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Thank you today for the European hare, "a well-known and widespread mammal native to western Eurasia. It is the quintessential Lepus species and is known for its active breeding behavior; the source of the term 'mad as a March hare'"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:53, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Greetings and felicitations. I noticed that you reverted my edit to the article "Giraffe". I made the changes to the article because to me it looks like (large image:) this, and the galleries are, in my mind, the best way to solve this. Would you please be so kind as to undo your reversion? —DocWatson42 (talk) 04:08, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DocWatson42, I can't view the link. And the gallery style clashes with how the images are organized in the rest of the article. LittleJerry (talk) 16:38, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry that the image cannot be viewed using that link. Try this one. —DocWatson42 (talk) 07:45, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I see, perhaps we should remove some images. LittleJerry (talk) 16:35, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Appears to be a copy-paste of a section from the Wikipedia article on cats - which would make it an unneccesary fork. Was flagged by copypatrol, listing a mirror(?) of the aforementioned Wikipedia page onto another site.

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Next time maybe discuss changes instead of placing 'one' source of yours and claiming Austrian nationality/descent. Obviously you are not an expert in that field. Regards. Oliszydlowski (talk) 15:45, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Interstellarity I shouldn't have to have explained since you used an image already in the article. LittleJerry (talk) 02:41, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

LittleJerry, Your edit summary is now clearer. I understand why you reverted me. Thanks for explaining. Interstellarity (talk) 12:03, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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	The Half Million Award
	For your contributions to bring Black mamba (estimated annual readership: 696,000) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Half Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Reidgreg (talk) 17:22, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

'Ere ya go, guv. Cheeky asking me for the box as well, those dogs'll be 'aving me 'and off if I don't watch out! Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:47, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Wolf has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

In the Etymology section the article says: "The English "wolf" stems from the Old English wulf, which is itself thought to be derived from the Proto-Germanic *wulfaz ... Old English literature contains several instances of Anglo-Saxon kings and warriors taking on wulf as a prefix or suffix in their names." Examples include Wulfhere ("Wolf Army"), Cynewulf ("Royal Wolf") etc ...".

These are not examples of actual names. I wonder of you should actually provide some examples Cynewulf a poet, and Wulfhere of Mercia a king. And then say "English wolf related names include: Wulfhere ("Wolf Army"), Cynewulf ("Royal Wolf") etc ...".

Just a thought.

Best of luck with the FA process when you get to it.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 18:53, 17 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Twofingered Typist Thanks. You may want to look over the section again. LittleJerry (talk) 17:59, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@LittleJerry: Looks good. Best of luck with the article moving forward. Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:00, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to have missed you on the Elephant cladogram, was a bit busy elsewhere. Happy to help out with Elephants in culture if you need anything like that. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:47, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Chiswick Chap could you still make the cladogram? I'm thinking maybe I could place the cladograms underneath the text like in bat and bear. LittleJerry (talk) 21:52, 3 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'll get to it today. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:11, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is about all that needs to be said on the topology. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:03, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Chiswick Chap, on second thought, could you box it in? I'm going to try to fit it. Also Elephantidae should be labelled for the clade that excludes mastodons. LittleJerry (talk) 00:28, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Chiswick Chap, how do you put in the border? LittleJerry (talk) 17:26, 12 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I never use them but it's called Template:Cladogram. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:29, 12 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reindeer distribution is a fabulous article! (And goats are somewhat related to reindeer too.)

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Sorry. Inclined to agree. Gacy told so many different stories any account couldn't be trusted (as he always refused to fully accept his sexuality). His surviving victims are more reliable.--Kieronoldham (talk) 23:10, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The article is already quite long. Shouldn't the lede keep to the sparse facts? Everything is covered and referenced in the main text. Regards,--Kieronoldham (talk) 23:10, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If an body is long, then the lede should reflect it. LittleJerry (talk) 23:39, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have read several comments online about the length of the article. That's all.--Kieronoldham (talk) 23:43, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thx. We'll collectively get there with the article.--Kieronoldham (talk) 23:53, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

