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Thank you for the info on the reversion on human. I feel a bit too lazy to start a new debate on this on the talk page as it is outside the scope of my usual, more intensively focused topics. I can't help but be curious though: what was the compelling reason that its exclusion was deemed beneficial to the article, as there is nothing in the talk page about it (I checked beforehand). Kehkou (talk) 04:31, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think the jist of the decision is that humans are essentially domesticated, and we don't list the status of for domesticated species; we are no longer "in the wild". - UtherSRG(talk) 10:16, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion has been archived. Near the top of the talk page is a set of archival links, as well as an archive search box. I believe found the relevant discussion. - UtherSRG(talk) 10:18, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Makes sense to me. Thank you for the explanation! Kehkou (talk) 04:28, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I appreciate your activity. But I created draft:Shwapnopuron which were brought under Afd. It was saying that WP:NORG failed. But from my point of view it does not violate the criteria of being notable in any way. An organization needs to be significant,
1) Reliable multiple sources
2) Independent
3) Secondery, In-depth and others
The article was created by maintaining all these criteria. This is evident by looking at the sources added to the references. Your last comment was to upgrade the issue of deletion discussion, where WP:NORG was lacking but this article meets all the criteria. All the sources are from prominent, reliable and national newspaper like Ittefaq, Jagonews24, Manab Zamin.... Please review the sources. Sulupa (talk) 18:24, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The deletion discussion disagrees with you. Please find a way to address the issue. - UtherSRG(talk) 23:22, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This article may be moved from draft to the main article and brought under a new Afd with previous issues. However there was no discussion in the previous Afd and it was soft deleted. Coming up, there may be discussion in Afd this time. Where the editors will judge the article. Sulupa (talk) 17:15, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note my statement at WP:RFU when I restored it. It would immediately be eligible for deletion in main article space. If restored to article space, you run the risk of it being hard deleted. I'm giving you the opportunity to improve the article to prevent that. If you do not wish to improve the article, you can either let it sit in draft for someone else to improve, or you can move it into main article space. If you move it, I will nominate it for deletion. I urge you to seek assistance from the Teahouse in figuring out how to improve it. - UtherSRG(talk) 17:20, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The article has been updated and resubmitted. Mafmes (talk) 09:54, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 27[edit]
The newsletter will not be returning to a monthly format (mainly because the author is busy failing every exam imaginable) and is on a bimonthly schedule for the foreseeable future.
The second round of the WikiCup was very competitive, requiring the highest points total to advance since 2014. Two TOL editors, AryKun and Fritzmann2002, advanced to the third round.
The March edition of our monthly rolling contest was won by simongraham, who amassed 118 points from 21 articles on various species of jumping spider; in second place was Quetzal1964 with 109 points from 53 articles on marine ray-finned fish.
Quetzal1964 and simongraham were also the top two in the April edition, although Quetzal was ahead this time, with 68 points to simongraham's 48. In the annual leaderboard, Quetzal and simongraham are in first and second place respectively, with 291 and 246 points; in third place is Snotoleks, with 76 points.
... that the cherry blossom was used symbolically in Japanese World War II propaganda, with falling petals representing "young soldiers' sacrifice for the emperor"? (8 March)
... that the Kīlauea lava cricket disappears from a lava field as soon as any plants start to grow there? (13 March)
... that Julian Assange's lawyer argued that the rules set by the Ecuadorian embassy requiring Assange to take care of his pet cat Michi were "denigrating"? (13 March)
... that mule deer sometimes prefer the flavor of one Rocky Mountain juniper tree, like "ice cream", over another? (21 March)
... that the skeleton panda sea squirt was known on the Internet for its skeleton-like appearance years before its formal description? (26 March)
... that only one fruit but several thousand seeds were known when Allenbya collinsonae was named? (26 March)
... that while named for alliums, the fossil Paleoallium(pictured) was not necessarily directly related to any allium species? (27 March)
... that the extinct genus Mixtotherium, meaning 'mixed beast', has traits of both extinct primates and hyraxes? (28 March)
... that the fossil fern Dickwhitea was described from a single block of chert? (28 March)
... that only six years after its 2016 discovery, the Meratus blue flycatcher(pictured) was found being sold in Indonesian songbird markets? (30 March)
... that the spirit liverwort is called such because of its proximity to the Māori afterlife? (31 March)
... that cultures of the fungus Lentinus brumalis have been flown on three different satellites? (31 March)
... that the English herbalist Nicholas Culpeper claimed that eating alkanet leaves would make a person's spit deadly to serpents? (31 March)
Eufriesea purpurata
Korowai gecko
Paleoallium billgenseli fossil
Male Meratus blue flycatcher
April DYKs
... that despite its name meaning 'unscented', Hypericum × inodorum can smell strongly of goat? (1 April)
... that color-changing cats(artist's impression pictured) could help us communicate with the future? (2 April)
... that the white-tailed jay(example pictured) found in Ecuador and Peru was once thought to have been brought to Mexico by pre-Columbian trade? (5 April)
I boldly moved Caleb Francis to mainspace, since I think the revamped page is a pretty undisputed GNG meet. Would you be inclined to restore Talk:Caleb Francis too, in order to continue the history of that talk page including its old prod notice as well as a DYK notice? Geschichte (talk) 10:51, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good. Thanks for your work. I've restored the talk page. (I usually do that when I do a draftify restore. I must have missed it. Thanks for the poke. - UtherSRG(talk) 12:55, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know if this is even worth doing anything about (ie., if it's me getting worried about something that doesn't matter), or if it is worth fixing, so I thought I'd bring it to you as the un-deleting admin. A few of those redirects had deleted revisions that - judging by the deletion log timestamps - weren't viewable before they were originally G8ed; however, since being deleted and then undeleted, those previously-deleted revisions are now viewable again in the pages' history. (e.g., Tm 103 was G7ed in January 2011, but the pre-G7 revisions are now visible in the history.)
All the best (and apologies if I'm getting in a twist over nothing!)
—a smart kitten[meow] 16:16, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Since it was only G7, I'm not going to worry about it. If it were G12, that would be significant and I'd RD1 the versions. Other deletion reasons mainly fall somewhere between those reactions. No worries, but thanks for the thought. - UtherSRG(talk) 19:41, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]