you please move Rupirana cardosoi and Scythrophrys sawayae to their respective monotypic genus pages? The genus pages are currently redirects with minimal page histories. Thanks, Loopy30 (talk) 13:43, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

 Done Shyamal (talk) 13:47, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

And also Laliostoma labrosum and Boehmantis microtympanum? Loopy30 (talk) 13:20, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

 Done Shyamal (talk) 13:33, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks again. Next is a request to move Borneophrys to Megophrys edwardinae. This species (Borneophrys edwardinae) is now once again classified in the genus Megophrys (reference here). At one time, the article was at the common name, but later moved to the scientific as the common name was not unique. Loopy30 (talk) 13:39, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

 Done Shyamal (talk) 02:38, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Shyamal, thank you all for your help in page moves over the last couple of years. I have now received the page-mover permission so I will not have to keep pestering you with so many taxonomic page move requests. Loopy30 (talk) 12:10, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Oh that is excellent! My bad, it seems I could have, at my discretion, granted you that power a long time ago. Shyamal (talk) 05:11, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

The IP had already ramped up to a 1 month for adding unsourced content, now they are back and at it again [1][2]. Could you please re-block? Cheers --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 00:51, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

 Done Shyamal (talk) 05:15, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

		Season's Greetings
		May your Holidays and the Year that follows shine as much as this coin still does beneath the tarnish of bygone weather and long use. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 22:25, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

@Fowler&fowler: - thank you, wishing you a great holiday season too! Shyamal (talk) 04:22, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

I'd like to thank you today as part of Katherine Maher's call for Thank A Wikipedian day on the occasion of Wikipedia's 19th birthday. Prad2609 (talk) 15:51, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

@Prad2609: Not sure what that tweet was all about but thanks! 😀 Shyamal (talk) 13:16, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2020).

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Wikipedia:Partial blocks.
• The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input. No proposed process received consensus.

Technical news

• Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{uw-pblock}}.
• When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [3]

Arbitration

• Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2020 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2020, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2020, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• The English Wikipedia has reached six million articles. Thank you everyone for your contributions!

Hi, feel free to add your entries to this or whatever region is it for what you've created, there is a Canadian list too! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:09, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

I was flummoxed to see that Pink-headed Duck is extended-confirmed protected. This is a mistake, right?

Regards,Dan Bloch (talk) 18:41, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Yes, sorry. Lowered protection by a notch now. Shyamal (talk) 03:46, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for starting this. Can you expand it and clarify which war he fought in? After a bit more expansion it may be eligible for WP:DYK main page feature! --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:27, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

@Piotrus: - added some links - hope that is useful. Shyamal (talk) 09:48, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

oops my typeface on the page is so small i was trying to revert an adjacent item on my watch list - trust all is well seems like a long time since we last spoke JarrahTree 13:34, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: - no worries! Hope you are doing well. Seems like you were planning to attend the Bangkok meet. I decided not to and it was not because of the coronavirus but more to do with the dreariness of large metropolises. Shyamal (talk) 13:37, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

complicated - indeed the dreariness is one thing I agree, the predictability of the same issue whether jakarta and delhi (my most resent experiences) - all the same issues are hardly inviting to say the least JarrahTree 13:41, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

hello @ShyamalI think you may have made a mistake when updating Dawson Turner recently: you have said he married Gretna Green, replacing the previous statement that his second wife was Rosamund Duff.

• What is the truth here? -- jw (talk) 22:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Gretna Green is a place and a common venue or marriages. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:50, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@Jwikip: My error! I have restored that part and inserted "at" Gretna Green (thanks Andy). Shyamal (talk) 03:38, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

It might be worth giving an indication as to why Dalton and Rosamund's marriage was contracted in a place renowned for irregular runaway marriages. I almost missed this one when I read the page casually yesterday ... then suddenly my subconscious pinged me "... Gretna? ... that's an unusual name!" :) -- jw (talk) 07:15, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

@Jwikip: It seems that Rosamund was about 30 years younger, came from a status not befitting the upper-class banking family (and appears to have been involved in some "alleged" manuscript thefts) - see https://books.google.com/books?id=qDCoDQAAQBAJ&lpg=PT392&vq=Rosamund&dq=%22Rosamund%20Duff%22%20%22Dawson%20Turner%22&pg=PT11#v=snippet&q=Rosamund&f=false Shyamal (talk) 07:31, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Dear sir,I am new here and recently I create an article in my draftspace about a female leader and when it get completed I tried to move it to article page but there someone previously uses her name and redirects her name to new name (his husband's name).

Here is my draft, https://www.search.com.vn/wiki/en/Draft:Heena_Shahab

Her husband (which redirected from Heena Shahab) https://www.search.com.vn/wiki/en/Mohammad_Shahabuddin

They both are diffrent person. (Husband and wife)When I read rules, I saw that admins can help to improve it.

Help me sir. Sturdyankit (talk) 00:00, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

@Sturdyankit: as mentioned by someone on your talk page - best to go through the process at Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation, I will mark your article for review so that someone can help. Shyamal (talk) 03:51, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Dear sir,I have a small request, I don't know how to rename a page.So, please sir rename it from Heena Sahab to Heena Shahab or move it.Please respond. Sturdyankit (talk) 05:31, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

@Sturdyankit: it is already at Draft:Heena Shahab. You would need to submit your article for review once you can demonstrate WP:NOTABILITY of the subject and have reliable citations for all the content - WP:SOURCES. Shyamal (talk) 05:38, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you today for what you added to Francis Willughby, introduced by Jim: "I live about 20 miles from Willughby's former home, and the publication of two major books in the last few years made it a no-brainer to write about the "first true ornithologist"." - Proud to share the page, with Jessye Norman, Naomi Munakata and Jennifer Bate, a bit of a sad record. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:17, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Misplaced credit, I am afraid. This gem is entirely due to @Jimfbleak: - stay safe, everyone. Shyamal (talk) 08:41, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Nono, of course he got it first, but he mentioned your name, so ... ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:54, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi there, hope you're well.

I've just come across this new article you're creating, and can see that a similar article exists in French Wikipedia - but note that neither have any references at all at present. Have you come across any that would fit?

If not, I'll send it over to WP:PRUSSIA and WP:RUSSIA to try and see if one of the subject experts there has any citations for it.

Thanks! | Naypta^✉ opened his mouth at 11:11, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Argh, I'd somehow missed that there's an article on the Russian wiki that has a ton of references! I'll add a "expand language" tag from that. Sorry for troubling you! | Naypta^✉ opened his mouth at 11:14, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip, I have just seen the Cyrillic version of his name and will try and improve the English article. Shyamal (talk) 11:18, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your message re Rungiah - I have a special fondness for botanical illustration and have long wondered why the article had not been created. I see that you have uploaded some of Rungiah's work to Commons and the thought occurs that you might have more biographical material than is easily found on the net cheers Paul venter (talk) 15:18, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Hmm, I do know an expert on Rungiah, Dr Henry Noltie of RBG Edinburgh, unfortunately I do not think there is much apart from the artwork, and perhaps payments made by Wight to him, but I can check if there is more that Noltie has published (or induce him to publish so that we can cite it!). Shyamal (talk) 17:12, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

That would be great - I have seen adverts for his proposed books all over the web. Thank you for the headsup re the genus Rungia - I have corrected it - enormous coincidence of names! Paul venter (talk) 07:51, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

@Paul venter: You can contact him at HNoltie@rbge.org.uk - what proposed books? I think there is some coverage in the 2nd of the 3 volume Wight books - but I cannot access it (and not for a good while now). Shyamal (talk) 10:21, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

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