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Heat tolerance

I'm sorry but this section in Highland cattle is really totally inappropriate. Certainly it "illustrates that they are not evolved for hot climates" - but who would have thought that they were? It's amazing to me that that particular study was done, but it was - yet it's a primary source, and illustrates exactly why we're asked to instead base our work on: "...reliable, published secondary sources and, to a lesser extent, on tertiary sources...". This is one study, whereas if a secondary source existed it would be an aggregate of many such studies, and provide a more reliable and readable result. The mere fact that such a secondary article does not exist is a hint that no-one else has bothered to study whether a cattle beast bred in a cold climate and covered in shaggy hair does poorly when stuck into a hot one and compared to a vastly different animal described as "well adapted to withstanding high temperatures". Even describing the Highland as having a "lack of heat tolerance" is stretch - should we be editing the Zebu article to say that that breed has a "lack of cold tolerance"?

(In addition, the primary source, and therefore the info in this section, is hilariously specific - do our readers really need to know that: "they decreased their feed consumption by 31% and oxygen consumption by 19%". This the problem with primary sources, they are written for scientists, and make little sense until compared and contrasted with each other). Snori (talk) 19:20, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

I have to disagree with these comments @Snori:. Heat tolerance is a key consideration as to the evolution of these cattle. This source has been recommended at a WP:FA review, to improve the comprehensiveness of the article. Some of the details provided as unecessary, such as the percentages. It could be more concise, but the information is relevant to the article. TheMagikCow (talk) 16:47, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Richard Hale School

Hi, with this edit, you don't say the year. Was it 2014? Also the link you gave is now dead. Regards, —BillC ^talk 13:37, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for that, I will take some steps to rectify these errors. TheMagikCow (talk) 16:39, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

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Your use of rollback

You used rollback to revert my edit here]. Rollback is only supposed to be used in limited circumstances. That was not one of those circumstances unless you are saying that my edit was vandalism. In the future only user rollback to revert edits that are allowable. - GB fan 13:13, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Noted, thank you for your assistance in the case. TheMagikCow (talk) 13:16, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

December 2016

Hello TheMagikCow. Thanks for patrolling new pages – it's a very important task! I'm just letting you know, however, that there is consensus that we shouldn't tag pages as lacking context (CSD A1) and/or content (CSD A3) moments after they are created, as you did at Murela Caste. It is also suggested that pages that might meet CSD A7 criteria not be tagged for deletion immediately after they are created. It's usually best to wait at least 10–15 minutes for more content to be added if the page is very short, and the articles should not be marked as patrolled. Tagging such pages in a very short space of time may drive away well-meaning contributors, which is not good for Wikipedia. Attack pages (G10), blatant nonsense (G1), copyright violations (G12) and pure vandalism/blatant hoaxes (G3) should of course still be tagged and deleted immediately. Thanks.Template:Z149 Adam9007 (talk) 16:29, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you very much for that info - all noted Adam9007. I do however feel that now the Murela Caste article should be deleted as around 8 hours has elapsed and it consistes soley of a table of names, meaning nothing to a reader. I think now an A3 tag is needed. Reading your info, I feel that putting the tag on was to quick, but I do not feel you should have removed it 7 hours later when there are no significant improvements to the article. TheMagikCow (talk) 16:33, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

I've draftified it, although we can't assume the user hasn't been driven off. Adam9007 (talk) 16:35, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Adam9007! It looks like they haven't been driven off and have re created the article here. I'm going to do some poking around the net to see if I can find anything to indicate notability if the user does not cite anything. TheMagikCow (talk) 16:38, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

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Talk:Beechwood House, Highgate/GA1

Which WP:GA Template did you use to start your review? I like the way it's laid-out, might want to use it in the future. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 18:36, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello User:Shearonink! Thank you very much for my award - it is very much appreciated!! For my reviews, I found the {{GATable}} template. I find it a nice way to set out my reviews with comments etc. There are also quite a few here to choose from, where I found that table. I also would like to say that the GA review you were doing looked very thorough and to be exemplary - great work! TheMagikCow (talk) 10:00, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

The "Thanks for looking in on my GA Review" Award

	Muchly appreciated. Shearonink (talk) 19:00, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you very much!! :) TheMagikCow (talk) 09:52, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

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Your BRFA

Your BRFA, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheMagikBOT 2 has been approved for trial. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:12, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! :) TheMagikCow (talk) 18:19, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

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User:TheMagikBOT and bot parameter

When your bot is making edits, please pass the bot parameter along to the write api, see mw:API:Edit#Parameters - this will ensure the edits do not flood watchlists, etc. Example edit not flagged: here. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:02, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

OK - will fix that issue before making any more edits. TheMagikCow (talk) 16:04, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: Should be fixed now.... Sorry for the disruption! TheMagikCow (talk) 16:27, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Why do I still see TheMagikBOT's edits (last one ca. 15:21 UTC on 4 Feb) in my watchlist even after I use "hide bots" option? Is it because the above changes did not take effect yet? Materialscientist (talk) 23:33, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

I'm not sure about that one. The &bots parameter is correctly set in the API URL. TheMagikCow (talk) 15:00, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

