User talk:Eliezg

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[edit] Late, huh?

Don't tell me you're still at your office? Well done on the Kurils! --TeaDrinker 07:43, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

And again? --TeaDrinker 09:06, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:Matua.jpg

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[edit] Commander Islands

Hi, Eliezg! I'll certainly look over the Nikolskoye and the nature reserve articles. Regarding the spelling issues: having done a bit of research, it looks that "Commander Islands" is the name most used in English, so I'll move the article accordingly. As for the nature reserve, it should probably be moved to "Komandorsky nature reserve" for the same reason—we should be using English, and "zapovednik" is just a romanization of the Russian word meaning "nature reserve". Please let me know if you have any objections. And, of course, thank you for your contributions—as your userpage righfully mentions, the area is remote and scarcely populated, so good quality information is hard to come by. Keep up the good work! If there is anything else I can help with, please don't hesitate to let me know. Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:47, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Siberian Tiger

Thanks for correcting me on Siberian Tiger. "Extant" is a new word to me, I thought it was a typo. You learn something new every day on Wikipedia. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 22:12, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Walrus

Howdy, regarding your comment here, the details of talk page etiquette are at Wikipedia:Talk page and Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. There's generally some hesitancy to remove other people's comments, but I think those were so far out of whack they were probably just vandalism. Removing them was the right thing to do. Cheers, --TeaDrinker 08:21, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barstar!

In the fine Wikipedia tradition, a barnstar.

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		In recognition for all the fine contributions, ranging from composers to animals to authors. Fine work! TeaDrinker (talk) 19:09, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Did you know? was updated. On 7 December 2007, a fact from the article Kutkh, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Adam Cuerden ^talk 09:46, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Caps

It is as you say - individual bird species are capped, groups are not, all scientific names are capped except species, but only genus and species are italicised. Therefore the Purple Woozlum Wooslumia purpurea is a species of woozlum in the Woozlumidae family of birds is correct. I copyedited Kittiwake, and changed the spelling of colouration since the rest of the article is in Brit Eng. Jimfbleak (talk) 10:14, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

incidentally, if you are going to the trouble of doing in-line refs, why not use cite book, cite web, cite journal etc formats? They are a bit fiddly, but then format automatically, and are pretty well obligatory at GA and FA status. Jimfbleak (talk) 10:24, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Chamberlain

Thanks for your message. Personally I would like to see you un-recuse yourself from the article. David seemed to admit after my second comment that he was being excessive towards you and you seem to know a lot more about Chamberlain than I do. I just have the article on watch because of a general watch on all the WP:Wagner articles and noticed your original comment and the revert by David in the article page and decided to add my 2p-worth. As I said he's not someone I really knwo anything about and he's not someone I really want to put energy into researching.--Peter cohen (talk) 11:33, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Let me second that wholeheartedly, I'm afraid that without your participation the Chamberlain article will deteriorate. You make excellent and insightful arguments, which you have every right making on the talk page. While it may be distasteful there is as much honor in defending Wikipedia policies and guidelines on that page as there is on the pages on Ghandi or Martin Luther King. --Steven J. Anderson (talk) 11:51, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello, thank you for your votes of confidence, but I'm sorry I can't and I won't edit this article because I can't handle grappling with this guy - things he say just don't make any sense and have gotten pretty personal. I made a final statement/observation on the discussion and have spent WAY too much time and energy on this as it is. My own real-life work is suffering (to say nothing about the projects on Wikipedia I care about) because of this. Honestly, I think I have to grudgingly agree with David that I am at this point too involved to be "fair". Hopefully there are enough reasonable people out there that something will be done, because I really think the article borders on offensive (it is only slightly redeemed by it's incoherence). It's just frustrating that anyone in the world that googles "Houston Stewart Chamberlain" sees the following endorsements: [1]. I can't express how awful I find the word "natural scientist" in the first link. But like I say, I'm spent. Thanks for writing, - Eliezg (talk) 12:22, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Before you leave for good, please have a quick look at my comment on the article talk page. I really think that if Wikipedia policies are applied, the material in question will come out. After that, have a Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down, forget about it for a day or two, remember that Wikipedia is not that important, and by all means focus on something else for a while. Will it be alright if I call to you for assistance with this after some time has gone by? --Steven J. Anderson (talk) 12:37, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

More comments and a new edit by me at Chamberlain. --Steven J. Anderson (talk) 09:46, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your note, I'll take another look. Jayjg ^(talk) 01:42, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind note. My own experience is that given sufficient time, and continued involvement from all concerned editors, these things have a tendency to work themselves out. --Steven J. Anderson (talk) 15:09, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Zebra

Hello, I was wondering if you can help.

