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assistance required

Peter, can you please do me a favour and create species pages for all the species I have listed in Dieuches? They all have the same author/date, so all you need to do is copy and paste the page for Dieuches abundans and change the species name (two times per page)... Stho002 (talk) 21:46, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

OK, thanks Stho002 (talk) 21:54, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

I have made one minor change, please copy and paste from the Dieuches abundans page Stho002 (talk) 05:58, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Excellent! Thank you ... Stho002 (talk) 06:00, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

I have added more species. Can you please copy and paste Dieuches africanus to all the names without pages (i.e. red names)? They all have different authors/dates, but I can put these in later. They are all mentioned in Eyle's book. Stho002 (talk) 22:40, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

something else I would appreciate help with: can you please go through http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:New_Zealand_Araneae_familiae, adding {{Taxonav|FAMILY}} to each FAMILY template? Stho002 (talk) 08:59, 18 July 2010 (UTC) I have just done it for Template:Agelenidae. A few others may be done already...

the list is only for N.Z., but the templates are global. All the world spider family templates need fixing, but this is a start... Stho002 (talk) 09:16, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Re: Chamaeleo

Hello Peter, I'm glad to see you're still hard at work at WS. As to Chamaeleo, Trioceros was a subgenus of Chamaeleo, but in 2009 it was elevated to genus status, so Chamaeleo and Trioceros are considered now separate genera.

One point about author pages: I saw you put the author's publications in the talk page. Why you do this? Why not put the publications in the main author page? Mariusm (talk) 04:12, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Archive

Well, I just finished archiving Steven's talk page. Would you like me to archive your talk page? OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 03:59, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

 Done OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 02:37, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Re:New Combination

yes, they do count, but it can be complicated, ... Stho002 (talk) 07:57, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Chasminodes nigrifascia

Are you sure you provided the right link? It is showing a blog when I visited it. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 01:53, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Give me the full link. My google doesn't show what appears on yours. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 05:05, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

doi template

Peter, PLEASE, PLEASE use the doi template {{doi|}}
you then just have to click on the doi number and you get the abstract page (no need to add another URL to the abstract)
thanks, --Stho002 (talk) 08:31, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Phengaris

Peter, I have now obtained a copy of the paper by Fric et al, 2007, and have set out Phengaris accordingly. I have used their species groupings, but not Sub-Genera, as they do not use that term explicitly. Best Wishes, Accassidy (talk) 11:12, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, there is an Item 3508 on the ICZN website concerning a proposal to give Maculinea precedence, though no argument is given. I won't plan to make any changes here until I see a full report from ICZN, I have other stuff I want to spend my time on, but we may revert later if necessary. Alan. Accassidy (talk) 14:39, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

MZB/ZMBJ

Do you think MZB ("Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense") is the same as your newly added ZMBJ in the institutions list? If it were, I'll "redirect" the former to the latter in the list. Circeus (talk) 18:34, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

RE: +iw

I use iw as an abbreviation for interwiki, adding links to the other wikipedias. I know that there are bots that can do some of it, but they haven't run here in a while. I am going by the articles at Special:WithoutInterwiki. Open2universe | Talk 14:43, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Hello Peter,

Happy New Year to you too. My collection is not very big, but it does contain some interesting Lycaenids from SE Asia. I suspect the paper you have read was by Kurt Johnson. Unfortunately, more recent S. American specialists consider Rhamma cassidyi to be con-specific with R. hybla. Cheers, Accassidy (talk) 23:32, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Arhopala

Dear Peter, I hope soon to be able to make some contributions to the rather cumbersome Genus Arhopala, which you have started some while ago. You have given a fairly comprehensive list of Species Groups etc, but I am not sure where you have adopted this from, as the only revision I have here is by Evans in 1957 and that is now somewhat out of date. Can you tell me which paper you derived the Species Groups from and the Synonymy of Panchala? Thanks, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 17:22, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Peter. I'll look at Tolweb and see how it is based. Regards, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 10:47, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Peter, under Arhopala sakaguchii you have listed a taxon from Seki, 2005, called Arhopala sakaguchii monstrosa, but on the page for this subspecies you have spelled it also monstrosi with an "i" on the end. Can you consult the Seki paper, if you still have it, and see which is correct? Is this paper available on the web? Thanks, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 19:18, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi Peter, Thanks for making the change. I am assembling a full Wiki-revision of Arhopala based on numerous source documents, now approaching 640 published names!! Do you have the Seki paper in e-form (PDF etc) that can be sent easily for me to keep a copy in my records? Cheers, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 10:55, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Very good. If you could email me the files of those relating to Arhopala I would be most grateful. My direct email is accassidy@aol.com. Many thanks, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 11:38, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Peter, no. Nothing received yet. Check again address accassidy@aol.com. Accassidy (talk) 19:13, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

What a puzzle. Then try sending to chairman@aerobatics.org.uk. Thanks, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 19:28, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Dear Peter, I'm sorry but I have not received any email from you on either of the addresses I gave. I do not understand the difficulty. It is very frustrating. My main address, if you would like to try again, is accassidy@aol.com. I can think of no reason why your computer should refuse this. I have had the address for about 15 years and it is very busy every day. Thanks, Alan Accassidy (talk) 23:32, 24 March 2011 (UTC) Peter, yes please go ahead and add the Museum locations where you discover them. That would be very helpful. Thanks, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 18:41, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Type Specimens and Synonyms

Dear Peter, I notice a few updates from you concerning the re-location of Lycaenid type specimens from Schroeder & Treadaway, now in Frankfurt rather than Twig Treadaway's own collection. This is useful information, thank you. However, I note that in 1 or 2 instances you have also removed some of the information about the type specimen, e.g. that it was collected by (C. G. Treadaway) or some such. I think that it helps to have as much information as possible about the type specimens and I will continue to include who actually caught it, if known. Removing such small details takes away some interesting facts. For example, again, specimens taken by A. R. Wallace, or the Pratt Brothers, may be of special interest historically.

You have also noted that I use Synonymy as a section heading in preference to Synonyms and you have reverted some of my headings to this second form. I use the term Synonymy as it has a wider meaning in English and can be held to include such things as mis-spellings and mis-identifications in the literature as well as true designated Synonyms. So I would be grateful if you could leave my use of Synonymy uhchanged when you find it in future. Thanks, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 22:42, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Euphorinae

I don't know what you mean, exactly. The tribes are correct as far as I know, but there are lots of changes recently. Please put anything you want to add on my talk page first, so I can advise you if it is good ... Stho002 (talk) 08:38, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Isoetes

What is your source for ca. 350 species of Isoetes? The Flora of North America gives a figure of "ca. 150". --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:57, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Callophrys

Peter, the pages of this genus Callophrys are not of a high standard and your improvement of them would be appreciated. By all means use the system of Lamas, for there is no better, more recent publication covering the higher taxonomy of these species groups. I suggest that you use Lamas' sub-genera and make suitable templates for them. Best of luck, Alan Accassidy (talk) 20:16, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Lepid Soc Japan

Peter, you have been kindly adding some external links to articles from Trans Lepid Soc Japan here but when I click on these I get an error page, not the pdf file. Can you investigate adding the link in a form that connects successfully? Thanks, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 13:46, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Peter, look at what I have added to Jamides elioti as a version of this may work. Even if you just link to the abstract page rather than the full article, people can then click once more for the download. Alan. Accassidy (talk) 17:51, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Hayashi

Hi Peter, Mostly Mr Hayashi is adding small details to pages of the species he has named. For example, the location of Holotypes etc. There is also an issue over disambiguity of Hayashi so he is changing references to himself to "H. Hayashi". I have n problem with this. There is one taxon whose status I disagree with, but I will return to that when I have time. I will also fill in any gaps he leaves in the higher order pages when I find them I suggest you do the same. I'm not familiar with the Journal you mention, but I'm sure your contribution will be welcome. Best Wishes, Alan Accassidy (talk) 12:23, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Arhopalini

Dear Peter, you probably realise that I am currently revising the Genus Arhopala from the Arhopalini. In the sense currently generally accepted, since Eliot, 1992, in Corbet & Pendlebury, Edn. 4, Arhopala includes other genera such as Narathura, Nilasera, Aurea etc as synonyms of Arhopala. I removed some of these synonymous genera and those pages now include only redirect statements to Genus Arhopala, however, you have now relisted them under the Arhopala Section of the Arhopalini. Can you explain this? I don't think that these should be listed as valid genera when the page content is just a redirect. Have you a recent reference, since 1992, that re-establishes Aurea, Narathura, Nilasera, Panchala, Acesina, Darasana, Satadra as valid genera? Regards, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 17:38, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

In view of the redirects, I think it would be best to remove the synonymised genera from the list of genera on the Arhopalini page. If others try to add, for example a page for Narathura they will find it already exists as a redirect. Accassidy (talk) 20:40, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Hesperiidae

Did you mean hide the upper portion? I have done that. Koumz (talk) 19:21, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Holotype

No. We would have to make each museum its own page, and I think others would disagree with that. I will try to think of some other way to help you, though. Koumz (talk) 13:32, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Templates

I moved that template to Template:Calospilos. The name of the template page is easier to type that way. I just changed the name of the template page, not the template itself. The template itself still says: "Subgenus: Abraxas (Calospilos)". I should not have done anything to this at all. Koumz (talk) 13:32, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm not going to do anything at all with subgenera of insects anymore, since there is a disagreement between you and others about how they should be. There will always be duplicate pages, and there is nothing I can do about that. I don't care which way it is, I was just trying to make it so there aren't two pages for the same species. Sorry for the trouble. Koumz (talk) 13:41, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Re: Species of the week

The "species of the week" is intended to attract some interest to Wikispecies, so that the main page won't be just a dull boring "face".

By the way: many thanks for your persistent good work! Mariusm (talk) 04:58, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

IP edits

I was actually already working on this. Unfortunately, he edits while I am asleep like you do. There is reason to believe that IP (and several others like it) is Vladimir Dubatolov. His IP changes a lot within the same range. He adds a lot of good information, but he doesn't format correctly. He also is just beginning to understand how to use talk pages. He is editing a lot, and I don't have time to fix them all right away, so I'll work on it slowly. I will try to help him understand. Koumz (talk) 19:16, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks very much for your help with this. If we work together, we can keep his formats correct until he learns the right way. I am tracking all his addresses. One thing to watch for: He puts == Synonyms == , which needs to be changed to === Synonyms === . Koumz (talk) 13:06, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

I've figured out a way to fix all the mistakes quickly each day. The only problem is tracking the addresses. When you see him editing, you can add the address he uses to my list here if you want, and then I can fix all the edits from that address quickly later that day. Koumz (talk) 23:39, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Special characters

All Wikipedias have this problem right now, too, so it's a general wiki problem and not something I can fix. Sorry. Koumz (talk) 15:05, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Re: Help Dubatolov

It is very hard to explain to Dubatolov how the wiki works! Meanwhile we must correct his work. We must first convince him to open a user name and register, but that will take a lot of effort... Mariusm (talk) 06:17, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Lemyra

I'm sorry. I did them the way Dubatolov was already doing the others. I was trying to get him to make the pages with the templates the right way. I was concentrating on fixing the problems with his pages, and forgot about the subgenus thing. I won't create them anymore because it didn't work anyway. You will have to fix all of Dubatolov's bad pages yourself. I am tired of being caught between your way of doing things and Stephen's. I will probably just leave the site now.Koumz (talk) 04:42, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

What you say may be right, but what happens to me is this: If I do the pages your way, Stephen is unhappy with me. If I do the pages Stephen's way, you are unhappy with me. Any way I do them, someone is unhappy with me. I want to help everyone, but there is no way, and someone is always unhappy with me. I have enjoyed helping you with Lepidoptera, but right now I don't want to do anything with any Lepidoptera pages ever again, even to fix bad pages like Dubatolov's. Sorry. Koumz (talk) 04:57, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

I knew that it is normal for wiki for everyone to do things his own way. I didn't know it's also normal for wiki for people to try to make other people do it exactly the way they want. I don't like that part of wiki at all. I wish you the best with your butterfly and moth pages.Koumz (talk) 05:13, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Re:Stopping with additing species

On my computer everything works fine, including the special characters. Maybe the problem is with your computer? (some kind of virus or a bad installation of software). Can you please try to edit from another computer and see if it works there? Mariusm (talk) 16:42, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Do you mean these characters? : – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § ♀ ♂ † Mariusm (talk) 08:57, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

I don't understand you: There are (1) The chars which I listed above. (2) The chars such as èéêë etc. These can be accessed (a) By opening the program C:\WINDOWS\System32\charmap.exe or by (b) using the <alt> key + the respective number on the keypad. For example to input <á> (0225), hold down the ALT key and type 0225 on the numeric keypad. Here is the table: Mariusm (talk) 09:25, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

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Subgenera

Peter, we need to change the way we handle subgenera, to make it simpler and more logical. So, please avoid using subgenera for the moment ... there is plenty else to be done ... Stho002 (talk) 04:14, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

fine, but I won't be answering any questions relating to subgenera ... Stho002 (talk) 04:25, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Lepidoptera Biodiversity

• 155,181 described species (Pogue, 2009: 334) [excluding fossil taxa?]

