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River Parrett

Hi, A few of us are working towards nominating River Parrett at FAC and I wondered if you would be kind enough to take a look at the new ecology section.— Rod ^talk 15:12, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the review & tips. I've tried to make the changes you suggested, but would welcome further comments or edits.

• The Aller Hill citation sheet is unclear about the rare species.
• Do you have a page number for Ornate Brigadier in Stubbs & Drake?
• I'm not sure about adding sections as FA reviewers tend not to like too many short sentences or sections making the toc long - but feel free to suggest it at the peer review.

Thanks.— Rod ^talk 23:14, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

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Talkback

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See User talk:SchuminWeb/Archive 21. SchuminWeb (Talk) 10:34, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

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Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 22:18, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

River Parrett (again)

River Parrett was not promoted at FAC but has since revieced lots of comments & areas for improvement on its talk page. Recent reviews have included:

• I am not going to check them all, but some of the species names not linked have articles here, see Tilia cordata
• If the species is linked like Tilia cordata, should "Lime" also be linked?
• What is "neutral grassland"? Langmead and Weston Level is nationally important for its species-rich neutral grassland and ...
• "It" is unclear here (assume it is the river) It then passes through the Somerset Levels National Nature Reserve which contains a rich biodiversity of national and international importance.[148] Also we have not heard much about the river passing previously, so "then passes" is a bit odd
• I think the use of Latin names should be consistent - Wikipedia:Naming conventions (fauna) may help
• Can the one sentence paragraph on Screech owls be combined with another paragraph to improve flow?

Could you help with formatting the species properly?— Rod ^talk 14:31, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks again.— Rod ^talk 17:15, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Re: WP:PEREN

No, the issue of censorship for "public good"/"moral" reasons has come up at least 3 times, not wildlife specifically. See the PEREN entry I linked to. --Cybercobra (talk) 20:10, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Lady's slipper

Thanks for letting me know about this, that's much appreciated. I'm not familiar with this book, but it seems clear to me that's it's going to be a reliable and in all ways appropriate source of information about biodiversity in 1977, but it isn't a source for info about biodiversity now. Of course, you could cross-reference what this book says with other, far more recent works that say that one lady's slipper has existed at an undisclosed Yorkshire site for many decades, but I'd say that would be in breach of WP's rule about synthesising material from different sources. BTW, I think there are issues about the dating and therefore usefulness of biodiversity info in many wildlife articles on WP and indeed in many other publications...but maybe I won't go into that wider issue now. As you might imagine, I would argue that in view of a highly unusual set of circumstances (the plant's solitary status, its obviously vital role in the propogation programme, and the known threats to it - e.g. the Lancashire lady's slipper's being attacked in 2004 and 2009) there is a case for choosing to exclude info about its location, in 1977 or whenever, under the policy about occasional exceptions to rules. Perhaps you might put your proposal to reinstate the site info on the species's talk page before actually adding it to the article? This would give myself and others a chance to comment on it, and also give Natural England a chance to make any representations they wish to.Jimi 66 (talk) 23:03, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Lady's Slipper in Yorkshire

Hi again. I believe I've now found a reliable source for the occurrence of Lady's Slipper Orchid at Grass Wood - but, before adding the information, I wanted to check with you whether you agreed. The source is Ratcliffe, Derek (1977) A Nature Conservation Review ISBN 0521-21403-3 published by Cambridge University Press, and the reference is on pages 90-91, in the entry for Conistone Old Pasture and Bastow Wood. This is a somewhat larger area than Grass Wood, but it does state that the orchid is found in the wooded areas of the site, which are basically Grass and Bastow Woods (looking at an OS map, the two seem to merge into each other anyway). Looking at the Natural England website, the reason the two are regarded as distinct sites is that one is grazed and the other ungrazed, so they have different ground floras. I guess that an alternative solution would be to create an article for Conistone Old Pasture and Bastow Wood as per Ratcliffe's definition, although I'd prefer to keep separate articles for separate SSSIs, as that seems to be the convention we've adopted elsewhere on Wikipedia. Please let me know what you think. I've sent the same message to Jimi 66. SP-KP (talk) 13:57, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

That would be a reliable source, though you would need to stay within what it says in the source. Is it short enough for you to copy out for me to look at, so I can give you more precise advice? SilkTork *^YES! 10:34, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. The section which mentions the orchid says "The main feature of interest is the herbaceous flora which is outstandingly rich. The woods of the area are known as a locality for the very rare Cypripedium calceolus, which has been reduced almost to extinction by plant collectors". SP-KP (talk) 11:08, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

And how is "the area" under discussion described? Is this a section headed "Conistone Old Pasture and Bastow Wood"? SilkTork *^YES! 11:14, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, yes, that's correct. SP-KP (talk) 11:15, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Then you would be limited to putting the information in the Cypripedium calceolus article and using the same terms as Ratcliffe. Something like: "Cypripedium calceolus was known in the late 1970s to be present in the woods of the Conistone Old Pasture and Bastow Wood area. [cite]" You would not be able to put the information in the other article. We do not appear to have an article on Bastow Wood or Conistone Old Pasture. SilkTork *^YES! 11:25, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Long Dole Wood photo

I took the road south from Hinton Blewett and was intending to take the lane off it to the south east (on my map as Hollow Marsh Lane), however this was not suitable for a car. So I drove a little further south to about N51:17:56, W2:34:31 (ST599556) & parked the car. A short walk to a rise in the ground & looking east (towards Farrington Gurney) when I took the photo - checking the map now it could have been Chewton Wood - what do you think?— Rod ^talk 18:50, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Alula (journal)

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