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Thank you today for the European hare, "a well-known and widespread mammal native to western Eurasia. It is the quintessential Lepus species and is known for its active breeding behavior; the source of the term 'mad as a March hare'"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:53, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

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Your reversion of my edit to "Giraffe"

Greetings and felicitations. I noticed that you reverted my edit to the article "Giraffe". I made the changes to the article because to me it looks like (large image:) this, and the galleries are, in my mind, the best way to solve this. Would you please be so kind as to undo your reversion? —DocWatson42 (talk) 04:08, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

DocWatson42, I can't view the link. And the gallery style clashes with how the images are organized in the rest of the article. LittleJerry (talk) 16:38, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

I'm sorry that the image cannot be viewed using that link. Try this one. —DocWatson42 (talk) 07:45, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

I see, perhaps we should remove some images. LittleJerry (talk) 16:35, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

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Fleischer

Next time maybe discuss changes instead of placing 'one' source of yours and claiming Austrian nationality/descent. Obviously you are not an expert in that field. Regards. Oliszydlowski (talk) 15:45, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Reverting

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Interstellarity I shouldn't have to have explained since you used an image already in the article. LittleJerry (talk) 02:41, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

LittleJerry, Your edit summary is now clearer. I understand why you reverted me. Thanks for explaining. Interstellarity (talk) 12:03, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

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Canid phylogeny

'Ere ya go, guv. Cheeky asking me for the box as well, those dogs'll be 'aving me 'and off if I don't watch out! Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:47, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Canine phylogeny with ages of divergence

Gray wolf Coyote 1.10 mya African golden wolf) 1.32 mya Ethiopian wolf 1.62 mya Golden jackal 1.92 mya Dhole 2.74 mya African wild dog 3.06 mya Side-striped jackal Black-backed jackal 2.62 mya 3.50 mya

Cladogram of the gray wolf among its closest extant relatives.

Wolf

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The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Wolf has been completed.

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In the Etymology section the article says: "The English "wolf" stems from the Old English wulf, which is itself thought to be derived from the Proto-Germanic *wulfaz ... Old English literature contains several instances of Anglo-Saxon kings and warriors taking on wulf as a prefix or suffix in their names." Examples include Wulfhere ("Wolf Army"), Cynewulf ("Royal Wolf") etc ...".

These are not examples of actual names. I wonder of you should actually provide some examples Cynewulf a poet, and Wulfhere of Mercia a king. And then say "English wolf related names include: Wulfhere ("Wolf Army"), Cynewulf ("Royal Wolf") etc ...".

Just a thought.

Best of luck with the FA process when you get to it.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 18:53, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Twofingered Typist Thanks. You may want to look over the section again. LittleJerry (talk) 17:59, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

@LittleJerry: Looks good. Best of luck with the article moving forward. Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:00, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Elephant cladogram

Sorry to have missed you on the Elephant cladogram, was a bit busy elsewhere. Happy to help out with Elephants in culture if you need anything like that. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:47, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Chiswick Chap could you still make the cladogram? I'm thinking maybe I could place the cladograms underneath the text like in bat and bear. LittleJerry (talk) 21:52, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

OK, I'll get to it today. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:11, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

I think this is about all that needs to be said on the topology. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:03, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Chiswick Chap, on second thought, could you box it in? I'm going to try to fit it. Also Elephantidae should be labelled for the clade that excludes mastodons. LittleJerry (talk) 00:28, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Chiswick Chap, how do you put in the border? LittleJerry (talk) 17:26, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

I never use them but it's called Template:Cladogram. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:29, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

An analysis of enormous elephantids

Elephantimorpha Elephantidae Mammuthus primigenius (woolly mammoth) Mammut americanum (Columbian mammoth) Elephas maximus (Asian elephant) Loxodonta cyclotis (forest elephant) Palaeoloxodon antiquus (straight-tusked elephant) Loxodonta africana (savanna elephant) Mammut americanum (American mastodon)

A goat for you!

Reindeer distribution is a fabulous article! (And goats are somewhat related to reindeer too.)

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Gacy

Sorry. Inclined to agree. Gacy told so many different stories any account couldn't be trusted (as he always refused to fully accept his sexuality). His surviving victims are more reliable.--Kieronoldham (talk) 23:10, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

The article is already quite long. Shouldn't the lede keep to the sparse facts? Everything is covered and referenced in the main text. Regards,--Kieronoldham (talk) 23:10, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

If an body is long, then the lede should reflect it. LittleJerry (talk) 23:39, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

I have read several comments online about the length of the article. That's all.--Kieronoldham (talk) 23:43, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Thx. We'll collectively get there with the article.--Kieronoldham (talk) 23:53, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

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What a Herculean effort! Nicely done! Enwebb (talk) 02:15, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for wolf

Thank you for all your work on the wolf article. It is good to see that an important general article has been brought up to the FA standard. I find it disappointing that many of the articles in the current FAC list are on highly specialised niche topics. - Aa77zz (talk) 20:39, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Aa77zz. Are you still up for Secretarybird? LittleJerry (talk) 23:17, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Leech

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European goldfinch

Do you guys have the intention to fix this article into a good article? This species of bird is still prominent after the Blue jay. 49.149.99.38 (talk) 03:48, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

I have no interest. LittleJerry (talk) 11:17, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

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		You've made a prominent animals articles into GA and soon Zebra. Your work amazed me. 14.45.246.56 (talk) 10:38, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you and all who helped for the wolf article, about "one of the most well known and well studied carnivores and the ancestor of the dog"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:33, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

I agree Gerda Arendt he's very helpful also for readers, the only well known animal I think that wasn't GA were African wild dog, Brown bear and Flamingo. 1.186.23.142 (talk) 08:38, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Leech

He's marked it as 'Support'... Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:07, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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It is hard to get a featured article about a hurricane or a road. Harder still to get a featured article about a historical figure or niche topic not popular among FAC reviewers. But to get an article like wolf up to WP:FA is the most difficult thing any of us can do here, especially when it was previously demoted. It's in another league...we should even have a more coveted icon, perhaps. I'm delighted to see it on the front page. Thanks for your diligence! Psiĥedelisto (talk • contribs) please always ping! 10:40, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Not a captive lion?

Hi. I don't understand your revert or your comment. I replaced a poor quality zoo snap with an FP image. A zoo animal is a captive lion. You should not revert without discussion in cases like this. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:58, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Why did you replace image of a zoo lion with that of a wild lion in a section on captivity? LittleJerry (talk) 13:54, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Orangutan

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I'll just note that I believe citation #4 needs page number(s) I have indicated this with "??".

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Regards,

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Can an Orangutan ICUN redlist be placed as critically endangered as most of the species are CR like the FA article Galapagos Tortoise. 200.104.247.250 (talk) 02:52, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

No. LittleJerry (talk) 12:32, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary

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Eight years!

