User talk:Clayoquot/Archive 4

Luna (L98)

I've restored the Luna (L98) article. Sorry for any inconvenience. —tregoweth (talk) 17:04, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

• Thank you. :) Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 18:49, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Orcafins

Hello, I'm really sorry I uploaded this image, I didn't know we couldn't publish extracts from books. I thought this document would be useful for people to understand these differences between the orcas. I have just written a new paragraph on the orca page about the naming system the researchers use. Edit it if there is some other information I haven't mentionned. I'd love to share information on these beautiful animals that very few people are fond of.

Bye, NicolasJz. —Preceding unsigned comment added by NicolasJz (talk • contribs) 20:11, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Nicolas. Don't worry about it ;) It's great to have another orca editor on board, especially an enthusiastic one! Be bold and contribute like crazy. Take care, Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 06:17, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Chronotypes

Thanks for adding Category to my effort. Am now done with the Chronotype article and am nervously hoping for response. Hordaland 19:49, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm very impressed! You should nominate it for the "Did you know?" section of the main page. Just make a request here: Template talk:Did you know. Let me know if you need a hand. You've done a good job on a difficult topic. Take care, Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 05:22, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Done: Did you know

...that your biological Chronotype determines that you are not just lazy if you're not a morning person? (Self-nom on the advice of Clayoquot)

As a DSPS "sufferer", I've long wondered where the line should be drawn between normal evening type and DSPS. People are always asking, and my hope is that reading of the DSPS and the Chronotype articles should go a long way to giving an answer.

Many thanks for your very kind words! Hordaland 10:07, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 9 November, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Springer (orca), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cheers, Daniel 23:01, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Tricky question

I chimed in here. sNkrSnee | t.p. 06:44, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for letting me know. I agree it's a tricky one. Cheers, Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 07:16, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for helping

I really appreciated your clarifying point in your comment in my View. I tried to cover a fair bit, but I'm happy that point was emphasized. I don't believe in barnstars, so have a thanks! sNkrSnee | t.p. 03:15, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

...ps, trying to laugh a bit seemed the best advice, so I took it. You can ask me on my talk page, but I bet you won't need to. sNkrSnee | t.p. 08:40, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Gorilla

A gorilla is not a tool-using species because it isn't a species, it is two species and a genus. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:43, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

OK. Thanks for your note. Best, Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 08:29, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

well, that's pretty smart for a monkey, but I still don't think it's a genius. sNkrSnee | ¿qué? 21:39, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Template:SleepSeries

I've userfied this template to User:Clayoquot/Template:SleepSeries. Splash - tk 21:27, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Error

You made an error of judgement in reverting my edit. All external links deleted were broken. Feel free to categorise the event as 'sex crimes', although I think you'd be hard pressed to cite sources for any credible allegation of a sex crime having taken place.

--122.104.65.84 (talk) 06:19, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

• Hello. Your edits were made without an edit summary, so I hadn't realized the links were broken. As for the category, the incident is relevant to the general topic of sex crimes, but I see your point too. Thanks for explaining. Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 06:37, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hi there! Thank you very much for your participation on my recent, successful RfA. I'm humbled by the support, and will do my best to make use of the tools with care and for the betterment of the encyclopedia. Thanks again! Tony Fox (arf!) 06:05, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Sea Otters

Hi Clayoquot. I just wanted to say that I've been following the steady work you've been doing on the Sea Otter article for quite a while and I really think it's wonderful. Once the few remaining poorly referenced sections (esp. "The Great Hunt") are taken care of, and some more processing is performed (reference formatting, organization, etc.) it will be a fine candidate for a peer-review or GA status. When it comes to that, I will be happy to help out any way I can. Anyways, just thought I'd let you know your labors are appreciated! best, Eliezg (talk) 07:17, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for your note! It really helps to know someone is watching. I've been having fun with the article. Their story is such a compelling one. Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 12:50, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

3RR

Hi. Many thanks for the note concerning Rachel Marsden. I got so caught up in this matter that I failed to notice the last was my fourth revision. I note that Republicon (talk · contribs) has alreadt reverted. My bad. Victoriagirl (talk) 19:58, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Rachel Marsden

In the interests of moving forward, I have made a rather long post on the Talk:Rachel Marsden page. It is my hope that you (and others) will participate in the discussion. Thanks. Victoriagirl (talk) 01:44, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

• I've replied on your talk page. Cheers, Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 03:24, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • My thanks for providing the link to the Rachel Marsden arbitration case. In the interests of making some sort of progress, I've placed the link on the Talk:Rachel Marsden page. Happy Holidays! Victoriagirl (talk) 04:15, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Crazy Edits

Thank You so very much for the nice welcome I truly appreciate it. Also thank you for telling me about the semi-protection it I don't know which article it was but something really pissed me off because the edit was just out of nowhere. lol Right now I'm trying to get this Ino Yamanaka page up and it's been hard...Mcelite (talk) 03:56, 28 December 2007 (UTC)mcelite

Fin Whale on main page

I alerted RAul this was a good idea and he wanted to double check the image status....cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:33, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

What a great idea! I've replied on Raul's talk page. Thanks buddy. Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 23:26, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

happy Mango season

'TIS MANGO SEASON....
Have a shlice of mango cheek...well, I am up to my armpits in the things. Yuletide means lots and lots of mangos, as well as turkey and ham and ice-cream and pressies. Were on special so I bought 3 crates for AU$20 and now I have both crispers in the refrigerator full and even with everyone eating two of the ##$@& things every mealtime... I am a bit mangoed out so I thought I'd spread the goodwill around....cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:11, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

• Cas, you're the best!!! Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 05:15, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

You may like this..