	The Million Award
	For your contributions to bring Wolf (estimated annual readership: 1,405,600) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Enwebb (talk) 02:15, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What a Herculean effort! Nicely done! Enwebb (talk) 02:15, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for all your work on the wolf article. It is good to see that an important general article has been brought up to the FA standard. I find it disappointing that many of the articles in the current FAC list are on highly specialised niche topics. - Aa77zz (talk) 20:39, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Aa77zz. Are you still up for Secretarybird? LittleJerry (talk) 23:17, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:55, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Do you guys have the intention to fix this article into a good article? This species of bird is still prominent after the Blue jay. 49.149.99.38 (talk) 03:48, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have no interest. LittleJerry (talk) 11:17, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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		You've made a prominent animals articles into GA and soon Zebra. Your work amazed me. 14.45.246.56 (talk) 10:38, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you and all who helped for the wolf article, about "one of the most well known and well studied carnivores and the ancestor of the dog"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:33, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree Gerda Arendt he's very helpful also for readers, the only well known animal I think that wasn't GA were African wild dog, Brown bear and Flamingo. 1.186.23.142 (talk) 08:38, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

He's marked it as 'Support'... Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:07, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Barnstar of Diligence

It is hard to get a featured article about a hurricane or a road. Harder still to get a featured article about a historical figure or niche topic not popular among FAC reviewers. But to get an article like wolf up to WP:FA is the most difficult thing any of us can do here, especially when it was previously demoted. It's in another league...we should even have a more coveted icon, perhaps. I'm delighted to see it on the front page. Thanks for your diligence! Psiĥedelisto (talk • contribs) please always ping! 10:40, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I don't understand your revert or your comment. I replaced a poor quality zoo snap with an FP image. A zoo animal is a captive lion. You should not revert without discussion in cases like this. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:58, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you replace image of a zoo lion with that of a wild lion in a section on captivity? LittleJerry (talk) 13:54, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I'll just note that I believe citation #4 needs page number(s) I have indicated this with "??".

Best of luck moving forward with the article.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:37, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can an Orangutan ICUN redlist be placed as critically endangered as most of the species are CR like the FA article Galapagos Tortoise. 200.104.247.250 (talk) 02:52, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No. LittleJerry (talk) 12:32, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you today for your share to Elasmosaurus, "the most viewed articles about a long-necked plesiosaur genus, and gets more hits than even Plesiosaurus itself"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:36, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for Bat, in collaboration, "about yet another major group of mammals: bats. They will make a nice addition to the FA list being the only mammals capable of flight"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:46, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for Leech, in collaboration, about "friendly little bloodsuckers in the phylum Annelida"! - It's shown with a fun piece by Francis Poulenc! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:46, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

... and today for Scorpion, about "an iconic group of deadly predators"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:18, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've polished up most of the article, leaving some bits of the biology for you....... ? Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:22, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Orangutan has passed and I'm about ready to nominate Zebra. I'm ready to work on Scorpion too, would Cwmhiraeth be willing to work with us? LittleJerry (talk) 15:21, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on getting Orangutan promoted. I'm sure Scorpion would be interesting but I find myself very engrossed in other things and don't really want to spend the time required in bringing it to "perfection". Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:14, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

With this edit you removed a number of references without leaving a reason, only stating why do people feel the need to do this? in the edit summary. Please explain your reasons before I revert the edit. Nick Thorne ^talk 14:09, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are supposed to be NO cites in the lead paragraphs, okay? LittleJerry (talk) 22:47, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:LEAD states As a general rule of thumb, a lead section should contain no more than four well-composed paragraphs and be carefully sourced as appropriate. This seems to contradict your position on refs/sources. Whilst I agree about not including refs in the usual short lead that you see on most articles, when the lead becomes a mini article like this then I think including refs is entirely appropriate. Maybe the lead to this article needs to be trimmed and the content here moved into the body of the article. Nick Thorne ^talk 00:02, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sourced when approved = quotations. The lead is supposed to summarize the body which is already cited. LittleJerry (talk) 00:07, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you meant appropriate, rather than approved. No matter. I'm not going to pursue this, I really feel the article could use a bit of a rewrite, especially the lead, but I don't have the time or the energy for that at the moment. Have a nice day! - Nick Thorne ^talk 01:29, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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With this edit you again removed the words inaccurate and miscalled, moving the article away from the long term status quo. In addition, you made the following edit summary another user removed this too so the consensus is now against you. This is patently ridiculous, two editors don't make any sort of a consensus, never mind that we now have two editors on both sides of the argument. If you really wish to establish a consensus, take it to the article talk page. I will consider further reversion to be disruption and shall act accordingly. - Nick Thorne ^talk 11:57, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I did start a talk page topic and one user already agrees with me. If you don't respond within a couple days, I will revert it back. LittleJerry (talk) 02:35, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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AussieLegend please remove. Making an edit as a compromise is not edit warring. It would have been edit warring if I keep making the same exact edit but I didn't. You are acting in bad faith. LittleJerry (talk) 12:02, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I see. I did not know. I apologize if I made a mistake. It's just that the last time I saw the Zebra article, it was classified as Vulnerable. I did not know this. I swear that I didn't know, so please don't tell me not to continue this when I only did it once, and by mistake. Please do not threaten me.

