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I've noticed a lot of new editors recently working on fish-related articles. Are you part of some sort of large class project? :Jay8g [V•T•E] 05:22, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the class somewhat large, something like 100 people. It's a fish biology and conservation class at UC Davis. Each of us picked a fish that we could add a decent bit (2 pages minimum) of information to. I looked over the Wikipedia editing rules and stuff, but I'm gonna review them so my hard work doesn't get reverted. Bloodshot20 (talk) 05:35, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Bloodshot20: Can you ask your instructor to reach out to Wiki Education at teach.wikiedu.org? We provide full support and training for class projects like yours and would love to help! They can email us at contact@wikiedu.org. Thanks! --LiAnna (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:24, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Citing IUCN conservation status

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Hi Bloodshot20!
Welcome to Wikipedia. I see you are doing great work, especially on fish articles.

However, most of your articles are ending up with maintenance errors, and are ending up in Category:Cite IUCN maint

There is a quick fix, which is also a great time saver: Use {{make cite iucn}} - simply copy the citation text from the IUCN Red List (there is a button on their site that'll do that for you) and paste it in after the pipe | character

See:Template:Make cite IUCN if you need more info

Sometime later, a bot will complete the process for you, with the correct syntax

Happy editing! Big Blue Cray(fish) Twins (talk) 10:50, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's unfortunate, I'll try and see if I can fix some of the issues. I was just copy/pasting the citation formatting from other articles and replacing the info inside. I wasn't aware this was creating errors, as it doesn't display an error on the article itself (to my knowledge). Bloodshot20 (talk) 11:53, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you're right. It doesn't display an error on the article itself, but they do go into the Maintenance category page
Big Blue Cray(fish) Twins (talk) 13:32, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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