Tannin, it seems "has changed lots of articles"
My word I have.
I have taken countless stubs and turned them into carefully researched, accurate and (dare I ray it) reasonably well-written articles.
Plus made lots of new ones.
In the last fortnight, I've driven well over 1000 kilometres especially to take pictures of flora and fauna for the 'pedia - and spent a considerable sum of money on it, I might add.
How about we make that phrase above "and Tannin has WRITTEN lots of articles", guys?
How many fauna articles have the people who suddenly have so much to say on this issue written and/or contributed to in a substantial way? Go on, I challenge you - list them here.
Here is *my* faunal Wikikarma. I suggest that readers go through the entries listed below looking for errors of fact, or horrible little stubs (you'll find a couple of stubs, no doubt, but only a couple, and *they* won't last for long).
ratites
emu
cassowary
kiwi
Little Penguin
Anseriformes
Anatidae
Freckled Duck
storm-petrel
Wedge-tailed Eagle
buzzards
bronzewing pigeons
Brolga
Pelecaniformes
Pelican
Australian Pelican
Ciconiiformes
Threskiornithidae
Megapodidae
Malleefowl
Blue Crane
R�ppell's Vulture
Southern Boobook
Psittaciformes
cockatoos
Lorikeets
Paradise Parrot
pygmy parrot
Southern Boobook
Caprimulgiformes
owlet-nightja
kingfisher
kookaburra
Piciformes
Maluridae
Tui
Pardalotidae
pardalote
Petroicidae
cisticola
Austrakian Magpie
currawong
Mudlark
White-winged Chough
lyrebird
Willie Wagtail
fantai
species
subspecies
Australian birds
Australasian birds
list of extinct Australian animals since 1788
Dasyuromorphia
Thylacine
Planigalinae
Long-tailed Planigale
Common Planigale
Phascogalinae
Numbat
marsupial mole
Tasmanian Devi
Peramelemorphia
bilby
Pig-footed Bandicoot
Diprotodontia
possum
Common Brushtail Possum
Honey Possum
Leadbeater's Possum
Sugar Glider
Feathertail Glider
diprotodon
macropod
kangaroo
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Western Grey Kangaroo
Red Kangaroo
wallaroo
Parma Wallaby
tree kangaroo
Quokka
wombat
Koala
hopping mice
Fawn Hopping Mouse
Dusky Hopping Mouse
Spinifex Hopping Mouse
Dingo.
Platypus
echidna
Virginia Opossum
Monito del Monte
Aardvark
Carnivora
Procyonidae
shrew
otter
Black-footed Ferret
Hare
Short- finned Eel
whale
rorqual
beaked whale
Bryde's Whale
dolphin
skunk
jerboa
rat kangaroo
Which last is what I'm supposed to be working on at the moment, only I'm having to fend off attacks with one hand and create good new material with the other. Hardly condusive to productive working conditions.
And those above are just the entries I have made *substantial* contributions to, never mind the many hundreds of smaller contributions. And I'm not even the most prolific contributor to the fauna section - Jim Frost outproduces me by a factor of two or three.
Have I changed lots of articles? Too right I have. That is what I am SUPPOSED to do here: change articles for the better. And that is exactly what I am doing, have been doing for months. Now, can we PLEASE have some peace and quiet so that I can go do more of it?
Tony
(Tannin)