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Pachyrhinosaurus

Yes, P. lakustai is the unicorn species. It was named last summer. The unicorn horn had been known for years, though. ArthurWeasley named and uploaded his image before this species was named. Another user has also notified him of this. J. Spencer (talk) 15:59, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks. I wasn't too sure about it. Spotty11222 (talk) 17:22, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Quinze

Hi Spotty11222. Just to let you know, I declined the speedy-delete that you suggested for this article. It appears to be a notable card game. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 22:50, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Otodus obliquus

Hi. Re Talk:Otodus obliquus#Requested move, in case you don't already know, to show a change of mind it is usual to strike out the old vote and add the new one, like this:

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List of pterosaurs

I've adjusted the column widths (see talk page) does it look any better? Abyssal (talk) 13:31, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

It still looks the same to me. It's just that my eyes aren't what they used to be, and I can hardly read them unless I zoom in manually. It doesn't matter, just a little comment. --Spotty11222 (talk) 22:22, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Hurdia

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Gatoclass (talk) 09:20, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Fire Wildfire

Hi Spotty11222, thanks for your note on my talkpage.

Having looked at your original unexplained edit to Wildfire and your explained edit to Fire, followed by your explained revert to Wildfire (and the note on my talkpage), I'm not fully convinced that 'History' is a better section title than 'Origin', but at this point I will not revert your changes.

The relevant Fire and Wildfire articles talk about the 'fire tetrahedron' - oxygen, fuel, heat and a chain reaction are all needed for a fire to take place and continue. The History/Origins sections discuss the build up of the world's oxygen concentration, caused by flora (a fuel provided that the oxygen level is sufficient); and then the fossil record of charcoal (a residue of previous fires). If the section titles 'History' or 'Origin' are to be used, it would be better if they were 'History of fire (wildfire)' or 'Origin of fire (wildfire)', but wikipedia MoS does not like the article title (fire/wildfire, as appropriate) to appear in the section title, so we are stuck with 'History' or 'Origin'. However, the sections are really about the development of the world's atmosphere so as to support (oxygen-breathing) life and as a consequence giving rise to fires. For this reason I don't think that 'History' is any better than 'Origins'. A suitably brief section title along the lines of 'Development of suitable environmental conditions' is needed. At present, I've not yet found a suitable title.Pyrotec (talk) 18:23, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I've change both section titles to 'Fossil record'. Thanks for comming up with a consise section title; I was struggling somewhat.Pyrotec (talk) 16:00, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Pelagic thresher image

I removed this image [1] of the pelagic thresher that you uploaded because it's a duplicate of this image [2], which is copyrighted by wildlife photographer Doug Perrine. If you are Doug Perrine and hold the copyright then I apologize and could you contribute more images? If not, then we can't use it in the article. -- Yzx (talk) 23:58, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Glad to see this resolved. Thanks for the prompt reply. -- Yzx (talk) 00:13, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Suggestion Concerning Iniopterygians

You think it would be better to redirect Iniopterigians to "Iniopterygiformes" than the other way around?--Mr Fink (talk) 03:27, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

I just figured that Iniopterigians is too, shall we say, uncommon a common name for them, and that it would be for the best to put them under the taxon name. Now if I could only identify the iniopterygians I've already drawn.

Edit summaries

Hi Spotty,

Can you use an edit summary when tagging articles with citation needed tags? It makes it a lot easier to see what you're doing without having to compare the diffs. I'd like to keep the dinosaur articles relatively free of maintenance tags; I can do that by adding references where needed, but won't see the tags unless you use an edit summary. Best, Firsfron of Ronchester 22:34, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for moving the Solitaire article back, I thought only admins had the power to move articles to titles that had already been created? That's what it tells me when I try, at least. FunkMonk (talk) 15:21, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: italics

I have never seen any other article, let alone featured content, use such a mechanism. There's really no point to it, and I have to wonder how its implementation holds up on older browsers. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 13:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

And as also pointed out, while the scientific chaps might want it in their taxoboxes, I have not seen any sort of consensus for doing it to other media. I have to agree with many of the posters, it looks damned poor due to the san-serif font. Seeing as apparently the film and video game communities as a whole have not been notified of these discussions, I see no reason to carry it forward. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 17:06, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

