User talk:Calvinal

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Vernacular name capitalization

Hello, Calvinal! I've noticed your edits to Oeceoclades maculata and have reverted the minor change in capitalization. As I've noted in my edit summary, our manual of style section on organisms (MOS:LIFE) and most other external style guides state that vernacular names should be sentence case ("lower case") except for those parts of the name that refer to proper nouns, like "African" in "African spotted orchid." I know you haven't edited very much, so nothing to worry about -- just make sure if you encounter this situation again that you follow the style guide. Thanks! Cheers, Rkitko ^(talk) 02:43, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

I attempted to add a reference to Coccothrinax Argentata. It should be [5]. I got permission from the author of the report to add a reference to the page. Calvinal (talk) 00:28, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Fixed. See WP:Referencing for beginners on how to easily create nicely-formatted footnotes. Huon (talk) 00:51, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Help me!

Please help me with... The scientific name Agama agama has been changed. The new name is Agama picticauda. The page Agama agama should be reviewed and changed if reviewed and found to be incorrect.

 A reference follows:

From: "Jake Edwards" <Jake.Edwards@MyFWC.com>

To: "calvin lenhart" <calvin.lenhart@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 10:35:23 PM Subject: RE: Agama sighting Hi Mr. Lenhart,

In the last year or so, scientists have reclassified the Agama family. The lizards formally known as Agama agama down here are now known as Agama picticauda. Same lizards, different new name.

Calvinal (talk) 01:28, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but a copy of a personal email is not a reliable source. Please find a peer-reviewed scholarly paper or something similar that confirms the name change. When you have such a reference, you can update the article (see WP:Referencing for beginners on how to easily cite the reference) and move it to the new title. Huon (talk) 01:49, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

When I download the photograph Group of Fruiticose Lichen I spelled Fruticose wrong. I couldn't find any way to delete the download and download it again with the right spelling of Fruticose. The photograph is in Commons and also in Fruticose Lichen. I hope you can correct it.Calvinal (talk) 20:06, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

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