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Thank you today for Atrociraptor, introduced as "the first FAC about a dromaeosaurid (or "raptor") dinosaur in more than a decade, and this particular genus has recently become (in)famous as antagonist in a recent Jurassic World movie. Because their portrayal in that film is atrociously inaccurate, improving this article will hopefully set the record straight."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:04, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Welcome! FunkMonk (talk) 22:07, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

I uploaded pics of a trip that was a 10-day celebration of a 16 November event, but the day was also when a dear friend died. We sang Hevenu shalom aleichem at his funeral yesterday, and it was good. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:30, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Humpback again

I added some more text. What do you think of the length now? LittleJerry (talk) 23:58, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure I remember raising concerns before, but it does seem better than the old FA version at a glance. FunkMonk (talk) 02:24, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

I asked you to look at it before and you thought was a bit short. Would you say it is "Satisfactory" now? LittleJerry (talk) 22:31, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Oh yes, that was a few months ago. It certainly looks better, also with additional images it seems, but I'd have to give it a detailed read through to judge it, which I unfortunately don't have time for at the moment. FunkMonk (talk) 02:05, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

TFA again

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Thank you today for Mimodactylus, introduced (in 2023): "This is the first FAC about a fossil species from Lebanon, where significant palaeontological discoveries are increasingly being made. As it's a relatively recently named animal, most of what has been published about it is covered here, and the images are mainly from the scientific paper that described it."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:40, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Welcome again, seems to happen frequently these days! FunkMonk (talk) 11:19, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Good for you! - Today's story comes from a DYK about a concert that fascinated me, and you can listen! For my taste, the hook has too little music - I miss the unusual scoring and the specific dedication - but it comes instead with a name good for viewcount. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:04, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Listen today to Beethoven's 3rd cello sonata, on his birthday - it was a hook in the 2020 DYK set when his 250th birthday was remembered. I picked a recording with Antônio Meneses, because he was on my sad list this year, and I was in Brazil (see places), and I love his playing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:32, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

I come to fix the cellist's name, with a 10-years-old DYK and new pics - look for red birds --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:13, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Category:Al-Assad family has been nominated for renaming

Category:Al-Assad family has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 20:57, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Ho ho ho! The greeting's a bit late but... I hope Santa brought you gifts? Haha.

Wazzup, man! How's everything here? JurassicClassic767 (talk | contribs) 09:39, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, and same to you! I bought most of my gifts myself haha. Nice you're still updating the old articles, what are you working on next? FunkMonk (talk) 12:44, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

I got a bit curious with the new papers. Speaking about them, what do you think about the Pêgas paper regarding Thalassodromidae[1]? It's actually interesting, it doesn't really do anything phylogenetically, but it does kinda solve the naming inconsistency (Thalassodromidae/Thalassodrominae). I've put up a discussion at Talk:Thalassodrominae about it. Regarding projects, I'm not really into it as much as before, but things could always change though. JurassicClassic767 (talk | contribs) 20:15, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

I guess it's a matter of waiting to see if it gains consensus? By the way, isn't it possible to do something with the cladograms in Thalassodromeus so the white space in their right can be filled by an image instead of the strange clash that is currently there? Usually it can be done by making the cladogram text smaller, or the cladograms narrower or something. FunkMonk (talk) 20:32, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

By reducing the width. It didn't work when you did it before because the "font-size" and "line-height" functions had equal signs instead of colons, which was my mistake when creating the cladogram. Adding an image beside them might not actually be a bad idea now that I think about it. I always thought having bigger cladogram text would be better for the reader, so I tend to not leave space at the right. JurassicClassic767 (talk | contribs) 21:17, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

There also seems to be a lot of unused space between the cladograms, can that be reduced? Yeah, I always use that right white space for a relevant image that wouldn't fit anywhere else haha. Could be convenient here. FunkMonk (talk) 21:23, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

I'm not really sure, I guess it can be reduced by adjusting the overall width as well? JurassicClassic767 (talk | contribs) 22:16, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Which parameter is that? FunkMonk (talk) 00:20, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

I meant the "width" parameter, the same one as before. Maybe around 80% or 75% would do the trick to also include the image on the right. JurassicClassic767 (talk | contribs) 08:26, 27 December 2024 (UTC)