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Thank you today for your share to Elasmosaurus, "the most viewed articles about a long-necked plesiosaur genus, and gets more hits than even Plesiosaurus itself"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:36, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you today for Bat, in collaboration, "about yet another major group of mammals: bats. They will make a nice addition to the FA list being the only mammals capable of flight"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:46, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you today for Leech, in collaboration, about "friendly little bloodsuckers in the phylum Annelida"! - It's shown with a fun piece by Francis Poulenc! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:46, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

... and today for Scorpion, about "an iconic group of deadly predators"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:18, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Scorpion

I've polished up most of the article, leaving some bits of the biology for you....... ? Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:22, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Yes. Orangutan has passed and I'm about ready to nominate Zebra. I'm ready to work on Scorpion too, would Cwmhiraeth be willing to work with us? LittleJerry (talk) 15:21, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations on getting Orangutan promoted. I'm sure Scorpion would be interesting but I find myself very engrossed in other things and don't really want to spend the time required in bringing it to "perfection". Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:14, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Koala

With this edit you removed a number of references without leaving a reason, only stating why do people feel the need to do this? in the edit summary. Please explain your reasons before I revert the edit. Nick Thorne ^talk 14:09, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

There are supposed to be NO cites in the lead paragraphs, okay? LittleJerry (talk) 22:47, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

MOS:LEAD states As a general rule of thumb, a lead section should contain no more than four well-composed paragraphs and be carefully sourced as appropriate. This seems to contradict your position on refs/sources. Whilst I agree about not including refs in the usual short lead that you see on most articles, when the lead becomes a mini article like this then I think including refs is entirely appropriate. Maybe the lead to this article needs to be trimmed and the content here moved into the body of the article. Nick Thorne ^talk 00:02, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Sourced when approved = quotations. The lead is supposed to summarize the body which is already cited. LittleJerry (talk) 00:07, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

I assume you meant appropriate, rather than approved. No matter. I'm not going to pursue this, I really feel the article could use a bit of a rewrite, especially the lead, but I don't have the time or the energy for that at the moment. Have a nice day! - Nick Thorne ^talk 01:29, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

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Koala again

With this edit you again removed the words inaccurate and miscalled, moving the article away from the long term status quo. In addition, you made the following edit summary another user removed this too so the consensus is now against you. This is patently ridiculous, two editors don't make any sort of a consensus, never mind that we now have two editors on both sides of the argument. If you really wish to establish a consensus, take it to the article talk page. I will consider further reversion to be disruption and shall act accordingly. - Nick Thorne ^talk 11:57, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

I did start a talk page topic and one user already agrees with me. If you don't respond within a couple days, I will revert it back. LittleJerry (talk) 02:35, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

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AussieLegend please remove. Making an edit as a compromise is not edit warring. It would have been edit warring if I keep making the same exact edit but I didn't. You are acting in bad faith. LittleJerry (talk) 12:02, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

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Greetings

I see. I did not know. I apologize if I made a mistake. It's just that the last time I saw the Zebra article, it was classified as Vulnerable. I did not know this. I swear that I didn't know, so please don't tell me not to continue this when I only did it once, and by mistake. Please do not threaten me.

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I see. I didn't know. I'm not going to move on because I need you to listen to me. Am I in trouble? You said I was going to get reported and that you wanted to go to war with me? I'm not a troll or a hacker. The edit I made was in innocent ignorance. This is what I hate about my life and why I'm so unlucky. Sometimes, I make a mistake without knowing that it's wrong, and I step on a landmine and I'm in huge trouble. This always happens. And I didn't mean to sound threatening before, I just wanted to be clear that I don't like people threatening me, especially when my personal life is risky.

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You're not in trouble. Have a good day. LittleJerry (talk) 17:35, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Okay :)

Thanks. I'm not going to edit the article again. I never said I was going too. I hope this mistake was cleared up. Have a nice day, sir.

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I've fixed a pile of GAN comments. Left a couple for you - they seem to be arriving in dribs and drabs so there may be more, who knows. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:36, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

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Beaver

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I've finished the copy edit you requested of the Beaver article.

Best of luck as you continue with the FA process. I'm not sure if you wish to/or did rewrite the lede as one reviewer suggested. I've left that for you.

Regards,

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Scorpion lead image

The female emperor scorpion is highly atypical of the group, so I'd oppose it as the lead image. Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:39, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Seems we need a high-res horizontal image... sigh. On another matter, we've been asked to use Stockmann & Ythier, which is available at Zlibrary. Unfortunately the reviewer has immediately opposed; I've made quite a few fixes, and perhaps we can bring them round. The claims about numbers of species will need to be worked on carefully before we reply to that item; basically they now all need to be checked, maybe from that book. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:37, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Chiswick Chap, I downloaded the book and it seems to be mostly a guidebook for beginners. I don't know what we could use it for. As for the image, if thats the best one we can find then are don't see the need for a change. LittleJerry (talk) 18:51, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Well, that's all "sayable"; or they can ask for a specific image from Commons if they have one in mind. I'd not have thought it worthwhile arguing much with the reviewers, however, even if they're more or less wrong; it's usually possible to do something to keep them happy (e.g. put in a few refs to the book for the sake of harmony). The Stockmann & Ythier distribution map is a lot better than what we have at the moment - if you ask me nicely I might do some graphics! Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:12, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Okay then. I could add in more bits of information on resistance to radiation and a few other things. I'm not good with the taxonomy stuff. LittleJerry (talk) 19:16, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

I've added all the families from the Scorpion Files; they're more up to date than I thought, parts are from 2020 so no worries there. And the map we have is not unlike Lourenco's, so I shall leave it alone for now. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:12, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

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Scorpion fixes

I've done what I can, there are just a couple left that you might like to have a go at. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:29, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Chiswick Chap, can you finish the rest of SandyGeorgia's tasks? LittleJerry (talk) 03:26, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:09, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

The problem with a phrase like 'cultural significance' is that if taken narrowly, "culture" means just the arts, while if it's taken broadly as Culture, it includes use as food and pets and much else; and both those senses are a poor fit for the section right now. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:07, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Chiswick Chap Better? If not you can change it back or rename it. LittleJerry (talk) 15:05, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Nice work, many thanks. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:42, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

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Jupiter

Dear Litte Jerry, It’s a pity that you have deleted my contribution of today concerning the new corrected figures of the Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism on Jupiter. If you disagree with these new facts, you must give sounded arguments I’m interested in.

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You did not format your sourcing correctly. LittleJerry (talk) 00:52, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

OK, I'll correct the two sources. Christophe1946--09:33, 5 January 2021 (UTC)Christophe1946 (talk)

It's done. I hope it's now OK !Christophe1946 (talk) 10:08, 5 January 2021 (UTC)--Christophe1946 (talk) 10:08, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

I don't understand your scepticism concerning the shrinking of Jupiter of only 1 mm/yr by the Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism. You can read the book by Patrick Irwin. On page 4 of its second edition (2009) it is clearly given 1 mm/yr and not 2 cm/year. From where is coming this last wrong figure, I don't know.

