[WikiEN-l] Tannin, it seems, has changed lots of articles

[Tony Wilson]

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)