User talk:Oxtoby

Any suggestions or comments on the status of court interpreters are welcome, particulary in relation to the status of officer of the court.

Oxtoby

Would your name happen to be Graham? --Jwinius 21:57, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Jaap, I presume? How are you? (oxtoby@dataweb.nl) --Oxtoby (talk)

Indeed. I'm fine, thanks. And you? I tried mailing the above address, but received no response. --Jwinius (talk) 03:29, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Corallus caninus edits

Hi Graham, It's good to see that you're busy with Corallus caninus. However, it would be nice if you also added some references for where your information comes from. In case you're not familiar with how in-line references work, read this: Wikipedia:Footnotes. It boils down to adding references like in this example:

In 1758, Linnaeus first named this species Boa canina.<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).</ref>

Later, reuse of this reference elsewhere in the article is easy, for example:

Ten years later, Laurenti named it Boa thalassina.<ref name="McD99"/>

When you're finished (or if you preview the entire article), your reference will show up in the References section near the bottom of the article.
Really, these references are very important. I know that you you have loads of experience when it comes to these snakes, but if nobody can verify your information, {{fact}} and {{cite}} tags will eventually show up in the article and ultimately your contributions will be replaced, perhaps even with information that is further from the truth. If repeatedly typing out all these reference sounds like a lot of work, it really isn't. I made a big list of references like the one above just once and keep them in a text file on my file server. Every time I need to add them to a new article, I just copy and paste! Cheers, --Jwinius (talk) 00:59, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles: Rollcall

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Image copyright problem with Image:Red eyed frog oxtoby.jpg

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Morelia viridis

Cheers for the excellent image, I reckoned it to be superior and placed it in the taxobox. I made some other changes and got into an edit conflict with you. I included my changes and attempted to restore your contributions, pls let me know if I stuffed that up. Regards, cygnis insignis 14:48, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Image copyright problem with Image:Caninus oxtoby.jpg

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WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles needs you!

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List of linguists

Hi there Oxtoby, I see you added a name to the list of linguists. Sorry, but I'm afraid it was removed, because Graham P. Oxtoby doesn't have an article on the English Wikipedia. Just wondering, but would this be a reference to you yourself, by any chance? All the best — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 13:32, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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