His value of 1 mm is corroborated by the paper by Liming Li et al. of 2018 giving an experimental flux of internal heat of 7.485 W/m^2 as measured on place by the Cassini probe. This correct reference to this paper is already given as n° 12, attesting the new figure, in the box, for the Bond albedo of 0.503 !

You can easy calculate yourself the effect and can get the observed figure of 1 mm/yr related to 7.5 W/m^2 with the derivative with respect to t of the formula giving the total gravitational energy of Jupiter (see here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%E2%80%93Helmholtz_mechanism) :

U = (3/10)G M^2/R = 1.03 10^36 J,

i.e. dU/dt = -(3/10)G M^2/R^2 dR/dt = -1.46 10^28 dR/dt.

Introducing dR/dt = -1 mm/yr = -0.001 m/yr = -3.17 10^-11 m/s, you get dU/dt = 4.64 10^17 W.

Dividing by the whole area of Jupiter 6.14 10^16 m^2 you get 7.55 W/m^2.

Are you now convinced ?

If you introduce 2 cm/yr instead of 1 mm/yr, you'll get 150 W/m^2, clearly a much too high figure.

Please, I ask you to restore my paragraph !

Thank you in advance and with my kind regards,

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I didn't remove it. LittleJerry (talk) 17:21, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Jupiter

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I have volunteered to copy edit Jupiter. I intend to be fairly bold about it. I shall also likely flag up a list of queries on the article's talk page. Feel free to come back at me on anything you are not happy with. Let's see if we can save the big J.

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Hi again LittleJerry

I am really sorry, but it doesn't look as if I will get round to this one. My new roles as a FAC coordinator and TFA blurb coordinator are more time consuming than I had anticipated, and combined with other Wiki-activities mean that I have bitten off more than I can chew. Apologies again, but I am standing back from Jupiter.

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Thats fine. LittleJerry (talk) 16:42, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

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I saw this article today, and was saddened and disturbed. It seems unusual to me (not that I am an expert) that a young male would kill a female, even an older one. Male jaguars killing females in the wild, doesn't make good evolutionary sense. But both jaguars were in captivity, so the dynamics were different, I suppose. Do you have any insight or opinions to share? Thanks for your time and consideration. Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 04:13, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

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"Tribe of Tiger, I don't think its significant enough to be in the article since its one incident in captive. LittleJerry (talk) 19:49, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

LittleJerry I agree wholeheartedly. What on earth gave you the impression that I wished to include this information in the Jaguar article? I have reread my initial post several times...I never mentioned including this solitary incident in our encyclopedia article. That's why I headed the section as "off topic". I merely wished to ask for your insight or opinions, as an animal expert, concerning a troubling incident. It was a private question, from a minor editor to an editor with more in-depth understanding. I do apologize for troubling you, but I am baffled as to why you thought I wished to include this information. Please explain.Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 02:44, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Oh, well I don't really have much of an opinion on it then. LittleJerry (talk) 13:57, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

LittleJerry, then, no problems, but thanks for your consideration! And apologies for being a bit sharp, which was uncalled for, on my part. Best, Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 08:56, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

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Jimfbleak. I had already requested this for August 19, World Orangutan Day. Please find a different article. LittleJerry (talk) 20:11, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

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Blue Whale

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Let me know when you're done editing this article and I'll continue with my copy edit. Thanks.

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Twofingered Typist, sorry I just wanted to make one correct in the lead paragraph and add some sound boxes. LittleJerry (talk) 14:15, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

LittleJerry No problem. I just want to be sure to avoid edit conflicts. Twofingered Typist (talk) 15:10, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Blue Whale Copy Edit

Hello:

I've now completed the copy edit of the Blue whale article you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors.

I have added two "clarification needed" tags to what appear to be two bits of stray text in the Lifespan and Swim speed sections. Otherwise I think with the work you did on it the article is in good shape. I think it makes logical sense to discuss each population separately so I have not made changes there. I think there is a discrepancy in the date hunting Blue whales was banned. In the Historic threats section it says 1966, uncited, and in the Population section it says 1967, which does not appear (that I could see) in the given citation. The current population estimate would be a helpful addition, as the 10,000 to 25,000 estimate is from 2008.

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Thanks. LittleJerry (talk) 21:52, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Snow leopard

Thanks for getting involved! I think its's high time to bring this page into shape for GAN. You surely noticed that this other guy has been following hot on everybody's heels within just a few mins; often with petty edits, always REactively, without ever adding content. I ran into edit conflicts a couple of times already, also on lots of other pages, when I wanted to add material. Any idea how to deal with their quite frustrating behaviour ? -- BhagyaMani (talk) 10:24, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

I don't plan on giving involved, I just wanted to clean up the categories. As for the user, I would recommend getting in touch with Wretchskull. By the way, I'm assuming you will be expanding Indian roller more now that you have the papers. LittleJerry (talk) 12:41, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I'm gonna focus on the roller now and give the SL a break. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 18:24, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

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Gog the Mild, I already listed it for April 7 of 2022 for International Beaver Day. Please use Scorpion instead. LittleJerry (talk) 22:15, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Done. Draft blurb to follow. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:27, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

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Western green mamba

I am buffing this - did you end up getting a snakes of Africa book (??) - if so can you check the description and/or other facts for this species? Much appreciated. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:45, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Yeah I still have it. You mean you want me to spotcheck it? LittleJerry (talk) 20:14, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Yes please - same editor as before responsible so need to double check for errors. I need a proper ref for description - so see if description matches the source. Also anything in behaviour or elsewhere. Some dodgy and/or dead online sources used I need to replace. Cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:39, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Oops, I got Snakes of Southern Africa by FitzSimons and Field Guide to East African Reptiles by Spawls. I don't have any of the books being cited in the article. Sorry! LittleJerry (talk) 23:40, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Okay never mind Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:26, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

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Wehwalt, please don't! I already told Gog the Mild requested this for April 7 2022. International Beaver Day. LittleJerry (talk) 18:09, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

I'll swap it.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:51, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

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Anting / sunning

Hi LittleJerry, in the absence of any ants, I think the behaviour indicated cannot be claimed as anting, it certainly would be appropriate to call it sunning / basking though. Shyamal (talk) 02:58, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Shyama Okay you can change the wording to sunning/basking. LittleJerry (talk) 23:05, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

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Jimfbleak, can you do the honor? August 19 is World Orangutan Day. LittleJerry (talk) 19:55, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

LittleJerry, it will actually be Gog the Mild scheduling August, I'm doing July Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:24, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

A "cow"??

