More unIDed fungiG'day Cas, I've been frogging over the past few days, and the fungi season has definitely started! I have a coral fungi that I thought you would like for wiki, plus I also have a puff ball which I will upload later, will leave a message here when it is uploaded. Saw lots of fungi over the last few days, but only photographed the really interesting ones as I was using my small memory card, and wanted to leave some space for frogs. http://www.flickr.com/photos/52507572@N00/465979784/?rotated=1&cb=1177065560324 Thanks. --liquidGhoul 10:41, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Nomenclature of fungiHey there. I recently stumbled across an issue of Nova Hedwigia Beheift titled "the genera of fungi" (or was it agaricaceae?). It's filled to the brink with mind-numbing nomenclatural discussions of all the genera ever described (I think, anyway). Would it be any use if I looked up the specific ref or any specific genera? Circeus 00:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
LOTS of "per" in citation here. See [1]
A first incarnation from Tentamen dispositionis methodicae Fungorum 65. 1797 is cited as devalidated: "Introduced to cover three groups already previously distinguished by Persoon (in [...] Tent. 18. 1797) under Agaricus L., but at that time not named. It is worth stressing that [The species now known as Amanita caesarea] was not mentioned."
Donk concludes the earliest valid type is A. muscaria, the species in Hooker, adding that he'd personally favor A. citrina.
Phew! Circeus 18:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
ndashesHTML ndashes suck. If you're on a Windows box, you can get a real ndash (i.e. unicode) by holding down the ALT key and typing 0150 on the numeric keypad. Hesperian 11:35, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
LOL, I love your sense of humour. Maimonedes is a good reference. The reality is that Islam takes food restrictions from Judaism; and Christianity doesn't have any restriction (courtesy of three references in the New Testament). The reason why pork should be restricted (along with many other things) is not given explicitly in the Hebrew Bible, hence Bible commentators have been offering guesses since ancient times. My own favourite, however, is Mary Douglas, wife of Louis Leakey, daughter of a Lutheran pastor. Her theory is excellent, based on her cultural anthropological observations, with a decent feel for how Biblical text works. It's rather an abstract theory though. Anyway, I'll see if I can manage a literature review of dietry restrictions in the ANE, especially if there's anything explicit about pork. Don't think I'll find a reference for "why" the pork taboo is in place, though, if it's documented, I'd have read about that in commentaries. Perhaps a clay tablet with the answer has been destroyed in only the last few years during the "troubles" in Iraq. :( Alastair Haines (talk) 21:27, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Spotted this. I'll look for a ref to the Maimonides comment. The normal teaching is that pork is no more or less offensive to Jews than any other forbidden meat (dog, horse etc) or forbidden part of kosher animal (blood, Gid Hanasheh etc). The pig (NB pig, not pork - an important distinction which is relevant for the Maimonides comment too, I note) is "singled out" because it alone of the animals that have one of the two "signs" (it has split hooves but doesn't chew the cud) lies down with its legs sticking out. Most quarapeds have their legs folded under them. There's a midrashic lesson to be learned there, apparently, that the pig is immodestly and falsely proclaiming its religious cleanliness, when it is not. Anyway, that said, I'll look into the M comment - he was quite ahead of his time in terms of medical knowledge (check his biog). And NB my OR/POV antennae buzzed when I read that little section. --Dweller (talk) 22:52, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Have found good stuff, including online version of Maimonides text. I'll dump it here for you to use as you wish.
So, Maimonides argues "pork contains more moisture than necessary [for human food], and too much of superfluous matter", whatever that means! More importantly, the "principal reason" is that if you keep pigs, you end up with a dirty and unhealthy environment. Important note: Maimonides was writing from Islamic Egypt at the time, which is why he mentions "as may be seen at present in the country of the Franks." (ie France) The comments about the pig's habit of lying with its legs outstretched come from Midrash Vayikra Rabba (ch 13) where it is mentioned as part of an elaborate metaphor, but not in connection with any reason for particularly abhorring the creature. Hope that helps. --Dweller (talk) 09:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC) Greek proofing on WikisourceHi Cas, Would you mind bringing your knowledge of Greek to bear on these three Wikisource pages for me please: [2], [3], [4]? It should only take five minutes I think. If you've got a Wikisource or unified account, you can correct any errors you find; else you can let me know and I'll fix them. Hesperian 02:46, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Easy peasy you say... nearly all of the yellow pages on this work contain Greek. s:la:Liber:De assensione Stoici quid senserint.djvu. If you could verify even a few of them, especially p.20, that would be fantastic. John Vandenberg (chat) 15:57, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi again, we have a category for them now on English Wikisource: s:Category:Pages with missing Greek characters. The ones in the "Page:" namespace are accompanied by pagescans; the EB1911 pages usually have a link to the pagescan on the talk page. Cheers, John Vandenberg (chat) 23:59, 27 November 2008 (UTC) Updated UcontribsI added two columns and refined the scan logic on my most recent run, and since you are the originator of the concept, I re-evaluated you. Feel free to find any problems with the latest update, if you need an incentive, let me just say how disappointed I am that two weeks have passed and it is still not a solid list of FA's :) Also, if you're thinking of asking for a new program to show the changes between runs of my other program - no (at least not yet:). I'm wondering about putting in the latest "failed" status too, as in (Failed GA), but I'd need some category hints to work that in. Thanks for the idea, what a great way to learn about article assessments; the wide range(/incoherence) of category names; and mostly, the great diversity of interests and accomplishments of editors of the wiki! Franamax (talk) 12:21, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