References

• Pogue, M.G. 2009: Biodiversity of Lepidoptera. Pp. 325-355 in: Foottit, R.G.; Adler, P.H. (eds.) 2009: Insect biodiversity: science and society. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781405151429

Photos

Thank you for your comments. I added my larva photo to Antheraea polyphemus a few weeks ago. I noticed the nonstandard Photos head in the article and thought it was for links to external photos not available in Wikimedia Commons (normally, these would be linked under a Links head below References). It is true that the image guidelines specify 2 images only if there is sexual dimorphism, but differences between larva and imago are far greater than those between the sexes of adults and I would argue that a photo of each stage is desirable. Lack of room for text on the page is not an issue -- Antheraea polyphemus has a lot of white space even on the small netbook I am using at the moment (just 1024 x 600), and the image size can always be reduced if needed. Regards, -MKOliver (talk) 00:12, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Re ITIS

Thank you for the information. I made a mistake because I copied the template from an existing article, in which the ITIS treated as a reference rather than as links. Of course, comply with fair attention. I greet and wish you a pleasant afternoon. TMzander (talk) 12:03, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Eucosmini

There is some kind of a problem with the page Eucosmini. It does not display any templates the way it should. I do not know why, all the other Tortricidae pages work fine. Sorry. Koumz (talk) 19:41, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

It looks like the problem fixed itself. Koumz (talk) 04:44, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Lepidoptera families

I have now updated all the rest of Lepidoptera families so that they are like the ones you asked me to update before. Koumz (talk) 18:44, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Deudorix

Hello Peter, I am adding information on Oriental species and subspecies of Deudorigini. I see that Deudorix on Wikispecies has been split into two subgenera as proposed by Williams in Afrotropical Butterflies. This is a bit of a problem as not everybody goes along with Williams in this respect. Williams also suggests, effectively, that all Deudorix (Virachola) are African and all Deudorix (Deudorix) are Oriental. The latter may be true, I do not have a problem there. However, there are a number of Oriental species that current authors put in Virachola and which do not fit with the strictly African interpretation of Deudorix (Virachola). Furthermore, the Type Species of Virachola is Deudorix perse Hewitson, 1863, from Sri Lanka. This species is not included in Williams' 29 species of Deudorix (Virachola) all of which are African.

I propose removing the controversial subgenera and reverting to two separate genera: Deudorix and Virachola within the Deudorigini. The former will be Oriental while the latter will contain both African and some Oriental species, such as perse, smilis, subguttata, kessuma and masamichii which occur in the East.

Do you have a strong objection to this proposal? If you do, I will leave it as it is, and separate the African and Oriental taxa within Deudorix (Virachola). Regards, Alan Accassidy (talk) 18:57, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Peter, you are right about Poritia phama Lectotype. I have Takanami paper here too. See the additional changes I have made. Thanks. Alan Accassidy (talk) 16:33, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Celastrina neglectamajor

Peter, you created a page called Celastrina neglectamajor with a reference to Opler & Krizak, 1984. Neglecta-major was actually a name coined by Tutt in 1908 as a form of Celastrina argiolus ladon, which has its own page here. I am not familiar with the paper by Opler & Krizak. If you have seen a copy, is it possible to give me a link to it, or email me a photocopy? I would be interested to see how they have elevated this to species status, in contradiction of what was published by Eliot & Kawazoe in 1983. Thanks, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 16:18, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Zfg formatting for Taxonavigation

Hi. I just want to ask your opinion on the usage of Template:zfg in Taxonavigation. See also one of admin opinion on User_talk:Stho002#Zfg_formatting_for_Taxonavigation. Thanks.--Ultima.ramza (talk) 13:06, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

igolotiana

Peter, You included igolotiana Murayama & Okamura from Philippines under Creon cleobis. Treadaway & Schroeder, 2012, revised Philippines checklist, has entries for Tajuria igolotiana at species rank, and two other subspecies T. i. fumiae and T. i. nonoyi. As this is the most recent information, I propose to remove igolotiana from Creon and move it to Tajuria. Do you have any strong reason to retain igolotiana in Creon? Cheers, Alan Accassidy (talk) 23:32, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

See also discussion at the end of this paper on Tajuria discalis Accassidy (talk) 23:42, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Type locality and holotype are indeed important when known. I always include these headings and will continue to do so. Regards. Alan Accassidy (talk) 08:41, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Warning!

Peter, if you make threats like that again, without first trying to talk to me about any problem you might have, then YOU WILL BE BLOCKED! Now, what's the problem? Stho002 (talk) 23:44, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Reply

See my talk page ... Stho002 (talk) 19:30, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Lycaenid Tribes

Peter, the older species listed in some places under Shirozuozephyrus were previously in Chrysozephyrus, which is part of the Theclini. I suggest you include Shirozuozephyrus there. Best wishes, Alan Accassidy (talk) 17:35, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks also for amending the entry for R. persephone to make it more accurate. My assumptions from the Japanese website were clearly unjustified! Alan. Accassidy (talk) 17:43, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

How to edit redirects

Peter, you can get rid of the redirect by editing the page Lecithocera squalida as you edit any other page. To edit the redirect, you can first click on the link to Lecithocera squalida from the page Lecithocera. It will redirect you to Lecithocera aulias, BUT just underneath the page title Lecithocera aulias, it will say "(Redirected from Lecithocera squalida)". Then you click on the link in "(Redirected from Lecithocera squalida)" and it will take you to Lecithocera squalida, which shows a redirect image. Then just click edit and add the content you want to the page Lecithocera squalida. Hopefully this helps you. Koumz (talk) 20:59, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Mexicantha is no genus of Tortricidae, but of Saturniidae: Hemileucinae

I am not experienced with Wikispecies pages and internal links (and editing these), so I cannot do the changes by myself, but I would really appreciate if someone more experienced with this could move the "Taxonavigation" links for the genus Mexicantha from presently Tortricidae to family Saturniidae, subfamily Hemileucinae, (and, of course, adopt the entire tree correctly) where it really belongs. I should know that, as I am one of the authors of that genus: Mexicantha is no micromoth, but a [small] saturniid ... If there are any questions, please ask me under my email wnaessig [at] senckenberg.de . I am not having any Wikispecies identity so far, and presently have neither time nor interest in becoming a Wiki contributor for the time being, but I could offer some help [restricted in capacity by time problems] on specific requests regarding Saturniidae, Brahmaeidae or Eupterotidae. Wolfgang A. Nässig

Re: Wikimedia

Hello, Peter. Firstly I want to express my appreciation to your solid work for WS. As regards Stho002, I'm at a loss of what to do. I agree he's a kind of a bully, and his conduct is unacceptable, but what are the alternatives? Most of the requests he makes are sound enough (for example, I agree with his opposition to subgenera [see my treatment of subgenera here: Bolitoglossa]). For now let's just calm down, and proceed with augmenting data to WS as we find fit. Mariusm (talk) 06:32, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Fgt

Peter, thanks for the update. No, I don't know any more than you about this User. I will keep an eye open. Alan Accassidy (talk) 17:52, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

I've also tried to establish more meaningful contact, so we will see what happens next. Accassidy (talk) 17:26, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

re: BASEPAGENAME

Hi Peter,

First of all I have to confess I admire your perseverance to the Lepidoptera. As to the template BASEPAGENAME, it is simply the current page-name (which is also eventually the genus or species name). So instead of writing the species name you can put this template, and in case the species needs a relocation to another name, you won't have to retype it.

I don't quite understand what you mean by: "Don' t forgett that we did' t have had take classes. I'm working now for Razowski (Tortricidae, Poland) and Nässig (Saturniidae, Germany). I'm 67 year now and i need templates." Can you be more specific please?

I am really glad to have you around here, Mariusm (talk) 14:57, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Oh, I see. Yes, you're correct about the strive for consistency, but we need also to progress somehow, if we realize there's a better way to do things. I don't think we're using Java here in WS ... or am I wrong? Mariusm (talk) 15:32, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

No, No!! You don't have to make a new template! Instead of writing:

 
== Taxonavigation ==

{{Micragone}}

Species: ''[[Micragone morettoi]]''
 

You write:

 
== Taxonavigation ==

{{Micragone}}

Species: ''[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]''
 

Mariusm (talk) 16:13, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Reference templates

Peter, please do not revert reference templates that I add! Thanks, ...Stho002 (talk) 07:10, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

PS: If you want to know why they are a good idea, then please ask someone else around here, and they can give you an unbiased answer (hopefully!) ...Stho002 (talk) 07:14, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Let me be clearer: if I change a reference to a reference template, please do not change it back, thank you ... Stho002 (talk) 08:58, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Chilades

Peter, I am in the USA for a few weeks and do not have access to my reference library at home. I suspect that the large discrepancy is due to splitting or lumping of related genera. For example, some include Freyeria under Chilades, while others do not. If there has not been a recent revision to follow, then it may be hard to get wide agreement. Do you have a recent paper that you are trying to follow? I have not turned my attention to this area for some time. Alan Accassidy (talk) 12:40, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Peter, There are a lot of species missing from Chilades. I would use Williams for Afrotropical species (and he includes Freyeria under Chilades) and a mish-mash of other books/papers to review the Oriental species. This might be something I can get round to during the later parts of the winter, but for now I don't really have the time to spend. Regards, Alan Accassidy (talk) 17:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

orbitulus Prunner

Peter, currently its on this page: Plebejus (Albulina) orbitulus. Higher classification of the Holarctic Polyommatini is not very stable right now, as lots of new papers being circulated following molecular analysis. This is where we have the species page for orbitulus, not under Agriades. Alan Accassidy (talk) 17:12, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Speiredonia darwiniana

You left a comment at the top of the page. I don't know if that was intentional or not during page creation so I removed it in the mean time. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 09:08, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

I see. I have restored your comment. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 00:28, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm not a professional either so I can't comment or observe these potential mistakes. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 05:06, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

As far as I know, credentials are not required for the participation in this project so I fail to see how an individual's credentials make his opinion more (or less) valued than others. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 03:38, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Bulletins

Peter, can you give me an example of what you mean. It is not completely clear to me. Thanks. Alan Accassidy (talk) 14:00, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

OK. If you think it important to have the full title spelt out, then you can modify the text on the Reference Template and it will be on every page once the change has been made. Another very good reason to have a Template for the Reference rather than a separate entry on each relevant page. Accassidy (talk) 14:42, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy New Year to you also. I have made a Redirect from the A. p. insulana page to A. p. insula. Well spotted. Alan Accassidy (talk) 23:17, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

I made a redirect in case anything else links to the old page. This way the link still leads somewhere (the new page) instead of leading to an error message. Accassidy (talk) 10:25, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Polyommatus

Peter, I now have a copy of the Talavera et al 2012 paper published in Cladistics on Polyommatus sensu lato. I think this is the paper to which you refer as 'recent molecular studies'. The Talavera paper disposes with subgenera under Polyommatus sensu stricto and has Cyaniris, Eumedonia, Neolysandra, Lysandra and Polyommatus as separate genera. As you have done most of the work on this group, I thought I would discuss it with you. I think it would be a good idea to raise the subgenera to full genus status in accordance with this paper. Talavera's genus Polyommatus includes a great many taxa. It may be possible to group these under some existing sub-genera. Do you agree? Alan Accassidy (talk) 17:28, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your quick response. According to Talavera we should also keep Neolysandra as a separate genus. I have a pdf copy of the paper I could send you if you do not have it. I just need your email. Alan Accassidy (talk) 18:26, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes I will email pdf, just confirm email address to use. Alan Accassidy (talk) 19:05, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

No, I don't have Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2013, 69: 469–478. Do you? Alan Accassidy (talk) 12:22, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

accassidy@aol.com

• Vacinniina - synonym of Agriades Accassidy (talk) 19:44, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Peter, the taxonomy of the wider Polyommatus group is treated differently by different authors. My own view is that it is very unwise to copy what is on other web sites, and that we should work primarily from serious academic papers. This whole area was treated quite recently by Talavera and a few others who published a paper in 2012. Cladistics, 29(2): 166-192. I have purchased a pdf copy of this, but you should be able to find it in Naturalis. See what they say about Vacciniina on page 175. If we could agree to stay with the higher classification of Polyommatus group using that paper, I think we would be doing the right thing. Reference Template below. Alan Accassidy (talk) 19:16, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

• Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R., 2013. Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics 29(2): 166–192. Reference page. 

Lycaena subgenera? preferably not.

Peter, I suggest you look at Bridges, 1994 which gives some basic information about these various generic or subgeneric names that fall within Lycaena sensu lato. Part IV deals with genus group names. The most recent document I have that deals with Palaearctic Coppers is Tshikolovets, 2011, Butterflies of Europe and the Mediterranean Area. He is a lumper and he uses several names as sub-genera of Lycaena, including: Lycaena, Helleia, Thersamolycaena, Palaeochrysophanus, Thersamonia, Alciphronia, Loweia, Pheonicurusia and Athamanthia. Many of these genus-group names are already listed as Synonyms of Lycaena. Oddly, the type species of Pheonicurusia is margelanica not pheonicurus, as the author made a mistake. Bridges has notes on this in Part IV. Species phoenicurus Lederer is included by Tshikolovets in (subgenus) Athamanthia Zhdanko, 1983. Sub-genera are not easy to deal with in Wikispecies, especially when the data is addressed by other semi-automated website, so I much prefer now to keep the designations and titles of pages to genus/species/subspecies without putting (subgenus) in the middle. On the genus page you can note that certain species are included by some authors under a certain name as a sub-genus or a species group (whatever the difference may be!!). I hope this helps. Alan Accassidy (talk) 18:42, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Signing your contributions

Hi Peter, as I was informed on this via the Dutch Wikipedia, I had a look at your contributions here. I see an awful lot of good work. The one thing I do think is not wise is when you place signed comments like this one: "This subspecies is valid PeterR (talk) <time>, <date> (UTC)" at the top of pages.

