User talk:Invertzoo/Archive 19

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ARCHIVE PAGE 19: July 2009

Hi there Susan! I'm very happy about what the Eustrombus gigas article turned out to be. Many important changes were made since I first edited it on 19 June of this year. The literature on E. gigas is vast, so this species deserved a very good quality article. Now we have another B quality article in project gastropods! I can't describe my joy! You and Snek01 helped so much! Thank you.

About using too many ideas from my book. No worries! I'm more than satisfied, knowing that useful information will be available to anyone, anywhere, that should or could be interested in the subject. That's why I'm writing my book, should I say! Oh, by the way, I have an article in press about the subject (it's a brazilian journal, published in portuguese), which I submitted quite a while ago. That's how I got almost all the reference we actually used. --Daniel Cavallari (talk) 21:46, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh I would prefer to wait a little, not only because of my paper, but I want to assemble a bigger, more informative table for archival/non-archival materials first. This article is quite good as it is now, I believe, but we can chisel it a little bit! My paper should be around soon. I'll send you a pdf as soon as it gets by! (though it is written in portuguese...) About the name, coming to think of it, I don't really know. If we name it Bynes disease, it will be a good hook, but wouldnt it be misleading or such?

Best wishes --Daniel Cavallari (talk) 23:39, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for offering to send me your paper. Maybe when I get it I can put it through one of the machine translation programs, although they are a bit primitive to say the least!

As for the article title question: Certainly google is not any kind of acceptable authority as to how commonly-used a phrase is, but for want of anything better, I looked it up on google and there are only 281 hits for "Bynesian decay" whereas there are 904 for "Bynes disease". And there are 2,180 for "Byne's disease" with the apostrophe. To me that seems to indicate that the condition is still probably more commonly known as Byne's disease. Of course I knew right away what you meant when you called it Bynesian decay, but prior to that I had only heard it called Byne's disease. Invertzoo (talk) 00:02, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Wonder if you think this is identified right at the phylum/class level! It never fails to remind me of some 70s toothpaste. Shyamal (talk) 08:14, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Yes, wow, what a fantabulous animal! I reckon it has to be a terrestrial turbellarian (note spelling). How long are they? You are lucky to see such interesting creatures. There are also striped leeches, for example here: [1] but I don't think this is one. Invertzoo (talk) 14:38, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

See the article on the suborder Terricola for the land-dwelling flatworms. Invertzoo (talk) 15:10, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the confirmation and the spelling correction. This one was about 6-10cm long and move by creeping with stretching and expansion (most leeches I know move by shifting one of their two points of attachment at least when rapid movement is sought). This is from the wet zone of the Western Ghats, and there is a Bipalium sp. there which is sometimes called the "Hammerhead worm" and it seems like they belong in the same suborder. Thanks for pointing me Terricola, had hardly heard that name before. Shyamal (talk) 01:23, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

You're very welcome. I don't really know very much about these creatures, but I think they are fascinating. These land ones and the related marine ones often get mistaken for slugs (gastropods) so because of that they fall somewhat into my area. Bipalium species (arrowhead flatworms or hammerhead flatworms) I have seen quite a few pictures of, (and even helped identify very loosely). For some examples, scroll down here [2], I am Susan H. The arrowhead flatworm from Singapore is particularly gorgeous. Best, Susan, aka Invertzoo (talk) 13:25, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello, if you will see a good photos of other types of rhinophores, I can crop the detail. There are just lamellae type rhinophores and a simple tube rhinophore of Aplysia. - Fell free to copyedit Haliotis asinina. --Snek01 (talk) 15:11, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

I saw your question at User talk:Geronimo20. I don't believe there's a simple way to find out how many articles are within the scope of a project. You could recurse through the subcategories of Category:Gastropods, but some articles will be in more than one such category.

Finding the number of articles with the {{WikiProject Gastropods}} template is much simpler and may suffice for your needs. Use [3] to view the articles. Note that there is a link to the (next 5,000), so you know there are more than 5,000. Follow that link. There are perhaps a few hundred on the next page; count them and add to the 5,000. There will be a very small number of false hits, such as to project pages. You can't use a limit greater than 5,000 in the url.