Hi, i don't know a lot 'bout animals, but in the article African Bush Elephant the subtitle says "a cow" is this true??? JoãotheWikiFan (talk) 20:50, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

The photographer states that it is a female elephant. LittleJerry (talk) 23:03, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

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Vaticidalprophet, you should also inform my co-nominator Chiswick Chap. LittleJerry (talk) 13:12, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the pointer! I keep forgetting Legobot doesn't do co-noms. Vaticidalprophet 13:20, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

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Turtle

I'm not clear what your goal is in editing the fossil and phylogeny at this late stage. You might at least discuss your point of view with me before making major changes, especially on the sections I worked on. Also, we've chosen to spell out names in full, "John Doe and colleagues", at first mention, and "Doe, John" in the citations, so we must now keep to this religiously, we won't get a second chance. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:03, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Sorry. I was just doing spotchecks. Some of the text in these sections were leftover from before we worked on it. I'll leave the rest to you. LittleJerry (talk) 12:50, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

OK. I've filled in what I hope are all the forenames and checked what I hope are all the citations. It must be easier to start over than try to spray quality onto who-knows-who's wobbly text and flaky citations. We'll get there, probably. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:08, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

I'm sure you'll get there. I'm sorry I couldn't support this time around, but looking forward to putting in my support for the second attempt. Thanks for working on such an important article :). FemkeMilene (talk) 18:15, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks both. We'll pick ourselves up and get ready for peer-review. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:30, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Phew, we made it! Many congratulations on your perseverance. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:43, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, you too. LittleJerry (talk) 20:45, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

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Just update them and cite the lasting IUCN pages. LittleJerry (talk) 15:02, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Alright. I'll do just that whenever the situation calls for it. Thank you friend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Firekong1 (talk • contribs) 16:54, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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The latest IUCN lists then as one species under Vulnerable, so no. LittleJerry (talk) 10:16, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Alright. But what about dicerorhinus and the borneo elephant? Firekong1 (talk) 14:00, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

I don't know anything about that. LittleJerry (talk) 15:53, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

No, I'm asking you if I can remove the status for dicerorhinus and add the status to the borneo elephant. If I have your permission. Firekong1 (talk) 20:45, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

You don't need my permission as I'm not involved in those articles. LittleJerry (talk) 21:14, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Alright, I understand. If anything comes up regarding the conservation statuses of elephants, giraffes, zebras, and whatnot, please let me know. Firekong1 (talk) 22:19, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

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Thanks for your recent edit!! You surely noticed that I reverted this new user's edits a few times already, and hoped you would jump in. I just reread Riggio et al. (2013) and will add some text about savannah Africa making up majority of lion habitat in Africa asap. – BhagyaMani (talk) 19:44, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

I reverted it since there's nothing special about the Kafa Biosphere Reserve to mention it. LittleJerry (talk) 20:37, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi, I saw your revert of the updated lion images noted: "Why did you ignore ("Please do not replace these featured images without a consensus")

Apologies, I did not see this note. How does one go about seeking a consensus. For the lion images, I am certain there will be a consensus that the lioness image is better (not only sharper, but an overall better example of a lioness and a perfect specimen in my opinion). The male image too is sharper, and a great looking lion at that, but I can understand if the consensus will be to retain the current image as it remains a really good example of a male. AfricanConservation (talk) 03:43, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Just suggest it at the talk page. LittleJerry (talk) 05:13, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

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Thank you for Pinniped fix

I see I miscounted extant species of true seals, so I thank you for correcting my edit. However, it would have been nice if you'd included an edit summary as a courtesy! Krychek (talk) 18:09, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

giraffes

Nice to see everyone pitching in and improving things, thanks for understanding what I was about to do when I got an ec. I messed up a ping to the discussion that emerged at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mammals, and forgot to mention it again, sorry about that. ~ cygnis insignis 12:58, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Splitting

Just a note - when you do things like this, could you please note in the summary which article you are splitting to? No idea where all that ended up now :p --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 01:54, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

@Elmidae: the split created Dietary biology of the of the Nile crocodile. ~ cygnis insignis 03:50, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Reverting messages

FYI, when you revert messages (like you did here and my message here):

1. It doesn't stop the process you're being informed about
2. Users like myself can still look at the message in the page history.

You technically have the right to do it, but barring a situation where your talk page contains copyright violations or something, it's pointless. I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 05:32, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

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Red panda

Sorry for my silence in the past few days. Just finalised the aurochs GA and had a bit of a struggle there with an editor who kept butting in. So will step in from tomorrow on. Frankly: didn't really like that you removed the original sources in the section Taxonomy. In most other FACs e.g. jaguar, lion, Indian roller, .. they are all in. Lets think this over. – BhagyaMani (talk) 23:04, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

What sources should I have kept? I'm starting from stretch here and I'm using the source I found most useful. LittleJerry (talk) 00:18, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

The ones in this version for descriptions of fulgens by Cuvier, styani by Oldfield + ochraceus by Hodgson + discussion of these type specimens by Pocock. –

Those are historical writings at this point and it is best to use secondary sources when writing the history of panda taxonomy. LittleJerry (talk) 02:44, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

In the 2021 book-chapter 26, I cannot see pages 477–479. Do authors provide a map of their study areas in northern Myanmar? The present map at IUCN RL dates 2015, so range in Myanmar is not yet part of this assessment. – BhagyaMani (talk) 14:23, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

yes. LittleJerry (talk) 14:44, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Super + thanks!! – BhagyaMani (talk) 14:48, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

BhagyaMani, assuming you're using the same map could you also remove the dashed border in Northeast India? I don't think China's territorial claims there are relevant. LittleJerry (talk) 15:13, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

I'll probably use the same basemap as in this one, i.e. without country borders, only in a smaller extent of course. Will show you per cloud, before I upload it. – BhagyaMani (talk) 15:22, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Have a look at the map draft. What do you think about colours + borders? BhagyaMani (talk) 19:37, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

I'm thinking maybe you should zoom out a little more so we can see the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea. LittleJerry (talk) 21:30, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Nevermind. Go ahead and upload. LittleJerry (talk) 23:06, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

See this showing a bit of South China Sea. – BhagyaMani (talk) 11:52, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Prefect. LittleJerry (talk) 13:01, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Glad you like it; I also like it better than the first draft. Then we are ready to submit for FAC, I suppose. Unless you still have sth. worthwhile adding? – BhagyaMani (talk) 13:12, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Oh, looking at it again. I think you should add the borders of Thailand, Laos and Vietnam too. As for FAC, I think we should get a peer review first. I know a few people who will look it over. I want to take a little break and focus on getting Queen angelfish on track. LittleJerry (talk) 14:10, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Done. Ok for peer-review. I'm ready for submitting to FAC when you are. – BhagyaMani (talk) 15:36, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Please read the sentence about bamboo density in Gaoligongshan NNR, ref 54. This is so dense, it would hardly be possible to walk through and count, but nobody noticed yet. I checked figures twice, but seem to be the only one who wonders whether these are reliable. – BhagyaMani (talk) 09:49, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