First thing that springs to attention is that you create a useless red link here. Second thing is that you're not supposed to sign your contributions in the main article space. Most important however is the content of this message: This taxon is valid. Taxa are just one way to create an ordered representation of what's out there, in the field. They are a human interpretation of the complex nature of nature itself. A taxon is never valid. A name can be published validly, or can be illegal. A taxon can't. A taxon is something that's created in the mind of a scientist. It can be accepted by other scientists. It can be accepted for a while and then be discarded. It can be accepted by some and be regarded as superfluous by others. Classification is never finished, and even if the moment comes when all creatures can be given a "correct" place in a "tree of life", then there still can (and will) be debate as to their ranks.

By placing this comment at the top of a page, you try to say the data is correct and definite, and others should not make amendments. That's a very unscientific approach and also not the way Wikispecies works. If new publications come out, and new data reveal your work is outdated, then it will have to be changed. Moreover, you stated yourself you're an amateur. And indeed I saw you make some mistakes that show a lack of knowledge, like when you created an article on the Dutch Wikipedia about "Incertae Sedis (Psychidae)", stating this was a subfamily.

You do very good work here, which I appreciate very much. I argue however that you don't have the expertise to make the decission whether a taxon is valid or not, and whether the page on that taxon is definite or finished. I therefore urgently ask you to stop making these comments, to stop signing your contributions in the main article space, and to remove these comments you already made on quite a number of pages. Kind regards, Wikiklaas (talk) 17:32, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Ik weet niet wat voor beroep je hebt, maar Incertae Sedis heb je in de insektenwereld op verschillende nivo's. Toen ik bij species.wikipedia kwam waren er al heel wat aanwezig en na studie van diverse bulletins en boeken heb ik verschillende toegevoegd. Ook in officiële boeken wordt Incertae Sedis vernoemd onder familie, Subfamilie ec. Ik doe niets in species.wikipedia zonder overleg met andere gebruikers of de authors van de nieuwe species. Ik heb nu al een paar keer meegemaakt dat ik species had aangepast en anderen het verkeerd hebben veranderd. Op andere sides zie ik staan bij een species valid zoals bij de species van BMNH. Na overleg heb ik besloten om dit ook bij species.wikipedia te doen. Het is een soort vlag. Sommige veranderingen kun je nog nergens vinden, deze moeten nog gepubliceerd worden. Ik zou eerder vallen over de families, subfamilies, tribus etc. in nl.Wikipedia welke niet correct zijn. Aan de bijdragen te zien zijn deze mensen geen professionals of amateurs. Ik ben een gepensioneerde liefhebber van 68 jaar zonder kennis van programma's.

Mvg. PeterR (talk) 08:49, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Dear Peter, "Incertae sedis" means "position uncertain". It is neither a rank, nor a taxon. It basically means: we don't know. It is used to inform the reader that certain lower taxa are likely to belong to the higher taxon that is the subject of the study, but that they don't fit in the overall hierarchy of that taxon as it is proposed at that moment. You treat "Incertae sedis" as if it were a taxon. It only shows you're not very well educated in taxonomy.

Another sign which gives away your lack of knowledge is that you think of classificatioins as something fixed. If this were the case, then the treatment of a species could be "correct", meaning "without errors" and reflecting a fixed position. Classification is however nothing more than a certain view upon the hierarchy of nature. Views can be disputed. There is a lot of debate among authors as to the position of taxa and as to their ranks. Different names for one taxon reflect different views. It's not like one is correct and the other one erroneous. Different views can coexist. In this light, it is ridiculous when you put the message "This species is valid and correct" at the top of a page, which basically means that you don't want others to make amendments anymore. Since you're a not very well informed amateur, I argue that you're not in a position to make such statements. Wikiklaas (talk) 10:43, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Subgenera (again)

As the discussion on the topic of subgenera is scattered over several talk pages, I did not yet find what exactly the debate has been about so far. I however see an important problem with the way you add species names with the subgenus added in brackets. If a species is assigned to a genus, lets say the carabid beetle species with the epithet melanarius is assigned to the genus Pterostichus, then there can be no other species in this whole genus, bearing the same epithet (also not in another subgenus). So if I want to look up this species, it should be enough for me to type Pterostichus melanarius, not Pterostichus (Morphnosoma) melanarius. When you start adding names like this last one, with the subgenus included, you run a risk of adding duplicate lemmata. At some time, the database can then have a lemma on Pterostichus melanarius and one on Pterostichus (Morphnosoma) melanarius, which both represent the same taxon. This is no theoretical risk, it already happened at some scale in the Dutch Wikipedia and in Wikidata, with as a result lots of work to clear up things and remove duplicate items. One can off course mention the subgenus in the treatment of a species (like it is done in the example of Pterostichus melanarius) but making it part of the name of the lemma will cause significant problems. Wikispecies is a database, and when editing a database, you should treat it as a database, with it's specific database problems.

Pterostichus as treated in Wikispecies, has 33 subgenera, and about 1200 species. Distributing these species over the 33 subgenera, would mean that someone who tries to find a species name in an alphabetical list, would have to look in 33 places in stead of one (so on average the species would be found after checking half this number, that is, if the name exists; if it is not in the list, one should check all 33 subgenera to find it's not there). That's just not very convenient. Another thing is that many species are not assigned to a subgenus, even in genera that are subdivided into subgenera. This place will become a mess if contributors keep on adding these superfluous parts to names. If that's what you were critisised about before, then I can see your opponents have a valid point. Cheers, Wikiklaas (talk) 10:43, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Ik weet nog steeds niet wie je bent en wat je doet. Het voorbeeld wat je laat zien is tegen de afgesproken regels in. Wij vermelden de species met subgenus en als synoniem de species zonder subgenus. Op deze manier kom je automatisch op de goede plek terecht. Ik vind dat je nogal een hoge dunk van jezelf hebt en meer van entomologie weet dan bv. Dubatolov. Sinds de afspraken geschonden worden door verschillende mensen lopen de echte entomologisten weg. Species.wikipedia wordt i.p.v. betrouwbaarder steeds onbetrouwbaarder wat niet de bedoeling was met het opzetten van species.wikipedia. PeterR (talk) 13:30, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Dear Peter, as this is Wikispecies, and most contributors here do not understand Dutch, I guess it would be wise for you to formulate you contributions to discussions in English. This is not some debate between you and me. Others might be interested in the matter too.

Who I am, and what I do is not of great importance. It is the arguments I give that are to be discussed here. And so far, you did not really refute the things I had to say. Dubatolov is without doubt a very well informed entomologist, but is he also schooled in the rules of taxonomy? Did he encourage you to write an article on "Incertae sedis" as a subfamily? Does he recognize the specific problems coming up when entering names into a database like Wikispecies? And you may be a member of the Dutch Entomological Society (NEV) but you are not an entomologist yourself. And if entomologists run away from this project because they are not willing to adhere tot the rules and standards, then let them, I would say. This is Wikispecies, a project that has rules for all who would like to contibute. If someone doesn't want to go along, you can't stop them from leaving.

You state that there are some rules in place here, regulating the names of taxa with the subgenus included. I guess you will be able to point me to the page where this rule was formulated and approved. Seeing the vast amount of discussion you already had on the topic of subgenera, I can hardly believe there really is such a rule, or it would have to be that we do not include these names in page titles. And having a look at Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) sinica for example, seeing there's no redirect Trifurcula sinica, or to the last one you added, Chrysartona (Chrysartona) stipata (Chrysartona stipata), you do not really reassure me that these taxa will be found easily and that this problem has been tackled. Wikiklaas (talk) 01:01, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Also, one of the main reasons for not including subgenera in species article titles is that it complicates automatic linking to external sites like CoL, EOL, etc., none of which bother with subgenera. The linking code would have to remove the subgenus, which is a pain. Stho002 (talk) 03:45, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

See templates Taxonavigation section. From the beginning we have set-up them after these templates. But is allways the same. There come new ones, they don' t look at the templates and go their own way. After a few weeks they are gone.

I didn't say that I'm an entomologist. I said I'm a amateur with insects (butterflies and moths) as hobby. You say that I'm not able to see of a species is valid or not. But I don't want to discuss with someone who thinks he is very clever and better is than Dubatolov and think that we don't need his contributions and a coward for not saying he's doing. I'm able enough to see that nl.wikipedia is not good. PeterR (talk) 09:04, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Discussing matters on any Wikimedia project is not about who we are but about arguments. I pointed at several mistakes you make, and at a number of points that cause problems in Wikispecies, and the only thing you argue is that you discussed things with several professional entomologists. That's not a proper argument. And it certainly doesn't show how this is beneficial for Wikispecies.

I had a look at Template:/Taxonavigation. I don't see any agreement on using names with the subgenus included for titles of articles. Not in that page, not in the history and also not on the discussion page. Which agreement are you refering to then, when you say you set up taxonavigation after these templates, but include the subgenus name in the title? Where did you find evidence that this was standing practice or that an agreement on this was reached before? Isn't it the other way around? You have a certain idea about how to present your taxa, and although this is contrary to standing practice, and although it is pointed out to you that you create severe problems by doing so, you did not agree to re-evaluate your methods so far.

Oh, and by the way: I like to keep questions and answers together, not scattered over several pages. You can post your replies to this discussion here: I will read it because your talk page is on my watchlist. Wikiklaas (talk) 13:09, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

See Subgenus (Non-Plantae) 13:42, 3 March 2014 (UTC). This was allready before my contribution and I had to work after those templates from MariusM.

Dear Peter, I tried Template:Subgenus (Non-Plantae), Subgenus (Non-Plantae) and did a search on "Subgenus (Non-Plantae)" (also in different combinations with the initial letters not capitalized). I found no results. Can you give a link? Wikiklaas (talk) 15:34, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

... The genus who is made after this template is Polyommatus. Contributions from Accassidy and me. PeterR (talk) 15:43, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Peter, Wikiklaas. Yes, Polyommatus is set out with sub-genera, but this was done before I made some edits a few weeks ago and I did not disturb it. But to remake the whole of Polyommatus without the sungenera will take a longer time than I have at present. I prefer not to use subgenera in page titles. We could still have pages for the subgenera, linking to the species, but these and the main genus page are linked to species pages that are strictly binomial e.g. Polyommatus icarus, not Polyommatus (Polyommatus) icarus. The links effectively go like this:

Genus X

..↓.......↓

..↓....Subgenus X(Y)

..↓.......↓

Species X z

If we could agree that this is a good solution, presenting the concept of sub-genera but keeping binomial page titles, then we would have a very good way forward. I think this is also the best way to treat the "Species Groups" that some authors have also used in place of more formal sub-genera. Can we reach consensus on this way ahead? Alan Accassidy (talk) 23:06, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes, the subgenus is still listed on the species page, but it is not part of the page name. This is what I have been doing for a while now. Alas, it is a challenge to explain it to Peter! Stho002 (talk) 23:12, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

It is not a challange to explain it to me, but it is a challange to make an official template PeterR (talk) 07:39, 5 March 2014 (UTC) I have done Hadena (Anepia) wolfi. But if we do it this way I can't use BASEPAGENAME. PeterR (talk) 07:45, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Peter, I have made a small change to Hadena wolfi to show my suggestion in action. I have also put a link direct to the species on the Hadena Genus page. The Subgenus still appears in the Taxonavigation on the species page but not in the title. I would be happy to make this a standard procedure. In any event, the exact status of genus, subgenus and all higher classification is a matter of discussion, not of fact. So using the method shown above we are keeping the notion of the subgenus alive but not allowing it to interfere with the binomial naming system at the species page level. Alan Accassidy (talk) 09:32, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Now the subgenera is a mist. You have pages with:

• Subgenus: Hadena (Anepia) - I think its OK to have this page but the links to included species links are best kept to the form Hadena wolfi
  
• Subgenus: Anepia - This page is not necessary as Anepia is not accorded status of Genus. If it has been created, it should simply REDIRECT to Hadenia (Anepia)
  
• Species: Hadena (Anepia) wolfi - this page is the one that other websites find difficulty accessing, so if it exists it should be made a simple REDIRECT to Hadena wolfi
  
• Species: Hadena wolfi - this is the good species page that we want to have all the information in.
  