userpage(continuing in this thread despite the different topic) I've skimmed through several categories on commons, like Books and Mappae mundi and Image:Vinland Map HiRes.jpg comes closest to what I think you want. I like the borders, esp. the hue. Unfortunately, it's not easy to lighten and probably not possible at all to remove the ink (I gave it a half-assed try with GIMP). Anyway, just to see if we're on the same page as to your idea. Ideally, several similar but non-identical images of blank pages could be used for something similar to the DT userpage, considering that you have quite a lot of stuff on your userpage (with a different section on each page and some playful navigation). Or did you have something like a central disambiguation in mind, putting all the stuff in different subpages? I envision a self-made treasure map (the real problem would be to get the ragged border to look authentic) with an imagemap overlay on the different words (rendered into the image, possibly handwritten), linking to all the different sections (like on my old userpage or using subpages). And I see a compass rose in one of the corners (bottom right?). Everyme (was Dorftrottel) (talk) 18:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. Yes, I look for compass roses on commons, too, and I agree this one is nice and can also easily be used to put it in another picture. It's a pity that the background you found isn't free, because then we'd be ready to go. I've asked my GF about the Vineland map, but she said it would take ages to get it right. Everyme (was Dorftrottel) (talk) 23:09, 4 July 2008 (UTC) I see you've taken it on, good work. The display and vision bits at Crested Tern apply for all the genus. The opening sentence isn't fully supported by Bridge - although Elegant is very close, Lesser Crested isn't, other than being in the same genus. I won't abandon this article (after all, one good ... aaaarrrggh, it's catching), but let me know if there's anything specific esp from BWP, Olsen or Harrison, where I have the books. Now, must be time for a couple of slices of bread with some meat in. 10:36, 8 July 2008 (UTC) Australian figsBeen a bit of a spike in editing the few days... Guettarda (talk) 00:22, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
UFOINFOHi, a site called UFOINFO is used in multiple articles as reference. Do you think it should be considered RS? I cannot see any editorial board or anything by which it can be considered RS. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 05:04, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
perennial user page projectHow about this? The hue is crap, but it's just a quick edit to see if you like the direction. user:Everyme 14:11, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
I see a minor typo. It says "Welcome to Casliber's Cove" where it should say "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." Hesperian 14:33, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
You could use the image as a fixed frame, with a scrollable text frame overlaid within it, and/or you could use it as a frame for different "pages" like my old userpage (the final revision of my old userpage combined both: "individual pages" each with a scrollable "inner" frame for the content of each page. btw: could you do me a favour and restore it? I find I need access to some formatting tricks I've collected there). At any rate, I'm going to work over the hue and upload a version without the text. It'd be possible to clone the middle (blank) part, but the limitations are manifold (apart from the challenge of making it look halfway acceptable): Different browsers and different users prefer wildly different font sizes, so you'd end up with a scrollable frame any way (where people would have to scroll "twice", once within the page and once within the frame) or you'd end up with blank space towards the bottom. user:Everyme 14:52, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Banksia sphaerocarpa var. pumilioFloraBase has an entry for this, but no other information.[5] Know anything about it? Hesperian 04:54, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
I guess you might want to have a look at this too. Hesperian 11:47, 26 September 2008 (UTC) VampireAn astute observation about vampires in movies: "I Vant To Upend Your Expectations". --JayHenry (talk) 14:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
BLP casesIf you're searching for cases related, I think two of the more important are the Badlydrawnjeff case and the Footnoted quotes case. Footnoted quotes isn't really about BLP content, but it established the "special enforcement" provisions that relate specifically to BLP. The Matthew Hoffman case also wasn't directly about BLPs, but it did get into how we deal with BLP-like problems involving editors and administrators who edit with their real names. Fair amount of interesting discussion in the workshop and on the proposed decision talkpage, although you'll have to wade through neck-deep crap to find it. Going through the closed cases page, here are some links:
Those I think are the big cases that deal with BLPs in 2008 and 2007. I'm sure I'm missing one or two, but if you look into them I'm sure any major principles articulated are cited to previous cases if they aren't new. I didn't follow arbitration prior to 2007, and the descriptions aren't very in depth, so I'm not completely sure which if any of the pre-2007 cases apply. I don't recall any being major factors in the above decisions. Avruch T 00:34, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
A book you might enjoyIt's all about flowers ... well, err, kind of.