It still didn't work yesterday, but works now. I guess the reason is Wikisowftare glitch, which is rather common for weekends. Materialscientist (talk) 22:28, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

LOL glad its working now! TheMagikCow (talk) 16:15, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

adding protection template where it is missing

the edit at Sam Fox does have the re-directed semiprotected template. so now it's duped ? Dave Rave (talk) 20:04, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Apparently the bot is adding pp templates on pages that have {{semiprotected}} on them, like the one linked above and this one. {{semiprotected}} is also a protection template. —MRD2014 (talk • contribs) 20:56, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

 High Priority Ahh I need to look into this one. It shouldn't do that (obviously). I think it has something to do with {{semiprotected}} not being in Module:Protection banner and redirecting to {{pp}}. Bot all suspended until I can fix this. Thanks all. TheMagikCow (talk) 21:07, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

With regards to the padlock being duped - it does not appear to appear twice. TheMagikCow (talk) 21:07, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Here's another example of dupes: [1]. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:51, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter No.2

Hello TheMagikCow,

A HUGE backlog

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Hitting 17,000 soon

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Bot putting double protection templates

Take a look at this. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 09:59, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for that. This was a small issue affecting ~20 edits. The current index pointer was not cleared as it should have so repeats were done. I am very sorry for the confusion this has caused but this issue is now fully fixed and the bot should be running normally. TheMagikCow (talk) 12:42, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Bot edit-warring and adding duplicate templates

Hello, your bot just made this edit. I can't be bothered reverting it this time, but it really shouldn't have done that. Graham87 13:40, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

I guess {{sprotected}} isn't recognized by the bot. —MRD2014 (talk • contribs) 00:25, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

It is now! We had some issues initially but all should be fixed. TheMagikCow (talk) 14:46, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Your Afd

Your 5 source, doesn't link dude reports: The document you requested either no longer exists or is not currently available. scope_creep (talk) 15:04, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

@Scope creep: Oops, I've now fixed that! TheMagikCow (talk) 15:44, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

North Ronaldsay sheep

Your thanking me makes me think to explain what I was doing. I've never paid any attention to the Guild of Copy Editors and I don't feel qualified to appoint myself there but I happened to see your article listed and the subject caught my eye. I read what copy editors are supposed to do and couldn't face all that. So, seeing as nothing else seemed to be happening I decided to start editing it quite informally – I wouldn't normally presume to mess about with anyone else's writing. When I create an article and then re-read it after a week or a month I see all sorts of things I think could be better expressed and so I copy edit my own writing. I found myself very much in the same situation in this case. Anyway, after a time I ran out of impetus and probably won't do anything more but for me it was an interesting experiment. For what it's worth the next section Scientific analysis reads pretty well to me and I wouldn't have changed much anyway. Good luck with all this – I've never tried for for Featured Article myself because it's far too daunting. Thincat (talk) 11:58, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

@Thincat: Thank you very much for everything you have done on the lead - it is very much appreciated! I am far from excellent at grammar, let alone copediting! There is usually quite a big backlog at GOCE, so anything to help is always great. This will (hopefully!) be my first FA, so I guess I will just have to get used to the whole process. Thanks again for the work you put in on the article. TheMagikCow (talk) 16:32, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

I found the article unusually interesting. I'd heard of the sheep and that they ate seaweed. I'm not sure if I knew about the wall but I certainly didn't know it was built to to keep them off the beach and then became used to keep them on it. Thincat (talk) 16:44, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Yeah they really do have a very interesting history behind them. I have found that the more I read into these sheep the more amazed I am by them! TheMagikCow (talk) 18:52, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Cosmeticbot

There's some discussion about this already on one of the bot pages: possibly bot owner's noticeboard. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 20:34, 13 February 2017 (UTC).

Thanks Rick for that, I have left some comments on WT:BOTPOL. TheMagikCow (talk) 20:44, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

North Ronaldsay sheep GOCE Copyedit

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article North Ronaldsay sheep has been completed.

I did archive one of the articles URLs (#5). You might wish to do any others which are allowed as time permits. If you look at the citation you'll see the structure in case you're not familiar with it. I use https://archive.org/web/ .

I noticed, after I reformatted it, that there has been some discussion of the reference list format. I put it into two columns which I think is by far the most-used format on WP.

Good luck with the FA review.

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

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:34, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

@Twofingered Typist: Thank you so much for those edits! It reads far better now - amazing work there. The two columns is something I totally agree with and feel that it really works better. Thanks again for all of the help with this. TheMagikCow (talk) 20:42, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

You're more than welcome, I'm glad you're happy with the result. It's a fascinating subject and one of the reasons I enjoy editing on WP. Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:47, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Hello, have a problem in several articles and verbets of Wikipedia and Wiktionary in Portuguese, English and Spanish!

Was be saying that comic strip, charge and cartoon are synonymous, when, in really, are different things!

