User talk:Bervin61

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List of viruses

I've only been cleaning up stupid vandalism there, I don't know anything about the subject. If you start a new discussion at Talk:List of viruses, somebody should respond. Your sandbox version looks good, although if you were to copy it to an article it shouldn't all be buried in click-to-reveal headers, the entire text should be readable at once. --McGeddon (talk) 19:02, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @McGeddon: for your fast reply. I will do that!

Hello Bervin61 and welcome to Wikipedia!

I'm not very active at the moment (computer troubles) but the best place to discuss your list might be the talk page of WikiProject Viruses which, if you are interested in viruses, you might also like to join. There are several existing similar articles to your own project including List of viruses (alphabetical), List of virus families, List of genera of viruses, Virus classification and various articles linked in the last. Hope this is of assistance! Espresso Addict (talk) 20:13, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: List of viruses (February 15)

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StarryGrandma (talk) 02:45, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A list of this name already exists. Also List of genera of viruses and List of virus families. The organization you are entering here is already in Wikipedia at Virus classification#Baltimore classification and Baltimore classification. There is also a template {{Baltimore (virus classification)}}. StarryGrandma (talk) 02:51, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation

Great list. WikiProject Virus will be using it to replace the current one. I am on my cell phone and cannot take care of it now, plus there is something I can't figure out how to do. Thanks for the hard work. MicroPaLeo (talk) 14:39, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also, thanks for posting at WikiProject Virus, so interested editors could look at your list. AFC editors may not have realized how useful your list was, and would be in a bind because one already exists. MicroPaLeo (talk) 14:43, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Great list! I assume this is based on the most recent ICTV report? I used the previous one to flesh out the alphabetical list, but at the moment I can do little to update that, for strange Wiki-reasons I won't bore you with. Both lists should exist, because one is alphabetical, and includes synonyms, and one is the up to date taxonomic list.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 21:47, 16 February 2015 (UTC).

Yes, both, now we just need to discuss how. If you have any ideas, please contribute at WikiProject Virus. MicroPaLeo (talk) 21:52, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the encouragement! The list is taken *mostly* from the ICTV, though I have also reviewed several other lists of viruses and have included what I've taken to be a consensus of what viruses are deemed "species." I have my full list (which I still plan to do more with - it has more information than just taxonomy) in an excel file, and have just written a python script to put it into wiki format. All of my information is available on request.Bervin61 (talk) 03:20, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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virus list maintenance

You used a script to create Taxonomic list of viruses right? Could you do the same for List of viruses? Alphabetical, and species names only (italics are unneeded)? Updating that article is a serious chore so it would help to have an easier way to maintain it. ComfyKem (talk) 23:59, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@ComfyKem: Not a problem, I can do that tonight. It was my understanding that List of viruses was all known viruses, not just those designated as species by ICTV. Would it be ok to use the ICTV standard? Bervin61 (talk) 01:22, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that's fine. ComfyKem (talk) 01:43, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@ComfyKem: New list is up! I can very easily do the same for the List of genera of viruses and List of virus families. I'm hoping for some discussion on the function/organization of the old list vs the new one. Bervin61 (talk) 03:12, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reference errors on 15 June

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	For all your recent virus page contributions. Sulfurboy (talk) 20:34, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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reference errors

Hi Bervin61. I appreciate all the work you're doing on Wikipedia. Keep it up! A suggestion: it looks like for virus pages, you're using a template for a web citation that's like this:

{{cite web|title=Viral Zone|website=http://viralzone.expasy.org/all_by_species/741.html|publisher=ExPASy|accessdate=15 June 2015}}

Could you perhaps change 'website' to 'url' to avoid the pages all going to Category:Pages using web citations with no URL? The 'website' parameter is really meant for the title of the website, whereas 'url' is the parameter for the link itself. For more information, see Template:Cite_web#Title. Paul2520 (talk) 05:49, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes thank you! I would've never caught that. When I get time, I'll go back and fix the one's I've done wrong. Bervin61 (talk) 14:08, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Viruses

It's not legitimate to say that you'll add the redlinked categories in about a week, as an article is never allowed to be left sitting in a redlinked category for even a day. If it'll take you a week to create the categories, then that's fine — but no matter how long it takes you to get around to it, it's still "create the category and then start adding it to articles", and never vice versa. If an article lands on the uncategorized articles list, I have to clear it off and cannot give any page a "can sit there for a week because somebody plans to get to it eventually" exemption (because, for one thing, what if you don't?) Bearcat (talk) 07:20, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's pretty clear that I have every intention to add these categories. If you look at my contributions, I've added over a hundred virus pages in the last two weeks, and edited about a hundred others. I am working on a huge upgrade to wikiproject viruses pages, and that includes added categories when I get to it. In the mean time, I will continue to add pages to the viral family category, regardless of whether they exist. Then, I will take a second pass (I've found some problems with the script I used to generate these pages) and correct whatever needs correcting. Your removing of categories is actually making it more likely that pages will be improperly categorized. If that is your goal, keep it up. Bervin61 (talk) 15:55, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Taxonomy sections

Hi, thanks for your work on our virus articles. Most of the virus articles have "taxoboxes" at the top, which give the taxonomy. In many cases you are duplicating this, which seems pointless. I have removed a few of your additions. Also, it is great that you are being bold but please discuss any changes to Featured Articles on the Talk Page as requested in the edit page notice. Best wishes. Graham Beards (talk) 20:28, 24 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Graham Beards: Thanks! I just today hit 1000 edits, and I believe rotavirus was my first time touching a featured article. I have made an effort to create cohesiveness across virus articles (families, sub-families, and genera articles at least). Part of that is adding their own portion of the taxonomic list of viruses. That said, there was tremendous diversity of how to use taxoboxes; some families had all of their species listed, others only listed the type species, others only listed the genera (and subfamilies if applicable). Since I planned to edit hundreds of pages, I made a decision to only include type species for genera, only include genera for subfamilies, and only include subfamilies and genera for families. The collapsible taxonomy would take care of the rest no matter what. I don't care to argue the point; you're right: the information is already there. However, providing a consistent format for taxoboxes is beneficial, and the format I followed generally necessitated the full taxonomy within the article. Bervin61 (talk) 20:48, 24 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Murine polyomavirus

FYI: since this is a redirect, a discussion about it belongs at redirects for discussion, not articles for deletion. I closed the AfD you started and opened an RfD here. I actually don't remember, and can't seem to find, what the current practice is on redirects from species to genus/family/etc. articles. Opabinia regalis (talk) 03:36, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On second thought, never mind. I just wrote a stub for it, if you'd like to add anything. Opabinia regalis (talk) 01:19, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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	I see your helpful work on the virus pages! Thank you! DennisDaniels (talk) 12:58, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Chart of viruses and their characteristics (July 1)

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