She's a senior tutor in philosophy at Cambridge, written several very entertaining and informative books related to the history of science, probably including her doctorate. But I expect you know of her and this book already. I would have thought it a must read for the Banks-ia Study Group leader. ;) Alastair Haines (talk) 11:57, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Huia - suggestionsRe this:
This will be hard to fix since I don't have the book Kotare used - and I wouldn't want to either, probably, since a pet hate of mine is anything which lumps traditions from different regions together without giving the sources. I would suggest getting rid of all of this:
We can also add a supporting reference from this page: [7] and could perhaps still add the reference no [9]. Hope this helps Kahuroa (talk) 20:22, 9 January 2009 (UTC) FA collab proposalHow 'bout spontaneous combustion? In all seriousness, it seems like an interesting subject. [[WP:QUAKE|₪]]<font face="Gill Sans MT">[[User:Ceranthor|Ceran]] →([[User talk:Ceranthor|slip]]→[[Special:Contributions/Ceranthor|sled]] →[[Special:Emailuser/Ceranthor|snow]])</font> (talk) 02:00, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Vital medicineHya Cas, i know you're very busy, but Lactarius chrysorrheus could do with a small dose of your taxon to cure a very thin section. Spontaneus human combustion is an urban myth...innit?? Luridiformis (talk) 09:01, 12 March 2009 (UTC) DYK for Moon of Pejeng
The 13thHey Cas, sorry to see you can't make it to the Powerhouse tomorrow. Your expertise would have proven useful, I'm sure. ;) —Anonymous DissidentTalk 10:49, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Hey, Cas; Lion is prominently figuring at Wikipedia:Featured articles/Cleanup listing. Since Marskell isn't around, do you think you can enlist some editors to clean it up? One of the most discouraging aspects of the FAC job has been the realization of how quickly they deteriorate-- I sure hate to see what has happened to that one. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:29, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, I can't wait until we have a show/hide inline refs function. fixed. Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:30, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Dragonlance GAHey there! Just letting you know that we have nominated Dragonlance to be a Good Article, and it is currently up for review. :) BOZ (talk) 00:22, 14 March 2009 (UTC) DYK for Russula fellea
DYK for Russula fragilis
--Dravecky (talk) 02:38, 16 March 2009 (UTC) Buckingham Palaceconfident? YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 02:41, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
I just noticed (after looking at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Thumperward 2) an oppose !vote by GLFan151 (oppose #1), in which you indef blocked as a sock. Could you please strike that one out, as well, like you already did that with the Thumperward and Baseball Bugs RFAs? (He also !voted support at the Ceranthor RFA, but that is moot since it did not pass.) Thank you, MuZemike 16:22, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!On behalf of the Wikipedia:Kindness Campaign, we just want to spread Wikipedia:WikiLove by wishing you a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 15:21, 17 March 2009 (UTC) DYK for Jakob Bogdani
--Dravecky (talk) 05:17, 18 March 2009 (UTC) Camperdown CemeteryHi! Thanks for your help. I've got a blinking problem. I've put Chrys Meader's book down somewhere and can't find it in the mess! Chrys and I were trustees together, so if you've ever done a tour, it may well have been me that took it. What's the name of that lilyish thing with the iris-like flowers, grows in thick clumps with leaves that look like sword grass, but are soft? There is a lovely clump around a tree, and the ground nearby had dionella spreading out... Amandajm (talk) 08:54, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
CockatoosWell if there were a single source I would not have put it where I put it. We cannot (at present) put the whole thing in the article. But we can add some of the info. Here's how: Every time we cite a cladistic study, we automatically accept arguments from parsimony. This is not immediately obvious to the novice reader, but if would not accept arguments from parsimony, each and every cladistic analysis is baseless mumbo-jumbo. We could not argue like this if this were Conservapedia or if we'd subscribe to intelligent design - a Creator could invoke any trait out of thin air, without precedent in the ancestors. Whereas if you accept the premises of cladistic studies as valid, it is automatically accepted that anything that is frequent in the basal and rare in the advanced lineages of a clade is presumed to be the ancestral character state because "it is more parsimonious" to assume a single origin than multiple origins. So we can take all the phylogenetics papers that have been published - as we'll do anyway - and arrive at a consensus phylogeny. And we can reference the appearance of all cockatoos with a single source - Juniper/Parr, HBW, Forshaw/Cooper for example (I would not prefer HBW here, as the other sources are more detailed) and cross-refer them to the consensus phylogeny. And then we can say "It is notable that among the basal lineages, the following plumage patterns are generally seen: ... This suggests that it is most parsimonious that such plumage was already present in the last common ancestor of all living cockatoos." We could cite some phylogenetics textbook's part on character evolution for this, but we don't cite a physics textbook's part on gravity either any time some article mentions something falling down. Taking this, we can note that certain plumage patterns are seen in (almost) all the basal lineages and only lost in the advanced lineages. "Almost" because the question of why Probosciger is aterrimus ("the blackest") is unresolved. So we cannot be certain about details, but we can point out that all the data contradicts certain patterns of plumage evolution pretty certainly. As regards the original cockatoos, what is unparsimonious would for example be:
