User talk:Bdell555/Archive 2009

Unidentified Spider

Hello, the image you uploaded, File:Big spider in Mozambique.JPG, is an interesting specimen, The species might be a Nephilengys malabarensis or another species of Nephilidae. I even had a hard time identifying the genus, so asked for some help(which I rarely ever do), well, the species might just be a species that has yet to been described(Or I just planely don't know the exact species for shore, I'll get back to you on that). It would help if you can discribe the shape of the web, or if it had a funnel, or if it was just completely an orb web? Well, anyway if you wish to thank me or leave me a comment, You can do so on either my wikipedia acount, or my commons account, http://commons.wikimedia/wiki/user:bugboy52.4

Okay, just tell me when you get the pictures.

Bugboy52.40 (talk) 01:31, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Editing survey

Hi Bdell555. My name is Mike Lyons and I am a doctoral student at Indiana University. I am conducting research on the writing and editing of high traffic current events articles on Wikipedia. I have noticed in the talk page archives at 2008 South Ossetia war that you have contributed to the editing or maintenance of the article. I was hoping you would agree to fill out a brief survey about your experience. This study aims to help expand our thinking about collaborative knowledge production. Believe me I share your likely disdain for surveys but your participation would be immensely helpful in making the study a success. A link to the survey is included below. An explanation of my project is included with the survey.

Link to the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=kLMxj8dkk_2bls7yCBmNV7bg_3d_3d

Thanks and best regards, Mike Lyons lyonspen | (talk) 17:51, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Meena Durairaj

How do you know that she was born in '78? I got fed up with the constant edit warring over the year, so I tried to find a reliable source giving her age, but I failed as there simply aren't any. '77 or '78 would be my best bet, but other editors have added dates as early as '71 or as late as '82. Do you have a good source for the year? Fences&Windows 22:10, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, this was a mistake on my part as I thought my sourcing was "good enough" that it was unlikely to be false and excluding the date would have been due to someone being excessively demanding. But when I google Meena Durairaj I now see various birth years coming up such that I acknowledge the argument for it not being 1978.Bdell555 (talk) 01:10, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Astroturfing – Brooks Brothers riot

You make a good point and I'm a believer in presenting all the information and letting readers make up their own minds. I overreached in deleting the term from the References section. Feel free to re-edit.

--UnicornTapestry (talk) 16:21, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Message

Hi Brian, I have written to you at: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Alternative Views#WP:RS#Extremist_and_fringe_sources -- Johnfos (talk) 23:36, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:Dede Scozzafava promo photo.jpg

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While you're in two candidate image squabbles, would you care to go for three?

I appreciate the time and energy you're devoting to images of the candidates in the New York special election. If you're up for taking on one more dispute, to equalize our treatment of all the candidates, please see my latest comment at Talk:New York's 23rd congressional district special election, 2009#Disparity in candidate photos. Thanks! JamesMLane t c 16:38, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]