I've been expanding and cleaning up the Zebra article. I was wondering if you think the Ecology and Behavior section is representive of all the zebra species' lifestyles. I noted the difference between the Grevy zebra and the other two zebra's behavior but are their differences between the Mountain and Plains zebras that should be noted or put into their repective articles? Also there are some behaviors I attributed to the Plains zebra and I don't know if it would describe the other two as well.

Also since the name "Zebra" does not describe any specific taxon but just black and white striped equids, should the information in Zebra be spread to the different species' repective articles?

Thank you

Bobisbob (talk) 17:38, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reponse. I already went ahead and moved most of the detailed info in Zebra to Plains zebra. But the general details are still there. I feel it is important to put detailed info on the species page since "Zebra" doesn't not describe a taxon like "Elephant" or "Orangutan" does. In the case of the latter two: most of their info is on their main pages and not the species pages.

Bobisbob (talk) 22:00, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello...

I see that you are editing Bangladesh Liberation War to fix the copy. I have worked on the article in the past and still am interested to work on it. If there's any help you want, please, feel free to ask. I come from Bangladesh, and may be able fill in a few gaps there. Mike Young has done a great job of reorganizing the article, but it still needs quite a bit of copyfixing. Great that you have started on. What else... Oh! I am so speechless!! Thanks, dear, thanks. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 14:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Wow! I too was brought up on a staple diet of Russian fairy tales, along other stuff. Nice to know that you like the King on my user page. About you question - yes, it means "the beautiful forest". If you have time on your hand, may be we can collaborate on the Sundarbans article. My health these days has become a deterrent to serious work that needs attention on my own, but with help and guidance I still feel able enough to work on article development (well, if you need help in turn, I'm ready volunteer as far as I can). Sundarbans is the current Bangladesh Wikiproject Collaboration, and there is a possibility that others would join in when the work begins. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 11:53, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] {{Sturgeon-stub}}

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[edit] Yohann Bach

Wiki member 2007 (talk) Thanks for the info ! My teacher mispronounced Johann and I was FURIOUS when she told me that Wikipedia supported her claim . I , thinking that Wikipedia had done so , changed it . I am so glad that SOMEBODY actually cares . THANK YOU ! Wiki member 2007 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 23:40, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] commons:Image:Sea Otter killings on Commander Islands 1870-1924.svg and commons:Image:London Sea Otter pelt sales 1871-1910.svg

As requested, responding there: horizontal axis of both images represent years. Vertical axis of first graph is measured in individuals, and axis of second graph is measured in thousands of fells. By the way, thank you for your efforts in promoting Sea Otter to FA. :) — Kalan ? 17:49, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Had to share this

Hello Eliezg! This picture was just so cute that I had to put it on your talk page! Happy weekend to you :) - Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 06:31, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Otter papers

Hi Eliezg. Over here a while back you mentioned you had some PDF files that you could share. Can I belatedly take you up on the offer? If you have any other sources that you think would be useful/interesting, I'd love to see them as well. I'm at klaquot at gmail dot com .

After mulling over the structural ideas that you suggested I think they mostly make good sense. I think the Diet section would be a good addition. Best wishes, Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 05:47, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mammal collab

OK, I'll set this up here - feel free to nominate and foraward to any other editor interested in furry critters. We'll see how it flies and I'll drop a note in the signpost.

Nominating key articles is ok, even if you can't work on them. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:05, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

The current WikiProject Mammals collaboration article is Primate.
Last month's winner was: Tiger.
Feel free to cast your vote for next month's article

[edit] FA!

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		For your fine research and thoughtful comments which have made Sea otter a much better article. With gratitude, Kla’quot (talk \| contribs) 04:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ...your neck of the woods.....

Wouldn't know anything about siberian or russian names (or folklore) on polar bears would you...? Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:55, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "A proposal for restructuring the second half of Polar Bear"

That must hurt. Poor bear. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 04:50, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, he's a hardy fellow. After all, he's been gamely dignifying breath mints while stranded in Central Siberia for how long now?.... Eliezg (talk) 07:30, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

(laughing hard) Oh right, it's the species that can interbreed with both black and brown bears, and give birth without waking up. They can do anything! Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 07:55, 2 April 2008 (UTC)