User talk:Bruce Marlin
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[edit] External links
Hi Bruce - because it looked suspiciously like spamming, when a contributor adds the same external site to numerous articles but without adding anything else (i.e., it looks like it is more for promoting the site, than for adding to the encyclopedia). Please check out Wikipedia:External links and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files. I (and others) have no objection to external links being added to provide cited reference to content added to wikipedia (and welcome such gladly), but adding external links alone is widely frowned upon.
One aspect which made me particularly suspicious about your additions was the way the link was always added at the top of the external links, trying to suggest it is the best link, better than even official or university websites (e.g. your addition at Osage-orange, given priority over references from the US Forest Service and Iowa State University). This looked to me to be a clear case of vanity or web traffic-seeking, and therefore something to be very suspicious of.
I should also add that spamming like this is quite common on wikipedia; I and many others delete spam links very frequently. As sites added by hard-core spammers may be very dangerous to visit (containing spyware, trojans, illegal paedophilia sites, etc., added with site names made to look relevant to the pages they are added to so as to confuse people into clicking on them), I generally do not look at suspicious links to unknown sites, so did not realise your site was genuine; for that I apologise. But I would still ask that you go easy on adding links to your site, and only in accord with the wikipedia policies above.
I hope this helps - MPF 01:11, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] request
hello, your insect images are truly stunning! a little request: do you happen to have an image of Scarabaeus sacer? (to be used in the dung beetle article) :) --K.C. Tang 00:39, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- you mean you've got many Geotrupes images that have not been uploaded? :)--K.C. Tang 03:19, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- why, of course! your images are simply stunning. pls leave me a message when you've uploaded your masterpieces on the Common. Thanks a lot! ^__^ --K.C. Tang 00:02, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
- i've used the image at the article (the green sheen still dazzles me), you can take a look...:) btw, i still think an image of Scarabaeus sacer can be illustrative to the article, do you know where one can get an image of that creature in the public domain?--K.C. Tang 00:10, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
- why, of course! your images are simply stunning. pls leave me a message when you've uploaded your masterpieces on the Common. Thanks a lot! ^__^ --K.C. Tang 00:02, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Photo credits
Regarding your many pictures now in use in taxoboxes, please do not add photo credits in the taxoboxes themselves. The credit for the photo belongs on the photo's own page ("Image:…"), not in the article. --Stemonitis 15:40, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Harvestman photo
Hi, Bruce,
Do you have any info on the species of Opiliones in the photo you used to replace the previous one, in this version? Is it a common species?
Reason I ask is the previous photo I thought was a very good example of what I think of as a harvestman (well, actually I only knew the name "daddy-longlegs" until I came to WP). I don't know much about the family, so my concept of this creature could simply be a bias from my Mid-Atlantic US background, but if I'm correct, I think the previous pic is more representative. It may be hard for people who see your picture to associate it with the leggy creatures they have seen; it looks fairly close to a spider.
IMHO.
-- Rschmertz 06:01, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Ron, The beast in question is Leiobunum politum. I will caption the photo. Please feel free to replace / revert the old photo if you feel it necessary.
[edit] Your orphan child calling for help :)
The Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor is a stub 'fathered' by you :). An important species, it appears quite neglected. Requires info and images. On looking you up, I found you are a reputed and excellent photographer. How about adding some images? If you do that, I'll take time off from my present project and add the little data I have on the species (with reference). I'm sure others will follow. AshLin 02:40, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi AshLin,
Unfortunately, I have no good images of this butterfly to call my own.. the ones on my site were taken by a friend who owns the copyright.
