User talk:Invertzoo

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Hello, and welcome to my user page's talk page, how can I help you?

I have been contributing since July 2007 and I already have nearly 8,000 mainspace edits... but there are still many aspects of WP I know nothing or almost nothing about. I am always interested in helpful suggestions.

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Contents 1 Fairly common fairly white snails 2 Maybe you would like to make an article? 3 Guggenheim Museum 4 NYC Meetup: June 1, 2008 5 Thank you! 6 Six-armed starfish 7 Transport in Nevis 8 Rollback

[edit] Fairly common fairly white snails

In response to your post at commons:User_talk:Vmenkov. Yes, there is a close-up, Image:Kadina-snails-climb-fence-0717.jpg. I have more pictures on my computer, and if you want, can post them as well. You're welcome to use your malacological knowledge to correct the captions and category (and perhaps maybe also create at least stub Wikipedia articles on both species, as they are both white and common and Asutralia). Vmenkov 23:36, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

And here's more pictures: commons:User:Vmenkov/Snails, for your enjoyment and identification. Incidentally, are you aware of the causes of this "fence-climbing" behavior? Do snails simply mistake a fence post for a tree, and climb it hoping to reach tasty leaves and fruit? It would be interesting to add that to the article(s) on the appropriate species (or "snail" in general, if this is common to many species). Vmenkov (talk) 07:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your response on my talk page. You wrote: "As for the climbing thing, I have only seen that in a few species, ones which are very tolerant of dry conditions, and I don't know what causes that behavior. As far as I know it is not discussed anywhere in the literature, at least not that I am familiar with." Well, you seem to be an expert on mollusks - maybe here's a topic for a paper for you to write! Until it is written, I will presume that the snails just try to be closer to the sky. :-) As my photos show, I have seen it in two places, near St.Remy (Provence) and in Kadina (South Australia). Vmenkov (talk) 01:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Maybe you would like to make an article?

Hi, Invertzoo, I added the image of Pocillopora meandrina , which I took at Hawaii. Maybe you'd like to make an article about this coral. The fish was always there (sometimes the two of them). Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 04:09, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

• Hi, Invertzoo. Thank you fpr the response. Here's the image we talked about. Please take your time to rest. Best.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:40, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Guggenheim Museum

At first blush, I tend to disagree with your recent edit of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum‎, but when I tried to articulate my reasons, I was somewhat dissatisfied with my own words. The best I can do is to share what remains, for now, naught but a tentative impression. --Tenmei (talk) 15:01, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi Tenmai. Perhaps you can go ahead and fix it if you felt that what I did was not really the best choice? You may already know that trivia sections are against Wikipedia policy, see [1]. This trivia section in particular struck me as being pretty irrelevant to the article anyway; the listed items were not tied in in any way to anything significant about the museum. If you can take them all and integrate them in a productive way, or do something else creative or relevant with them, please feel free. Best to you, Invertzoo (talk) 15:21, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NYC Meetup: June 1, 2008

New York City Meetup Next: Sunday June 1st, Columbia University area Last: 3/16/2008 This box: view • talk • edit

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, elect a board of directors, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).

We'll also review our recent Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, and make preparations for our exciting successor Wiki Week bonanza, being planned with Columbia University students for September or October.

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

Also, check out our regional US Wikimedia chapters blog Wiki Northeast (and we're open to guest posts).
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 23:53, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Hi, Invertzoo, Thank you for doing the articles! Today I uploaded an image of something. I took the image at Hawaii and I do not know what it is. Thank you for your time.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:10, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

• Hi, Invertzoo, If you're talking about that image "Bryozoa" I put, where it was taken not only in the description, but also in the name of the image. Of course in general it is a very good suggestion to give the name of the place the image was taken. If you're talking about Leptasterias aequalis , I'm very sure my ID is correct. It is a sea star. I see them often in tide pools, where I live and you were absolutely right I did not specified the place I took the image. Sorry about that.Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 13:53, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Six-armed starfish

hi, Invertzoo. I've just uploaded this image: . Maybe you'd be interested to make a small article on this image too. Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:56, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi again Mila, I Hope you have not really retired as it says on your talk page now...? In any case I made a stub about your starfish at: Leptasterias aequalis. Hope you like it. If you happen to use a good printed guide to the intertidal animals of your part of the coast, please let me know what it is. Many thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 22:25, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Transport in Nevis

HEy Invertzoo. It's Jenson again. I've been pretty inactive for the whole year cos of school, but am ready to get back at updating the Saint Kitts and Nevis pages again for the summer cos i'm just frickin bored. I updated a page on transportation in St. Kitts and Nevis, but i have really little info on the Nevis side again. If you have any specifics to add please feel free to add them to the page. Thanks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jensonmorton (talk • contribs) 03:43, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Jenson Morton, OK, I had a go at adding stuff to that article and tidying it up a bit, today as you will see. I have also asked my friend on Nevis if he will look at it for me. He knows a lot more than I do. Thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 14:50, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rollback

Hello Invertzoo, I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. Acalamari 22:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Acalamari. I figure that in the future I will want to use rollback sometimes, although so far the vandalism I have encountered has all been small stuff that was very easily remedied the normal way. Thank again and best wishes to you, Invertzoo (talk) 15:53, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

You're very welcome! :) Acalamari 16:00, 10 June 2008 (UTC)