• Species: Anepia wolfi - this is not a good combination, but if we have a page of that title it should REDIRECT to Hadena wolfi
  

No body works after the official templates. Who controlls or every body works after the same template? Which templates we use? Who is changing all the contribution with subgenera like Dubatolov and many others? What to do with people who works with taxobox in stead of Taxonavigation? Who can objective give a meaning about classification. I think that Wikiklaas can't do this. You have to work with official bulletins or books like Accassidy and I do. PeterR (talk) 17:32, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Peter, I've put some notes in bold on the multitude of page names above as to how I would deal with them. The page simply called Templates shows how to format for species aggregated in both genera and subgenera, and it would not be wrong to format a whole bunch of pages including the subgenus, but we now know that this makes interaction with some other websites rather difficult so we are wise to revert to the small model I used above and have our species pages strictly binomial. I have used Subgenera myself in some places in the past, but I will eventually get round to formatting and redirecting to revert to strictly binomial species pages. The trouble with publications and authors is that sometimes even contemporaneous articles use different arrangements of species groups, subgenera, and even genera. If two publications disagree, as they often do, - especially recently in Polyommatini - both cannot be right and neither should pretend to be fact. As the primary data should be included at Species level, then we are best here, following the name WikiSpecies to keep our main data pages as binomial without intervening (Subgenus) in the title. At least, that is my view. Alan Accassidy (talk) 19:19, 5 March 2014 (UTC) And my view Stho002 (talk) 20:22, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

OK. I understand now that you don't want that species.wikipedia be a reability side. Every body can do what they want for example working with Taxobox in stead of Taxonavigation etc. I have send Sthoner an massage about a false Subgenus, but no answer. I go further with the way we started. PeterR (talk) 10:04, 7 March 2014 (UTC) Templates are made for people like me. I'm not a programmer but I have now an example how to add genera etc. PeterR (talk) 10:26, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Peter, I don't know what you mean by "reability" and I think you use "side" where I would use "site". I am not a user of Taxobox notation but I wish to spend my own time adding useful information, not changing the inputs of others, so I do not raise the issue for discussion. I want this site to be a reliable store of information on the taxonomy of species. Where there are areas of greater subjectivity, such as higher order classification, Sub-tribes, Sub-Genera, whatever, I am happy that such ideas are mentioned but I think it best to keep the species pages strictly binomial. The method I have outlined above allows species to be grouped in sub-genera by those authors who want to do so, but keeps the species pages readily accessible just using binomial names. When there is doubt about the correct genus, one should be chosen for the page and the other(s) made redirects. This arrangement can quickly be changed if authoritative revisions suggest that is the correct course of action. Best wishes, Alan Accassidy (talk) 15:38, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

I mean reliable. (sorry). PeterR (talk) 15:44, 7 March 2014 (UTC). Kheller use taxobox and nl.wikipedia use it. PeterR (talk) 15:45, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. It seems that Taxobox just presents the same information in a different underlying configuration. As long as the information is based on reliable sources, I don't see that the method of generation is better or worse. We should just strive to present information that is based on authoritative sources and not be over-sensitive about small differences in presentation. Alan Accassidy (talk) 22:47, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

I had add some species and Kheller change it in Taxobox without further information and not after reliable sources. So I can add the species in Dutch or German. The result is the same. Thanks. PeterR (talk) 09:14, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Agassiz

Peter, I am sorry but I have no knowledge of David Agassiz. Can you tell me the context of the question, and I might be able to speak to someone in BMNH and get an answer. Accassidy (talk) 21:04, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

OK. So why don't you just send an email to one of the addresses and ask for confirmation that they are both the same person. I think it most unlikely that there are two different people with such similar names in such a small institution. I am sure he won't mind you asking. You will know which section to ask for (lepidoptera, Coleoptera etc) from the content of his papers. Alan. Accassidy (talk) 18:43, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Admin

As one of the most active users on Wikispecies, I wonder if you would accept to be nominated as one of its Wikispecies:Administrators? Dan Koehl (talk) 09:28, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

C.A.W. Jeekel

Hello there! I have recently started an article on C.A.W. Jeekel on the English Wikipedia. If you have any relevant information to add, it would certainly be welcome! Cheers, Animalparty (talk) 05:46, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Rubriek in de nieuwsbrief van Wikimedia Nederland

Beste PeterR, Voor een nieuwe rubriek in de nieuwsbrief van Wikimedia Nederland, ben ik op zoek naar iemand die kort wat wil schrijven over Wikispecies. Het stukje hoeft niet lang te zijn (een regel of 6) De bedoeling is om mensen te informeren over de diverse wiki's naast Wikipedia. Wellicht vindt u het leuk om iets te schrijven, of weet u iemand anders die dit zou willen en kunnen doen? Ik hoop iets van u te mogen vernemen. Bij voorkeur via de email info((at))wikimedia.nl Alvast bedankt!SindyM3 WMNL (talk) 10:23, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Ik heb geen interesse. PeterR (talk) 10:56, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Chamaesphecia (Scopulosphecia) chalciformis

Peter, The page title and species name on Chamaesphecia (Scopulosphecia) chalciformis differ. Probably as a result of a hasty cut and paste process. This problem can be avoided by using the ''{{BASEPAGENAME}}'' template. Also, you may see on my Talk page some correspondence from Wikiklaas regarding the quality of your contributions on Wikipedia. Perhaps you would care to respond with your side of the matter. On the separate subject of subgenera: I think that it is OK to include a page for a subgenus and to list the species reportedly included in it, but the primary pages for a species should always be binomial, excluding the subgenus. So the principal article name would just be Chamaesphecia chalciformis. You can see how this structure works at Udara dilecta, as Udara has a number of subgenera. The benefit of having primarily binomial species pages is that these are then much easier to find with external search engines. There was some Village Pump talk on Subgenera some while ago, and I think it would be much better if we could deal with them as I described above. Thanks, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 15:03, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Create a new page called Chamaesphecia chalciformis and then copy your data from Chamaesphecia (Scopulosphecia) chalciformis and paste it in the new page. Use the BASEPAGENAME template as appropriate. Then on the Chamaesphecia (Scopulosphecia) chalciformis page put #REDIRECT [[Chamaesphecia chalciformis]] to refer readers to the new page. Create a page Chamaesphecia (Scopulosphecia) for the Subgenus but when you list species on it just use the binonmial citation. Accassidy (talk) 15:51, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

I have done Scopulosphecia. I hope this is good now. PeterR (talk) 17:41, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes, that seems appropriate. I think it would also be useful to but an Overview of Species on the Chamaesphecia page, so that all the species are listed on the main Genus page. You can see how I did this on Udara. Accassidy (talk) 08:52, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Ok I make an Overview PeterR (talk) 08:55, 25 October 2014 (UTC).

Done PeterR (talk) 09:14, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

That's good. Do you have access to a reference that will give you the information needed to add a Name section and a Type Species for the Genus Chamaesphecia? Accassidy (talk) 17:41, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Done PeterR (talk) 08:24, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

incertae sedis

Peter, yes I have an alternative suggestion. Look at Xestia and see what I have done. Also, I don't think that it is worth the time to link all the authors names in the Synonym list to their author pages. I have slightly changed the links to Jacob Hübner in the Name section, but having all the links for all the synonyms is probably not worth the effort. Thanks for asking. Accassidy (talk) 18:24, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your alternative suggestion. PeterR (talk) 18:29, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

The subgenus is still Incerta Sedis PeterR (talk) 18:52, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

For the unassigned species, just use a genus template as I have on Xestia bryocharis. Sorry to hear of your medical issues, but happy to have you back here helping us. Take it easy. Alan Accassidy (talk) 18:57, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Craniophora tapaishana

Peter, this happens occasionally. Three steps. 1) Create a new page with the correct title and copy across the text from the incorrect page. 2) replace the text on the old page with a REDIRECT to the new page. 3) Correct the spelling of the species on the Genus page so that it links properly to the new page. Well spotted. Accassidy (talk) 10:23, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

My mistake: 4 steps. 4) remove the old incorrect spelling from the Genus page list of species.Accassidy (talk) 10:45, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

inquieta

Peter, I see no reason not to add species C. inquieta based on the Draudt description. It appears in a number of other places and you have a valid citation from its original description. I am not familiar with the "Poole" reference that you quote, so cannot comment on its reliability as a list. Can you give me more explicit information on it? At the least, you would have to carry out searches to check whether other species names have been added already, but under different genera. Accassidy (talk) 11:04, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

That is quite a list. Poole has authored a number of books, especially on Noctuidae, since the late 1980s. I do not know whether these have been peer-reviewed, but I suspect not. They appear to be books for collectors, rather like Bernard D'Abrera's butterfly volumes, rather than academic papers. A lot of the taxa you list are from old journals with original authors names given. If those species do not yet have pages, and you can find the original descriptions in journals on BHL, then it would be reasonable to add pages for them under Craniophora. Just be sure to search on WikiSpecies for the species name first, in case they already have a species page under a different genus. Accassidy (talk) 15:16, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Xestia

Different people have different ideas. It might have been more understandable if you clarified which authority you were using to assign species to subgenera. The consolidated list does conveys less information than the two lists. However, it is pointless to get into a war about it. I suggest you continue to create the species pages for the whole genus. For those that are assigned to a subgenus, include that in the Taxonav hierarchy. If no subgenus is assigned in your source, then just go from Genus to Species in the Taxonav of the species page. Anyone interested will see from the species page that no subgenus is listed. The collapsing boxes are not standard and serve very little purpose unless the enclosed list is a very long one. But I would not get into an edit war over them as long as the content is reliable. I suggest that you put an entry on the Genus "discussion" page noting the source for the list of subgenera, something like my note about the species included in a different group, see Talk:Harpendyreus. Accassidy (talk) 15:30, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

You could also make a list of species in each subgenus on the Genus Talk page, as I have done for Talk:Udara. Nobody should revert additional information that you put on a discussion page; to do so would be considered vandalism, at least by me. Accassidy (talk) 15:50, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Hadena caelestis

Peter, I found that the link to the primary reference on Hadena caelestis did not work for me. I went to the web page with the pdf and have made a second link, after yours, on the reference line. You might want to look at this and see whether both links work for you. If the "Hacker, H.H. & Gyulai, P., 2013" reference is likely to appear on a lot of Noctuid pages, it might be worth your creating a Reference Template for it, or else it might need changing on every page. Thanks, Alan Accassidy (talk) 11:26, 11 November 2014 (UTC) By me both are working now. PeterR (talk) 11:39, 11 November 2014 (UTC) I don't know how to create a Reference Template. I hope you can help me PeterR (talk) 11:43, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Peter, I have created a Template at Template:Hacker,Gyulai, 2013 that will give you an example. The text that you normally include in the reference all comes before a space and then you add the bit that starts "<noinclude>". You can copy and paste this second part into any new reference template. The second part also includes the template name and so you have to make this the same as the Template Name when you make a new one. The text on the one I just made is "Template:Hacker,Gyulai_2013" Note the underscore between the author names and the date. I keep the following text in Micorsoft Word, so that I can just paste in the new Template name - in this case by replacing everything in bold.

"<includeonly>[http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Hacker,Gyulai_2013 reference page]</includeonly> <noinclude> ** [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:{{BASEPAGENAMEE}} find all Wikispecies pages which cite this reference][[Category:Reference templates]]</noinclude>"

Once the Template has been created you just list its name in curly brackets in the References section. If the template subsequently gets minor changes, such as the addition of a BHL link, then it will appear that way on all pages where it is used. So all the pages that use the Template are future-proof. On the Template I have enhanced the author names so that they link to the respective author pages, and I have added the Template to their list of publications. See Hacker and Gyulai. Have fun... Accassidy (talk) 15:16, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Template

Peter, your Template seems to be fine now, so perhaps you already discovered the fault you referred to before. You will also see from my Talk page that your changes to the initials of the Chinese authors of the Template:Zt3044.49 has caused User:Stho002 to be annoyed. On the actual Zootaxa paper they only list a single initial for each author, while you have added a second initial, probably to make that reference consistent with some others. I think for now it would be better for you to take away those second initials on that paper, so that the authors are consistent with the pdf, even though their names appear more fully in other references. Thank you. Accassidy (talk) 22:50, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

I have made a Template for the reference you want to cite in Polyploca laororshanae. First go to that page and see the result so far. From the pdf of the paper, I see that the first author is Müller and as there are so many co-authors it is not sensible to list them all in the reference or its template. There is a red link at the author name and you can resolve this by creating an Author Page titled "Gunter C. Muller" (no accents - just plain letters) and then putting a link to the Template on that page. You could also generate Author pages for the other 7 authors, entitled "Gyula M. Laszlo" and so on and then add the same Template link on each author page. It would be good first to search just for Muller so that you can double check that he does not already have an Author Page, and the same check should be done first for all the other authors. Its a long process with so many authors, but the only way to be careful. Accassidy (talk) 11:20, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Anthene Subgenera

Peter, the current sub-generic arrangement of African Anthene follows Williams, 2008. If you have access to the 2010 Libert paper revising African Anthene can you tell me how Libert deals with the other subgenera, Neurypexina and Triclema? Does he also raise those to full Genus status? I won't make any structural changes until I have been able to understand Libert's revision. Does it really run to more than 400 pages? Thanks for pointing this out. Alan Accassidy (talk) 09:26, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Safian has also set up an online database of African butterflies, but it is clearly not yet in accord with Libert's published work. Libert's 2010 "paper" is actually a book, and I think that is what we should presently be using as the most recent authority for African Anthene. I cannot ask the RESL library to photocopy something that big. I can buy a copy for about €100, but my interest in African Lycaenidae does not yet stretch to spending the money. One of us will have to try to borrow a copy from somewhere. Accassidy (talk) 09:49, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

I think Libert will keep you busy for some while. I will be unable to do much on WS for a while as I will be in Cologne for the next 4 days and then in South Africa for about 2 weeks. Best wishes. Accassidy (talk) 11:09, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

