User talk:Sabine's Sunbird

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Hi there, the above article is on fac status again. I've really tried to change all the things you commented on. Please can you hgelp with the inline citations as I'm new to this and I can't seem to get that correct? Please can you look it over again? Thanks so much for your help.Black Stripe 01:45, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Biological Value

I noticed you appear to be involved in biology articles or WikiProjects relating to biology and human processes. This article, on a method for evaluating biological utilizations rates of proteins in humans and animals, was started in August and is in need of the attention of an expert. We are having trouble locating one and the article desperately needs it. This method is used constantly in bodybuilding magazines and products and is the subject of much misinformation and half-truths. On the other hand it does appear to have some value. Please help if possible. In case you're wondering why I picked you I just looked through some Science WikiProjects and biology articles and your name appeared a lot in one or both categories. Incidentally if you decide not to do this for whatever reason there's no need to reply. I'll just take it you're busy or uninterested and leave it at that. Thanks. Quadzilla99 22:48, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rhynchostruthus

Cheers mate! Just learning to crawl at the moment.

Deargan 22:40, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] bulbul

fools rush in... jimfbleak 07:40, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] fellow vic student

Hi there, I was wondering whether you could take another look at the Whitehead (bird) article to see where it fits on the quality scale for wikiproject:birds.. I've been working on it quite a bit and I'm wondering if it would be up to "B" class standard yet- and if not I'm curious as to what work it still needs; if you could help me out that would be great.

Whoa, also i see you're also at vic! insane. Whats your thesis on specifically? I don't come across many wikipedians from vic let alone one in the same faculty as me, so yeah stay in touch.

Cheers, Kotare 10:24, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi there, sorry about the late reply.Shit your thesis sounds interesting.. what islands are you planning on doing research at specifically( kapiti, mana, matiu/somes perhaps?) all the best for it eh! Mmm Gecko, yeah I probably know your face as I went along to a few meetings last year. To be honest though it really wasn't quite what I'd expected... there was NOBODY my age there, everyone was sort of 2nd, 3rd year or postgrad and they all seemed to know each other quite well and I just really felt like I didn't fit in. However, I spent my summer doing conservation volunteer work in ecuador ( I found my placement through Global Volunteer Network) and after having seen gut wrenching levels of deforestation - particularly in the western lowlands ( part of the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena biodiversity hotspot where, in ecuador, only 3% of the original forest is left-) I'm planning a fundraising effort with GVN to raise money to buy hectares of rainforest/tropical dry forest which can then be added to existing reserves. I'm thinking about a raffle in which case I might get back into Gecko as it would be a good place to recruit ticket sellers. Any thoughts?

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kotare (talk • contribs) 09:21, 16 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] rating articles about birds

Hi there. I have added my name to the participant list on the assessment page of the WikiProject Birds, because I feel it is a nice thing to do while reading articles on the English Wikipedia in my search for information to write bird articles on the Dutch Wikipedia. I have already done one bird, namely: Rufous-bellied eagle. Reading the information about the quality scale I figured that the the rating for it should be "start" and the importance is "mid". But now I am looking at the latest article you have rated (swallow) and feel that I maybe a lot less strict than you are. I personally would have rated the article B class, because it has several of the items mentioned in the start class, but still has significant gaps, as you also write on the talk page. I just want to get a feel on how you rate articles, because it would be nice to rate articles using the same thought/rules. Magalhães 16:18, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. You're right. I am probably trying to treat it as a science too much. But that probably has to do something with my background (MSc). Anyway, I will probably practice the art of rating articles only now and then, because I do no tend to have too much time anyway. Magalhães 19:17, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bird Feature Article

Hello! I'm trying to raise Bird to feature article status from its present good article classification. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated............Thanks..Pmeleski 02:33, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Oops, I got an edit conflict. I was just about to nominate Bird on the bird collaboration page. But good to see this. Shyamal 01:55, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Conscription

Thanks for the clarification. It's a good thing I wasn't drinking anything when I read it.

Here are my first words on Old World Warblers: I'd like to see one. 95 to go! —JerryFriedman 18:46, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kea

Hello Sabine's Sunbird. Tēnā koe from Tāmaki-makau-rau. Was in Wellington last week for the last of the golden weather - awesome. Anyway. Just wondering if you might keep an eye on Kea - seems its being revised/rewritten by User:Casliber with the best of intentions and enthusiam to make it a Featured Article. I've made a few changes back and added a little clarification but I'd kind of like another user with bird knowledge to keep an eye on it too... Cheers Kahuroa 19:18, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] parrot

If this is only to be on taxonomy and genera and subspecies of parrot, I will not bothered to be there. Discussion should be in public in that talk section and NOT private in your page or my page please.

Shanlung 10:47, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

On 18 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tomtit, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 03:04, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Shy Albatross

Opps my mistake. However, from my source (Illustrated guide to the Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey and Warwick Tarboton ISBN 1-85368-281-0), it says it is the largest of the dark-blacked albatross with 98cm in length. And its binomial name is Diomedea cauta. So I assume that it belongs to the great albatross. Correct me if I am wrong again. Luffy487 09:03, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh my mistake again. Sorry for the changes I have made to the article. Well I thought the information I have had read was up to date and vandalizing the article wasn't my intention. Thank you for pointing out the mistake I have made. Next time I will be more cautious. Luffy487 10:23, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Wow... I see that your list of Fijian birds seems to be extremely precise, with indication on whether the species is native, introduced and etc on different islands. Haha... I can't do the same thing as you do. Well... what is the title of the book you refer to? Luffy487 14:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Date on collab