I'm not sure about that. I'll let you decide. LittleJerry (talk) 15:42, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Do you think that the changes to the 2 subspecific names in the section on *Subspecies* are appropriate? I don't, but didn't revert as I do not want to risk another clash and edit war with this person so shortly before the FA comes through. – BhagyaMani (talk) 19:35, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Have a look whether you think this about metabolic requirements is relevant for the *Diet and feeding* section: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0173274 – BhagyaMani (talk) 16:26, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

I just read the *Characteristics* section again. How about moving the content re Microbes in its gut may play a role in its processing of bamboo .. to the section on *Diet and feeding*? I think this would fit better there, perhaps before the sentence starting Despite its low-quality diet, .... And you? – BhagyaMani (talk) 10:55, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Ok then. LittleJerry (talk) 14:52, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

I like the 2 cladograms side by side, super!! But think it would be more informative to instead of the *authors and year* statements provide info about the different methods used. And YOU? E.g. for the 2005 one : Analysis based on concatenated sequence from six genes of 76 Carnivora species and for the 2018 one : Analysis based on 46 genes of 75 musteloid species or alike. – BhagyaMani (talk) 14:52, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Those titles are too long and wouldn't fit well. LittleJerry (talk) 15:55, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Yes, quite long. It is possible to give the cladogram a header by adding this: |main-caption=Phylogenetic relationship of the red panda based on analysis of

and then replace *author year* by : !six genes from 76 Carnivora species !!46 genes from 75 musteloid species

How is that? – BhagyaMani (talk) 16:24, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Note that a newer paper has been pointed out at the bottom here that includes both groups in a single cladogram, and would therefore be better to use:[1] FunkMonk (talk) 16:57, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

How about now? LittleJerry (talk) 12:41, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Queen angelfish

Land terrain or elevation profile may not be important for this map? See this with wikimedia map as baselayer and this with google hybrid map as baselayer lightened up a bit, as the original shows oceans in very dark blue. Labels for country names are not crystal clear, I'm afraid, but readable. Which one do you prefer? – BhagyaMani (talk) 16:29, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

See also this with National Geographic basemap. – BhagyaMani (talk) 17:56, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

BhagyaMani, I'll go with the second one. Preferably without labels and borders. LittleJerry (talk) 21:52, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

I tested a few other basemaps and like this a lot, as country names are better readable. You? BhagyaMani (talk) 13:26, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

I don't think we need country names at all. They are not on other range maps and are distracting. Borders probably aren't necessary either with an animal that lives in the ocean. Would you be able to upload the google hybrid map without labels? LittleJerry (talk) 14:19, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Then see this BhagyaMani (talk) 14:30, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

I can't see it. LittleJerry (talk) 15:20, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

And now? BhagyaMani (talk) 15:23, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Prefect! Upload it. LittleJerry (talk) 22:41, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

I replaced the file. – BhagyaMani (talk) 09:35, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Wolf reversion

The article says "Since pre-Christian times, Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons took on wulf as a prefix or suffix in their names. Examples include...." "Isangrim ("Gray Mask")" is clearly not an example of Germanic peoples, or anyone else, taking "wulf" as a prefix of suffix in their names. So I'm unclear why you reverted my edit. Nareek (talk) 00:08, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

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Edit warring at Hippopotamus

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Mass purge of RS on the hippopotamus page

I'd say I hope you aren't deleting all those RS on account of me, but I know you are. Maybe I should have phrased what I said about those sources differently. My point, or at least the point I was trying to make, is that the hippo page is a featured article even with sources that do not meet the highest possible standard. We don't use evidence on Wikipedia, only sources and common sense, so I realize Sagan's "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" saying is inapt - but I want to say that for Wikipedia, extraordinary claims require extraordinary sources, and ordinary claims only require ordinary sources. I think this is true regardless of whether a page is featured or not, and the fact that the hippo page is featured is evidence of that. All the RS on a featured article don't need to be of the highest possible grade; ordinary RS are fine for ordinary statements.

What I'm trying to say is, I wish you wouldn't delete all those sources. It is my sincere belief that the page is better with those 'low-grade' sources. I was a little afraid this would happen if I brought it up, and sure enough, here we are. I'm not sure if you're deleting all the sources you consider to be of a lower standard than Snopes so that some day you can come back and get rid of the Snopes thing too, or if you just abhor sources like NPR and Toonpedia appearing on a featured biology article. Whatever the case, the page is better with those sources, not worse, and removing them will, ironically, move the whole article further away from being worthy of its featured status. I'm just here for pink hippo milk, so I leave it to you, LittleJerry, but I really do think all RS should be treated according to what they are sources for, not according to some absolute standard that all sources on a featured article must meet.

Anyway, I'm sorry we got off on the wrong foot. I shouldn't have edit warred with you, and I was chagrined when I realized I was edit warring. I'm an idiot, what more can I say? See you around. Joe (talk) 06:57, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

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Amaze

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GOCE Copy Edit

Sushi725 (talk) 16:10, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

@LittleJerry, just letting you know that my edit was reviewed as "partly done" so I went through and did another revision. Please review if you'd like and feel free to revert any changes you disagree with. Thanks! Sushi725 (talk) 20:37, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Humpback Whale

Hi: I am here to just want to discuss with you that I found a source of the Humpback Whale that shows that their average length is 13-15m and this source is more up-to-date than yours, so how about changing the length of it in the article so that it may provide more accurate and up to date information for the article? Joseph law yan woo (talk) 06:34, 27th Mar 2022 (UTC)

I think you should probably reframe from editing this article. This is an old Featured Article that is going through a revision and lookover to meet modern standards (see here). This is not the place for someone whose learning the ropes of Wikipedia editing. LittleJerry (talk) 13:37, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

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Apologies. Brain fart. Moved to 23rd. Gog the Mild (talk) 08:19, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

Mandrill

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Orca

Hi again, hoping that if could watchlist this article and see if edits like this [2] are appropriate. Thanks. BloatedBun (talk) 13:07, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for heads up. I've actually been planning on creating a spin off article on orca types and move much of the information there. LittleJerry (talk) 16:23, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello. I noticed you removed my edit from the 'Feeding - Fish' section on the Orca page where I added details regarding two Orcas killing Great White Sharks in South Africa in 2017. I added this example since it was documented in the African Journal of Marine Science, and I believed it served as a good example of Orcas preying on Great White Sharks, targeting their livers, and also disrupting their migration patterns. I am new to editing Wikipedia and was hoping you can provide context as to why my edit was reverted so I can contribute more productively going forward. Thanks in advance! Jadedhippo (talk) 17:26, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

I removed it become we already mentioned orcas eating and displacing white sharks and we don't need to detail a specific case. I kept the new source. LittleJerry (talk) 22:55, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Okay, that makes sense. Thank you for the insight! Jadedhippo (talk) 00:17, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

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Striped Marlin

Hi, I am here to tell you that I've found that some information like the Taxonomy and conversation are missing in this article, so I wanted to ask if you can help to edit this article to bring further information on it(I've added some)? Thank you. Joseph law yan woo (talk) 19:12, 26th June 2022 (UTC)

