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Speedy deletion nomination of Gekkos of Zimbabwe

Hello DrC.Humphreys,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Gekkos of Zimbabwe for deletion, because it appears to duplicate an existing Wikipedia article, [[{{{article}}}]].

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Vanjagenije (talk) 17:53, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Vanjagenjie Regarding the nomination for deletion The duplication you refer to is of GEKKO an ASIAN Genus of lizard.....my article is African Lizards of the Order. I am a zoologist, conservationist and a vet and I live (mostly) in Zimbabwe. The article now seems to be permanently lost and has been deleted by Alexf Thanks Clive

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Vanjagenije (talk) 11:14, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Geckos

I have just had a quick look at your draft article User:DrC.Humphreys/Gekkos of Zimbabwe. I have no views on whether it could become an acceptable article. I am writing here only to point out why many of the links on the page do not work, and therefore appear in red. Observe the difference: ''Lygodactylus'', Lygodactylus. If you use double square brackets to create a link to another Wikipedia article, what is inside the brackets must be exactly the name of that article, without any extra punctuation marks. I can see that this is confusing, when the name of the article is correctly italicised. Maproom (talk) 13:25, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

as the other users have indicated , the article you created that was deleted has been restored and moved to User:DrC.Humphreys/Gekkos of Zimbabwe.

not much of the draft as it stands is appropriate for the encyclopedia. since we already have an article about geckos as a whole and individual species of geckos, you would need to demonstrate that your specific sub-article topic, "geckos endemic to Zimbabwe", has been written about by reliable sources- so rather than repeating information about individual species- which are already covered in their individual articles- you would need to find sources talking about the Zimbabwe geckos as a group - what they share in common, what makes them unique, why the area has the number that they do, how the concentration compare to other gecko concentrations, human impact in Zimbabwe on these species etc. the bit about the stamp series is a start.

Then you will need to document every claim by using an inline citation to a reliably published source (because of the dynamic and open editing nature of Wikipedia, we need specific inline citations at the point in the article where the claim is made - it is not like a permanent paper book where you write a paragraph and place a footnote at the end and the content and the footnote are permanent. at any point some yahoo can come along and add something or change wording and readers and editors need to be able to quickly verify whether a sources actually supports the content.) -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:07, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Vanjagenije (talk) 11:04, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gekkos of Zimbabwe Afroedura transvaalica Dear RedPenofDoom Thank you for your comments. I have tried to improve these articles (above) as you suggest...like all of wikipedia its a work in progress....as is my ability to understand the wiki protocols and formatting language. I can see the points made about zimbabwe (that does not have a great deal of endemicity .....it does though have endemic geckos).....in my article the species are listed in red.....the articles about the gecko genera also have the same species listed in red i.e. they are stubs or starters.....i intend to develop these stubs....(two have turned blue as I added to them) ...not because I am interested in those huge genera but more because I am interested in Zimbabwe's herpetofauna....i feel sure that others will see this as a useful contribution ...the british library and wikipedia are full of 'snails of fiji' or 'birds of east anglia' types of research.... does they need editing, collating into larger topics or can they stand on their own censured. The original administrator who deleted this suggested contacting Wikiproject Amphibians and Reptiles which I have done ...... as yet they havent replied....for some guidance. Thank you for your contribution Clive DrC.Humphreys (talk) 23:03, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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+[[Gekkos of Zimbabwe]][[Afroedura transvaalica]]
+Dear RedPenofDoom
+Thank you for your comments. I have tried to improve these articles (above) as you suggest...like all of wikipedia its a work in progress....as is my ability to understand the wiki protocols and formatting language. I can see the points made about zimbabwe (that does not have a great deal of endemicity .....it does though have endemic geckos).....in my article the  species are listed in red.....the articles about the gecko genera also have the same species listed in red i.e. they are stubs or starters.....i intend to develop these stubs....(two have turned blue as I added to them) ...not because I am interested in those huge genera but more because I am interested in Zimbabwe's [[herpetofauna]]....i feel sure that others will see this as a useful contribution ...the british library and wikipedia are full of 'snails of fiji' or 'birds of east anglia' types of research.... does they need editing, collating into larger topics or can they stand on their own censured. The original administrator who deleted this suggested contacting Wikiproject Amphibians and Reptiles which I have done ...... as yet they havent replied....for some guidance. Thank you for your contribution
+Clive [[User:DrC.Humphreys|DrC.Humphreys]] ([[User talk:DrC.Humphreys#top|talk]]) 23:03, 21 October 2014 (UTC)