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Hi,

Regards this edit, I understand the impulse to delete an answered question but I give you the answer I got when I did exactly the same thing. Talk pages are used as a record of the discussion and issues raised in the past, so even when answered or obselete they should not be deleted. You are free to delete messages on your own talk page (this page), but for article pages, archiving is the only appropriate way to remove text from a page. It's only used when the page gets quite lonog, 60K or more. Feel free to comment or question on my talk page if you're curious or otherwise interested in doing so. Thanks, WLU (talk) 13:48, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Check out WP:ARCHIVE for instructions and general protocol. If you're worried about the comment you put up without signing, you can just add your sig now, or you can put an {{unsigned}} template, with a pipe and your username (i.e. {{unsigned|Aderksen}} which produces — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aderksen (talk • contribs) ). It's a bit tricky since the original comment was added a while ago, but thirps appears to be a low traffic page, so it's not much to worry about.

Generally you just leave the whole page up until it reaches a certain size (70-100K+) rather than age then archive the whole thing. Leave the old stuff in so people can see it has already been noted or whatever, plus blanking talk page contents looks like vandalism. It's not a big deal, everyone makes mistakes and in some cases it ends up being a good thing 'cause you learn something new. WLU (talk) 19:19, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also of note, there's a format for spacing talk page postings, each post uses one level of indent more than the previous (with indents produced by the first character of a message being the ":" see WP:TP and WP:TPG for more information. You might also be interested in this essay for noobs I wrote. Some of it is funny and it's a broad overview of wiki's processes and mores. WLU (talk) 19:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed your edit summary. To this, all I have to say is BE BOLD!!!! Mistakes can be corrected. WLU (talk) 19:52, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Anomalocarids

Hi, thanks for your input! I've replied at Talk:Anomalocarid. If you're interested in Cambrian life, you might be interested in joining the Cambrian explosion taskforce which is trying to improve a number of related articles. Best, Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 01:04, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! And glad to see you've signed up on the task force page. Hopefully there's plenty to interest you on the "to do" list after we smarten up the "Anomalocarid" family. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help! Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 01:22, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Drop me an e-mail through WP and I'll reply with the Dzik paper. How important is the other one? I might be able to find and scan a paper version, but it would involve quite a lot of effort! Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 01:55, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD

You nominated a page for AfD, but it does not appear to have been listed there. cygnis insignis 04:53, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Forgive my inexperience - I did mark/nominate this page for deletion... but obviously I am doing something wrong. What else do I need to add to schedule it for termination? Aderksen (talk) 14:47, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing, someone sorted it out. It showed up as a redlink for me, but I see that the page has been created now. The discussion is at Articles for deletion/List of parasitic organisms. Your comments on the list's talk page have been copied over there. I happen to think it should be kept, per WP:Lists (i.e. not an article), but others may see it another way. Let me know if you need any assistance, or links to policy that might support your view. Oh!, and welcome to wikipedia. cygnis insignis 15:16, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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As a member of WP Arthropods, you might have a view on this discussion. Thanks in advance. Heds (talk) 03:53, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Scav Hynt

Hi - thanks for your message. I've decided to use the Proposed Deletion procedure here. Gives it 7 days to improve or it's deleted but is less bureaucratic than Articles for Deletion and not as aggressive as Speedy Deletion. See what happens now. If they remove the Prod tag (which they can) I will AFD or Nominate for Speedy Deletion. Exxolon (talk) 15:46, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thrips palmi‎

Hello, and thanks for your work on Thrips palmi‎. Regarding its categorization, please note that in WP:CSL#Categories it says that An article should usually not be in both a category and its subcategory..., so Category:Insects is redundant, since it's already in the child/grandchild categories of Category:Thrips, Category:Pest insects, Category:Insect vectors of plant pathogens and Category:Agricultural pest insects. Note that there are very few insect species articles in Category:Insects, for this very reason. Thanks, Nanodance (talk) 10:54, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Thrips and Terebrantia

Hi, I see you're an expert in the domain ... Cwmhiraeth and I are working to bring Thrips up to GA standard (she seems to specialise in pests!) alongside some of the other insect orders that we've done. I notice that Terebrantia is embarrassingly redlinked at the moment. Personally I couldn't create more than a stub really, but it does seem a shame that even the suborders aren't properly covered. Would that be a project of interest to you? All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:36, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Aw, man. Terebrantia is never going to happen. It has one extant family, and while there are a lot of interesting thrips in there, I think that they are better addressed elsewhere. That said, I agree that thrips needs to make its way up to GA standard. I'll see what I can do in my spare time, but they're an under-appreciated group in spite of their hidden and diminutive diversity. Aderksen (talk) 08:31, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'll look forward to that. Many thanks, Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:44, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh, no late night editing. Tubulifera has one extant family. Terebrantia is the big one under which most modern thrips fall. I'll see what I can do to upload photos of damage on fruit and leaves. I haven't seen any good diagrams of arolia; do you know anyone who is a somewhat talented artist? Aderksen (talk) 18:28, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

User:CheChe seems to be a wizard with diagrams, at least where there's something to work from. I've actually drawn quite a few myself, where excessive artistic skill doesn't seem to be necessary. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:56, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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I am currently working on the Eurycnema goliath page for a university course at the University of Sydney. I saw you were an active member of Wikiproject insects, and I was wondering if you could have a look at the article to give me some feedback? --Lrak21 (talk) 06:22, 25 May 2021 (UTC)Lrak21[reply]