Passing on this one. I have other things on my plate. Sorry. LittleJerry (talk) 13:37, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

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orangutan

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Electric eel FAC

Hi LittleJerry, I'm going to be away this week. I've replied briefly to the latest comment, but the anatomy section certainly needs to be beefed up, partly by moving the details mentioned by the editor - if you can do that without disrupting the sections the mentions are currently in. I think that will require a measure of duplication, i.e. describing the anatomy of each feature, then separately describing the physiology. I'm concerned that the editor wants us to describe standard fish features, but if that's what they'd like then the FAC process basically drives us to giving them that, useful or not. Perhaps you can keep them happy with a bit of additional material, I'm sure they want something to take home from the party. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:10, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Without a subsection heading, you've left the remaining "Electrophysiology" subsection orphaned or unbalanced. What is the non-electrophysiology material, some sort of introduction and context for the electro stuff? That's how you've arranged it! No, it's a subsection at the same level as "Electrophysiology". Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:01, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

We finally have movement on this everlasting Broadway production, if you have a moment to look at some of the new comments. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:48, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Chiswick Chap, I did the most that I could. LittleJerry (talk) 14:36, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Many thanks. I'm neck-deep in something else but will get to it as soon as I can. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:43, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

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Jupiter

I'm still dealing with Sedna's FAR, but after that I might gibe it a go. Serendi^podous 20:13, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

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Orca

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Hippo

See https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fgog7l4JBPruZi-XOPbeRnwubVzZue3B/view?usp=share_link whether you like this map. BhagyaMani (talk) 15:48, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Good job, upload. LittleJerry (talk) 20:36, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

TFA

December songs

happy new year

Thank you today for Mandrill, about arguably the most iconic looking primate and the most colorful mammal. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:06, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Today, pictured, the soprano of our choral concert of the year. More in the context: User talk:Gerda Arendt#DYK for Talia Or, in case of interest. - Enjoy the season! - And yes I have the FAC in mind. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:07, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

DYK for South Asian river dolphin

On 31 December 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article South Asian river dolphin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the South Asian river dolphin is nearly blind and relies on echolocation for navigation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/South Asian river dolphin. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, South Asian river dolphin), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

South Asian river dolphin

Congratulations on anther FA. Would you have any issues with me scheduling this for TFFA for 23 February? Cheers. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:20, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

I listed it for October 24, Freshwater Dolphin Day. LittleJerry (talk) 23:03, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

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Promotion of Frilled lizard

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Jupiter

Looking to start the FA push. But I need to know why it was demoted in the first place. Serendi^podous 17:45, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Serendipodous, see Wikipedia:Featured article review/Jupiter/archive1. LittleJerry (talk) 21:03, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

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April songs

my story today

Thank you today for the article, introduced (in 2020): "I've been very bust working on this article about one of the busiest animals."! - Glad it made it in the third round, with great help that you acknowledged. - For me, it's also Good Friday, and I'll sing, including chorales from Bach's greatest Passion. I recently listened to the one by Homilius: a discovery! "Songs" takes you to vacation pictures (including some mammals), not yet complete, - talking about busy ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:59, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

My story today, Messiah (Handel), was my first dip into the FA ocean, thanks to great colleagues. - a few pics added, one day missing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:35, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

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May songs

my story today

Thank you today for the article "about arguably the most recognizable lizard in the world. I used a fair amount of scientific peer reviewed articles that cover nearly all the most important facts about the species."! - After a memorable weekend, still pictured on my talk, and with FA ambition for BWV 75, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:38, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Pentecost was full of music, and my story today is that 300 years ago today, Bach became Thomaskantor, with BWV 75, writing music history. - I was too slow for FA attempts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:08, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Beaver

Why do you keep removing the material about the largest beaver known? Seems relevant for WP. Crescent77 (talk) 17:30, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the material relevant to record weight.

For future reference, it is appropriate to use newspapers and journals for sourcing. WP does not rely solely on scientific textbooks.

Thanks for all your editing. Crescent77 (talk) 17:40, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

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Wolf Population Update

Hi, I saw you removed some updated population data and sources that I added to the Wolf article. I used federal and state government sources for the updated information, and the links are below (I've used these sources elsewhere):

"As of March 2023, the Northern Rocky Mountains gray wolf population is now distributed across western Montana (1,100 wolves), western Wyoming (311 wolves), Idaho (1,337 wolves), eastern Washington (206 wolves), and Eastern Oregon (175 wolves). There is a small presence in northern California (30 wolves) and northern Colorado (6 wolves)."

https://www.regulations.gov/document/FWS-HQ-ES-2018-0097-107831

https://idfg.idaho.gov/article/idahos-wolf-population-has-dropped-about-13-percent

I understand if you want to cut the length, but I'd like to request re-adding the updated population numbers as the 2015 estimate is outdated.

Thank you Bbreslau (talk) 12:29, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

I changed to numbering to 200 so as not to be too specific and date it. Also why did you add the Hebrew reference. I stated "we are not citing random websites. and don't break up the citation flow (Marvin is cited for the text of this entire paragraph". Please stop. LittleJerry (talk) 12:42, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying!

With all due respect, this is not a random website; it is an official and reputable Hebrew Bible site with numerous references to scholars and research. I can pull up other sources if you'd like. My goal with this reference is to add a Jewish perspective of wolves, so that the Biblical reference is not exclusively Christian-centric with its discussion of Jesus.

Best regards Bbreslau (talk) 12:49, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

It is random for this article. Cultural references to wolves in this article are cited in general sources about wolves or wolves in culture. Wolves being the symbol of the tribe does not fit "Fables and literature". You can add to the Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology. This article has enough references. LittleJerry (talk) 12:54, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Gotcha, sounds good. I appreciate your explanation, and will do.

Have a good day, Bbreslau (talk) 13:05, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of Coccinellidae

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August songs

my story today

Thank you today for the article "about ladybirds, also known as ladybugs, lady beetles and ladybird beetles. The FA list could use a beetle-related article and these are arguably the most recognizable of all."! - In Germany, they are also called Glückskäfer, beetles of good luck, and the image made me happy because it appeared on my brother's wedding day ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:23, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

My story today - a first - isn't about an article by me, but one I reviewed for DYK, see here. I like all: topic, "hook", connected article (a GA on its way towards FA), image and the music "in the background". I just returned from a weekend of weddings, so also like the spirit ;) - Pics to come, I promise one cake, the other was too large! Good music, and better even in the concert ending the second day, - Goldberg Variations theme for an encore, after Dohnányi Serenade. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:27, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Again not by me: today's story - with the triumph of music over military - is uplifting! - No cake yet, but a butterfly and open-air opera. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:05, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you today for Elephant, introduced (in 2012): "The FA animal list would not be complete without what is arguably the most famous one of them all."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Today is Debussy's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:13, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

