User talk:Savetheoceans

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A cookie for you!

thanks for the cupcake best friend. I baked you a cookie.(: Marissa927 (talk) 00:01, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Some baklava for you!

I said id send a kitten, but baklava is much better Haydenowensrulz (talk) 00:26, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Some stroopwafels for you!

I don't know what a stroopwafel is, but it's probabaly yummy. And we just took an AP Bio test and I failed miserably and you did awesome, so here are some stroopwafels. :) Much love. Darby0341 (talk) 15:24, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

License tagging for File:Once more.png

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File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Quoll range map.png

File Copyright problem

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Your submission at Files for upload

Hello, and thank you for your request at Files for Upload! The file has been uploaded. You can find it at File:Quoll range map.jpg. See Wikipedia:Images#Using images to learn image syntax, or Wikipedia:Creation and usage of media files for other types of files. Regards, Armbrust ^{Talk to me about my edits}_review 23:39, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Award

	The WikiPen For the courage to admit that you were wrong and the strength to fix your errors, I am awarding you this WikiPen. Many others have taken a revelation such as this and argued or ran away leaving someone else to fix the issue. Cheers Guerillero \| My Talk 19:58, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! :)--Savetheoceans (talk) 20:50, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Here's a kitten for being awesome at beefing up the Quoll page! You rock! :) Much love.

Darby0341 (talk) 22:29, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In case

In case you missed it Wikipedia:Peer review/Quoll/archive1. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:35, 8 November 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Thanks! I will start working right now!--Savetheoceans (talk) 00:43, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Savetheoceans. You have new messages at Talk:Quoll.
Message added 20:58, 10 November 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Guerillero | My Talk 20:58, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent

Congratulations, you are setting an excellent example for the others. If you actively engage, others will assist. Your collaboration component for your portfolio will serve you well. Unfortunately, for many of the others, you are destroying any excuses they may have for their stagnation. There is a learning curve here, yours seems exponential - a good thing since it is a challenging road to FA. Follow-up on the peer review and hopefully there will be a general agreement to submit for GA. --JimmyButler (talk) 23:59, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why thank you! Malleus says that it will probably be ready for GA this weekend. I am having quite a bit of trouble with one of the peer review comments. I can't figure out at is American English or British English, so that might hold me back. I don't want to steal all of the glory as Marissa's article is almost identical to mine! :) --Savetheoceans (talk) 00:13, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You Rock

	Pretty Flowers For Savannah Award
	I thought these flowers were pretty and you ROCK because the Quoll is going to GA, baby! :D How exciting! Darby0341 (talk) 21:24, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Without meaning to rain on your parade, GAN will be a big ask; the job ain't done 'til it's done. I think the article has a good chance, but only if you keep on top of the review. Malleus Fatuorum 21:37, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Will do! :)

congratulations!

		The Resilient Barnstar
		To: User:Savetheoceans for representing the project with style on the Quoll. Congratulations JimmyButler (talk) 19:31, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

thanks! :) Savetheoceans (talk) 21:47, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, congratulations indeed ;-) --Ettrig (talk) 14:56, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Educational Gain from the Wikipedia Project

As all of you who bother to read my user or talk page know, I am getting graded on my Wikipedia experience. To highlight the educational gain of this project, I was asked to put a list of things I learned from this project including but not limited to: grammar from copy edits and software use. So here it is:

I learned how to use Wikipedia

Scientific naming for animals (genus, family, etc) diff diff

correct citation of journals, websites, etc. diff

what is a reliable source diff

how to insert a picture diff diff diff

organization of an article diff diff diff

how to write good captions diff

active voice diff

are vs. is diff

alt text on pictures diff diff

where to put in wikilinksdiff diff

scientific vocabulary diff diff diff diff

how to do conversions diff

No more redundancy diff

complicated singular vs. plural diff

Don't put refs in lead diff

How to make a range map (Jacob Springfield helped me)

Flickr copyright laws (Marissa Helped me)

spaces between sentence and ref tag diff

-Thank you to all the people who helped me with this project Savetheoceans (talk) 14:37, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I can't help myself not to give advice. I think it will impress your teacher if you organize this list. People have a hard time reading long lists ("laundry lists"). They want some sort of structure to make it easier on them. I would group this into a few categories (think of some, maybe technical aspects of Wiki, philosophy of Wiki, biological, research writing...not pushing those, just a few that jumped to mind). Make it so that the number of subelements is 2-7 or so. Then organize the order pf each category with some rationale (importance?). Even just the work of moving stuff around into more of a hierarchical structure will help you think about the topic and how the pieces go together. Again...great work on Quoall...and sorry if this is too much suggestion...can't help myself not to coach!TCO (talk) 21:58, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GOOD JOB!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	YAY GA! Great job! UND77 (talk) 23:20, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

aww thanks! Savetheoceans (talk) 15:54, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Enjoy your victory!

Congrats on the achievement with the native cat of Australia. You took the initiative. You got some great help. But help flows to those who contribute content.

Congrats again.

TCO (talk) 21:42, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

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Sex-determination system Review

Hello fellow class member! :) I noticed that you had said that you wanted to continue on editing Wikipedia with the Quoll. I would like to get my article, Sex Determination system, to at least GA even though the grade is done. So I was wondering, since you've already experienced GA, if you could do a look through my article to fix any awkward sentences or obvious grammar? I was thinking about submitting it later to see if Mr. Butler will review it, whenever he has time. If you could help any, that would be great! And if you really are planning on taking the Quoll to the next level, I'd be happy to help you whenever you need. :) Thanks! Phorofor (talk) 03:25, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]