User talk:Rodw
Rvier Parrett
Hi Rod. I've eyeballed the ecology section as requested. I think that the following would help improve this section:
- the section on the rare plants of Aller Hill is a little unclear - do you know which six rare plants are present, and are the two named ones two of these or are there eight in total?
- there are lots of species of soldier fly so "the soldier fly (Odontomyia ornata)" should read "the soldier fly Odontomyia ornata" - Stubbs & Drake (google for full title & isbn) have coined the English name "Ornate Brigadier" for this species
- soldier flies are in fact just a family within the true flies (as opposed to a group with fly in their name that isn't part of the true flies, like the caddis flies)
- "A wide range of insect species is also present including rare invertebrates," would make more sense if the two I-words were swapped, as all insects are invertebrates but the converse isn't true
- In the subsequent insect list, not all are beetles
- I think it would read better if the ecology section had some subsections - how about one on the general interest, one (or more) on the specific sites, one on the designations - you could then use the "main article" template to point people at the more full treatments elsewhere on the site
- I'm sure there are many more important species you could mention but it's a question of where to draw the line ... top of the list though is probably the Hairy click beetle (Synaptus filiformis) which until recently was only known in Britain from the Parrett, although it has now also been found at a site in Gloucestershire.
Hope that helps a bit. It's a huge and important area, and you could write reams of stuff on the ecology. SP-KP (talk) 22:04, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Looking at the Aller citation sheet, I think I've worked it out - there are six rare plant species in total in the whole site - the three nationally rare ones are Rough Marsh-mallow, Nit-grass and Purple Gromwell and the three locally rare ones are Wild Liquorice, Fiddle Dock and Lesser Centaury. The bit that's a little confusing is that not all of these are found in all parts of the site, so in some parts of the text it starts talking about different numbers, but these only apply to the parts of the site being referred to in that particular part of the citation - if that makes sense? Ornate Brigadier - page 310. Cheers. SP-KP (talk) 23:23, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
- Hi Rod. Perhaps you could have another critical look at "that" paragraph in History. I think that it is finished and that it says what I mean - however it might not. Thanks. Pyrotec (talk) 16:54, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
- A valid point that I did recognise. "Draining" (or land recovery) involves a combination of stopping the river overflowing onto land during normal high tides and allowing flood water to drain off the land; and that sometimes meant moving or embanking the Parrett. There is also the problem of abnormal tides/floods that I ignored completely. I tried to say what the aim was instead of the fine details. Is it the acres in the medieval period that causes most concern? Pyrotec (talk) 17:23, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
- When I'm happy, I was intended to drop a note to Ealdgyth, as the "specialist" for the medieval era. As long as she is happy, I should be OK.Pyrotec (talk) 17:32, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
scli
Hi,
You mean I just put:
Creative Commons & GFDL
on the SCLI front page. I dont want this to be a major headache.
We also want to migrate this site:
http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk
Many thanks, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sclight (talk • contribs) 16:37, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
scli
Hi,
You mean I just put:
Creative Commons & GFDL
on the SCLI front page. I dont want this to be a major headache.
We also want to migrate this site:
http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk
Many thanks, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sclight (talk • contribs) 16:40, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Geog Loc boxes
Rod, Here are a couple of examples which show what I think is the value of a Geog Loc box for readers who aren't familiar with the local geography. Compare Idaho and Allier. In the former case, you can quickly move to its neighbouring states and provinces in any given direction. The latter lists neighbouring departments are listed but you can't see which is in which direction. OldSpot61 (talk) 15:51, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
Unreferenced BLPs
Hello Rodw! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 7 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to insure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 5 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:
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Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 19:35, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
Service awards proposal
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Hello, Rodw! I noticed you display a service award, and would like to invite you to join the discussion over a proposed revamping of the awards.
If you have any opinions on the proposal, please participate in the discussion. Thanks! — the Man in Question (in question) 04:28, 10 January 2010 (UTC) |
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I didn't mean invalid as in against WP standards, but it didn't work in my system (Firefox 3.5.7 on XP). It showed up in the page itself as alt=... I'm going to investigate now, and if it was just my browser, I apologize. I thought the problem would have appeared to everyone. –Sarregouset (talk) 16:41, 13 January 2010 (UTC)