This too shall pass. - Ten years ago on 28 August, I heard a symphony, with a heavy heart because of the pending decision in WP:ARBINFOBOX, and not worried about my future here but Andy's. - It passed, and I could write the DYK about calling to dance, not battle, and Andy could write the DYK mentioning about peace and reconciliation, - look. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:25, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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Congrats

... on your two recent TFAs! Xan747 (talk) 11:16, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

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September songs

my story today

Thank you and the team today for Secretarybird, introduced (in 2020): "This article is about an unusual African bird of prey (trying to balance systemic bias in the process too)."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:44, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

August 2023

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours to the page Joseph Stalin has an edit summary that appears to be inadequate, inaccurate, or inappropriate. The summaries are helpful to people browsing an article's history, so it is important that you use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did. Feel free to use the sandbox to make test edits. "Stop with the nonsense." was uncalled for and unnecessary. They're the same image, the only difference being one is cropped, too tightly in my view. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 21:23, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

You did not go to the talk page. One of the reason this image was chosen was because it focuses on the face. We already had a now banned user try changing it without consensus. LittleJerry (talk) 19:18, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

You could've explained that in the edit summary. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 20:21, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Okay. I apologize. LittleJerry (talk) 21:57, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

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Promotion of Polar bear

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I am a silent reader, but LittleJerry's work have been outstanding lately, esoecially at the articles like Polar Bear and Red Panda. Hoping that Golden Jackal could be maintained like those two. 2001:4455:66A:7800:9464:F02:813E:6232 (talk) 13:04, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

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secretarybird

hello, LittleJerry! i had a quick question regarding this article and the associated blurb. i admittedly am not too clear on the differences between a national emblem and a national coat of arms, but considering that the title of the article on the emblem of sudan is "Emblem of Sudan" rather than "Coat of arms of Sudan", i am worried that we may be inaccurate by referring to it as a coat of arms, both in the blurb and the article lead. (the article body refers to it as an emblem.) would it be more appropriate to state that the bird "appears on the emblem of Sudan and the coat of arms of South Africa" instead?

interestingly, i noticed that the article on the emblem states (without a source) that the emblem "could be considered a national coat of arms", but i don't know if that means that referring to it as a coat of arms is technically correct or technically incorrect. (i also noticed that the blurb was recently edited so that "coats of arms of Sudan" now links to the "coat of arms" article, which seems like an inadvertent error, but am pinging Ravenpuff just to make sure.)

courtesy pinging Aa77zz and Cas Liber. dying (talk) 21:11, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

@Dying: Yes, that was a slight mistake on my part, which I've now flagged at ERRORS. Thanks for catching it! — RAVENPVFF · talk · 14:24, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

TFA again

October songs

my story today

Thank you today for South Asian river dolphin, introduced: "South Asian river dolphins aren't as well known or as studied as their Amazonian brethren but they are fascinating and unique in their own right. I've compiled the most important information on these rare animals from the best sources."! - It was a pleasure to review. - My story today is about an amazing woman (also on the Main page, but feel free to check other days as well ;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:05, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Polar bear

Hello, just wanted to let you know that I submitted Polar bear, an article that you have massively contributed to, under Non-specific date #1 in WP:TFAR.

phrogge 'sup? edits 20:31, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

I listed it for February 27 2024 which is World Polar Bear Day. LittleJerry (talk) 23:34, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

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Alpine ibex

Hi, LittleJerry. I'm not sure why you deleted the question from my talk page. I could answer it if you want me to. (As an aside, if you no longer need me to answer a question that you asked me on my talk page, I would prefer that you say that on the talk page rather than deleting the question.) Thanks. Axl ¤ [Talk] 07:37, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Koala for 1 January at TFA

Hi Jerry, I need to schedule something iconic for Australia on 1 January, to commemorate the Federation of Australia. After discarding a few, what I'm left with is Koala as a rerun. It looks to me like it's still in good shape. You and Sasata were the FAC co-noms. I see you haven't listed it for any specific date at TFAP. Does 1 January work for you? - Dank (push to talk) 03:24, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

That's fine. LittleJerry (talk) 16:15, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

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1 January TFA

Thank you today for Koala, introduced (in 2013!): "Submitted for your approval, one of the most iconic animals of Australia. I started working on this article months ago and Sasata was nice enough to jump on board and improve its comprehensiveness, sourcing and prose. We now feel it is ready."! - Five years ago, I had the TFA on this day, in fond memory I created today's story for a Happy New Year, while yesterday's was more thoughtful, perhaps. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:07, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

"Random Website"

You reverted an edit to the Cultural significance section of the Koala article with the comment "should stick to whats [sic] mentioned in sources about koalas rather than random websites." First, the "cultural significance" section is not about koala biology or even koala culture, but about human culture, as shown by its including mention of, e.g., the shape of the tourist complex at Dadswell's Bridge and the name of a B-side single. Second, Ad Age is not a "random website", but the site of a trade publication founded in 1930; it has its own Wikipedia article. Minturn (talk) 23:28, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

There are plenty of references to koalas in culture sourced to the main books we have. We don't need to cherry-pick websites. You can add the reference to the Koala emblems and popular culture. LittleJerry (talk) 02:05, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

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story · music · places

Congratulations, and thank you today for Polar bear, introduced: "Here we have another well-known animal, the top predator of the Arctic and icon of climate change. I've put off doing this article for a long time but a couple months ago I began rewriting it. We already have Knut (polar bear) as an FA, and its time for the species itself to take its rightful place on the mammal list. I wish to have this as a TFA for International Polar Bear Day on February 27."! - It worked! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:17, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

more music and flowers on Rossini's rare birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:29, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Hunting behavior of gray wolves

Hello LilttleJerry,

Sorry to be an inconvenience to you but I saw you had edited the page Hunting behavior of gray wolves and specifically added the refrences Mech & Boitani 2003, pp. 119–121 and Heptner & Naumov 1998, pp. 241–242 and I was wondering if you could help me by providing me some more detail on how wolves get lone bison to move.

Thanks,

Breacan TheBreacanAthair (talk) 16:59, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Sorry. Didn't write that. Just moved it from wolf article . Ask User:William Harris. LittleJerry (talk) 17:23, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

thx TheBreacanAthair (talk) 17:57, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Narwhal distribution

Hi, can you help me with a new distribution map for the narwhal from the 2017 IUCN assessment? 20 upper (talk) 09:46, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Sorry. I can't make maps. LittleJerry (talk) 17:18, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Oh, it's fine. I simply assumed you knew how to make maps. I'll go ask somewhere else. 20 upper (talk) 06:31, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Alpine ibex at TFA?