I saw the Libert volume at a colleagues office two days ago, but I do not have it here. You can re-arrange the genera and species as he lists them and dispose of the sub-genera, following his arrangement. Accassidy (talk) 11:41, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Peter, I have now rearranged all the Genera under Lycaenesthini to accord with Libert, 2010. I have included Libert's Species Groups, but not SubGroups nor Complexes, as these seem to be less authoritative and we have no agreed way of dealing with those ideas. If you want to continue to add species information from Libert's book, as you have already done for some species, that would be very useful. I find it interesting that Libert resurrected Monile as a good genus. Alan Accassidy (talk) 19:45, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Peter. I use "===Synonymy===" as a heading because then it is proper to add original combinations, new combinations and so on to the list, rather than just actually objective synonyms. Also, I have a subroutine that automatically creates redirect pages for these other combinations, as long as the heading is "Synonymy" not "Synonyms". Could you change your process to include this small change? Then I can create the redirects etc. Alan Accassidy (talk) 09:41, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Alan,

I shall change synonyms in synonymy. PeterR (talk) 10:53, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

 Done PeterR (talk) 11:11, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Re: Stohner

Thank you Peter for your massage. Would you please post your complain also at the PUMP, so that everyone can see what damage Stho002 does to a lot of WS users? Mariusm (talk) 15:57, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Author name

Peter, regarding Teinopalpus imperialis herteri, is the first author's first name really spelt "Steeve" as opposed to "Steve" Collard? I would have thought the latter much more likely. If I am right then you will need to change the author page accordingly. Regards, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 20:49, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

Speed delete

Dear Peter, do you agree on delete on those two files? https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion Dan Koehl (talk) 23:56, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

@Dan Koehl: Note that there is no space between the initial and the family name, and they are not used on any pages. Stho002 (talk) 23:58, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Yes, @Stho002: but its polite and doesnt hurt to communicate. Dan Koehl (talk) 00:05, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

I agree PeterR (talk) 02:50, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

 DoneThank you, they are deleted. Dan Koehl (talk) 03:11, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

 Done I deleted the files you requested. Dan Koehl (talk) 13:21, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Template format

Can you please, to be consistent with other users to name article templates "Template:Adamski & etal, 2009‎" instead of "Template:Adamski,etal, 2009‎" and with spaces after each ",".

Thank you, Mariusm (talk) 11:28, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

The preferred standard is Template:Author1, Author2, Author3 & Author4, 2014 Mariusm (talk) 11:38, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

I don't understand what you mean by "I don't see anything". can you give me an example? Look for an example at Template:Wolski & Gorczyca, 2014 which is composed this way:

* {{aut|[[Andrzej Wolski|Wolski, A.]]; [[Jacek Gorczyca|Gorczyca, J.]]}}, 2014: Revision of the plant bug genus ''Xenocylapidius'' (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Cylapinae), with descriptions of five new species from Australia and New Caledonia. [[ISSN 1313-2989|''ZooKeys'']], '''459''': 73-94. {{doi|10.3897/zookeys.459.8015}} <includeonly> [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wolski_%26_Gorczyca,_2014 reference page]</includeonly> <noinclude> ** [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:{{BASEPAGENAMEE}} find all Wikispecies pages which cite this reference][[Category:Reference templates]]</noinclude>

Notice that in the URL path you have to replace every space with a "_" and the "&" with "%26". Mariusm (talk) 05:17, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

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Noting is really wrong but instead of:

* {{aut|[[Ulrich Paukstadt|Paukstadt, U.]]; [[Laela Hayati Paukstadt|Paukstadt, L.H.]]}} 2013: ''Antheraea (Antheraea) selayarensis'' sp. nov., ein neuer wilder Seidenspinner von der Insel Selayar, Provinz Süd Sulawesi, Indonesien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). [[ISSN 1612-2674|''Beiträge zur Kenntnis der wilden Seidenspinner'']], '''11'''(3): 107-118. <includeonly>[http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Paukstadt,Paukstadt,_2013 reference page]</includeonly> <noinclude> ** [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:{{BASEPAGENAMEE}} find all Wikispecies pages which cite this reference][[Category:Reference templates]]</noinclude>

It is better to write like this:

Template:Paukstadt & Paukstadt, 2013

* {{aut|[[Ulrich Paukstadt|Paukstadt, U.]]; [[Laela Hayati Paukstadt|Paukstadt, L.H.]]}} 2013: ''Antheraea (Antheraea) selayarensis'' sp. nov., ein neuer wilder Seidenspinner von der Insel Selayar, Provinz Süd Sulawesi, Indonesien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). [[ISSN 1612-2674|''Beiträge zur Kenntnis der wilden Seidenspinner'']], '''11'''(3): 107-118. <includeonly>[http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Paukstadt_%26_Paukstadt,_2013 reference page]</includeonly> <noinclude> ** [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:{{BASEPAGENAMEE}} find all Wikispecies pages which cite this reference][[Category:Reference templates]]</noinclude>

Mariusm (talk) 10:56, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

NO NO, Template:Author1, Author2, Author3 & Author4, 2014 isn't a real template, it's just a syntax example. (Instead of what you write: Template:Author1,Author2,Author3,Author4, 2014) Mariusm (talk) 12:32, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Only the NAMES of the templates are wrong. Everything else is good. Mariusm (talk) 12:52, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

 Done The 15 files you requested speed deletion for, are now deleted. Dan Koehl (talk) 13:07, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Peter, do you agree that Template:Zhang,Li & Wang, 2014 should be deleted? Dan Koehl (talk) 11:25, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Yes I do, because Sthoner have make an other without to ask me. He is changing every day my contributions.PeterR (talk) 11:33, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

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As I've already said, for 3 authors the name would look like: "Author1, Author2 & Author3, 2014" with spaces after each comma. Mariusm (talk) 11:47, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Re:Editing Template:Ou,Wang & Wei, 2014

What is wrong is that you forgot to put a space in the template's name between "Ou," and "Wang". Just edit this template, select Move at the top and move the template to "Template:Ou, Wang & Wei, 2014" With this space included. Mariusm (talk) 06:21, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

Hi Peter! I love animals. Can you help me using this site! You can better ask Accassidy. I'm not a programmer PeterR (talk) 13:24, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

Peter, happy new year to you too. Accassidy (talk) 00:10, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Global account

Hi Peter! As a Steward I'm involved in the upcoming unification of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see m:Single User Login finalisation announcement). By looking at your account, I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on Special:MergeAccount and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Cheers, DerHexer (talk) 23:46, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

I was previously PeterR elsewhere but have now vacated the name PeterR so this may help - see https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:PeterR#User_name_PeterR --PeterR2 (talk) 00:03, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Walter Leopold Victor Hackman

Dag Peter Roelofs, bij nazicht stelde ik vast dat deze entomologist niet voorkomt op de List of entomologists, enig idee waarom? Ik voegde de naam ondertussen toe aan de Hackman (sukunimi) Finse wikipedia. Hopelijk volgt hierop een positieve reactie. Lotje (talk) 17:52, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Geen idee. Ik zie dat deze lijst (voor mij) door vreemde mensen wordt bij gehouden. Er ontbreken ook veel Chinese entomologisten. Ik zou niet weten bij wie je hiervoor terecht moet. Misschien één van de personen die onder view history staan. PeterR (talk) 07:46, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Toch bedankt! Lotje (talk) 14:29, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Als je op de pagina van Walter Leopold Victor Hackman kijkt en je drukt dan op entomologists bij Category, dan staat hij er wel. Ik denk dat dit een idee is van iemand. Net zoals Category:new species etc. Het wordt niet bekend gemaakt of besproken. Je moet er toevallig tegen aanlopen. PeterR (talk) 14:37, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Comphotis

Dear Peter, the file Comphotis is now restored. At the same date, 16th of December, I deleted more files, which were submitted to the speedy delete, namely Template:Comphotis sophistes (Incorrectly named) Comphotis sophistes (Incorrectly named) and Template:Comphotis (Incorrectly named). Would you like me to restore those files as well? Dan Koehl (talk) 16:57, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Please do. I have checked the genera and species Original bulletins and the book from Lamas, 2004 and Funet. PeterR (talk) 17:02, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

 Done Dan Koehl (talk) 17:08, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks PeterR (talk) 17:24, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

@Dan Koehl: Dan, can you please determine who marked those Comphotis pages for deletion. If it was me, then either I had a good reason, or I made a mistake, but I don't think it was me? Stho002 (talk) 21:23, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

@Dan Koehl: @Accassidy: @OhanaUnited: In fact, something funny is going on here! If those files were submitted to the speedy delete, as claimed, then this would be logged in their edit history, but there is nothing in their edit histories to indicate that they ever were submitted to the speedy delete, as this would require editing the files (i.e. adding {{Speedy}}). What is going on here??? Stho002 (talk) 23:37, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Here you can see the list of files I have deleted upon request at speedy delete. I gather most of the files were submitted there by User:Stho002. Dan Koehl (talk) 16:57, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Just let me know, and I will restore any file at your wish. Dan Koehl (talk) 00:45, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Côrecha Jauffret

Hello Peter. What's up with the Jacques Dominique Côrecha Jauffret article? I saw that you've marked it for speedy deletion, and you're the only contributor. If it gets deleted (and consequently also the the redirect pages Jacques Côrecha Jauffret, J.C. Jauffret, and Corècha Jauffret) it will affect 20 other pages where the links are present. Therefore: is the problem with the page fixable, and if so, can I help? Regards Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 20:31, 10 January 2015 (UTC).

Dear Peter, I also want to ask, should the file Jacques Dominique Côrecha Jauffret really be deleted? Dan Koehl (talk) 09:48, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Dan , I have allready make a new file Jacques Dominique Corêcha Jauffret. This is the real name. I don't know Jacques Dominique Côrecha Jauffret. To add new authors you have to concentrate you very well. Will you add them via search like DeVries he gave you Devries. So I have learn now to make first the author template and then add the new author via the template. (sorry for my english). PeterR (talk) 10:03, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

I see, I deleted, but please not that two files link to the deleted file; Semomesia wallacei and Semomesia alyattes fassli. Dan Koehl (talk) 10:33, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Dan Thank you. I have change the Somesia. You can See in the Reference page that the name is wrong. PeterR (talk) 10:37, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Tommy. Côrecha Jauffret is wrong. It have to be Corêcha Jauffret. Official it is Jacques Dominique Corêcha Jauffret. I have the same problems wit Philip James DeVries. If I type Philip James DeVries automatic he create Philip James Devries. PeterR (talk) 10:01, 11 January 2015 (UTC) (Moved from User talk:Tommy Kronkvist)

It seems to work now. Cheers, Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 12:10, 12 January 2015 (UTC).

Thanks. PeterR (talk) 12:13, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Subgenera & photos

Peter, I see we have the question about subgenera again, this time with regard to Catasticta. Could I ask you please not to include the subgenus name in brackets in the species and subspecies pages. Just keep the species pages binomial the Genus species and the subspecies pages trinomial Genus species subspecies. You can group the species into sub-genera on the genus page and can include the Subgenus in the Taxonav hierarchy, but please not in the taxon pages as it makes the collection much more accessible to keep species pages simply binomial. The simplest solution is to cut and paste the data from the existing species pages into binomial ones and then to create REDIRECTS from those now empty pages that had the subgenus in the title. Also, I noticed that your link to "Photos" on one page led to a website that appears not to exist yet. Maybe there is a spelling mistake. Thanks, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 16:27, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Alan. This is old. I'm updating them to our agreement see Catasticta flisa. I can't do all in one. PeterR (talk) 16:32, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

redirects to Photos or bulletins can change. I can't help it or have you a solution. PeterR (talk) 09:41, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Appeal to WMF

@Dan Koehl: Peter you should consider an appeal to WMF about your treatment- see the Pump how Stephen Thorpe has undertaken this. I am sure Dan will help you out if needed. If you did this then it would be ironic and also beneficial to you and the community. Andyboorman (talk) 20:55, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Peter, they are just trying to push you out on to the battlefield as "cannon fodder", while they sit back and watch from a safe distance. By all means, feel free to make an appeal to whoever you like about me, but it would be in your own interests to make 100% certain that you are right and I am wrong, before embarking on any such move Stho002 (talk) 21:50, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Peter, I will look into this issue, please give me a day. Dan Koehl (talk) 12:57, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Peter, is it possible that you activate your email, so we can communicate through emails? Ich wurde lieber durch Emails reden, wäre es bei dir möglig? Dan Koehl (talk) 16:33, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

@Dan Koehl: Be aware Peter, User:Dan Koehl may just be trying to manipulate you now. As a crat, he can see all the relevant "evidence" of blocks, and so he doesn't need your input at all. But if he can convince you to make a fuss about nothing, then he is safe from any bad consequences, should it all go terribly wrong ... Stho002 (talk) 19:52, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Blocking done by Stho002 proof

Here is your proof of the blocking done on you by Stho002: BLOCKING LOG Mariusm (talk) 12:21, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

@Mariusm: Can block logs be found in other places other than as a record on the users page? Andyboorman (talk) 14:04, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

@Andyboorman: In the above link just enter either the user-name of the Performer of the block or the one of the Target and press go. This is the only place for block logs. You can enter also the log type such as a deletion-log for a certain user. You can go the the log main page by clicking on the right on Special pages and then select Logs ([1]) Mariusm (talk) 15:12, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

