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Jarmila Kukalová-Peck

You added information about Bojophlebia as mayfly in several pages, but looks like you did not notice that fossil is Reinterpreted[1]. Also you should know that, as described in that paper as well, Kukalová-Peck did some problematic studies for fossil insects, especially "over-interpretation". She even processed fossil to reinforce her interpretation[2], and misinterpreted groups several times[3]. Ta-tea-two-te-to (talk) 16:18, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It is really surprise for me. I found info about Bojophlebia for the first time in Wikipedia itself. It was in an article about Ephemeroptera that you have edited already. I’m glad that there are people who are not indifferent to such fakers as Kukalová-Peck. Xiphactinus88 (talk) 20:32, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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That's Hungary, of course. I fixed it.Xiphactinus88 (talk) 09:14, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

About citing reliable sources

Please see WP:RS for more information. Thanks, Magnatyrannus (talk | contribs) 21:45, 10 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I know this rule. Do you think I did something wrong? Xiphactinus88 (talk) 21:51, 10 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, in this edit, you replaced a recent citation with something much older, from 1946, whereas the original citation was published in 2020. Old information is likely to be contested. Magnatyrannus (talk | contribs) 21:56, 10 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

At first I added the 2020 source, but later it seemed very dubious to me, so I replaced it with the one that is in the article about the Meganthropus. You insist that the 2020 source is not dubious. No questions, let it remain in the article. Xiphactinus88 (talk) 22:03, 10 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

references

I see you are doggedly adding or updating references to a bunch of articles. Excellent! Now, it's time to learn to use templates like {{cite journal}}, et al, to help assure consistent formatting. Also, there are bots out there that will maintain cite template wrapped references. Cheers! - UtherSRG (talk) 10:58, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As an example, I just wrapped all of the refs in Archaeolemur in {{cite journal}} and {{cite book}} templates as appropriate. I then used citation bot to update the refs in various ways. Let me know if you need any help, and good luck! - UtherSRG (talk) 11:37, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for support! I don't have enough time but I'll ask you for help when I need it. Xiphactinus88 (talk) 11:46, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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It is Dauphiné, I see. Xiphactinus88 (talk) 08:47, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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