I would suggest starting a discussion at a central location (I guess VP) and then inviting the wikiprojects to give their feedback (WP:VG, WP:FILMS, WP:MUSIC, WP:BOOKS, WP:TV off the top of my head, but there are probably many more). --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 20:09, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Dinosaur Barnstar
		For your dedicated work on Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs, I hereby award you this dinosaur barnstar. Thanks so much for your efforts to improve dinosaur articles. Firsfron of Ronchester 08:22, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! I think there's a little more to add, and if you don't object, I could submit the DYK? I was thinking of something like ... Limusaurus is the first herbivorous theropod ceratosaur to be discovered in Eastern Asia. What do you think? --Spotty ¹¹²²² 10:29, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

More can certainly be added to Limusaurus. Although I have no objections to submission of a DYK, Arthur did the majority of the work on this article (and also created it), so he should receive the credit for the DYK no matter who submit the actual request. He was actually talking about someone submitting a DYK for this article, so I think he will have no objections to a DYK. Firsfron of Ronchester 14:56, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Tagging

Hi Spotty,

In this edit, you've tagged an article indicating that its lead is too short. However, you could easily expand this lead yourself, summarizing the existing material. I'm not a big fan of maintanence tags, especially where the remedy is so easy. Please consider improving the article instead of adding a tag that will just sit there, possibly for several years. The tag won't improve the article. Best wishes and happy editing, Firsfron of Ronchester 13:48, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hey Spotty! I see you really like dinosaurs and Paleontology, and so do I! I first learned about the fleshy growths on the Pachycephalosaurus from another dinosaur site. Do you know any other dinosaur-realated pages that could use a touch-up? --Dinomaster10231 (talk) 19:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

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Retiring?

Heya Spotty,

Are you really retiring? What happened? Firsfron of Ronchester 19:44, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm so sorry to see you go. I also hope you achieve your dream of becoming a paleontologist (don't listen to your parents, and follow your own dreams).

As far as your question goes, I became interested in paleontology as a kid, at about age 5. My cousin gave me a box of around 100 little dinosaur models (this was circa 1980, when they were still usually depicted in the old 'tripod' pose), and I'd spend hours arranging and rearranging them on cardboard platforms in my own 'dinosaur museum'. The saurischians couldn't be anywhere near the ornithischians, I recall. ;)

In 1999, I leaped at the chance to study Rana subaquavocalis in its natural environment, as part of my college studies. Amphibians are dying out at an alarming rate, and may well become the fossils of the future. The work I did on R. subaquavocalis, mostly collecting census and temperature data, went into some important papers and expanded my knowledge of herpetology. In 2005, when I saw the huge, very red List of dinosaurs with a thousand red links, I thought, "I can help fill this out; I've got tons of sources". So I began working on WP:DINO.

I will absolutely take a look at Feathered dinosaurs, though I try to stay out of that area. It was great working with you, Spotty, and I wish you the best of luck with the Fossil Wiki. Firsfron of Ronchester 21:01, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Lystrosaurus

Thanks for your help on the article at FAC! --Lystrosaurus1 (talk) 23:14, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

ITN recog

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Truly great work, Spotty! I'm impressed. :) Cheers, Master of Puppets - _{Call me MoP! :D} 19:18, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Thx :-)

Hi. Thanks for your good work around here. We need more like you. :-) -- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 13:55, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

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Reflist

Hello Spotty. Just curious ([3]): what's the difference? Woodwalker (talk) 17:02, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Paleontology of Galve, Teruel

Is it okay if I merge Paleontology of Galve, Teruel into Galve, Teruel? --I dream of horses @ 18:23, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Pampa de Achala

Hi Spotty. Thank you very much for your contribution in the article Pampa de Achala. For the past 3 years, my work focuses on 'Wikipedia' in Spanish, and my English is not very good, so I am translating with google small paragraphs. Any suggestions or corrections deemed necessary, just do it without talking. Again, thank you very much.Arianzaenglish (talk) 18:15, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

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Penghusuchus

Hi, Spotty11222;

Thanks for the fix! I'd copied the taxobox from Tomistoma; I'd thought I'd gotten all of the fields, but obviously not! J. Spencer (talk) 15:04, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

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