A more sophisticated method to count articles with the project template is to use User:WP 1.0 bot, which will generate you a very nice little report similar to Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/New Zealand articles by quality statistics. Instructions for using the bot are at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Using the bot.-gadfium 02:08, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Susan. Is the following what you want? --Geronimo20 (talk) 03:46, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Gastropods articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA				1			1
FM					48		48
GA		3	3	10			16
B	8	8	11	45			72
C	22	72	104	419			617
Start	16	300	320	6,605			7,241
Stub	1	481	1,600	26,809		2	28,893
List	10	5	118	55		2	190
Category					2,556		2,556
Disambig					26		26
File					13		13
Portal					84		84
Project					57		57
Redirect		36	74	1,401	354		1,865
Template					5,350		5,350
Other					2		2
Assessed	57	905	2,230	35,345	8,490	4	47,031
Unassessed				1			1
Total	57	905	2,230	35,346	8,490	4	47,032
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 212,279			Ω = 5.76

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I hadn't realised the bot output already exists for gastropods. I'd looked for the name with "Gastropod" singular, not "Gastropods" plural.-gadfium 04:08, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

As far as other ideas for your presentation go, I'm not sure what's useful, because I don't know what you want your presentation to be about. Do you want to talk about practical issues of trying to make a project actually work on Wikipedia? Or are you aiming to present gastropods as an interesting topic? Are you going to use PowerPoint with tables and images? To help give an overview of the project, you might collect some traffic statistics for interesting articles. Some gastropod article get good hit rates, such as the 60,000 last month for snails. Also, you might consider creating a bottom navigation panel for core topics and/or topics of special interest. (You might have noticed I abandoned side templates - they attract those damn wikilawyering cowboys that lurk around looking for their next power play : /). Anyway you cut it, you should at least touch on some of the startling, inventive, and sensuous behaviors of gastropods, from love darts to the lethal cone snail. --Geronimo20 (talk) 05:33, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

A screen grab of the table would be the simplest option. There's a list of alternative parsers at [4], which could be used to convert the table into something easier to import into powerpoint. The simplest way to get a nice PDF file is:

1. go to the page with the table at [[5]].
2. Click "Add page to book" on the left side of the page.
3. The toolbox will now contain "Show book (1 page)". Click that.
4. Don't worry about giving it titles, and click on the download button to render a PDF of the page.
5. Once rendered, click the new download button to get a copy on your computer.

Alternatively, if you have a copy of openoffice.org installed, you can choose to get the page in OO writer format instead of PDF, in stage 4 of the above instructions, which will allow you to edit it before exporting it to a suitable format for PowerPoint. However, the table isn't as pretty in this format.-gadfium 19:53, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Susan, can you send me an email, so that I can reply per email all my answers to your questions ? JoJan (talk) 16:26, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello, feel free to check grammar or copyedit shell description and anatomy of Radix auricularia. Thanks. --Snek01 (talk) 23:58, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

OK Invertzoo (talk) 01:48, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello, there is a nice free photo of Epitonium at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/2490285058/ . Is it Epitonium scalare? --Snek01 (talk) 09:58, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Yes it is, a nice image too! Invertzoo (talk) 00:28, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I was tweaking Pyramidellidae and I have put taxonomies in chronology order as in many other articles like Neritimorpha, Belerophontidae, and so on. Then I realized, that you were tweaking the same article very recently(!) in a bit different way. However I hope that it is OK now. --Snek01 (talk) 15:47, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

I guess it works well either way. I put B&R first because that is the one we are using currently. Invertzoo (talk) 00:28, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I have updated Valvata utahensis. There are new discoveries available for habitat and fossil distribution in the article. Please check such sections for compatibility with previously thought facts. Recent distribution section is not yet updated. Unfortunatelly a list of references from Federal Register is still available only from Snake River Fish and Wildlife Office, so there will be some info for further reading incomplete in brackets. --Snek01 (talk) 22:49, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

I took a quick look, but I need to read it a lot more carefully. Invertzoo (talk) 00:28, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

I will move Pleurobranchus forskali to Pleurobranchus forskalii. OK? What is correct? --Snek01 (talk) 23:33, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

