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Requested move at Talk:Pedanius Dioscorides#Requested move 20 January 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Pedanius Dioscorides#Requested move 20 January 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 19:18, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of your articles that are in Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors, 2025

Currently, this project has about ~7 articles in need of some reference cleanup. Basically, some short references created via {{sfn}} and {{harvnb}} and similar templates have missing full citations or have some other problems. This is usually caused by templates misuse or by copy-pasting a short reference from another article without adding the full reference, or because a full reference is not making use of citation templates like {{cite book}} (see Help:CS1) or {{citation}} (see Help:CS2). To easily see which citation is in need of cleanup, you can check these instructions to enable error messages (Svick's script is the simplest to use, but Trappist the monk's script is a bit more refined if you're interested in doing deeper cleanup). See also how to resolve issues.

These could use some of your attention

To do

If you could add the full references to those article/fix the problem references, that would be great. Again, the easiest way to deal with those is to install Svick's script per these instructions. If after installing the script, you do not see an error, that means it was either taken care of, or was a false positive, and you don't need to do anything else. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 17:28, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Areanophagy

I've added the name "areanophagy" to the arachnophagy article, and created a matching redirect. I'm pretty sure the terms are cognate - but I'm posting this here just in case "areanophagy" refers solely to spiders, rather than to arachnids in general. Can anyone knowledgeable check this? — The Anome (talk) 14:01, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Except that you've misspelled it. It's "araneophagy". Dyanega (talk) 17:51, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're right! Let's hope I've got it right elsewhere; I'll just check... — The Anome (talk) 21:21, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fortunately that seems to have been a one-off typo; I seem to have spelled it correectly everywhere else. — The Anome (talk) 21:27, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal: Create article on The Principle of Collaboration and Cooperation (TPOCo)

I’ve drafted a new article in my sandbox (User:Darwipli/sandbox/TPOCo) introducing **The Principle of Collaboration and Cooperation (TPOCo)** — an interdisciplinary framework that describes cooperation as an energy‑driven, cyclical process found from cells through societies. It synthesizes decades of peer‑reviewed research (including Tomasello’s seminal sharing experiments) into seven core principles and includes a flowchart visualization.

Why this fits WikiProject Biology:

TPOCo offers a unifying biological perspective on cooperation across taxa (from symbiosis to animal social behavior).

It bridges molecular, organismal, and ecological levels — enriching Wikipedia’s coverage of cooperative evolution, mutualism, and social biology.

What I’m seeking from Biology editors:

1. Feedback on structure, scope, and neutrality

2. Identification of missing high‑quality sources or relevant comparative biology research

3. Advice on linking to existing articles (e.g., cooperation, mutualism, social evolution)

4. Volunteers to co‑edit the sandbox draft toward main‑space readiness

Please review the draft here → User:Darwipli/sandbox - Wikipedia and share suggestions below. I welcome any expertise to ensure this becomes a robust, well‑sourced Biology article. — Darwipli (talk) 21:45, 26 March 2025 (UTC) Darwipli (talk) 03:54, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]