What we can also use is one of the psittaciform phylogenies that puts the NZ clade at the base (which is essentially any modern psittaciform phylogeny) as corroborating evidence - a cryptic pattern involving some degree of barring is appartently plesiomorphic for all crown Psittaciformes (and I suspect for all Psittaciformes in general). In any case, one thing needs to be noted: the placement of the Cockatiel is not determinable with certainty at present! (IIRC one possibility is slightly more likely than the other, but I'd have to sift through all the papers to find out which. Given how singular it is, even that cannot be regarded as proof; we need fossil evidence from near the point where the Cockatiel branched off from the other lineages, and we do not have this.) Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 09:35, 19 March 2009 (UTC) Gang Gang might actually not warrant inclusion in either subfamily - while the analysis results for the Cockatiel are contradictory because you can get quite good support for either possibility (IIRC), Callocephalon simply refuses to fit into the "nice" dichotomies phylogenetics software will try to construct. As regards the synthesis stick, my take is with WP:BURDEN - it is pretty hard to challenge the obvious (namely that some taxon has some phenotypical traits), especially considering Felsenstein's "Phylogenies and the comparative method" (which should provide sufficient justification for a "naive" character mapping) gets cited in scholarly works on average once every three days since 24 years... Note though that as soon as the phylogeny gets contentious, a dedicated source is surely needed - see for example the very fine paper here. One can actually turn the burden of evidence, in this case for example: "provide a source that suggests that the LCA of cockatoos was all-white/all-black". Otherwise, where would one stop? The conclusion that chimpanzees were never bipedal in their evolution is generally accepted at face value by precisely the same reasoning, although there is simply not a single shred of material evidence to support this assumption: no fossils on the chimp side of the lineage are known, and the fossils on the human side of the lineage are all (at least preferentially) bipedal. But as I said, claims cannot be made with finality as long as there is no study where Probosciger tail and cheek feathers have been photographed in UV or observed under a SEM. What we can do at this point is to observe the obvious, describe the situation as far as can be plainly seen. PS: the molphyl/clock studies of psittaciforms and the fossil record square NO WAY, you guys gotta be careful. The recent "proves Cretaceous" paper was technically far better as I thought, but in the context of Wikipedia it would be accused on severe POVpushing... For one thing, the Cretaceous scenario together with the molphyl trend to put them close to passeriforms (which may well be good, though I suppose not as close as the first large-scale trees suggest) puts the origin of a lot of birdy stuff into the Mesozoic nether regions. Also, a lot of fossils that ought to be there have not turned up, I mean not even traces in well-studied regions. And finally, the entire theory is probabilistic, but if that other paper on Cenozoic NZ and sea levels is right (it is cited off-handedly in the Cretaceous paper), the probability for a deep Mesozoic origin of the Psittaciformes is around 2.769126%ish ;-) (it is hard for kakapo ancestors to survive on a submerged microcontinent...) If they had titled it "cannot refute a Cretaceous origin", I'd have been delighted. But this way, it is just like the bad old times of molphyl 15 years ago -trying to outrace each other with data with a signal/noise ratio that reaches abysmality after 100 Ma.
Gyromitra esculentaWhat a beautiful mushroom! Nice work. I look forward to more FAs on poisonous mushrooms. --BorgQueen (talk) 09:55, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
BLP concernsWould this need to go through AfD in order to be deleted? Enigmamsg 02:13, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Lactarius chrysorrheus
Re: ACIDthanks for the heads-up. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 02:55, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
radioactive user talk page...Here, have one of these - 50k and five years...wow. congrats. Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:26, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Some Arbs are sadly out of touch - or maybe it's me :)Where have you been? And how did you get any results at all from wannabe_kate? It's dead, dead, dead - but still linked from a million places. I've been waging this war for several months now. Interiot left the scene long ago, and when I contacted them they asked where I got their contact information - so that they could remove their contact information. The wannabe_kate software used hardcoded namespaces (failed on the File: change), didn't use the API, and had a fall-through algorithm that counted anything not recognized as other-space as mainspace - I spotted at least one huge (non-Image:) miscount there, which is when I began the death-march. Dead, dead, dead. Shoot on sight. </rant> For general counting, you can use real Kate (~river on the toolserver) or the generally accepted soxtool where I miss Interiots's Christmas-y red-and-green motif. And now that I look at it, sox was in on those supercession discussions but their output doesn't look as good as it used to. Strange how tools that people store links to and use regularly come and go with no great discussion. (And sorry for the rant, it's just 'cause I seemed to be the first to spot the wannabe_kate problems and start jumping up and down) On the uContribs topic, noted. That's a whole 'nother subject of guilt where I feel an obligation to several people, I have to satisfy them in order, and I need to make software tweaks first and Oh God do documentation! If I bail on the upgrades, I will do the requests in order and notify you in turn. I just need to figure out these template/locator maps first, deal with a few minor disputes people are having, look at a new user who I've encouraged to contribute. Less than 40 things, I promise. Then uContribs, I promise ;) Maybe more than 40, but let me express my sincere desire. lol Also, nice Arb'ing! Given your top article edits to lions, vampires, toxic mushrooms, mental illness &c, I was seriously thinking of calling in Bishzilla for a cage match. You would have multiple avenues of attack OTOH I still haven't stretched my window large enough that Bish wouldn't fill it completely. :) Franamax (talk) 05:57, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
