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Did you know... that American conservationist Paul Lester Errington reshaped perception of predators?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 21:29, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that American conservationist Paul Lester Errington's most important contribution to ecology was redefining predation? Source: "The most significant intellectual contribution Paul Errington made to ecology was to redefine the meaning of predation. Prior to Errington, predation generally carried connotations of deleterious effects on wildlife. Especially in the popular mind, essential qualities of predator and prey were exaggerated in importance prior to Errington's work." - The Landscape of Paul Errington's Work on Jstor
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Created by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:45, 7 June 2022 (UTC).[reply]

QPQ done. hook supported with reference (I cannot access it though) One sentence in intro is not supported in the article "He worked together with his wife on multiple publications. In the early 1930s". Here is one source for an award. Fix the one sentence and we can proceed. Bruxton (talk) 02:11, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bruxton I don't remember where I sourced that from so I removed it. SL93 (talk) 02:46, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bruxton (talk) 03:16, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It is entirely possible that I'm stupid for not connecting "predation" to "predatory" – that said, I'll offer up a few alts for @SL93 and Bruxton anyway. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 10:11, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- ALT0a: ... that American conservationist Paul Lester Errington's most important contribution to ecology was reframing predatory behavior?
- ALT1: ... that American conservationist Paul Lester Errington reshaped perception of predators as a natural and necessary part of the ecosystem?
- ALT1a: ... that American conservationist Paul Lester Errington reshaped perception of predators?
  - theleekycauldron I'm very confused. I never used the word "predatory" in the article and the hook. Predatory and predatory behavior redirects to the article on predation. I don't like the alt hooks because they don't say predation. SL93 (talk) 11:26, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    - @SL93: right, which is where me possibly being a dingus comes in: I thought "predation" was going to be a fancy ecological term until I clicked through and realized "duh, it's the practice of predators eating prey". Problem is: if people are, in fact, stupid like I am, then they might click on predation or nothing at all instead of the hook. The ALTs do mention predation, they're just piped. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 11:29, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      - theleekycauldron I'm fine with only ALT0a and ALT1a. I don't like ALT1 because it sounds a bit too wordy than the others. SL93 (talk) 11:34, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
        @SL93 and Theleekycauldron: I read the above comments through a few times and I still don't know what the issue is, but if you both have figured out something I will stay out of the way. Bruxton (talk) 14:02, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
        I still like the original hook. I accepted the alts though even though I'm not sure of the issue. SL93 (talk) 17:05, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
        
        Thinking about it more, I want the original hook to be used. I also don't understand why "reframing" would be used when the source says "redefine". SL93 (talk) 23:23, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@SL93: we're also clear on taking the Wildlife Society Bulletin as fact, i assume? No need to attribute inline? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 21:02, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's a scholarly journal so yes. SL93 (talk) 21:05, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Couldn't ping on phone, so pinging now - Theleekycauldron. I will also add a link to the Wikipedia article for the journal in the reference. SL93 (talk) 21:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

harv errors

The sfn citations don't work if the "works cited" citation is plain text- it's throwing a harv error on my screen. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 18:07, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

theleekycauldron I think that Afernand74 fixed it. SL93 (talk) 21:46, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]