@Dan Koehl: @Mariusm: @Andyboorman: @Accassidy: @PeterR: I may well have blocked you once or twice in the past. Maybe I was justified, maybe I wasn't. More likely, the truth is somewhere in between. However, the important point is that only admins can block, and I am no longer an admin. Therefore, I cannot now block you (or anyone), even if I wanted to, which I don't. The only "punishment" (actually "cure") for an unjustified block is to have admin powers taken away. Since I have already resigned my admin powers, this whole "discussion" is purely "academic". If you don't believe me, ask your friend Alan to confirm. Stho002 (talk) 19:46, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

@Stho002: my dear sir - this block is only a SYMPTOM of your inadequacy to cooperate with others and to disservice a WS user. When you tried to chase away the user Fagus you were no longer an admin, yet the harm was done nevertheless. Mariusm (talk) 05:35, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

@Mariusm: If User:Fagus or anyone else refuses to listen to reason and puts pointless stuff all over core taxon pages, then we are better off without them. All he had to do was listen to reason and move it to categories. He didn't care about the project, he only cared about himself ... Stho002 (talk) 05:40, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

@Stho002: Again I repeat: I'm not talking about the editing-controversies or whether a certain practice is right or wrong. I'm talking about the STYLE you use, about the LANGUAGE you use, about your overall CONDUCT. Mariusm (talk) 05:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

@Mariusm: I am a mirror ... Stho002 (talk) 05:58, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Friendly advice

Peter, we both want what is best for Wikispecies, don't we? You are making a very valuable contribution to the project, but it just needs overseeing and correcting when necessary. That is the reality. By resisting that, you are putting WS in danger. The project is only going to survive if current levels of activity are maintained. User:Dan Koehl and the others are making a huge mistake. If they block me, WS activity will drop by at least 50%, making it possible that WMF will close us down. Sometimes you need to accept what you don't want in order to get what you do want in terms of the bigger picture. Think about it ... Stho002 (talk) 05:19, 19 January 2015 (UTC).

@Accassidy: @Stho002: I agree that sometimes some people have to make corrections. But if I ask Accassidy how to create for example an author template and I create this after his advice, you don't have to change that. You think that you are the only clever boy here, but you are not. And all those corrections irritate me. On the side of Acassisdy I have made proposals for templates, but no reactions. I want only do contributions after original bulletins and books and in consultation with others. PeterR (talk) 15:33, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

An IP contributor

Hi Peter - I was looking at 86.92.183.214's contributions, and am guessing they are yours, from if/when your computer logs you out of Wikispecies without your knowing. The number locates to the Netherlands. Is this correct, please? Thanks! - MPF (talk) 12:24, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

MPF. I think there is nothing change. But I'm not sure. Where have I to look. PeterR (talk) 15:17, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! If you look at the contributions link above, are any of them edits you remember making? It happens to me sometimes that my computer logs me out without my knowing and I end up making anon contributions without realising it. - MPF (talk) 15:22, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Ackery et al 1995

Peter, I notice that on a number of species in Anthene and Neurellipes that I have looked at recently, you have listed some combinations, usually starting Anthene sp. as new combinations by Ackery et al, 1995,presumably from "Carcasson's African Butterflies". It is also apparent that most of these Anthene sp. combinations were earlier published by Stempffer, 1967, in his "Genera of African Lycaenidae". This latter paper is available to download through BHL. So it is clear that these were not, in most cases, new combinations by Philip Ackery in 1995. As he worked in BMNH and Stempffer published in BMNH I would be surprised if Ackery had actually claimed the new combinations. If you have access to the Ackery book, perhaps you could check. Cheers, Alan Accassidy (talk) 19:04, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Alan, I have no books from Ackery and Stempffer. If you have an example of my mistake I can look in the book from Libert. PeterR (talk) 08:45, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Jiao & Yang, 2015

Some hours ago, I was going over Zootaxa Feb 4, for any articles not templated. There was conflict, as Zootaxa citation said "Jiao" only, and ZooBank said "Jiao & Yang". At that time, there was no template at all, so I opted for citing it as in Zootaxa, as that would be more authoritative than ZooBank. I do suspect Zootaxa may have made an error. If you confirm, I will delete my template.

Zootaxa citation is Jiao & Yang. So you can delete your template.

Done. My only access to Zootaxa is contents/abstracts. If those have mistakes, I have no idea. LSU has no subscription. Thanks to our Republican administration for 8 years, education budget has been cut to nothing nearly. All journal subscriptions have been halted since 2009. Some have been subscribed to since before 1900. We used to have one of the finest science libraries on world. Our 4 floor library now has only one help desk, on lower floor. Each floor had one, but all others closed down. Aggravating. Neferkheperre (talk) 22:02, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

I also entered Meng Jiao on your Jiao disambiguation page, and added {{disambig}}, which sets up format and enters it into its appropriate categories. Neferkheperre (talk) 09:38, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Inba

I handled that affair today. I located original description (Erwin, 1978), templated it. Seems he named his genus after the acronym. I hope that isn't contagious. Apparently it is monotypic. I moved Inpa to [[Inpa (Coleoptera)|Inpa]], made disambiguation page, and used @Mariusm:'s suggestion on acronym. I built acronym page, and category. I put Erwin's reference template on your taxon page for your use. Erwin's taxon authority page is gold mine of his references, but only one is templated. Neferkheperre (talk) 22:02, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Logged out from templates

Peter, I can not find anything wrong with the template file you mentioned, I dont get logged out, and when looking on the file, I dont see anything strange. I do understand that this is annoying though, and would be happy to solve the problem, but presently Im not sure why this happen.

I believe it maybe can be a result of using several tabs on your browsers, where some sort of conflict regarding your cookies occur.

The page Login_issues_and_problems gives following advice:

(The dutch version is located at Anmelden)

I get logged out just after logging in

There are a few possible causes of this problem:

• If you appear to have logged in, but as soon as you try to look at a page after 'Log in successful', you appear logged out again, it is very likely to be a cookie problem. See this brief tutorial on how to enable cookies for your browser.
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I believe in dutch:

• Incidentele fouten
  • Een gebruiker kan automatisch worden afgemeld tussen het openen van de bewerkingspagina en het opslaan ervan. Dit fenomeen doet zich ook sporadisch voor bij het wisselen tussen verschillende Wikipedia-pagina's in verschillende vensters. Dit kan te maken hebben met de cookie-cache van de browser of met firewall-instellingen.
• De beste oplossing
  • Ongedacht wat de oorzaak van het afmelden is, de makkelijkste oplossing is het onthoud mij vinkje: in de meeste gevallen lost dit het probleem keurig op. Let er wel goed op dat je je afmeldt als je op een publieke computer werkt (bijvoorbeeld een bibliotheek, het werk of school).

I understand that all this may be a tiring process to go through, still this is the best advice I can give, presently.

Ill try to make further research, and will tell you as soon as I find something that may explain the problem. Meanwhile, I suggest you go through the list above.

regards, Dan Koehl (talk) 12:41, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I have an Apple. Those give more problems then others. I have problems to with downloads. He don't finish them. If my son comes to me I shall ask him for a solution. He is a manager by Apple Amsterdam. I'm nearly 69 so it is too difficult for me. PeterR (talk) 12:50, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I see, well then its even more impressing, seing your large contribution to Wikispecies every day, thanks a lot for putting all energy into the project. I hope you can continue in spite of the logging problems. Dan Koehl (talk) 12:55, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Modern versions of the Apple "Safari" web browser often have very strict security policies when it comes to cookies – and most prominently, third-party cookies. I think that in this case it is important that any cookies share both the same second-level domain (for example "wikimedia") and the same top-level domain (in this case ".org"). Cookies from any other second- or top-level domain will be considered third-party, and can quite often lead to the user being automatically logged out.

Example: If you have several tabs open, and they all have the same second-level and top-level domains, you shouldn't face any trouble. For instance, having tabs with both Wikispecies (species.wikimedia.org) and Commons (commons.wikimedia.org) shouldn't pose any problem, since the second- and top-level domains (marked with bold text in the examples) are the same for both tabs. However, if you add a third tab with another second- or top domain, you might also add a third-party cookie, and then you might get logged out. This is very apparent if you open a tab with a totally different domain, say apple.com. However, it's worth mentioning that some second-level domains are quite sneaky. For instance, it's easy to miss the fact that Wikipedia would be considered third-party from Wikispecies, since "nl.wikipedia.org" of course isn't the same sub-level domain as "species.wikimedia.org"

Solution: 1) Simply log in again, since this most often only happens once every session, or 2) Use another web browser, for instance Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Both are free, and work flawlessly with the Mac OS X operating system. (Internet Explorer is since long Windows only, and no longer available for OS X.)

–Best regards, Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 22:25, 8 February 2015 (UTC).

Holotypes

Peter, now that we have a page for each museum it doesn't make sense to write [[Holotype|NHMW]]. It's better to write [[NHMW]], so you can reach directly to the museum page. [[Holotype|NHMW]] was constructed because we didn't have specific pages for each museum. So please write [[NHMW]]!!! Mariusm (talk) 15:26, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Template:Saenz Manchola,García Aldrete & González Obando, 2015

This title seems cumbersome Saenz Manchola,García Aldrete & González Obando, 2015. Neferkheperre (talk) 18:43, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I don't understand you. This are peoples real backnames. PeterR (talk) 19:37, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

True. Page title normally would be expressed as Manchola, Aldrete & Obando, 2015. Those backnames are more suited to inside the template body and linking to taxon authority pages. Neferkheperre (talk) 20:00, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I could easily fix it if you like, including all the links to (and from) the template. –Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 22:48, 8 February 2015 (UTC).

This template is good. PeterR (talk) 08:28, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Category by author

Peter, I see you you started to make categories by author. Please make them in the format "Category: Willem de Haan‎ taxa" and not "Category: Willem de Haan‎". Mariusm (talk) 07:50, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

OK. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by PeterR (talk • contribs) 07:51, 13 February 2015.

Defaultsort and categories

Hello Peter. Please note that the magic word "defaultsort" (and categories and links to Wikipedia, if any) should be placed last in every page. Not before "Works include" or any other such section. Otherwise the author names might not get sorted correctly in automatically generated lists and category pages. I've made a correction to one of your edits, and you can see the difference between your code and mine here: Kevin R. Harrison^(diff)

Also, if you use "defaultsort" on a page then you should not specify the sort in the categories. See for example Andrey Sergeyevich Ukrainsky^(diff)

Here you can see a picture with examples of how the error looks in a Wikispecies' category page: DEFSORT.png

Best regards, Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 16:43, 13 February 2015 (UTC).

OK I shall do it. Maybe you can make an overview of defaultsort who are wrong and repair it. PeterR (talk) 16:54, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

As you can see from my list of contributions, I have already repaired some of them. I don't know of any good way to automatically make a list of all the wrong ones, since both types of errors are quite common. For instance Mariusm have made quite a few, and I did it too when I was a new user. I will check out yours and some of the other users' edits, and make the repairs when needed. I think these types of errors are only present on pages about humans individuals, such as author pages, pages about botanists and zoologists, and so forth. Except for some very rare cases the errors are never present on pages regarding taxa or reference templates, so luckily it is not necessary to check all Wikispecies pages. It will take some time, but they will all get fixed, soon enough. Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 22:00, 13 February 2015 (UTC).

UCB repository page

I am working on UCB page, but won't have it finished till [my] tomorrow. Essig Museum of Entomology is but one full museum on UCB campus. I shall enter them all on repository page. I studied your taxon page Tetracis australis, and read Ferris, 2010. Turns out Ferris gave VERY confusing information on his type specimens. He never provided any type numbers, and was never that clear on acronyms. Please see Tetracis australis. Note actual acronym as EMEC. Ferris did actually list EME as Essig's acronym in his introductory section, but failed to note it in that species types section. His use of UCB is actually for locality citations. This last page I cited derives from EMEC's searchable database. I plan to create linkable template for this, which should be placed in External links section. It won't work well on Types line. It will call up type specimen pages as above.

Please note that EMEC's type pages contain clickable illustrations of subject specimens. I shall let you know when everything is finished. Neferkheperre (talk) 02:29, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

I had already such a suspicion, but i didn't have yesterday the time to find out this. PeterR (talk) 09:00, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Saved what I had yesterday, and added more this morning. I have not found collections for any invertebrates other than EMEC, which restricts to land arthropods. I created one template to call up type specimen pages. It worked partially, with an error page. I shall keep on, as similar templates can be used for USNM, UF, LACM, and BMNH. Neferkheperre (talk) 18:04, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Add "Described taxa" to author page

If you make "Category: AUTHOR taxa" then it would by appropriate to add at the author's page the following:

==Described taxa==
* [[:category:AUTHOR taxa|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:AUTHOR taxa}} taxa described by AUTHOR]]

Where AUTHOR would be the respective author name.

