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Happy editing! MossOnALog^Talk 22:31, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

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Hi! Thanks for your efforts to update the names of invalid taxa like Cuthonella punicea. You're doing great! Just so you know, once you've moved the page and updated the article to match, you're free to remove the {{cleanup taxon}} template :) Cheers! ♠PMC♠ (talk) 07:05, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for telling me about that template!! If I recall, Cuthonella punicea was one of the pages that I couldn’t for the life of me find the line responsible for that invalid taxon box—-I have a feeling if I had only scrolled, the mystery would have been solved. This is going to be so useful moving forward. I’ll go through Trinchesiidae, Cuthonidae, and Fionidae later today; pretty sure there were at least two other pages I have edited that would benefit from the addition or removal of this template. I find that technologically speaking, I’m still flying by the seat of my pants sometimes, so thank you again. Best fishes,𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 Snapplejackalope (talk) 17:17, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

No problem, I figured it either wasn't obvious how to remove it, or you weren't sure if you were allowed to. If you find any more taxa that you believe are invalid that don't have that template, you can either boldly fix them as you have been doing, or you can add the template so someone else will know to fix it later. If you run into anything you have questions about, let me know, I'm happy to help. (Also, your signature is so fun). ♠PMC♠ (talk) 17:40, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Summarize Timeline Fact Check

Hello, I'm ~2026-14944-70. I noticed that you recently removed all content from a page. Please do not do this. Blank pages are harmful to Wikipedia because they have a tendency to confuse readers. As a rule, if you discover a duplicate article, please redirect it to an appropriate existing page. If a page has been vandalised, please revert it to the last legitimate version. If you feel that the content of a page is inappropriate, please edit the page and replace it with appropriate content. If you believe there is no hope for the page, please see the deletion policy for how to proceed. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you wish to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. ~2026-14944-70 (talk) 22:46, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi, sorry to be nosy, I had your talk page watchlisted because of the message I left you above. The IP is correct that we shouldn't blank pages, but I can see what you were thinking.

This is a bit of a complex case in that it involves page moves. The content originally at Cuthona pallida was moved at some point to Tenellia pallida under the understanding that they were synonyms. Per WoRMS, C. pallida is now accepted while T. pallida is invalid and shouldn't have an article. To fix this, I'll move the current T. pallida article back to C. pallida and revert it to the point where it was before the move. Then I'll make T. pallida a redirect to T. adspersa, again per WoRMS.

Please don't hesitate to reach out if you run into another odd one like this. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 19:20, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

yes, I had a bit of a brain fart and forgot that if I removed a redirect…there’s still a page that exists. Whoops. It’s been very frustrating sorting out the T. pallida business; when I first joined wiki a couple months ago, the authority for T. pallida on the wiki was Eliot 1906…despite the fact the authority has always been Alder & Hancock 1845. Which meant someone who originally moved or wrote the page thought C. pallida (Eliot 1906) and T. pallida (Alder & Hancock 1845) were one and the same, when in fact were always totally different lines of taxa and never in synonymy with each other. (Plus, there’s this whole other potential issue with C. pallida I’m trying to track down through articles…that’s unrelated though. I’ll probably just end up emailing Martynov about it. Scientists use ‘pallida’ far too often).

I was trying to figure out how I’d resolve this later today, so I really appreciate you taking care of that! You have a much neater and straightforward way of tying things up. And you’ve been so friendly to me as well, I very much appreciate it. I’m like 5000 edits deep on wikicommons in the two months I’ve been here, and must admit I had been holding my breath a bit in terms of what would happen when folks started noticing. As usual, everyone is much more normal and nice than my brain would have me believe.

Apologies for the grammar an long-windedness, I’m on mobile and too stream of thought after a shift. Best fishes! 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 Snapplejackalope (talk) 19:52, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

I'm glad to hear your experience has been a good one! Most people are pretty chill fortunately. Sometimes the whole pack of rules/expected behaviors/unwritten practices etc that we have on the site can be very complicated and frustrating for new people, so I try to reach out when I see someone new doing something helpful. And no worries, I am also a shift worker so I understand :) ♠PMC♠ (talk) 20:15, 19 April 2026 (UTC)