User:Cyanochic
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Current Status: Relatively inactive, but I've been on an activity upswing (Jan 2026). I hope to be more active in Summer 2026 (after dissertation defense!) Mostly working on NAS list project and random copy editing.
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Happy to add help out with expertise needed in phylogenetics/genomics, sequencing tech, microbial ecology and evolution, and neighboring topics, just ping me or post on my talk page!
Working on when active
Random WikiProject Algae pages
- Commonly patrol the cleanup listings for the project
- Otherwise I pick pages at my whimsy, trying to focus on improving Stub articles
- Also working on improving Chloroplast to Good article status (see discussion on the Talk page)
- Algae is not a taxonomic term (subpage)
Updating the List of members of the National Academy of Sciences
- See my NAS_Scientists subpage for details on the project (and lots of red linked, definitely notable scientists)
- I started this project as a good "new to Wikipedia" project that I stumbled across, but as a certified achievement hunter, I'm committed now
- Also seems to be a good way to identify notable scientists that do not have pages yet
Future pages and projects
- Trichodesmium - pretty good tbh, but could use some clarification/more accurate descriptions in some places and expanding! Pretty important article!
- Rework diatom morphology section (also get to GA status if chloroplast rework goes well)
- Aquaculture of giant kelp - clean up and expand someday
- Watermelon snow and Snow algae - are these the same really? Will need to dig into and maybe expand more. Discussion in 2018 also suggested merge, but I do think there's a solid argument for separate pages.
Endosymbiosis Project
- I'd love to create a category for obligate endosymbionts[Note 1] (e.g. Buchnera aphidicola)
- Endosymbiont needs some major love. I would also like to consider a change to "endosymbiosis" to match the titles of Symbiosis and Ectosymbiosis.
- Chlorococcum amblystomatis
- Gloeomargarita - genus from which chloroplasts evolved[Note 2] I'm shocked this doesn't already exist (although Gloeomargarita lithophora does at least)
- chromatophore (endosymbiotic organelle) - not to be confused with chromatophore—pigmented cells in some animals—or chromatophore—the membrane associated vesicle in some bacteria. (This may just be a part of reworking the Chloroplast article, hence no red link)
Random Articles to maybe cleanup
- Diane S. Littler - super long publications section that's not needed, and generally could use some cleanup
Draft and WIP Articles
- Draft:The Roxy Theater (Missoula) - working on, suprised it doesn't already exist
Other Red Linked Scientists of Possible Notability
- Nellie Carter (or Carter-Montford) - deceased; British botanist - botanical garden ref; book 1, book 2, New or Interesting Algae from Brackish Water, JSTOR search
- Ellwood Cooper - deceased, American horticulturist/businessman - shocked he doesn't have a page yet. He's credited with bringing eucalyptus trees to California
Miscellaneous
Footnotes
- Possibly restricted to non-pathogens and possibly host-beneficial. This is a hard line to draw and one day I'll publish a full on opinion/review in a peer-reviewed journal. Just give me 5-10 business years.
- Highly simplified language for brevity. As always, this is sort of like saying "humans evolved from monkeys" (or my preferred way of saying this incorrectly, "monkeys evolved from humans")