Comic strip (tira cômica in Portuguese and tira cómica in Spanish): short duration comics, with the frames (which usually range from one to five, three being the most common) disposed and organized in the form of a strip, such as own name already implies and being or not humorous. The comic strip criticizes the values ​​of society. There are three types of comic strips: daily strips (tiras diárias in Portuguese and tiras diarias in Spanish), usually printed in small quantities because of the pace of publication, in black and white (though some in color) and three some containing one to five), Sunday boards (pranchas dominicais in Portuguese and planchas dominicales in Spanish), usually printed in large quantities, in color (although some in black and white) and with a larger number of tables occupying a entire page and the yonkomas (yonkomas same in Portuguese and Spanish), of Japanese origin, with four vertical frames (although some in the horizontal) and who always deal with serious matters, but in a humorous form. Etymology: from the American English, comic strip, comic ribbon.

Charge (charge even in Portuguese and Spanish): short duration comics, usually occupying a single frame, containing a satire or message instead of a story and being humorous (although some with more than one frame, with stories and not being humorous). The cartoon criticizes people and things of the contemporaneity. Etymology: from the Franco-Belgian French, charger, burden or exaggeration.

Cartoon (cartón in Spanish and cartum in Portuguese): short duration comics, usually occupying a single frame, containing a satire or message instead of a story and being humorous (though some with more than one frame, with stories and not being humorous). The cartoon criticizes the situations of the day to day. Due to the similarities between the first animated short films and the cartoons printed and published at the time, the animated drawing name in English also refers to cartoon, in full, animated cartoon. The same thing happens in Italian and German, where the cartoon is called, respectively, cartone animato and animierte Cartoon. Etymology: from the British English, cartoon and these of the Italian, cartone, cartone, large piece of paper, sketch, study, draft or anteproject.

Here they here the articles and verbets for be revised in the respective idioms: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tira_de_banda_desenhada, https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/charge, https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editorial_cartoon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tira_de_prensa, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exageraci%C3%B3n_burlesca, https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/tira_cômica, https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/charge, https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/cartum, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comic_strip, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/charge, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cartoon, https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/tira_cómica, https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/charge and https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/cartón!

Including and principally, the certain is that the Wikipedia articles (described soon above!) should receive the following names in each idiom: Tira de banda desenhada, Charge and Cartum (desenho humorístico) - in Portuguese, Comic strip, Charge (humoristic drawing) and Cartoon - in English and Tira de historieta, Charge (dibujo humorístico) and Cartón (dibujo humorístico) - in Spanish!

Remembering and highlighting that the caricature has nothing to do with the other three because isn't a form of comic: is, simply, a humoristic exaggerated drawing of something or someone, be real or not, does not even have texts!

In fact, all my editions in this sense are already being reversed, I do not know why, since I understand a lot of comics, so I am a comic drawer, writer and scripter, so that I am no amateur and layman in the Whole subject, see it!

And well, as you can see, the cartoon isn't a type of comic strip, neither the charge is a type of cartoon, if possible, please, warn to your fellow editors to make the changes, very thanks since now for all attention and interest and a hug!

Saviochristi (talk) Saviochristi (talk) 11:06, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

I'm not sure why this is relevant to me at this present moment - I have not contributed to the Comic article. Your additions are being removed because there are no WP:RS to support what you are saying. Just being a cartoonist does not count - you need a source to back it up. Read WP:REFB to see some tips. TheMagikCow (talk) 11:51, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Bot unnecessarily adding pp-protect

This edit was unnecessary, the page already had a pp-protect template. SpinningSpark 10:00, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Ok - it looks like the {{pp}} was added just before the bot made the edit. I'm adding a secondary check to the code now. Thanks for this! TheMagikCow (talk) 10:30, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review-Patrolling: Coordinator elections

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New Page Review - newsletter No.3

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Your BRFA

Your recent BRFA, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheMagikBOT 3, has been approved. Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 14:16, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PoPo Patrol

Hi,

this wasn't A7 deleted, it was G3. Adam9007 (talk) 19:16, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the message Adam9007 I saw here that: 08:31, 26 March 2017 Iridescent (talk | contribs) deleted page PoPo Patrol (G3: Blatant hoax). The page was also G3ed on 24 March, but was A7ed on the 26th. TheMagikCow (T) (C) 19:19, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

It's the other way around: A7 on 24th, G3 today. Adam9007 (talk) 19:21, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Oops! Thanks for spotting that! TheMagikCow (T) (C) 19:23, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Issue with your bot

Not sure why, but twice it as removed every capital letter from Scott Feldman. See [2] and [3]. I have reverted them but this appears to be a very strange quirk in the bot. Thanks - Galatz^Talk 19:06, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

That is really odd. Looking into this one. TheMagikCow (T) (C) 19:38, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

AfD

Hi: Just a note that at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bent Hansen Olesen Bentsen Sørensen, you closed the discussion with a keep result, but the article was actually speedy deleted. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:57, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Oops! Feel free to trout me Northamerica1000! TheMagikCow (T) (C) 15:54, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

eh, typos happen. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:22, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

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I found the policy. Jamesjpk (talk) 01:20, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

question

hello I re-edited Saveco can you check it now? sorry its my first article and would love to learn what I can and can't do. what words to use and what not to. thanks for your help. I will do a few articles on companies in Kuwait owned by young entrepreneurs would appreciate your feedback too.