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Markham's storm petrel scheduled for TFA
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- Nice! FunkMonk (talk) 14:43, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
Humpback whale FA
Do you think it is Satisfactory? LittleJerry (talk) 22:54, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
- At a glance, it looks a bit short, and a FAC from 2004 and FAR from 2007 seems well before the modern standards existed... FunkMonk (talk) 22:56, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
Not unsourced / Doesn't apply
Hi FunkMonk. This edition of yours definitely doesn't apply. Content in sections "Scientific terminology in Dinosaur!" and "Inconsistencies" is verifiable by the blue links in them and by the content in the documentary itself. What will you do with section "Plot" in this article? Delete it with a comment like "Removed unsourced synth."? Same thing... Kintaro (talk) 22:01, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- None of that is sourced. Wikilinks are not citations. FunkMonk (talk) 01:47, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
- Wow! How lapidary! Ok, so... "None of that is sourced. Wikilinks are not citations". Then... why did you keep the section "Content" in the very same article? Now, please, answer to the substance of my argument. Kintaro (talk) 08:59, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
- Take a look at WP:When to cite and WP:Synth. Plot summaries don't require citations. FunkMonk (talk) 10:10, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, see MOS:PLOTSOURCE for the plot summary. Regarding the sourcing, for example, you seem to write that "duck-billed" actually referrs only to the genus Hadrosaurus and the movie gots it wrong, but I don't think that is the case. Statements like this need a source. The Synth problem is a different, independent one (we should only include criticism that has actually been voiced/published by criticists); it is also fundamental for Wikipedia. Jens Lallensack (talk) 10:28, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
- Wow! How lapidary! Ok, so... "None of that is sourced. Wikilinks are not citations". Then... why did you keep the section "Content" in the very same article? Now, please, answer to the substance of my argument. Kintaro (talk) 08:59, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
@Jens Lallensack, you just said: "you seem to write that duck-billed actually referrs only to the genus Hadrosaurus and the movie gots it wrong". No! it's the opposite! Let's copy-paste the deleted text, the whole content of section "Scientific terminology in Dinosaur!": [Quotation] The genus Brontosaurus is named as such in the documentary, although at that time (1985) the scientific consensus considered it to be synonymous with Apatosaurus. Also, at the beginning of the documentary, Christopher Reeve, who hosts the programme, mentions several dinosaur genera. Starting with Hadrosaurus, Reeve signs to the audience that dinosaur names are fun to say, but this is the only moment in Dinosaur! when the genus Hadrosaurus is mentioned as such. For the rest of the programme, including the segments referring to the specimens studied in Montana by Jack Horner (genus Maiasaura though not mentioned as such in the documentary), both Reeve and the narrator use the term "duck-billed" which refers to all hadrosaurids. Hadrosaurus, as a genus, refers to one single species and specimen found in New Jersey. The documentary Dinosaur! abundantly uses the term "duck-billed", thus referring to all hadrosaurids, not only to the genus Hadrosaurus. [End of quotation]. Please friends provide some effort when reading others' arguments. Kintaro (talk) 11:30, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
- In that case, it's not even a movie error. In any case, we need a reliable source that states that this particular movie had this particular mistake. Enough said. Jens Lallensack (talk) 12:07, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Jens Lallensack... why do you persistently talk about mistakes when referring to this specific section, "Scientific terminology in Dinosaur!"? Aren't you reading the section's title, nor the section's content neither? it's not intended to sign mistakes and there's no reason to suppress it (same as there's no reason to suppress the following section neither, section titled "Inconsistencies"). Simply read both sections, please, click here for the last edit where they were present before FunkMonk suppresses them. Thank you in advance. Kintaro (talk) 12:26, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
- So, its almost an entire paragraph to point out that the movie uses the term "duck-billed" in the correct way? I still don't get the point. Another function of providing sources is to demonstrate that the included information is actually relevant and important enough (we should try to keep things as concise as possible). Anyway, let's end the discussion here, it does not change the fact that we need a source (a fundamental, non-negotiable Wikipedia policy that none of us has influence on). Jens Lallensack (talk) 12:42, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Jens Lallensack... why do you persistently talk about mistakes when referring to this specific section, "Scientific terminology in Dinosaur!"? Aren't you reading the section's title, nor the section's content neither? it's not intended to sign mistakes and there's no reason to suppress it (same as there's no reason to suppress the following section neither, section titled "Inconsistencies"). Simply read both sections, please, click here for the last edit where they were present before FunkMonk suppresses them. Thank you in advance. Kintaro (talk) 12:26, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
TFA
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Thank you today for Laysan honeycreeper, introduced: "One of the saddest articles I've written here, as it follows the path to extinction of this species almost by the minute, like a train wreck in slow motion. I've been able to track down all sources that say anything substantial about the species, and luckily it lived so recently that we have footage and photos of it, which are also old enough to be in the public domain."! - Alexander Goehr is on the same page. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:35, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
- Welcome, I had completely missed it was today! FunkMonk (talk) 11:08, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
- That's cute! - Today's story has 3 composers, I couldn't decide for the one on the Main page or the one who didn't make it on his bicentenary, so took both, and the pic has a third. Listen if you have a bit of time. The music, played by the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra in Germany in April 2022, impressed me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:47, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
- Recommended reading today: Frye Fire, by sadly missed Vami_IV. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:11, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display, portrayed by Egon Schiele, with music from Moses und Aron, and with two DYK hooks, one from 2010 and another from 2014; the latter, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday, which made me happy then and now again. - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (just a few days late). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:50, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
Promotion of Atrociraptor
A barnstar for you!
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The Writer's Barnstar |
| Thank you for Laysan honeycreeper! OJJ (talk) 14:47, 3 October 2024 (UTC) |
- Welcome, and thanks! FunkMonk (talk) 15:07, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
Nomination of Palaeotapirus for deletion
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