A new book on the Indo-Pacific sea slugs just came out a couple weeks ago, but I do not have a copy of it. This species is named after Pehr Forsskål, a Swedish naturalist. I see there are other species named after the same person: the snail Bulinus forskalii, a ctenophore Bero forskalii, and a fish Labeo forskalii. However there is a sea cucumber which is listed as Holothuria forskali. I think that in theory the correct spelling should be "forskali", in other words, "of Forskal"... but I took a look in the IZCN book (I have one) and I believe they do not change things like that if the original author spelled it "forskalii". On the other hand I don't know much about these issues. All very confusing. Invertzoo (talk) 00:28, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Could this image File:2004 aquaimages.jpg be Doris montereyensis? --Snek01 (talk) 15:39, 18 July 2009 (UTC) Oh, I see, that is Anisodoris nobilis. --Snek01 (talk) 15:42, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

I have identified one Thecacera as Thecacera picta. I am soooo good. Am I? --Snek01 (talk) 16:33, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Dear Zoo,

I hope you are well. I thought I would run out of photos to do more Wikipedia articles. However, I managed to take a few more in botanical gardens and I'm still writing articles on rainforest trees of New South Wales.

Recently I attempted to climb Mount Royal, which is one of my favourite climbing mountains. But the road was blocked by a landslide. I was only 5 km from the starting point of the climb. But my sensible side stopped me from exploring up the great mountain alone again. I was particularly hoping to find the Mountain Walnut at its southern most limit of distribution. And for you, I wanted to photograph those large snails on top of the mountain. They are enormous things. This is an ancient World Heritage Gondwana rainforest, and photos of those relict species of snails might be of interest.

Not much happening with the invertebrates at home. Too cold for the red triangle slug, leeches and Blue Planarian. Despite being mid winter I came within a couple of footsteps of a large red bellied black snake. They're potentially dangerous, but mostly timid. At the time I was looking at the Humpback Whales jumping out of the south pacific ocean. They're in their dozens now, travelling to the warmer waters up north.

I've also been searching for more petroglyphs, aboriginal rock art. This quest is very successful. Mostly because of the abundance of rock art north of Sydney, rather than my ability to find them. The use of Google earth and my global positioning system makes such adventures so much easier. All the Australian photos under petroglyphs on Wikipedia are mine. It's possible that I've found some rock art not seen before by white man.

I hope you are enjoying yourself and writing more interesting things.

kind wishes Pete xxx Poyt448 (talk) 06:07, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

The template is here. If you want up-to-date statistics, you need to complete your changes sometime before you want to use the template. It does not update in real time, and is usually several days out of date. --Geronimo20 (talk) 22:48, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

You can look at the history of the template to see how many articles were tagged with the gastropod project tag at earlier dates. It only goes back to August 2007; at that point there were 2998 articles, none of them assessed for quality. See [6] Of course, there could have been some articles about gastropods which were not yet tagged with the template.

If you need more detail, then Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Gastropods articles by quality log gives you the history of when articles had the template added.

You may be able to get an updated table just before you complete your preparation for your presentation. See User:WP 1.0 bot, which gives a link to "run the bot right away". I haven't tried this myself and don't know how long it might take for the bot to complete its run.-gadfium 21:32, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Gadfium has covered it! --Geronimo20 (talk) 22:19, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome!

I created the corneous article because I had no idea what it meant and was hoping someone would come by and flesh it out. The rapid improvement gave me glee.

I joined the gastropod project, and added some things to the "todo" list that I didn't know enough to fix.

I'm a student taking a break from college. I am/was a senior in computer science at UT Austin but an internship at IBM was very disillusioning and I'm trying to get the heart to go back and finish out my upper-division cs coursework or change my major. I really think that I'm destined to become involved in science I just don't know what. So right now I'm reading to fill in my understanding of basic sciences and math and trying to spark a new passion.

From what I've read, you have found a very enjoyable way to contribute to science. How does one get involved in something like that? I bet female scientists were much rarer when you were earning your degrees.