edit links on your user pageFirst poke; I did 'Articles' and 'DYK'. On 'Articles' you have 'show' the box to see the edit link (which is built into the subpage), on 'DYK' the link is in the main page and always shows. Which way you like? It will be easy to do them all either way. nb: some talk page stalker may offer a canned tool to do this; I couldn't use tnavbar as it assumes template space. Cleanest route would probably be to use real headers and let MediaWiki generate the links but your page has momentum in other directions. Cheers, Jack Merridew 08:19, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Oversight helpHi. I had sent a request for oversight assistance two or three hours ago and am basically waiting up to see if it brings a response or there is anything I need to add. I noted you are listed on oversight and thought I'd ask if there is anything you can do about it. This situation is quite upsetting. I'd be glad to send a copy of my oversight email. Thanks. Wildhartlivie (talk) 11:01, 21 March 2009 (UTC) dykIt ain't the most exciting hook, but I can't think of anything better myself. I made a distribution map for it. Hesperian 11:11, 21 March 2009 (UTC) About barleyI left you note here. I've also started a stub on Murri (condiment) which you may find interesting. I'll try to add some stuff to Barley, but if you find yourself getting impatient, feel free to mine the sources I linked to yourself. Tiamuttalk 11:44, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
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New mushroom articlesThere's been new mushrooms article popping up on DYK and, how to say it... they leave somewhat to be desired. That's the third time at least that I fix glaring authority errors (I think they just copy-pasted it from another 'box!) and some really weird use of the taxobox (e.g. slotting the species in the "type species" of a genus format at Agaricus lilaceps). Just saying so you may want to keep an eye out from time to time. Circeus (talk) 01:02, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
GFDL questionHi. I left a WP:GFDL question at User talk:A Nobody/Archive 11#Next time.., regarding the Neopets content. Thanks. Flatscan (talk) 04:31, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
OK, gotcha now. I agree, and this is what I have done in the past, and most recently again here at Food street which was deleted last year after an AfD to delete, and then recreated and seems to fulfil notability and is completely different. I recreated old material. I have also restored and then Moved to userspace to preserve history when userfying. Now I have to read the diffs to see where the problem is. Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:42, 29 March 2009 (UTC) Aaah bother. You are right - this was one time where I didn't, but I wasn't sure if a history merge on the two pages would work. Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
DYK helpDear Cas, can you help this fact become a DYK? Thanks! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 17:53, 23 March 2009 (UTC) Oakdale, Texas — The problem with TV cruftSee the 'article' — and note that there is, in fact, a real Oakdale, Texas. It would seem to be little more than a neighborhood, but it has a postal code (75931), and Google knows it. So does the Texas State Historical Association; Handbook of Texas Online - OAKDALE, TX. Cheers, Jack Merridew 09:16, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Help proofreadingI am working on a list and wanted to know if you would proofread the text for me? If available, I would appreciate your feedback. Regardless, thank you for your help on wikipedia. kilbad (talk) 17:34, 24 March 2009 (UTC) Fixation bordering on harassment and escalation of tensions by User:Jack MerridewDear Casliber, although I am trying to avoid this editor, he is retaining a disruptive fixation on me that includes leaving messages about "cruft" on my talk page and in multiple venues mischaracterizing my edits and referring to me by my old username, including in a mocking manner. JM was unblocked so that he could make constructive edits, not refer to editors by their old usernames. I don't refer to him by his old usernames and in my case I changed names for a serious reason. Not long after his being unblocked he was warned to not refer to me by the old username. I therefore believe that he is violating the arbcom agreement by watching my edits, ignoring my and others appeals that I be referred to as "A Nobody" only and leaving unwelcome messages to me as well. Like I am going to respond to someone on my talk page who is taking a laughing tone toward me elsewhere? Please reign him in. I will start an ANI thread or something if necessary, but I am here to edit, not be harassed. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 17:42, 24 March 2009 (UTC) R-t DiverHi Cas: Just back from three back to back trips (Mexico, Sri Lanka, Costa Rica) but now should have the time to polish it up before month's end. I'll need some eyeballs to have a look before I send it off to GAC—care to volunteer?! :) MeegsC | Talk 20:32, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Banksia lindleyana