Hi, the collab seems to have generated some interest (well, much more than Wikiproject fungi which seems to have gone a bit flat really...). As you set it up, would be good to set a date, say 1 week from now or whatever to select the collaboration as it should receive a bit of notice. cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 13:52, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

I guess it depends on whether the heading refers to Bird collab FACs or FACs which happen to be under Wikiproject Birds. I prefer the latter as it is in line with the other FAs which weren't collabs per se either. I will note it on the page :) cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 03:37, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

PS - Archie wasn't an official dino collab either, more Spawn Man racking up some support and us getting it through between Compsognathus and Thescelosaurus. cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 03:43, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Sabine (or is it Sunbird for short?),

Thank you so much for volunteering your time to help with Archaeopteryx. I look forward to seeing your contributions so that I can support this article's FAC as well, although I know you are swamped at the moment. Anyway, thank you for volunteering. We really do need the "bird half" represented. Best, Firsfron of Ronchester 04:57, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, have you got a template ready and all that or do you want some help with it? cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 18:33, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Birds of Africa

Oh... ok I will go and revert the changes I have made. Luffy487 09:53, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Name

What's wrong with SS? Icky? If people have 2 names, I use the initals (Casliber=CL, Spawn Man=SM, etc etc...). There's no harm meant, but I have a lot of edits to do & it annoys me having to type out long names, which is why in the dino community we have pet names for the dinos (Archie, Compy, etc etc...). May I call you sunny? Still quicker than Sunbird... Thanks, Spawn Man 23:29, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Well if you take no offense then to being called SS... Spawn Man 23:39, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] journal articles

I have access to electronic journals (yay university), are there specific ones you need? No promises, my uni doesn't have a subscription to every journal, but I can try. Sabine's Sunbird talk 03:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your offer, Sabine. My college doesn't offer access to any geology-related papers, as we have no geology department. Maybe it would be helpful to tell you what I do have. I have Colbert (1948) Evolution of the Horned Dinosaurs (abstract only). Paul & Christensen (2000) Forelimb posture in neoceratopsian dinosaurs: implications for gait and locomotion (abstract only). I have an excellent book Lambert (1993) which gives a great overview of well-known dinosaur genera, including 15 pages on Ceratopsians. I'd love to get the full papers on these first two papers, if possible, which can be accessed through JSTOR and BioOne.org, respectively.

I am also trying to get my hands on Brown & Schlaikjer (1937). The Skeleton of Styracosaurus with the Description of a New Species. Actually, any papers, old or new on this genus or related genera (Centrosaurines), would be much, much appreciated. If you can't come up with any, no big deal. I just figured I'd ask at the WT:Dinos page and see if anyone had papers, you know, laying around gathering dust. Firsfron of Ronchester 03:50, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! I've sent an e-mail using the "e-mail this user" function. Please let me know if you didn't receive it. Again, my thanks. Firsfron of Ronchester 04:05, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey great of you to offer; I'm hangin' to get a copy of:

de Kloet, R.S. & de Kloet, S.R. (2005): The evolution of the spindlin gene in birds: sequence analysis of an intron of the spindlin W and Z gene reveals four major divisions of the Psittaciformes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36: 706-721.

as a doctor I can get loads of medical stuff but the non-medical biology is really tricky. I can be emialed on my user page :)cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 11:03, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Yay! Welcome to Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs, Sabine! It is really great to have you aboard. We need intelligent, serious contributors like you. Way cool. Firsfron of Ronchester 08:10, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks muchly, now to appropriate information somehwere on Parrot.....cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 23:20, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Got 'em

<kiwi> Choice, bro'!</kiwi>

thanks cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 10:57, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFA Thanks

Thanks for your support on my Request for adminship, which was successful, with votes of 49/0/0. Lemme know if you need help on something I might know a little something about....(check my userpage).
cheers, Casliber \| talk \| contribs 14:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Great Barrier Reef

I am way to swamped to help you in a meaningful fashion on this article, but perhaps I can help you find some references to help you? Let me know. Sabine's Sunbird talk 07:31, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou so much for your kind offer. If you happen across anything in the scientific literature that you feel may be of interest in the ecology or geography sections, give us a yell. (The GBRMPA website hasn't been updated since '04 on quite a few ecology things.) Any advice on how best to use the literature would be appreciated too. I get the feeling that there is a lot more information that could be mined out of here about the species and ecology but I am really unsure of how to go about it - I don't want to copyvio the GBRMPA. :S Even if you just put some specific to dos in the to do list on the talk page would be helpful. lol, now I've given you a lot of work to do... Just do what you can, and feel free to ignore the rest. I do appreciate your offer to help find references. :) -Malkinann 10:00, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coenocorypha

On 30 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Coenocorypha, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 23:53, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bird conservation

On 31 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bird conservation, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 16:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bird external links

Mr Sunbird......Wanted to ask your advice on 3 external links tagged to the end of the bird article. I've deleted birds guide (advertising on site commercial link?), birds hybrids (link is french), and bibliography of birds on Nicaragua (regional list) twice, and informed the party of the issues with keeping the links on the site to no avail. Worth having an edit war over? Oh, and thanks for the mention for helping to expand the article. Somehow I think you've done more! Pmeleski 01:27, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

- Saw you deleted 2 of the 3 external links.........The Birds Guide link has a ton of auction and product offerings for sale, which is why I thought inappropriate. I did contact JonixK, but the user returned the link......What do you think???????? I've tried deleting twicePmeleski 13:26, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Input invited

Hi. I'm planning to spend a bit of time in the next couple of weeks or so trying to improve Slender-billed Curlew, with the aim of bringing it up to GA status. Any suggestions you have would be much appreciated at the article's talk page. Thanks SP-KP 22:37, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

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