Best regards, Craig Pemberton (talk) 17:00, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

		The Writer's Barnstar
		Thanks you for creating and improving tons of snail-related articles!! Good job! Keep it up! — Navy  Blue  formerly iDosh 18:43, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

You really deserve it! You have created such informative and interesting articles that are appropriate to an encyclopedia, not like this kind of article. A true Wikipedian! — Navy  Blue  ^{formerly iDosh} 19:20, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

On 6 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Elimia virginica, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Snek01 (talk) 12:08, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

On 9 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Papillifera bidens, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 11:15, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't know if you were aware of this, but your Love dart article had 30,100 hits while on the Main Page, making it #2 in the All-time best of DYK. -- Suntag ☼ 05:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Just looked over your user page. It seems you knew. Even so, contrats! -- Suntag ☼ 05:12, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

On 21 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Siphon (mollusc), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 06:20, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

		The Content Creativity Barnstar
		I award this Barnstar to Invertzoo for her elegant work on so many mollusk articles, and for her special ability to write with clarity for non-specialists, as nearly all Wikipedia science articles should be written, without compromising accuracy and without patronising. Geronimo20 (talk) 04:49, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

On March 6, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Red triangle slug, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 08:06, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi Invertzoo, Yes, you are right about copying. I find it difficult to reword descriptions when they are written in such a concise factual way. I presume the facts themselves are OK, so I suppose my next task is to go back over the Descriptions in my articles and reword them. Will keep me out of trouble for a while. GrahamBould (talk) 02:51, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

One thing would be very helpful - how can I produce an alphabetically-sorted complete list of Wiki articles started by me (not amendments)? GrahamBould (talk) 22:45, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Two things - 1. I have found a good way of listing my articles by using Categories, & 2. I propose to solve this copying problem in two stages. Because it will be a while before I can get a copy of Suter's book I will delete all the Description, & any other, text (except dimensions) first. This will remove the pressure, & any legal issues. Then, in a more leisured way, add copyright text.

Thanks for your help. GrahamBould (talk) 19:21, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

On March 11, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Indrella ampulla, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 03:04, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

{{helpme}}

I have attempted to alert all Project Gastropods staff to the fact that we currently have a very major CopyVio problem which compromises the integrity of the encyclopedia, and opens the door for legal action against Wikipedia. This problem is spread across a huge number of gastropod articles (approximately 800 to 1,000) and it also spills over into the other molluscan groups. I am asking ask everyone who is available to help out with this in whatever way they can, but please do so in an organized and unified fashion, so we all know what is going on. It seems that all of the articles in the Category: Molluscs of New Zealand [7] contain a great deal of text that is copied verbatim or almost verbatim from the 1979 book by Powell, New Zealand Mollusca. I have had no experience at all in dealing with a crisis of this magnitude. Any help that any of you can offer or suggest is more than welcome.

I told the editor responsible for this ( User:GrahamBould ) on the 8th March. Although he agreed to work on the CP articles, so far he has not really made any headway at all on starting to fix this problem, despite several suggestions from me, and despite another useful suggestion from User:Snek01. As it is possible to see from his talk page and his contributions list, not much has been achieved so far on what seems to me to be an urgent problem of great magnitude. We may have to simply start the process of blanking most of the text in all of those articles, possibly by using a bot? I am out of my depth here and could really use some advice from someone who is more expert on this than I am.

If you have alerted the WikiProject and not much is being done, the next best step is to visit WP:AN/I--this is an important and urgent issue. //roux   21:43, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For noticing a major copyright concern on Wikipedia and following through, even though it required persistence and personal time. Your diligence is appreciated. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:30, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Invertzoo has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Invertzoo's day! For your awesome work on gastropod-related articles, enjoy being the Star of the day, Invertzoo! Cheers, bibliomaniac15 23:13, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Whpq (talk) has given you a bowl of chicken soup, for editing in the face of an illness! You see, these things somehow promote WikiLove and hopefully this has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a bowl of chicken soup! Enjoy! Get some rest, and get better!

Spread the goodness of bowl of chicken soup by adding {{subst:BlankWikiLove|border=yellow|bg=grey|image=Bowl of chicken soup.jpg|article=a|item=bowl of chicken soup }} to their talk page with a friendly message.