This medical mushroom article has seen significant change lately if you'd like to have a boo.LeadSongDog come howl 18:09, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi all, it's Meetup time again :-) - Hopefully you'll be up for meeting on April 22nd at about 6pm at The Paragon, a pub in Circular Quay. It'll be the usual round of drinks and chit chats, with no particular agenda, just some friendly faces, and a shared interest in Wiki stuff. If you've thought about coming along before, but haven't made it - we'd love to see you - it'll be a relaxed, social chin wag about all things wiki - bring anyone along you fancy, and I hope you can make it :-) Please do sign up on the meetup page, and do also feel free to nominate an alternative time / date / location if for whatever reason the 21st doesn't work for you - we're an accommodating bunch :-) cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 04:10, 26 March 2009 (UTC) idWikipedia talk:WikiProject Plants#IDs_2. Hesperian 10:47, 26 March 2009 (UTC) I noticed you are a psychiatristHi, I was just reading the schizophrenia page and noticed this section Schizophrenia#Drugs, where it claims that there is little evidence to suggest that drugs of abuse other than cannabis is related with causing psychosis. Although it was a review paper I find what they state very dubious. This reference suggests an 800% increased risk in men and 300% increased risk in women (cannabis abuse only suggests a 40% increased risk). This review also mentions schizophrenia specifically in regards to alcohol. What about LSD and magic mushrooms, much more potent hallucinogens than cannabis, are they relatively safe in terms of not triggering psychosis? Or amphetamines, particularly neurotoxic methamphetamine? Chronic ketamine and/or PCP (aka angel dust) are other drugs associated with psychosis. I dunno, I just feel that that section is very misleading to patient and health professional alike, but it is backed up by a review paper. I don't have the full text paper so I can't say how they reached there conclusions. Anyway I noticed that you were a psychiatrist, so I thought that I would discuss this with you first before. My feeling is that the research grants are mostly getting granted for cannabis psychosis related research and the journals and media are focusing on cannabis to the exclusion of other worse drugs which also cause psychosis or even sometimes permanent brain damage. What are your thoughts? Should it be challenged? I am hesitent to challenge the statement in the article after getting in such a big debate on the major depressive article.--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 11:26, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
I am aware of the debate surrounding cannabis. I have known people to have become psychotic from heavy duty cannabis use but mostly they recovered after a few weeks to months of abstinence. I do believe though that alcohol is more destructive to mental health than cannabis so I do have a bit of bias there in my viewpoint. I was just reading again the cited reference and this is what it says, "There is evidence to suggest that cannabis may have a causal role in the development of psychopathology but not for other substances." They actually use the word psychopathology, so what they are saying is all other drugs of abuse have no adverse effects on mental health except for cannabis. Psychopathology if I am correct covers any aspect of mental illness, not just schizophrenia. I wonder were the review authors suffering from cannabis induced psychosis. :) I just don't see how they could review the literature and come to the conclusion that only cannabis has bad effects on mental health. I agree with the consensus that cannabis would make paranoid states worse and should be avoided in people with psychotic disorders. I made a few tweaks to the psychosis article and added some info on alcohol related psychosis. I also found this reference about alcoholic psychosis (which apparently doesn't exist according to schizophrenia wiki article as only cannabis is bad for mental health) having the potential to being misdiagnosed as schizophrenia.[8] I dunno may be I am getting too enthusiastic about all this wiki editing, I hope I am not bothering you with this.--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 15:08, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Schizophrenia is a type of psychosis, so perhaps the persisting amphetamine psychosis alcoholic hallucinosis would be classified differently but just the statement that other drugs don't cause psychosis bothers me in the schizophrenia article. Maybe I should just bring it up on the talk page. Thank you for your time.--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 20:13, 26 March 2009 (UTC) and/or alco Ms. van der LindeHi, Cas. You referred to Kim van der Linde as "him", but here's a picture. —JerryFriedman (Talk) 21:44, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Peer reviewingI suspect that you are now very busy with ArbCom matters, but I spotted your name near the top of WP:Peer review/volunteers#Natural sciences and wondered if you are still reviewing? I'm hoping to take Oxygen toxicity as my first try at FAC, but I'm a scuba diver, not a medic and would really appreciate some constructive criticism. If you don't have time for this, I fully understand, but would you have any thoughts on someone else sympathetic I could ask? Or is it best to just list the article at WP:Peer review? Thanks in advance for any advice. --RexxS (talk) 23:02, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Sockpuppet allegation by User:Pixelfacefyi,
