Talk:Paleobiota of Burmese amber

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Onetwothreeip in topic Long article; time to split

OMICS journals edit

See this discussion at WP:RSN. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:41, 21 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

Ross 2018-19-20 edit

The comprehensive 2018 list, the 2019 supplement and the March 2020 Supplement for adding older taxa.--Kevmin § 20:36, 25 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

Excellent edit

I must say Kevmin I really admire your persistence, I initially thought you were going to give up on this after a short while but you've really made a significant amount of progress on this gargantuan task. I think once the 2018 and 2019 supplements are comprehensively covered, then it will be worth giving a direct link from the main article. Thanks for all the hard work so far. Hemiauchenia (talk) 23:32, 29 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks Hemiauchenia, its taken me a while, but every group except Coleoptera and Arachnids are now done. I will start in on the beetles a little tonight, but I'll be heading out on vacation for two weeks on Sunday. I'll be visiting the Klondike Mountain Formation in Republic, Washington so I may be distracted with the fossil collections of the Stonerose Interpretive Center until I get back.--Kevmin § 03:04, 12 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
  • @Hemiauchenia: I think I am officially DONE with adding taxa! Its down to locating and adding images when I get moments, the IP who maintains the years in paleontology articles has started to update here as well. I think we are good, almost exactly 5 months after starting.--Kevmin § 22:32, 7 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Long article; time to split edit

At 567,127 bytes, this is currently the second longest article on en.wiki, and it appears to still be growing. Given its structure, it's also a pretty easy one to split into chunks.

As a first step, I propose breaking out all the animals into Paleofauna of Burmese amber. Further splits can be evaluated down the road, I think. pauli133 (talk) 10:50, 12 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Kevmin: I think you're the main editor here - your thoughts? pauli133 (talk) 04:24, 14 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
I think it would be most practical to split the insecta subsection into its own article. Onetwothreeip (talk) 06:13, 19 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
If it does get split, the most logical would indeed be taking insects and moving them to Insect paleobiota of Burmese amber.--Kevmin § 00:35, 20 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
Done (roughly, but done). Lead will probably need to be rewritten over there. Of course, the new article is still #16 on the long pages list... pauli133 (talk) 15:13, 20 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
Why does the length worry you so much?--Kevmin § 16:29, 21 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
The main problems with large size are that there can be issues with slower broadband connections and mobile connections, and that it becomes increasingly difficult for readers to navigate and read these large articles, often abandoning them. I thank Pauli133 for the split. Onetwothreeip (talk) 22:02, 21 July 2020 (UTC)Reply