For example for Volker Assing you'll get: 1,742 taxa described by Volker Assing      Mariusm (talk) 15:42, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

User name PeterR

I was previously PeterR on 15 Wikimedia projects including en.wikipedia.org and nl.wiktionary.org

Wikimedia recently invited me to set up a global unified account, and since you have far more edits than me, I have given up the name PeterR and am now PeterR2. This should mean that you can claim PeterR as your global account name. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MergeAccount and for help, you can email stewards@wikimedia.org --PeterR2 (talk) 23:58, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Autopatrolled rights

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Dan Koehl (talk) 21:30, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Camptoscapus planiusculus

Hello Peter, There is something missing. Do you have a reference for Camptoscapus planiusculus? Regards --Franz Xaver (talk) 10:52, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Camptoscapus was made by Sthoner. All I have done was making author taxa and create species. I have no further information. PeterR (talk) 11:00, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

OK, that's not good. Probably this is the original description. Do you think, it could be used as a reference for the species article? Anyway, GBIF is telling, it is a doubtful species. Regards --Franz Xaver (talk) 11:48, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Oh, the problem seems to be bigger: Broun (1909) cites "Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 511", which obviously is this page, where he himself has described in 1880 Pentarthrum planiuscula (which probably should have been P. planiusculum - neuter gender). So, the author citation actually should be "(Broun, 1880)", as in 1909 he only made a new combination. Anyway, we seem to have one more candidate for a reference in the species article. Regards --Franz Xaver (talk) 12:02, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

See also here. --Franz Xaver (talk) 12:06, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Be very careful with assuming specific epithets to be adjectives. The author of the above species indeed recognizes Pentarthrum as a noun with gender neuter, as is to be concluded from the epithets zealandicum, longirostre, subsericatum, apicale, brunneum, rufum, brevirostre, parvicorne and others. It is clear from this that P. fulvicornis was an error. The epithets assimilata and planiuscula may however be nouns in apposition. "Assimilata" may be a plural. One should at least know the meaning of "planiuscula" in order to be able to treat it as grammatically right or wrong. As the protologue doesn't reveal anything about the etymology, some external evidence is needed. Not just another coleopterologist who "corrected" the epithet, but someone who explains what it means and why is has to be treated as an adjective. If no reference to this effect is to be found, then the protologue is authoritative with respect to the correct spelling, especially as most other epithets were given the neutral gender there. I found this epithet as planiusculus, planiuscula, and planiusculum in combination with many other generic names, so it's most probable that this is in fact an adjective. But one has te be sure that it was meant as an adjective here too. Wikiklaas (talk) 12:34, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

@Wikiklaas: OK, a noun in apposition might explain this seemingly wrong termination. However, the author himself should have known, if it was intended as an adjective or as a noun. At least, when Broun himself in 1908/1909 created the new combination in Camptoscapus, he treated the epithet as an adjective by changing the gender. The meaning of "planiuscula" is not too difficult to explain. The termination "-ulus/-ula/-ulum" indicates a diminutive of "planius" which is the comparative of "planus". So, "planius" means "more flat" or - as the protologue is telling - "less convex" and "planiuscula" can be translated as "the small more flat one". Basically it is an adjective, but of course adjectives can be used as a noun. If at first place it was intended to be noun, its female gender expressed by the termination "-a" in my opininion does not make much sense, as in 1908/09 Broun writes that he had seen a male individual and "one only", i.e. as I understand this, no female individual. I suppose, Broun did not care much about gender of names. E.g. when he described Toura ( see [2]), he mixed female epithets fulva and morosa with the neuter epithet longirostre. --Franz Xaver (talk) 20:06, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I know my way in Latin and Greek. And as I already expressed: it seems most likely that this is meant as an adjective but with the wrong termination. Wikipedia however is not about one's own interpretation, but about expert knowledge, i.e. what experts published about it. The same goes for Wikispecies. It's not about what we think is right but what the experts tell us about it. It is already hard enough to decide which expert to give most credits when it comes to classification or correct names. We don't want an extra level of semi-expert knowledge. Don't interpret this as a disqualification: I really appreciate your obviously well-informed contribution. But we can't change names stating "Franz Xaver was sure it should be spelled like this". Wikiklaas (talk) 23:34, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

@Wikiklaas: Anyway, the wrong termination in the original description by Broun 1880 was not my main point. More important is, that Camptoscapus planiusculus is missing any source and that obviously the author citation is wrong. I provided links to the original description as Pentarthrum planiuscula by Broun (1880) and to the place, where the same author created the new combination Camptoscapus planiusculus. And you may source the correction of the author citation with NZOR. Is there any reason, why these two references cannot be added and why the author citation cannot be corrected? Moreover, at the place, where Broun described Camptoscapus (see [3]), he mentioned this species under the name Pentarthrum planiusculum. So, probably this can be used to source a correction of the spelling. If you think this correction by the author himself is not sufficient, you may keep the original spelling, but both references Broun (1880) and Broun (1909), as well as the basionym, anyway should be added to the article. Otherwise it will be a candidate for deletion as being unsourced content. --Franz Xaver (talk) 12:08, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Nepalorhynchus

The original diagnosis of Nepalorhynchus and Nepalorhynchus lucidus obviously is contradictory as far as it concerns the gender of this genus. The author writes "Species tip.: N. lucidum n.sp.", but on the same page he describes this species with the name Nepalorhynchus lucidus. At least one of both is an error. As far as I know, -rhynchus generally has male gender, so lucidus would be correct. However, maybe you have better information? Regards --Franz Xaver (talk) 11:08, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

I have search on internet and the species have to be Nepalorhynchus lucidus PeterR (talk) 11:38, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Admin nomination

Dear Peter, you have made a comment on the present admin nomination, on the place where the nominated is supposed to confirm the acceptance of the nomination. The poll have not even started. I ask you kindly to remove your comment, but please feel free to vote, comment etc later, once the nomination has started, but then please do it on the correct place. Dan Koehl (talk) 14:30, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Done. PeterR (talk) 14:35, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. Dan Koehl (talk) 14:36, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

MAKB/ZFMK

Fixed. I made appropriate changes to ZFMK, redirected MAKB there, and put Category:MAKB onto ZFMK. I have been doing that on my newer repository pages, but this was one of my older ones. Neferkheperre (talk) 13:59, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

thanks. Is it possible to do this with other museums? PeterR (talk) 14:02, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Definitely, in fact, I have been doing that as I locate them. Hopefully this weekend, I shall have some time to catch up on some repository pages, and fill them out. Neferkheperre (talk)

Cyphon sieberi

Peter, as far as I understand, User:Bastenbas has on the article Cyphon sieberi put the wrong picture (File:Cyphon_princeps.jpg)on and his version should be rollbacked to your version, or am I wrong? Dan Koehl (talk) 10:00, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Both are not listed in the species list through Sthoner. I shall answer you what is good or wrong. PeterR (talk) 10:10, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Both species are valid. Picture is wrong. Cyphon princeps. PeterR (talk) 10:31, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Explaining needed

Peter, can you please explain why did you remove all content from the pages Silenis and Plebicula in 2013? Please don't make this sort of editing in the future without explaining or requesting the pages to be deleted. Thank you. Mariusm (talk) 06:38, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

I can't but I have repair them. PeterR (talk) 09:53, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Please check also the following pages which you've blanked: Bunaeinae Anthony C. Galsworthy Boloria distincta distincta Boloria distincta distincta Boloria distincta machati Boloria distincta ershovi Cnidocampa, Chrysodeixis (Pseudoplusia), Torodora silvatica, Latoia undulata, Sciopetris nigrocinerella, Callophrys (Ahlbergia) bimaculata, Ctenocompa javensis. Please, in the future do not blank pages like this, as it's doing us much damage. Mariusm (talk) 08:16, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

done PeterR (talk) 09:14, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Saalmüller

Peter, I have made reference templates for the two volumes of Saalmüller's treatise on Lepidoptera of Madagascar. (see Max Saalmüller). You can use these templates on any pages relating to taxon descriptions by Saalmüller. Accassidy (talk) 14:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks.

Bunaeinae

Peter, you submitted Bunaeinae for deletion, but not Template:Bunaeinae, should both be deleted? Dan Koehl (talk) 12:18, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes the template too. Thanks PeterR (talk) 12:21, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

 Done Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 13:10, 18 March 2015 (UTC).

Patrolling rights

After you were granted patroller user rights, it seems you did zero patrolling. (since you are autopatroller, the pages you edit gets automatically marked. But if you have patrolled pages , and marked them patrolled, your edit gets a "marked revision (number) of page (page name) patrolled")

If you dont wish to patrol pages, this is no problem at all, but please inform me if you tried and experienced any difficaulties, or if you have any questions.

Since you have not made use of your patroller user rights, I need to know if you still want to keep them, because you plan to use them in the future, or likevise. If you are not interested in patrolling, you dont need to do anything, and I will remove the user rights in a couple of days.

In any case you will keep your autopatrol user right, but there is no need for both.

But please consider carrying out daily patrols of new pages and edits made by users who are not autopatrolled.

If you want to try to patrol pages:

In Special:NewPages you can see the not patrolled new pages with yellow background. Presently there are probably none, since the pages made today and the last days has been made by users who already have 'autopatrolled' user rights. But if you do, or you choose to see the last 500 newly made pages, you may se files with yellow background. You can click on such a file, and scroll down to absolute down-right corner, where you can read "mark as patrolled" or similair, becasue the contributor does not have autoptarolled/patrolled user rights. When you click on the link, the file becomes patrolled.

But theres older files that need patrolling. In unpatrolled pages on recent changes, and you will see a list of unpatrolled pages. You will see a red colored ! in front of the unpatrolled file. If you click on each diff, you can mark the diff patrolled.

Dan Koehl (talk) 14:34, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Dear Peter, thanks for showing interest for the patrolling. It is not so difficault at all.Its a system of double checking pages, and see to that they are OK and follow the Wikispecies Policy; and if so, you can mark them "patrolled": If you go to Chamaecytisus podolicus, you will notice in the lower right corner of the page, the text "[Mark this page as patrolled]". If you decide that the page follows the policy on Wikispecies, just click on that link, you will mark the page patrolled. Please try with Chamaecytisus podolicus, Chamaecytisus rochelii and Eucestoda, good luck! Dan Koehl (talk) 15:03, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for any confusion. Please see this list, can you see pages marked with yellow background? And roughly, how many, more than 1, 10, 50? (this may depend on dates of creation of the page, and the date you had the user rights) Dan Koehl (talk) 21:09, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

There is a new edits that you hopefully will be able to patrol: if you go to a revision of Euphorbia pulcherrima and Colchicum, you most probably can see in the upper right corner:

Latest revision as of 2015-03-19T08:55:45 (edit) (undo) (thank)
Agnese (Talk | contribs | block)    [rollback 1 edit]
(→‎Vernacular names)   (change visibility)
  [Mark as patrolled]

Try click on [Mark as patrolled] and I think you will have success. Theres also at the very bottom of the page a "[Mark as patrolled]" link.

Please let me know that it worked. Dan Koehl (talk) 08:50, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Diatypa

Hi Peter. My guess is that the name of the genus in Diatypa satipo should really be Diatrypa, with an "R". Is this correct? –Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 22:56, 18 March 2015 (UTC).

Tommy, you're right. I have changed the name Diatypa in Diatrypa see Diatrypa satipo. Can you delete the names with Diatypa? PeterR (talk) 09:08, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I'll take care of it. Regards, Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 10:23, 19 March 2015 (UTC).

 Done, 19 deletions. Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 10:38, 19 March 2015 (UTC).

thanks PeterR (talk) 10:40, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Patrolling rights

Thanks a lof for using your patroller user right and doing some patrolling! Please inform me if you experienced any difficaulties, or if you have any questions.

Since you have made use of your patroller user rights, you will keep them, and I will remove your autopatrol user right, since there is no need for both.

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Patrollers may use the Patroller user box on their user page. Copy and paste the following code to your user page:

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Please consider carrying out daily patrols of new pages and edits made by users who are not autopatrolled.

Dan Koehl (talk) 13:48, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Blanked pages

Peter, it seems you blanked this page Euryzonella latifascia, does it mean that it should be deleted?

Yes. There is already a new page with Euryzonella latisfascia

Sorry, it was Euryzonella latifascia, I deleted that file. Dan Koehl (talk) 07:51, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Its now and then that you need to have files deleted, and Im sure all admins are happy to do this, but the question is if you would like to do it yourself? I asked you before if you would consider adminship (as admin you can delete files) and you were reluctant, due to language and that your are not a programmer, but you could use adminship in the way you prefer, e.g. delete files but nothing more, there is no demand to take part of administrative work just because you are admin. In your case, I can see that you could use it, and Im sure you would not misuse the admin tools.

Everyone will be happy and help you by deleting files, but its easier to know tht they should be deleted if you mark them for deletion. As for now, the category stubs may contain files which should be deleted, and noone knows.

Dan Koehl (talk) 22:42, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

More questioons regarding files you have blanked: Boloria distincta dubatolovi, Callophrys (Ahlbergia) korea, Callophrys (Ahlbergia) arquata, Callophrys (Ahlbergia) chalybeia, Callophrys (Ahlbergia) chalcidis, Callophrys (Ahlbergia) ferrea, Callophrys (Ahlbergia) pluto, Callophrys (Ahlbergia) pluto pluto, Callophrys (Ahlbergia) pluto cyanus, Callophrys (Ahlbergia) clarofacia, Callophrys (Ahlbergia) clarofacia clarofacia, Callophrys (Ahlbergia) clarofacia meridionalis, Parnassius (Driopa) eversmanni ukukensis, Anatoly V. Krupitsky, Lobelia purpurascens, Protautomeris, Eremicamima, etc...

