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Happy editing! Gderrin (talk) 19:50, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for the welcome, and for the helpful links! I figure after using Wikipedia for almost my entire life it's about time I give something back :) Ethmostigmus (talk) 03:38, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

	The Special Barnstar
	Pterostylis angulata is a lovely page. Well done! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 02:26, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Ethmostigmus,

Thanks for your fantastic work on the Pterostylis angulata article. I hope you don't mind the changes I've made. Please keep up your excellent orchid work. Gderrin (talk) 05:22, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	Pterostylis antennifera is a terrific article. Great job! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 10:43, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

	Scolopendra sumichrasti, to be specific.
	Thank-you for your contributions! It's nice to find another editor interested in centipedes. Edward-Woodrow :) [talk] 15:10, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the drive! One editor cannot solve the whole backlog, but together we can do so much more. There are a lot of uncited articles that are about insects, such as these that you can test out your citation skills:

• Hermetia illucens
• Phidippus regius
• Eumenes (wasp)
• Spiders of Australia
• Armadillidiidae

– Good luck! You'll need it. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 07:17, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! I'll definitely be giving some love to the Eumenes, Phidippus regius, and Armadillidiidae articles :) Ethmostigmus (talk) 02:03, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, you can use [search term] incategory:"All articles lacking sources" in the search bar to find more articles to cite. Searching Arthropoda incategory:"All articles lacking sources" do give a fair amount of articles. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 02:08, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, a quick reminder that {{one source}} (this article relies largely or entirely on a single source) is a cleanup tag for articles that cite just one source, and that's a problem. Quoting from the template documentation:

A single source is usually less than ideal, because a single source may be inaccurate or biased. Without other sources for corroboration, accuracy or neutrality may be suspect. [...] Citing only one source is not a violation of any policy. Consider not adding this tag to stubs, articles that are being actively expanded, or articles that have no apparent problems with verifiability and neutrality.

If the cited source is reliable, fully verifies the content in the article, and does not raise any potential issues of neutral point of view, it's not a problem. This is often the case with stubs or short articles on uncontroversial topics. Since the purpose of citations is to allow readers to verify the contents of an article, asking creators to add redundant additional citations is not going to improve it, and in some cases might damage it (by obscuring the actual source of information). – DreamRimmer (talk) 09:06, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, my mistake, I was under the impression that pretty much any article relying solely on one source was inherently considered to be somewhat unreliable/undesirable and in need of at least one additional independent source for verification. Are there any particular articles I ought to remove the tag from? Ethmostigmus (talk) 09:22, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't had the chance to go through every article you tagged, so it would be great if you could double-check and remove any unnecessary tags. – DreamRimmer (talk) 09:27, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers, will do, thanks for the heads up :) Ethmostigmus (talk) 09:28, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome, welcome, welcome Ethmostigmus! I'm glad that you are joining the drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

CactiStaccingCrane (talk)15:38, 2 February 2024 UTC [refresh]via JWB and Geardona (talk to me?)

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		This award is given in recognition to Ethmostigmus for collecting more than 50 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's FEB24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing 14,300 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – – DreamRimmer (talk) 18:38, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, @Ethmostigmus: to highlight i just removed the line for Ethmostigmus brownii (Butler,1877) from your namesake taxonpage. I did that following notion on Chilobase 2.0. - which says its a synonym of Ethmostigmus rubripes Newport, 1845, although im wary as saw other bits that were not well updated, but see Chilobase link // Sjl197 (talk) 06:55, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for fixing that! I'm a bit embarrassed that I missed that while working on the species list, but all's well that ends well :) Ethmostigmus (talk) 08:15, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ethmostigmus, I thought you may be interested to know that I've removed stub status for C. endlicheri after your recent additions & my own edits. Also curious to know why you have a banner for Languages 0? Keep up the good work, Roger McCart Rogermccart (talk) 07:55, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Roger,

So sorry for the late reply, I've been taking a bit of a break from Wikipedia due to health issues. Thank you so much for your improvements to the article, it's shaping up quite nicely :) The lang-0 userbox is just a joke, I do have some difficulties with reading/writing but I am in fact a native English speaker. Ethmostigmus 🌿 (talk | contribs) 03:41, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Ethmostigmus! Do you know about the {{Species list}} template? It and its relatives make long lists of taxa so simple. I found out about it quite by accident a few years ago. It automatically italicizes species and infraspecies names properly, and it prints authors in small font. It has a parameter for hiding and one to set a header. It beats adding all the bullet points and formatting manually. – Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 07:11, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh, I think I've seen that before but didn't understand how it worked so I just defaulted to plain wikitext :P Cheers for the heads up! Ethmostigmus 🌿 (talk | contribs) 05:21, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. It has made my life easier! – Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 05:24, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On 5 November 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mouthwashing (video game), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2024 psychological horror game Mouthwashing utilises non-diegetic scene transitions that mimic glitches and crashes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mouthwashing (video game). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mouthwashing (video game)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:16, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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		Hey you! I want to acknowledge how you have jumped into the WikiProject Plants Stub-to-Start drive, taking initiative and looking at articles, as well as upgrading them, of course! Your kind and thoughtful comments, thorough responses, and constructive feedback are so incredibly valuable and appreciated. Thank you for everything you do! – Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 05:57, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You are too kind, thank you! You deserve a lot of credit - you did an amazing job setting up the drive, and it's been a pleasure to participate :) Ethmostigmus 🌿 (talk | contribs) 08:30, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on publishing a very well-written article for Mouthwashing (video game) and found it to be gold standard for a new video game page in terms of tone and attention to detail, which is not too common. Great work! ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 08:40, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! It's hardly just my work, but I really appreciate the kind words :) Ethmostigmus 🌿 (talk | contribs) 10:42, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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On 20 November 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dolichostachys, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that although the plant species Dolichostachys elongata was first described in 1962, it was not considered validly published until 60 years later? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dolichostachys. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Dolichostachys), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

1=Launchballer 00:03, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for writing this! Is there a photo of this plant anywhere online or in literature? I want to see what it looks like :) ꧁Zanahary꧂ 16:41, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure! The only images of this species that I know of are those included in this iNaturalist observation (identified by the one of the authors of the Acanthaceae revision which finally assigned this species a holotype, no less!), which shows the leaves and inflorescence but not the overall habit of the plant. While writing the article I had hoped that there were images of the original specimens collected by Perrier de la Bâthie, which should be in the collection of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, but I wasn't able to find any online. I like to think that the article will bring a little bit more attention to the species, hopefully we will see more photos of it in the future :) Ethmostigmus 🌿 (talk | contribs) 00:26, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I love it! Have you contacted the photographer to ask if they’d be willing to release under a WP-compatible license? ꧁Zanahary꧂ 05:45, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did not, given that they have placed a copyright watermark on the image I figured it was unlikely they would be willing to release them for commercial use, but you are welcome to try! Ethmostigmus 🌿 (talk | contribs) 03:04, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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