Cheers, Jack Merridew 04:19, 27 March 2009 (UTC) CfD nomination of Category:Inedible mushroomsI have nominated Category:Inedible mushrooms (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for renaming to Category:Inedible fungi (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. J Milburn (talk) 16:53, 27 March 2009 (UTC) Fictional character DYK, Good, and Featured drive suggestionHello! Please see User_talk:Pixelface#Something_different_to_work_on as I believe you can perhaps be helpful in these efforts! For example, what about with this? As you can see I expanded the article considerably? Could we ask, "Did you know that Will Kane's was Gary Cooper's second Academy Award winning role?" or "Did you know that Will Kane is ranked fourteenth on Entertainment Weeklys list of Top 20 Heroes of all time?" Thanks! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 18:14, 27 March 2009 (UTC) SnuppyHi, I just wanted to thank you for the review. I had been meaning to do some more work on it but couldn't find the time. Cheers, ~ Ameliorate! 02:12, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Murri (condiment)
questionHi, Would you be interested in volunteering some time and expertise to help the Wikimedia Foundation in a collaboration with the National Institutes of Health? I unfortunately do not have a lot of details to give at this time, but in short, I'm looking for a group of Wikimedians (primarily US or UK based, but that's not a requirement) that have interest or expertise in various medical fields, to help participate in a Wikimedia Academy event with the NIH. Even if you don't think you'd be able to attend the event, but would be interested in helping out online in any capacity, I'd love to hear back from you. Please leave a message on my talk page at User talk:Swatjester if you are interested. Thank you. ⇒SWATJester Son of the Defender 14:57, 28 March 2009 (UTC) LorazepamYou undo my edit when I'd merely changed the absurd phrase "unborn baby" to the correct medical term: fetus. An article on a medication should use medical terms rather than forced-birth propaganda. 67.100.203.155 (talk) 18:00, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
50k!Congrats, Cas! :) Firsfron of Ronchester 19:25, 28 March 2009 (UTC) Banksia SpikeG'day Casliber, I have a pic of the spike on the WP:Plants page now. Noodle snacks (talk) 09:35, 29 March 2009 (UTC) Sonny FaiHi Cas - would you be able to jump on this grub, by any chance? This is his most recent contribution. Cheers, florrie 14:30, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Roosters and monkey brainsReffed a lot of it, hopefully it will be daved nice and easily.... Monkey brain for arbcom lunch again eh??? pfft... These mind games are driving me nuts. YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) 05:02, 30 March 2009 (UTC) Discussion about AfD rulesHi, Casliber, the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion#Proposal_to_change_the_length_of_deletion_discussions_to_7_days seems to show overwhelming support. However I notice no names I recognise as admins. I think this is a serious gap since admins would have to implement any decision, and I'd also hope they'd raise any policy implications that might have escaped notice. It would be helpful if you could comment and ask a few other admins to comment. Please note this is not canvassing, as I have no idea how you will vote (if at all) and this is a request for info, not for a vote on any particular side. --Philcha (talk) 11:29, 31 March 2009 (UTC) CyathusHi Cas, just wanted to drop a note and gently remind about the Cyathus FAC. The article has grown about 7k since you left those initial notes (mostly to appease TTT), and I'd greatly appreciate any additional comments or suggestions you might have. Thanks Sasata (talk) 16:16, 1 April 2009 (UTC) Peer review of genetic monitoringHello Casliber, I found your name as a volunteer peer-reviewer for Natural Sciences and wonder if you might have time to comment on a site I wrote on genetic monitoring. I would love to try to make it a FAC but am new to Wikipedia and I’d really appreciate any constructive criticism, however brief. No problem if you are snowed, however. The articles I’ve seen with your input- on humpback and blue whales and California condor for example, are really excellent! Many thanks for your time, cheers Jen —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjack206 (talk • contribs) 17:14, 1 April 2009 (UTC) April Fool's DYK for Glochidion ferdinandi
Thank you for your contribution to April Fool's Day 2009! Royalbroil 22:24, 1 April 2009 (UTC) ThanksThanks for getting back to me so fast and taking a look. cheers (Jjack206 (talk) 09:01, 2 April 2009 (UTC)) MoveCould you move House of flowers to House of Flowers (over redirect)? Everyking (talk) 03:08, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
As I suspectedI tried experimenting a little with what you suggested, but.[9]--Scott Mac (Doc) 11:15, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
A little note regarding something I think you'd be interested in...Considering you're the creator of the Flaming Joel-wiki, I thought you may be interested to hear how utterly awesome it was to see Elton John and Billy Joel in concert. I've seen Billy before, back in '99. I think for his side of the show, his solo tour was better, as he treated it as an opportunity to do some storytelling, but there was definitely no lack of entertainment here. Elton John was amazing. Having grown up listening to his music, knowing it was old then (hahaha), I would have never imagined that I would get to see him perform live. Peforming duets, performing each other's songs... hard to put into words. If you have the opportunity to catch one of the shows in this Face-to-Face tour, I highly recommend it. Also, don't get floor seats. We would have enjoyed it more had we been up in the upper level, I believe. Hard to see with people standing in front of you, with no incline. :( لennavecia 14:34, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Request oversightHello! I was wondering if you could oversight this revision of Salvatore Rivieri: (revision#: 280116718)? It contains personal information of a controversial subject. Thanks so much for your help!--It's me...Sallicio! 02:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