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I see. I didn't know. I'm not going to move on because I need you to listen to me. Am I in trouble? You said I was going to get reported and that you wanted to go to war with me? I'm not a troll or a hacker. The edit I made was in innocent ignorance. This is what I hate about my life and why I'm so unlucky. Sometimes, I make a mistake without knowing that it's wrong, and I step on a landmine and I'm in huge trouble. This always happens. And I didn't mean to sound threatening before, I just wanted to be clear that I don't like people threatening me, especially when my personal life is risky.

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You're not in trouble. Have a good day. LittleJerry (talk) 17:35, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'm not going to edit the article again. I never said I was going too. I hope this mistake was cleared up. Have a nice day, sir.

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I've fixed a pile of GAN comments. Left a couple for you - they seem to be arriving in dribs and drabs so there may be more, who knows. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:36, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello:

I've finished the copy edit you requested of the Beaver article.

Best of luck as you continue with the FA process. I'm not sure if you wish to/or did rewrite the lede as one reviewer suggested. I've left that for you.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 21:07, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The female emperor scorpion is highly atypical of the group, so I'd oppose it as the lead image. Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:39, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Seems we need a high-res horizontal image... sigh. On another matter, we've been asked to use Stockmann & Ythier, which is available at Zlibrary. Unfortunately the reviewer has immediately opposed; I've made quite a few fixes, and perhaps we can bring them round. The claims about numbers of species will need to be worked on carefully before we reply to that item; basically they now all need to be checked, maybe from that book. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:37, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Chiswick Chap, I downloaded the book and it seems to be mostly a guidebook for beginners. I don't know what we could use it for. As for the image, if thats the best one we can find then are don't see the need for a change. LittleJerry (talk) 18:51, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that's all "sayable"; or they can ask for a specific image from Commons if they have one in mind. I'd not have thought it worthwhile arguing much with the reviewers, however, even if they're more or less wrong; it's usually possible to do something to keep them happy (e.g. put in a few refs to the book for the sake of harmony). The Stockmann & Ythier distribution map is a lot better than what we have at the moment - if you ask me nicely I might do some graphics! Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:12, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Okay then. I could add in more bits of information on resistance to radiation and a few other things. I'm not good with the taxonomy stuff. LittleJerry (talk) 19:16, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've added all the families from the Scorpion Files; they're more up to date than I thought, parts are from 2020 so no worries there. And the map we have is not unlike Lourenco's, so I shall leave it alone for now. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:12, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you today for the article, about "African equines with one of the most recognizable patterns in nature"! - I have a little new year's song on the same page, happy 2021! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:49, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've done what I can, there are just a couple left that you might like to have a go at. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:29, 13 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Chiswick Chap, can you finish the rest of SandyGeorgia's tasks? LittleJerry (talk) 03:26, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:09, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The problem with a phrase like 'cultural significance' is that if taken narrowly, "culture" means just the arts, while if it's taken broadly as Culture, it includes use as food and pets and much else; and both those senses are a poor fit for the section right now. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:07, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Chiswick Chap Better? If not you can change it back or rename it. LittleJerry (talk) 15:05, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work, many thanks. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:42, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello:

I've run through Beaver and made a number of minor changes. I hope this placates the reviewers.