On March 17, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Châteauneuf-du-Faou, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 23:43, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I see you have received a soup before, but there were no all necessary gastropod ingredients. ;) Meantime I will get a bit time to make the "The Barnstar of Recovery" for you a big enough for your great work of saving articles from deletion. Yours, --Snek01 (talk) 12:55, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Another barnstar to add to your collection, Invertzoo, and well-deserved! I hope your holiday goes well. Tim Ross (talk) 15:52, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

		The Malacology Barnstar
		Awarded to recognize great devotion in the creation and maintenance of high quality articles related to members of the phylum Mollusca. Thank you!

On May 16, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Juliidae, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 23:22, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

On June 4, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Melhus church, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Giants27 15:49, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

On June 7, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dartmoor kistvaens, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Mifter (talk) 09:56, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

		The Nudibranch of Niceness
		For your outstanding work in fixing up my stubs, I present to you this award. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:38, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:39, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Good stuff indeed. I especially like Red triangle slug-- disgusting and yet strangely cute. Also, Dartmoor kistvaens. It's obvious that if you go in them at night, you will instantly have a big problem with monsters (of the ankle-grabbing sort -- the worst kind -- ask any kid).--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 16:47, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

I am sitting in your presentation at the Wiki NYC Conference. Fabulous work on gastropods. Thank you. :)--Jimbo Wales (talk) 21:01, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, it sounds like you were a big hit at the conference. I would love to see the video, if you know if/where I can find it. I tried the usual sources (Internet Archive . org, etc) but found nothing so far. Hopefully this will draw more people to the gastropod project. Congratulations!!--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:55, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Sounds like your presentation went over very well. I'd like to see your slideshow; is it available online anywhere?-gadfium 02:21, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh well done! I'd like to see the show too. --Geronimo20 (talk) 04:59, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

I had thought that wikimedia commons accepted PDF files, but it seems I'm wrong. They do accept .djvu files, which is an equivalent, and there are free tools to convert from PDF to djvu. See commons:Help:Creating_a_DjVu_file. If this is not convenient for you, you could use a free file sharing site, however I have no experience of these sites and can't recommend any particular one. There may be some other Wikipedian who will offer you space on their site.-gadfium 20:40, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

I suggest you go to Google sites and create your own web site. If you already have a Google account, it is as simple as clicking a button. If you don't have a Google account, creating one is as simple as creating a Wikipedia account. Google sites are free, straightforward to use, and accept pdf files as attachments. --Geronimo20 (talk) 21:23, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi there Susan! So I finally came back from a long travel. You may have noticed my recent absence. Thank you for the Barnstars, they are really appreciated! About the Bynesian decay article: I just had an idea that may contribute to further improve our article. I have a series of photographs (took them myself) showing the evolution of the decaying process during a week period. Do you think it would be a good idea to submit them? Those pictures may just illustrate how aggressive Bynesian Decay may be, given certain conditions. It may take me some time to edit them, though.

Best wishes!

Daniel Cavallari (talk) 19:35, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the picture; it made me smile. I had a nice time too - I felt the talks and the questions together were very informative. And here's the photo. I think it came out well! :-) I live over in Detroit, but if I return at some point, perhaps I could take you up on that offer. Either way, good luck with your projects, both on- and off-wiki. GreenReaper (talk) 02:34, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Anyone who is interested can view a pdf of the slide show at: [8]. I don't think it gives much of an idea of what the talk was like really, because it is a bit minimal! A photo of the three panelists that made up the Panel B-2 (title: Collaboration and WikiProjects) on Saturday afternoon from 4 pm to 5:30 pm, is here. User:GreenReaper on the left, then me, then User:Clockworksoul. Best wishes, Invertzoo (talk) 14:19, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Great! Good idea to host it on your User page itself perhaps, lest it get lost in the talk page archives! prashanthns (talk) 05:39, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi again! It was truly nice to meet you too. I'm very fortunate to have shared the panel with two such individuals as you and GR. It made things so much easier for me to present! Looking around, it seems like we're all getting pretty good feedback, so I think our talk was a success! (Plus, I got to present to the big JW himself. Quite an honor!) I'm a big fan of the AMNH, perhaps we should all go o done time, and you can teach us all about invertebrate zoology? - ClockworkSoul 18:21, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for kind comments on the Vasum horridum article and the invitation to join Wikipedia:WikiProject Gastropods. I will do what I can. Ecphora (talk) 02:59, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