You can find them in the beginning of the listings, with files 8 Kb, at short pages

Please delete mark them if they should be deleted.

Every admin is happy to delete those files, but wouldnt it be easier for you to be able to delete those files yourself?

Dan Koehl (talk) 07:51, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes it is. 07:56, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

If you would accept to be admin, you would be able to delete them! I relly think that would be easier for you. Dan Koehl (talk) 08:01, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Ok. I accept PeterR (talk) 08:07, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Great, thanks a lot! Please confirm here that you accept to be nominated, between where I signed my nomination and the line which starts with Support. Dan Koehl (talk) 08:47, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Edits on Chelodina (Macrochelodina)

Hi @PeterR: wanted to ask why you are removing subgenera on for example this edit this edit? It makes no sense since you have left it on the other species in the same subgenus. Cheers Faendalimas ^talk 15:52, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Ok in response to your answer on my page thats fair enough, I just was not sure which way you were going with it. I am editing many of these taxa right now too, so will follow that. By the way, since you made a Cat for NTM, my species Chelodina canni also has its type in the NTM, save you finding it. Cheers Faendalimas ^talk 16:15, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

I have no issue with the solution, just was not sure which way you were going with it. Cheers Faendalimas ^talk 16:18, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Museums

I noticed this morning (mine) that you created MNHS for Coleophora koreana. Baldizzone apparently made some confusion. Swedish Museum of Natural History is really SMNH. Digging around in their databases was slightly helpful, and gave me this. (GP Bldz 7988) seems more like type number with Baldizzone as ID authority, while "Korea Shuotsu ..." represents collection locality and date. Labels are photo'd on that link. Here is their search portal, but collections are only about 20% online. Coleophora koreana is naturally not one of them. Going through lists, entomological entries seem to begin with NRM or NHRM, as these are older acronyms. Looks like I shall have to upgrade SMNH soon.

If I recall properly, which I may not, you made museum page for Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. I cannot find anything in our very rapidly growing Repositories section. Do you remember? I located excellent website for their foundation, with acronyms and databases for several collections related to our project. I am going to put it under one blanket title of its initials, FIOCRUZ. I plan to have it finished this weekend. Neferkheperre (talk) 17:16, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

You can see in the Holotype list under IOC. I have found three species: Paraephydra freitasi, Stichelia cuneifascia & Ischnocnema hoehnei. PeterR (talk) 17:32, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Phrynops

Peter, where did you get the name Phrynops hoggei from? Please this is actually really important. Email me. scott.thomson321@gmail.com Faendalimas ^talk 18:23, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Just typo maybe, on EnWp is Mesoclemmys hogei with one G listed. Dan Koehl (talk) 18:25, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

No It is Phrynops hogei. I have change it already. PeterR (talk) 18:28, 23 March 2015 (UTC).

Yes sorry, on the EnWp Phrynops hogei is redirected to Mesoclemmys hogei. Maybe someting to look into? Dan Koehl (talk) 18:35, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Dan. In the museum you find this turtle under Phrynops hogei and not under Mesoclemmys hogei. If you look by Phrynops hogei you see Current status: Mesoclemmys hogei PeterR (talk) 18:41, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Actually the current status is Mesoclemmys hogei please trust me on that I am currently writing a paper on it. It has not been in Phrynops for decades after Mesoclemmys was split out from Phrynops. Phrynops are distinguished from Mesoclemmys by the presence of a first neural in contact with the Nuchal bone, absent in Mesoclemmys, including M. hogei. However, I will say that is not correct the species is actually not a Mesoclemmys but this is information not yet published. Where did you get info that it is a Phrynops? Only about 5 people know its real status at the present time. Cheers, Faendalimas ^talk 18:43, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

I trust you, but in the SMF museum you find him under Phrynops hogei and not under Mesoclemmys hogei. The status now is Mesoclemmys hoggei and that is not changed. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by PeterR (talk • contribs) 18:47, 23 March 2015.

That is the original lodge meta data for the specimen when it was described, Chelodina longicollis is listed as Testudo longicollis because in 1790 thats what it was thought to be. Museum data is often wrong, around 90% for turtles. I would really prefer not to see this species listed under Phrynops until it is sorted out in the published literature, the most recent combinations have it in Mesoclemmys. I am fine with the synonymy calling it by its original described name, but it should be listed by its latest accepted combination on the Wiki. Cheers, Faendalimas ^talk 18:53, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

A little history may help, with this one, McCord et al made a complete mess of the south american Chelids in their 2001 and 2002 papers, their genus Bufocephala and Rynchocephala are paraphyletic and their use of Mesoclemmys was disastrous. Molina decided the best was was to lunp them all together again, however in recent times since 2005 (Bour and Zaher, Mesoclemmys has been resurrected for the non Phrynops species. However it is far from resolved. It is one wehere it is best to keep it out of Phrynops for now. Things are going to change here but we need to wait for the publications not preempt them. The reason the ENWP has links from Phrynops to Mesoclemmys is those pages date back to when it was a real mess, and as some species were púlled out of Phrynops, again, redirects were made. I know that, I made the redirects. Cheers Faendalimas ^talk 18:59, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

If I understand you well the original species was not Phrynops hogei? PeterR (talk) 07:28, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

No you are correct the original name was Phrynops hogei because at that time Mesoclemmys was a junior synonym of Phrynops see here But Mesoclemmys was resurrected in 2005. Cheers Faendalimas ^talk 09:53, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

I guess my other concern is there are currently two pages for the same species. Phrynops hogei and Mesoclemmys hogei, both indicating a valid name, the valid name at present is Mesoclemmys hogei, should not Phrynops hogei redirect to that? By the way I am sorry I reacted, this happens to be a very political issue right now, and I was not sure how you knew this, but now realise you are using the original metadata of the museum specimen, which is fine. My initial shock was I thought someone had released unpublished information I am privy to. Cheers Faendalimas ^talk 09:58, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

So what I have done is wright. The original species is Phrynops hogei and the current status is Mesoclemmys hogei. PeterR (talk) 10:01, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes except Phrynops hogei should be a redirect to Mesoclemmys hogei since the latter is the name in usuage. The former is no longer used. Cheers Faendalimas ^talk 10:04, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Current status is the redirect. Cheers.PeterR (talk) 10:08, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

No its not both Phrynops hogei and Mesoclemmys hogei find separate pages on the same species, clicking on Phrynops hogei should take you straight to Mesoclemmys hogei through the #REDIRECT magic word. It also should not appear on the Phrynops genus page, since the species has been removed from that genus, having it appear in two separate genera is confusing. Comment out the info on the Phrynops hogei page and add the redirect at the top and delete the link from the Phrynops genus page is the correct placement of this species, the name Phrynops hogei appears in the synonymy on the Mesoclemmys hogei page. Cheers, Faendalimas ^talk 10:22, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

I agree with Faendalimas here: if Phrynops hogei is a synonym of Mesoclemmys hogei, then the P. hogei page should not include any data, but instead only be a redirect to the M. hogei page.

As a side note Faendalimas, thank you for the background information regarding McCord et al. etc. It was an interesting read, especially when investigating the matter a little closer. Regards,Tommy Kronkvist (talk) , 11:13, 24 March 2015 (UTC).

I add Museum and author taxa. Where should you add them? The original taxa (who I can find in the Museum) or the latest taxa (who I can't find in the Museum)? 11:18, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Info on the holotype can go in the Mesoclemmys hogei page, its still the same species, just the genus has changed, the type data belongs to the species name not the genus. The types of the genera are differnet, for Phrynops its Phrynops geoffroanus and for Mesoclemmys its Mesoclemmys gibba so neither are relevant here. Name combinations change the types do not. The Mesoclemmys hogei page already has this information, just I have not made a link to the museum. All information on a speciesbelongs on its species poage under its current combination. Cheers, Faendalimas ^talk 12:20, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

@Tommy Kronkvist: and Peter, your welcome on the background. I will help you all out a bit here when it comes to turtles the IUCN Turtle Checklist that I have just linked the homepage for has much of this information in it. It is the most comprehensive list of the turtles of the world and is used by Peter Uetz of Reptile Database also. It has multiple editions and it helps to have them all the page I have linked has pdfs of every version. When you look at a taxa you will see small numbers next to the name egMesoclemmys raniceps (Gray 1856b) (12:41) on page 424 of the 2014 edition, the numbers refer to discussions on an issue, the 12 means the 2012 edition the 41 is the comment number in that edition. Anytime there is needed discussion or explanation there is a comment in the relevant edition. So as to make my position here clear I am a member of the Turtle Taxonomy Working Group, I do not author it, myself and James Parham are the reviewers of the document, we are both Taxonomists and Palaeontologists who specialise in turtles. I am second author on the Fossil Checklist of Turtles which should be out soon it is in final stages of its first edition. But I would recommend to anyone editing turtle pages they get those pdf's and follow what goes on in there, as I said this is where Reptile Database gets its information for turtles, it is also the document of choice for the ENWP and EOL is trying to follow it also. Cheers, Faendalimas ^talk 13:57, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

For me I don't doubt about your expertise. The only question for me is: where can I find the original species in the Museum. Under his first name or under his last name. PeterR (talk) 14:05, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

In a museum you will find a species under whatever name they were given when it was lodged, if you very lucky it may have been updated, usually not. However the only name that matters for holotypes of species is the species name, the genus is irrelevant only worry about the species name, ie the second one. the combination of the genus and species name will change, often alot with older specimens. It does not matter. Cheers, Faendalimas ^talk 14:16, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

oh and Peter, dont worry, I made my position clear for NPoV reasons, ie I am being upfront in my involvement with those documents. I did not believe you doubted me. Cheers, Faendalimas ^talk 14:34, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Edits on Anthene irumu.

Peter, thank you for contributing to those pages. However, I have just seen your recent edits on Anthene irumu. In the last line of the Synonymy you have taken the brackets away from the author name. Stempffer originally combined irumu with Cupidesthes. Libert has now combined it with Anthene. Therefore the brackets around the original author name/date "Stempffer, 1948" should be reinstated. These brackets are a convention to show that the combination is not the one originally conceived by the original author. I would be grateful if you could conform to this convention in future and leave the brackets around the authors when this is appropriate. Alan Accassidy (talk) 10:47, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

• I can't remember that I have delete the brackets. But if you say so it will be wright. Normal I don't do that. PeterR (talk) 10:59, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

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Dan Koehl (talk) 09:02, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Polyommatus Subgenera

Peter, I don't understand why you have reverted my edit on Polyommatus damone. We have a policy here to have species pages in binomial format, not with subgenus names in brackets in the title. This is to facilitate searches for binomial names from outside search engines. We keep the subgenus name in the Taxonavigation section, as you will see on my recently created binomial species pages, but not in the page title itself. So the Species Page title will be Polyommatus damone, but the taxonavigation shows sub-genus Agrodiaetus. I am also keeping a Subgenus Page for Agrodiaetus but this will link to binomial species pages such as Polyommatus caerulea. So please put Polyommatus damone back to the way I left it. Thanks. Accassidy (talk) 12:33, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Alan It was a very stupid mistake PeterR (talk) 12:35, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Your first action as admin

Peter, now you can delete G.D. Hale Carpenter. Go to the page, and then you find in the menu in upper right corner of the page an arrow after the word More. Click on that link, and choose delete. Good luck! Dan Koehl (talk) 12:42, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Dan done. thanks for explain PeterR (talk) 12:46, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Peter, bitte schau Austrophthiracarus_longisetosus an. Name und Synonyms ist gleich? Dan Koehl (talk) 11:58, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Glaucopsyche aeruginosa

Peter, on the page for Glaucopsyche aeruginosa you have a reference of Korb, 2013 with a link to the full article. However, I can only make this link connect to a Russian web page instead of a document. Can you refine this link or explain to me how to follow the web site to see the publication? Thanks, Alan. Accassidy (talk) 21:12, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Alan, this is the web site from Amurian zoological journal. When I started with it they had an english site with journals. Now it is only a russian site. PeterR (talk) 06:47, 16 April 2015 (UTC).

Paola Martin

Yesterday, I created author site for Paola, but with A.R., from information I got from Zootaxa. As yours looked somewhat better, I combined what I had into your page, and made redirect. Neferkheperre (talk) 20:06, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Thats ok. PeterR (talk) 06:51, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Orphans

Hi Peter. Pages such as; Acontia (Acontia) cimbebasia are orphans and you have replaced them by their equivalent e.g. Acontia cimbebasia. It might be a good idea to delete them in order to tidy up the list of orphans. Cheers Andyboorman (talk) 15:27, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Andy, I'm clean up the subspecies this year, but I couldn't do all. Every time if I add new species I update them. PeterR (talk) 15:33, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Sure is a slow process dealing with orphans. I made a few when I first started, but now going through those created by others - that is until my head hurts! Regards and good luck Andyboorman (talk) 17:33, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

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I have two questions. First, "Jong, de R., 1991: A note on three species of Taractrocera Butler (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 65 (19): 257-265. Full article." What are 65 (19) mean?

Second, I want to help out adding taxonomic contents but have no idea where to start. Is there a list of all the entries that have not been created? Or the list of all red internal links? Or something that points me to the direction of underdeveloped areas. Thanks! Trongphu (talk) 07:18, 12 May 2015 (UTC)