User talk:ArthurWeasley

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Discovery Channel

Congratson your Iguanodon pic being featured on discovery news! [1] --Sneaky Oviraptor18^{talk edits tribute} 03:50, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Copyright

Hey AW, I think by default if an image exists under two different licenses, the less restrictive will apply in practice. For example, if you upload an image on dA as say, public domain, and the same image on Commons as CC Attribution, anybody could copy the dA image and upload it to Commons again as public domain, because it's already been released. If I were going to use it in a commercial book or something, I'd simply use the one with the less restrictive license. I agree that it's a matter of courtesy to ask the author, but this doesn't seem to happen very often among people who aren't experienced/have grown up on Google image search. I found a lot of my images used on another site without credit, and when I asked about it, the person said he found them all through Google and hadn't even bothered to look at who the artist was! On the other hand, professionals know to check first, even if it's under a CC license. This is what got me looking into the issue in the first place--someone doing a book asked about using the image I had uploaded of the AMNH Microraptor model. Clearly I am not the person who should b able to grant permission to use that ;) Dinoguy2 (talk) 00:13, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Opabinia

Hi, AW. Is there any chance that you could update Image:Opabinia BW.jpg? I've been working on Opabinia and there are some questionable points in the image: more than 15 lobes before the tail; no sign of the structures on top of each lobe, which are generally interpreted as gills; the "claw" looks as if it opens vertically, a view presented in Marianne Collins' early reconstruction (e.g. in Gould's Wonderful Life) but which AFAIK is now superseded †. You could use as a model fig 7. of Budd, G.E. (1996). "The morphology of Opabinia regalis and the reconstruction of the arthropod stem-group". Lethaia. 29 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1996.tb01831.x. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help) - except that I'd omit / hide the "legs", as AFAIK this part of Budd's reconstruction is disputed. If you don't have full access, I can make fig 7 available either via email or by e.g. uploading a temp copy from the article. -- Philcha (talk) 15:33, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

†On second thoughts the rather ambiguous perspective your current version gives the "claw" is probably the safest, as a lot of the literature fudges the issue. -- Philcha (talk) 17:28, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Diplodocus front feet

Hi, this[2] image you made was removed from the Diplodocus article because it had too many nails on the front feet[3], it should only have one on each. Could you edit it so it can be re-added to the article? FunkMonk (talk) 14:49, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

I like the image, and I'm sure I could make room for it in the article if you did correct it, heh. Could you maybe upload your image of Udanoceratops from here[4] instead? That's a cool, accurate image, as far as I know. FunkMonk (talk) 15:54, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Wow, thanks, new Diplo looks really cool! Nice new approach with the backgrounds and stuff! FunkMonk (talk) 14:33, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Invitation

would you like to join WikiProject Earthquakes? i noticed you have some contributions to earthquake articles. To do so, just click here. Thanks! —Sunday ^Scribe 22:08, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

About the illustration of Onychodus

Hi ArthurWeasley, I read a scientific paper on Onychodus which describes the fish with the second dorsal fin closer to the tail fin and flowing halfway above it and the anal fin reaching halfway under it. Could you please touch up your illustration to fit this description for the article about Onychodus? Liopleurodon93 (talk) 06:45, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Your latest pics

I'd inadvertently kept your page on my watchlist after our discussion about Thrinaxodon. Now I'm glad I did - your latest batch is beautiful. -- Philcha (talk) 07:52, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. I should be redoing Opabinia some times soon ... ArthurWeasley (talk) 13:28, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Pachyrhinosaurus

Hi AW, just a quick note I received from Darren Tanke along with some changes for the Pachyrhinosaurus article. Apparently the specimen you illustrated [Image:Pachyrhinosaurus_BW.jpg|here] should be P lakustai, not P. canadensis. I changed the label in the article but thought I should let you know. P. canadensis lacks those three mid line spikes on the frill, but in the past the material was not differentiated so there are a few chimeric reconstructions out there. Darren reckons yours if fine with just a name change though. Dinoguy2 (talk) 22:25, 3 October 2008 (UTC)