I've got Alpine ibex listed as the TFA on April 20. No need to do anything if that works for you. Let me know if there's anything I can do. - Dank (push to talk) 20:00, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Jerry, there's a late request at WT:Today's featured article/requests for April 20 ... if you would rather hold the day for the goat, that's fine. - Dank (push to talk) 02:02, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

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story · music · places

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Koala retrovirus

Hi,

could I trouble you to take a look at Talk:Koala § Semi-protected edit request on 22 April 2024? I tracked the problematic phrasing to some edits of yours from a couple of months ago. It used to be

“ Prevalence of KoRV in koala populations suggests a trend spreading from the north to the south of Australia. Northern populations are completely infected, while some southern populations (including Kangaroo Island) are free. ”

which was clunkier and less comprehensive, but more transparent. Should be a simple fix for someone already familiar with the subject matter. Cheers!

- 2A02:560:59A1:EF00:C87D:44F3:B15E:AC6E (talk) 13:01, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

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Oceanic whitetip shark at WP:TFAR

It looks like you've been active on this older FA ... would July 9 work for you? - Dank (push to talk) 05:45, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Thats fine. LittleJerry (talk) 12:55, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

And Alpine ibex is now on the 20th. It was bumped from April to July. - Dank (push to talk) 23:39, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Giraffe

story · music · places

Thank you today for Giraffe, first up for FA in 2011! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:01, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Bear

Hi, do you still have those polar or brown bear books? My local library ran out of those books. Wolverine XI ^{(talk to me)} 21:00, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

I have the polar bear books. No brown bear books. LittleJerry (talk) 22:25, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Which of those books, if I may inquire, goes into the greatest detail on interactions between polar and brown bears, inbreeding, and possibly evolution? Wolverine XI ^{(talk to me)} 07:00, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

I didn't use the books for evolution because they were outdated on that. I used scientific papers. LittleJerry (talk) 13:33, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

I would like to get the best polar bear book, as I can currently only afford one. For context's sake, I need a polar bear book for the brown bear project. So which book do you recommend? Wolverine XI ^{(talk to me)} 16:30, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

I guess the Derocher or Stirling book. An older 1988 version of the Stirling book can be found here. I don't see the need for a polar bear book for the brown bear article. LittleJerry (talk) 18:22, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

TFA again and again

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Thank you today for Alpine ibex, a 2013 GA! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:51, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of Tiger

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This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 19:51, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Stopping by to say congrats on your biggest FA! It was a job well done. Wolverine XI ^{(talk to me)} 04:36, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you and I wish you future success. We could use more people working on mammal articles. LittleJerry (talk) 09:27, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

Removal of section about Mekosuchines from Crocodilia page synopsis

Hey there, I noticed little section about extinct crocodilian groups was removed because you didn't like that single citation about the Planocraniids being terrestrial. I understand that Planocraniids may not be true crocodilians and thus warrant a removal, but i don't get your removal of the Mekosuchinae part. I'd like to understand your reasoning behind this, as it's a major branch of Crocodilia that only went extinct relatively recently (~2000ish years ago). RenaMoonn (talk) 06:50, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Because cites don't belong in the lead. They summarize the body of the article which is cited and Mekosuchinae aren't even mentioned in the body! Just leave the lead paragraphs alone, please. LittleJerry (talk) 22:49, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Orca and ungulates

Hi LittleJerry

I see that you have developed quite a few articles to good/ featured status and you have worked on the orca article. Either I am going nuts, or there is something seriously wrong with this montage, of ungulates, which includes an orca. The imagine is used in a number of projects, including here, on the enwiki. Regards, and good work. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 12:29, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Cetaceans are ungulates. They descend from even-toed hooved mammals. LittleJerry (talk) 22:13, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

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European rabbit

Hello! I went through the wringer bringing Rabbit to GA earlier this month, mainly because of its awkward biological scope, and am looking to work on European rabbit as a more focused topic that could be brought to GA or even FA (though I am inexperienced with the latter). Since you have most of the authorship here, is it alright if I start in on updating information here? I notice that the reference work by Miguel Delibes-Mateos et al. isn't used at all, and there has been some further research on the subspecies currently recognized (and as such my first move would probably be to remove or at least mark the names other than cuniculus and algirus as deprecated). Reconrabbit 00:17, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Do what you want with it. I didn't actually write all that. Mariomassone wrote it in their sandbox but decided to delete it for some reason. I dug it back up and put it in the article anyway. Good luck. LittleJerry (talk) 01:38, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

I see, then. Thanks, I'll do my best. Reconrabbit 02:10, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

@Reconrabbit: Go for it Mariomassone (talk) 06:25, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

The Keys to the White House

I have made a request for administrator intervention at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#SPAs POV-pushing in The Keys to the White House. Your account is not one of those as to which relief is requested. In fact, you are mentioned as one of the experienced editors who has supported a more neutral version of the article. JamesMLane t c 20:34, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Steller's sea lion source

Hi, I noticed you added a citation of social behavior of the steller sea lion by roger lee gentry to the Steller sea lion page on 00:32, 11 December 2010. This source seems rather difficult to find the entirety of since I am interested in reading it myself, thanks Justcheckinghere (talk) 04:04, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Gee that was so long ago. I'm afraid I can't help you. LittleJerry (talk) 23:21, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

I've been thinking

Hey Jerry, I'm thinking of nominating dog for FAC sometime next year. I came to you to inquire about your thoughts on this article. Is there any issues you notice that could be improved? Is it almost there? Please let me know. I will be on holiday this festive season, so I'll have plenty of time to get this article to where it needs to be. Plus just last month the article had a long and comprehensive GA review. So if you're a dog owner, you should understand the magnitude of the project at hand. I know my FAC run has been nothing short of a disappointment, but I feel like with enough caution and persistence, this article can certainly be taken up there. Wolverine X-eye ^{(talk to me)} 06:18, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Sounds great, I wish you luck. The best advice I can give you is to go through at least 99% of the cites and make sure they support the text and that the text is appropriately paraphrased (avoid close paraphrasing). Other then that, I think the article is in pretty good shape, but that's just my opinion. LittleJerry (talk) 23:38, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks man, I'll do exactly that. Wolverine X-eye ^{(talk to me)} 04:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Wolverine X-eye, I thought of something. I think you'll need an etymology section. LittleJerry (talk) 22:47, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

I've taken note of that. Once I complete the Montreal Screwjob project, I'll add the necessary information. During my research and scanning of the article's sources, I encountered some inaccessible sources, which hindered my progress. Because of this, I've been searching for dog books, but unfortunately, my local library's collection is limited, with only popular titles like Harry Potter and Diary of a Wimpy Kid available. I did borrow the latter, though and it's been quite the read. Might as well go to Amazon to order something. Wolverine X-eye ^{(talk to me)} 05:38, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

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On the rhino hunting by lions

I wanted to put these facts in the lion page, because there is a belief that because of their tough skin and long horns, lions do not hunt rhinos because they are supposedly too dangerous for them. LeandroPucha (talk) 16:26, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

LeandroPucha: you can add that info to the white rhino article. LittleJerry (talk) 22:46, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

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