Best of luck,

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Dear Litte Jerry, It’s a pity that you have deleted my contribution of today concerning the new corrected figures of the Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism on Jupiter. If you disagree with these new facts, you must give sounded arguments I’m interested in.

Best regards,

Christophe1946--21:45, 4 January 2021 (UTC)Christophe1946 (talk)

You did not format your sourcing correctly. LittleJerry (talk) 00:52, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'll correct the two sources. Christophe1946--09:33, 5 January 2021 (UTC)Christophe1946 (talk)

It's done. I hope it's now OK !Christophe1946 (talk) 10:08, 5 January 2021 (UTC)--Christophe1946 (talk) 10:08, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand your scepticism concerning the shrinking of Jupiter of only 1 mm/yr by the Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism. You can read the book by Patrick Irwin. On page 4 of its second edition (2009) it is clearly given 1 mm/yr and not 2 cm/year. From where is coming this last wrong figure, I don't know.

His value of 1 mm is corroborated by the paper by Liming Li et al. of 2018 giving an experimental flux of internal heat of 7.485 W/m^2 as measured on place by the Cassini probe. This correct reference to this paper is already given as n° 12, attesting the new figure, in the box, for the Bond albedo of 0.503 !

You can easy calculate yourself the effect and can get the observed figure of 1 mm/yr related to 7.5 W/m^2 with the derivative with respect to t of the formula giving the total gravitational energy of Jupiter (see here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%E2%80%93Helmholtz_mechanism) :

U = (3/10)G M^2/R = 1.03 10^36 J,

i.e. dU/dt = -(3/10)G M^2/R^2 dR/dt = -1.46 10^28 dR/dt.

Introducing dR/dt = -1 mm/yr = -0.001 m/yr = -3.17 10^-11 m/s, you get dU/dt = 4.64 10^17 W.

Dividing by the whole area of Jupiter 6.14 10^16 m^2 you get 7.55 W/m^2.

Are you now convinced ?

If you introduce 2 cm/yr instead of 1 mm/yr, you'll get 150 W/m^2, clearly a much too high figure.

Please, I ask you to restore my paragraph !

Thank you in advance and with my kind regards,

Christophe1946Christophe1946 (talk) 17:16, 5 January 2021 (UTC)--Christophe1946 (talk) 17:16, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't remove it. LittleJerry (talk) 17:21, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi LittleJerry

I have volunteered to copy edit Jupiter. I intend to be fairly bold about it. I shall also likely flag up a list of queries on the article's talk page. Feel free to come back at me on anything you are not happy with. Let's see if we can save the big J.

Gog the Mild (talk) 22:47, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again LittleJerry

I am really sorry, but it doesn't look as if I will get round to this one. My new roles as a FAC coordinator and TFA blurb coordinator are more time consuming than I had anticipated, and combined with other Wiki-activities mean that I have bitten off more than I can chew. Apologies again, but I am standing back from Jupiter.

Gog the Mild (talk) 12:05, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thats fine. LittleJerry (talk) 16:42, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Elk has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 17:02, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, LittleJerry. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Jupiter at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Tdslk (talk) 02:25, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I saw this article today, ^[1] and was saddened and disturbed. It seems unusual to me (not that I am an expert) that a young male would kill a female, even an older one. Male jaguars killing females in the wild, doesn't make good evolutionary sense. But both jaguars were in captivity, so the dynamics were different, I suppose. Do you have any insight or opinions to share? Thanks for your time and consideration. Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 04:13, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Tribe of Tiger, I don't think its significant enough to be in the article since its one incident in captive. LittleJerry (talk) 19:49, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LittleJerry I agree wholeheartedly. What on earth gave you the impression that I wished to include this information in the Jaguar article? I have reread my initial post several times...I never mentioned including this solitary incident in our encyclopedia article. That's why I headed the section as "off topic". I merely wished to ask for your insight or opinions, as an animal expert, concerning a troubling incident. It was a private question, from a minor editor to an editor with more in-depth understanding. I do apologize for troubling you, but I am baffled as to why you thought I wished to include this information. Please explain.Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 02:44, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, well I don't really have much of an opinion on it then. LittleJerry (talk) 13:57, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LittleJerry, then, no problems, but thanks for your consideration! And apologies for being a bit sharp, which was uncalled for, on my part. Best, Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 08:56, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Jimfbleak. I had already requested this for August 19, World Orangutan Day. Please find a different article. LittleJerry (talk) 20:11, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Which scientific papers are you interested in? Perhaps list them on the talk page? Axl ¤ [Talk] 11:01, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello:

Let me know when you're done editing this article and I'll continue with my copy edit. Thanks.

Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:12, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Twofingered Typist, sorry I just wanted to make one correct in the lead paragraph and add some sound boxes. LittleJerry (talk) 14:15, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LittleJerry No problem. I just want to be sure to avoid edit conflicts. Twofingered Typist (talk) 15:10, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello:

I've now completed the copy edit of the Blue whale article you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors.

I have added two "clarification needed" tags to what appear to be two bits of stray text in the Lifespan and Swim speed sections. Otherwise I think with the work you did on it the article is in good shape. I think it makes logical sense to discuss each population separately so I have not made changes there. I think there is a discrepancy in the date hunting Blue whales was banned. In the Historic threats section it says 1966, uncited, and in the Population section it says 1967, which does not appear (that I could see) in the given citation. The current population estimate would be a helpful addition, as the 10,000 to 25,000 estimate is from 2008.

Congratulations on getting Beaver to FA status. That was quite a journey.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 18:57, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. LittleJerry (talk) 21:52, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, LittleJerry. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Barn owl at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Dhtwiki (talk) 08:32, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for getting involved! I think its's high time to bring this page into shape for GAN. You surely noticed that this other guy has been following hot on everybody's heels within just a few mins; often with petty edits, always REactively, without ever adding content. I ran into edit conflicts a couple of times already, also on lots of other pages, when I wanted to add material. Any idea how to deal with their quite frustrating behaviour ? -- BhagyaMani (talk) 10:24, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't plan on giving involved, I just wanted to clean up the categories. As for the user, I would recommend getting in touch with Wretchskull. By the way, I'm assuming you will be expanding Indian roller more now that you have the papers. LittleJerry (talk) 12:41, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'm gonna focus on the roller now and give the SL a break. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 18:24, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Gog the Mild, I already listed it for April 7 of 2022 for International Beaver Day. Please use Scorpion instead. LittleJerry (talk) 22:15, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Draft blurb to follow. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:27, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I am buffing this - did you end up getting a snakes of Africa book (??) - if so can you check the description and/or other facts for this species? Much appreciated. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:45, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I still have it. You mean you want me to spotcheck it? LittleJerry (talk) 20:14, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes please - same editor as before responsible so need to double check for errors. I need a proper ref for description - so see if description matches the source. Also anything in behaviour or elsewhere. Some dodgy and/or dead online sources used I need to replace. Cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:39, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, I got Snakes of Southern Africa by FitzSimons and Field Guide to East African Reptiles by Spawls. I don't have any of the books being cited in the article. Sorry! LittleJerry (talk) 23:40, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Okay never mind Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:26, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Wehwalt, please don't! I already told Gog the Mild requested this for April 7 2022. International Beaver Day. LittleJerry (talk) 18:09, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll swap it.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:51, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi LittleJerry, in the absence of any ants, I think the behaviour indicated cannot be claimed as anting, it certainly would be appropriate to call it sunning / basking though. Shyamal (talk) 02:58, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Shyama Okay you can change the wording to sunning/basking. LittleJerry (talk) 23:05, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You can now nominate Orangutan for TFA if you wish. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:41, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Jimfbleak, can you do the honor? August 19 is World Orangutan Day. LittleJerry (talk) 19:55, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LittleJerry, it will actually be Gog the Mild scheduling August, I'm doing July Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:24, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, i don't know a lot 'bout animals, but in the article African Bush Elephant the subtitle says "a cow" is this true??? JoãotheWikiFan (talk) 20:50, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The photographer states that it is a female elephant. LittleJerry (talk) 23:03, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Turtle you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vaticidalprophet -- Vaticidalprophet (talk) 09:01, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Vaticidalprophet, you should also inform my co-nominator Chiswick Chap. LittleJerry (talk) 13:12, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]