I think I forgot to thank you for the lovely diamond. Thank you for that, and moreover for all the time you have taken to nurse me through my confusion with clades and such. You have been so helpful. Also, I saw your photo. You look like a wonderful person. I think you should be in charge of the planet. All the best to you!--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:03, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

My main area of expertise is mammals, really, although I have an interest in the internal functioning of all members of the animal kingdom. There are a few more articles I want to write/expand for gastropods, but then I'll probably be off and doing something else. Glad you've found what I've done so far useful, though - the source I'm using is pretty old, so I'm trying to avoid any mention of taxonomy! Anaxial (talk) 15:32, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Of course, I'd be happy to be added as an honorary member. Thanks! Now, circulatory system... Anaxial (talk) 06:17, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

And, yeah, I know about paraphrasing, so you needn't worry. No problems there! Anaxial (talk) 22:29, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

I guess the only other thing I can say to re-assure you at this point is that I've been writing Wikipedia articles since 2006, and I've not had any complaints of that sort yet. Anaxial (talk) 07:14, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Invertzoo, thanks for the thanks. I enjoyed the snail porn, and it was a pleasure to meet you. --Reagle (talk) 19:38, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

I want to say thanks as well ... I didn't get the chance to say so afterwards, but I really enjoyed your presentation. I was the guy who talked about WP:NRHP a lot as the most successful project I'm part of, and found your experience in creating and being part of a successful project, even with a small core of editors, enlightening and confirming of my own experience that there is nothing more important to the success of a project than the editors' willingness to communicate and work together (By contrast, at WikiProject Fashion we're too understaffed, and at WikiProject Urban studies and planning no one seems to care. Daniel Case (talk) 22:21, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Dear Zoo,

You have every reason to be envious of my lifestyle. I am most fortunate to be fit and able to explore great parts of the earth.

I'm a great fan of the local area. To discover what is near to where one lives. One thing I've discovered is that people often have a contempt for their own flora and fauna. And yearn for what is so distant and exotic.

Despite living in the middle of a big city, you may find something extraordinary as one person did with the discovery of Nannarrup hoffmani in Central Park.

Today I was outdoors, and pulling out weeds in the nearby forest. A Mygalomorphae spider appeared, and I'm not too sure what sort of spider it is. These are fascinating invertebrates, of an ancient biology. Being so close to this dark spider really made me happy. If I can figure out what spider it is, I'll let you know.

Yesterday I searched for humpback whales in the south Pacific Ocean. After a long time of finding nothing, then I was astonished by a big jump and splash. I love all parts of nature. Adore the tiny, the insignificant, the dull, the ugly and the boring. (They're not boring or ugly to me), but others think so. Invertebrates are great and I love them.

But when a whale is so big, and so brilliant, one becomes somewhat overwhelmed and breathless. Whales are large, as seen yesterday. So, very exciting for anyone to see such a spectacular sight.

All my old photos of rainforest trees are used up and exhausted for Wikipedia. Today I tried to think if I could find any of my other photos to use for Wikipedia. And that was successful, with a rare shrub and a common vine. Tasmannia purpurascens, Piper novae-hollandiae Soon, I'm running out of things to write about. And I'm not sure what I will do when that happens.

Snek wrote a good article about an inland bivalve, and he put a picture of my hand in it as well. Velesunio ambiguous. Let me know about your mollusc tutorial. It must be difficult being in a big city with little opportunity to see the things that are of interest. How did you get to love molluscs so much? My favourites are the large rainforest snails here in New South Wales.

kinds wishes, PETE Poyt448 (talk) 08:30, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxorz/3768375656/in/photostream/ Aplysia sp.

Feel free to copyedit Limax maximus but I will continue editing. :) --Snek01 (talk) 23:58, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure if you saw it, but your pic is on [9].--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:42, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

I have moved info & links on this to my user page [10], (up near the top), so it doesn't get buried in the talk page messages. This was done on the suggestion of User:Prashanthns. Thanks everyone. Invertzoo (talk) 13:12, 30 July 2009 (UTC)