Somed00d1997

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The policy is [1]. The source cited (Guiness Book of Records) on that page isn't reliable. You should find a peer-reviewed paper or book written by an expert. Those figures are just estimates anyways. No one has ever weighed any of the largest species of whale whole (except minkes and other smaller species caught by the Japanese during scientific whaling operations). ST1849 (talk) 15:42, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

October 2021

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Your edit to Dog

I believe your edit summary here is a response to me, but flagging that the edit itself does not involve the part of the page I edited. --Yaksar (let's chat) 20:17, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Concerning Type Species

Please understand that when officially referring to the type species of a genus, binomial it was originally published as is to be used, even if the type species has been synonymized into a new binomial. It's been a rule for literally centuries.--Mr Fink (talk) 03:17, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

I understand now. My apologies.

Giraffe edits

Your edits to giraffe were not helpful. There is no consensus on how many giraffe species there are and the IUCN currently recognizes one. Please don't continue with this. LittleJerry (talk) 22:30, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you're referring to. All I did was tweak the wording for the sake of consistency. My edits were never concerned with how many species there are. I never explicitly stated or implied that there's more than one species of giraffe. You might be talking to the wrong person. Somed00d1997 (talk) 00:25, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

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November 2021

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing to prevent further vandalism, as you did at Faggot_(slang).

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:18, 24 November 2021 (UTC)