Wikipedia:WikiProject Mammals/mammal articles by size...'nuff said. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:18, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

• Interesting. Kinda puzzled how some of those things got to be on a list of Mammal articles though... Anthropology? Circumcision? ... Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 07:00, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Colonisation of Africa

The page was a broken redirect... but it was the result of vandalism. I've restored the article. Cheers, east.718 at 13:21, January 9, 2008

I've replied on your talkpage. Cheers, Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 17:20, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Paper

Yes, feel free to e-mail the PDF. I have a more recent paper, but the more the better. I looked again and realized I'm actually quite close with Giant Otter. Thanks, Marskell (talk) 08:47, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that otter pic as well! I'll plead no contest on whether the otter and genitalia story, in the thread immediately below, has any truth to it. Marskell (talk) 23:42, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

An interesting but little known fact about otters...

... can be found at the top of the page here. Based on Ainu lore. Wikipedia worthy? You decide! - Eliezg (talk) 19:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

• That is hilarious. You know, when it would come in handy is when the creationists show up on a biology article and say we've neglected to mention Noah's Ark. That's when we pull it out and say we'd have to include the otter story as well! Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 04:54, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, but the stories are compatible! My understanding was that Noah was so upset about the whole genitalia thing that he refused to let Otter on the ark, which is why he had to learn to swim. If I come across a reliable source, I'll be sure to let you know ;). Eliezg (talk) 05:23, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Beautiful! Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 05:27, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Remember that Wikipedia is not censored. Any amount of genitalia is fine. Samsara (talk • contribs) 14:01, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Template:Phh:Edit summary

It appears as though that template is part of a complicated system to add local customization of a meta Help page when it is copied. At the top of the page Template:H:h (presumably standing for "help header") is transcluded, which in turn transcludes Template:H:h Help. The latter transcludes Template:Phh:Edit summary, which is meant to be the locally customizable header for the Help:Edit summary page. At the bottom of the page there's Template:H:f, the help footer, which transcludes Template:H:f Help and Template:Ph:Edit summary, which is meant to be the locally customizable footer for the help page (compare its contents with that at the bottom of the page). It's complicated, but Template:Phh:Edit summary does have a purpose (it's transcluded as the header of the help page), and I'm not sure how one would go about simplifying the system, if that's possible. Gracenotes^T § 04:01, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

(Note: that's the best I can figure it out, but I might be wrong. Gracenotes^T § 04:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC))

Wow. Thanks! I guess we'd better leave it alone and try to keep it clean. Cheers!Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 05:54, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Sea otter nom

Just writing to advise you that these nominations can sometimes run on for two weeks, and also to express my hope that the article will remain concise. The size restrictions for FA have been relaxed a little recently, but conciseness is still a criterion. I hope we can keep an eye out for this. Regards, Samsara (talk • contribs) 22:29, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

• Hi Samsara. The fact that this is an unusual animal in many respects, and one with a complex history, is driving the length. It's still short compared to Lion. I'm going to unpack the information that I think is important to include, and if others think it's too long after that we can certainly trim or spin out some detail. I'm sure we can get to a version that pretty much everyone is pretty much happy with. Cheers, Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 07:24, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Otters

Hi Clay. In working on Giant Otter tonight and thinking it might be close to FAC, I again noticed Sea Otter, which is truly awesome. You're very close with that. It made me wonder if I'm under-representing research on the Giant Otter, which seems a small article in comparison. I think that, relatively, scant research exists on the Giant Otter (?), but maybe I'm missing something.

I've encountered a more specific problem. Have you come across the Guiana otter (Lutra enudris)? One of my two primary papers devotes a section to it but, damn, I can't even confirm it's a species. Our page on Lutra has nothing (I think the page may be seriously wrong—there seem to be a load of species with this genus title.) I can't find the species beyond this non-science link. Stumped. Cheers, Marskell (talk) 19:27, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh goodness, I see Samsara already nominated Sea Otter and didn't mention your name. This is very unfortunate. I'm all in favour of getting as many articles to FAC as possible, but credit where it's due is essential. I'm going to leave a note on the FAC. Marskell (talk) 19:32, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Comment done. Marskell (talk) 19:54, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Marskell. I haven't heard of the Guiana otter yet. I'll let you know if I run across a source for it though. In general, Giant Otter is looking strong. I might leave some suggestions for expansion on the article talk page. Cheers, Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 06:54, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Got it. Former name of the Neotropical Otter (Lontra longicaudis).[1] Marskell (talk) 08:45, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Sad

I am so shocked and sad to see that Marskell has made such huge assumtions of bad faith on Samsara's part in his comments. Are you (the author) so terribly hurt and offended? The nom was made in good faith because you truly have done a good job and for it to elicit such vitrol from Marskell on the FAC page, I have to wonder if you complained to him privately? If any oversight had upset you so much, I wish you would have said...it is so unfortunate because you've done so much good work. pschemp | talk 21:25, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

"...you've done so much good work." Yes, exactly the point. Just to be clear, there was no private communication. Just me shooting my mouth off. Marskell (talk) 07:30, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Sockpuppet allegation

Hi. I recognize that you may not wish to enter into this mess, but thought it fair to tell you that Mike Bate (talk · contribs) has alleged that I am your sockpuppet (both here and here). Victoriagirl (talk) 05:15, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Cheers, Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 06:09, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Your thoughts

Based on my own experience; would like your input. [2] SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:01, 22 January 2008 (UTC)