I think so... thanks (I'm sure the subject thanks you, too!)--It's me...Sallicio! 03:00, 4 April 2009 (UTC) RE Notable saying?I recalled this one....Talk:Fes,_Morocco#Old_moroccan_saying - is it famous in morocco? Or just some anglophone urban myth...Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:02, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
aka the Australian bush fly. It seems the proper name; Google. I found this here; Aussie salute and here; Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aussie Salute (second nomination) and see it mentioned here; Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/To-do ( which may be your doing ;). G'day, Jack Merridew 11:40, 4 April 2009 (UTC) Re: Beetles, fungi and macro lensesHi Casliber. I saw the message you sent to fir0002. I doubt he'd be able to take any pictures of fungi since he is stuck in Melbourne due to university. I went for a walk through a cool temperate rainforest area of Wielangta forest today. I took a large number of pretty good quality fungus pictures. I need help with identifying them however, and have posted the images at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Fungi#18_IDs_from_Wielangta_Forest.2C_Tasmania. I'd appreciate your help since you seem to be fairly knowledgeable in the area. You also had some gear questions. Since you want to shoot insects too, I'd get a fairly long macro lens such as the tamron 180mm or the sigma 150mm. More critical than your choice of lens is your lighting. You want a 430ex or a 580ex (extremely useful for everything). For insects add a softbox, macro flash bracket and an E-TTL cord. The softbox and macro bracket can be easily home-made. For anything stationary ditch the bracket/softbox and use a $30 ebay shoot through umbrella and swivel, and some ~$30 ebay radio triggers. You will need a light stand or an assistant. For the stationary stuff I'd also consider a decent tripod, allowing you to balance ambient and flash light. The longest exposure in the fungi I've uploaded was four seconds, impossible without a tripod. Compare File:Wielangta Unidentified Fungus 5194.jpg (fill flash) with http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/579/img5192u.jpg, which is only ambient. Noodle snacks (talk) 11:49, 4 April 2009 (UTC) Thanks Cas!For opening up a whole new area of wikipedia for me and letting people know about the site! : ) cheers! Jjack206 (talk) 13:20, 4 April 2009 (UTC) I'm wondering where you stand professionally on the concept? Some are believers, others aren't ... I did a lot of work on that article before a certain ArbCom. It's still a pretty clean article. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:04, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
MapCas, I'm sorry about the map. I had hoped to do it but life has just been unrelenting. I'm hoping things get better or they just lay me off... I can't keep up this pace of work! But for now, the chances I'll get to that map in the next month are pretty remote :( --JayHenry (talk) 18:53, 4 April 2009 (UTC) Edit Help.. please??Hey, i'm new to wikipedia and I've just recently uploaded my article on Muscina flies. I'm currently looking for editors who can do a quick edit to help me make the page a better Wikipedia article. If you could help me edit, I would be extremely greatful. If not, than that's okay too. If it's not asking too much, could you could maybe forward this message on to other veteran Wiki users who could help me edit I would be much obliged. --Hieu87 (talk) 19:55, 4 April 2009 (UTC)Hieu87 mapsSure, it might not be immediately, but send me the stuff, at mailto:kim@kimvdlinde.com -- Kim van der Linde at venus 01:09, 5 April 2009 (UTC) Curious about your opinion re: Ottava Rima's RFAHi, I don't know you personally, but many contributors whom I trust think highly of you. I have to say your support for administrator of someone who has such an attitude for the "paper-pushers" of WP leaves me a bit nonplussed. You mentioned in your support that there shouldn't be a division between content producers and administrators. But what about the division between content producers/administrators and wikignomes? I can't see how widening that gap helps the wiki. Although it's been an unwritten rule that wikignomes are considered second class Wikipedians, it seems lately I've seen more and more concrete evidence confirming that fact. I'm seeing more editors saying gnomes do not contribute to the wiki and should never be admins. Well, I'm not much of a content writer. It doesn't come easy for me. But I care about WP. I care that the information that people access about science is accurate, and I work hard and use my brain to determine the value of edits. I think the major content producers in my milieu appreciate me, but it still hurts to see that I'm considered no more than a drone in general. I'd like to hear what you think. Thanks for your consideration, Aunt Entropy (talk) 17:07, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Peer review of larp articleHey there. I notice on the peer review volunteers page you're up for reviewing roleplay articles "a bit". Would really appreciate your input on live action role-playing game at the peer review if it takes your fancy. Thanks, Ryan Paddy (talk) 01:04, 6 April 2009 (UTC) Hey!Hey Cas, what's up? Just thought I'd pop by and see what you're up to. How are things with you? I see you haven't slowed down at all lol. I'm still over at WikiHow, but I've been kinda busy with real life stuff. My fiance and I split, which I'm still recovering from - we ended it mutually but she said she wasn't ready for a relationship and I couldn't keep her. Well, that's my groan lol - I really don't think I'll be coming back any time soon, but who knows... See ya Cas and keep up the good work. Spawn Man (talk) 12:26, 6 April 2009 (UTC). P.S. Please reply on my talk page if you want - my email is on the fritz. |
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