Talk:Laotian rock rat

message: I removed two links that require registration in order to read.  If somebody wants to put them in the References section that would also be good.  I don't have the articles to do it myself.
*'Oddball Rodent' Found (in Plain View) Is Called New to Science
*    Globe and Mail: New family of rodent found 
Liblamb 21:15, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  links removed 

message: I don't see the fair use justification for using that drawing.   This is not an article which discusses the drawing.  As far as I can see, we're just stealing someone else's work. Markyour words 13:36, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you f'n serious? It's fair use because, apparently, no one has a photograph of the bloody rat and it's not being used for financial profit. As long as it's noted where/who the drawing came, why are you being so touchy about it? --260 15:09, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Simmer down.  Mark's question is entirely valid since the picture is technically a copyvio - no question.  Someone drew it and now it's being used without their consent or knowledge.  On the page for the pic, the uploader listed a variety of reasons why it should be used and I don't necessarily disagree with them, but I'm also quite leery about rather blatantly using copyrighted material just because no other option is available.  Matt Deres 17:25, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drawing- copyvio? 

message: Does anyone know if anyone is studying the molecular phylogenetics of the Laotian rock rat? I'm surprised it's taken this long Nil Einne 18:26, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking at the reference list, it appears the original authors did as I would have expected... Ooops Nil Einne 18:30, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Molecular phylogenetics 

message: "In 2006 the classification of the Laotian rock rat was refuted by Mary Dawson et al." - 
POV?
See Wiktionary on refute: "The accepted meaning of this word is "to prove false". The meaning "to deny" is non-standard and is avoided by careful speakers and writers."
Gabriel R 12:43, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Changed to "reconsidered". Ucucha (talk) 14:36, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: refute

message: I've deleted the following sentence:
This is the first time that such an old species has been found that had long thought to have been extinct.
Surely the case of the coelacanth invalidates this statement?Jon Rob 13:00, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, that species (Latimeria chalumnae) was newly discovered. It is a member of a group that has long been though to be extinct. The same goes true for Laonastes, which is actually the third/fourth (Willmus was described in the same year) genus of Diatomyidae. In any case, the sentence does not make any sense. Ucucha (talk) 14:26, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  First time? 

message: Can anyone explain what the name kha-nyou means exactly, and in what language (presumably Laotian)?  Widsith 10:51, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More etymology 

message: Would someone please be more specific as to which statements are challenged and require more references?  I actually think the article is fairly well referenced.  --Aranae (talk) 02:19, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks pretty well referenced to me too.  At the least, I don't think it would be possible to add more different references. Laotian rock rat#Natural history could probably use a citation, but that's about all I can see. Helioseus (talk) 16:44, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation tag

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Ratsquriiall.jpg

message: I have my own photographs of Laonastes aenigmamus which I would like to donate.  I have taken them myself and they have no copyright attached to them.  What is the best way I can do this so that they can be used on Wiki?
Alanboatman (talk) 08:00, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photographs of Laonastes aenigmamus 

message: The local name for Laonastes aenigmamus is "Nou Pha Yu".  This litterally means "Storm Rat".  This is what the locals in Khammouane Province call it.  "Kha Nyou" is not known to be the local name and if it is in places, it is using a perjorative epithet.  'Kha' is a perjorative label for the Khamu ethnic group used by the Lao ethnic group.  It has meanings similar to 'slave' and is considered very rude by Khamu people.  Hence whoever told the scientists this Lao name were saying Khamu Rat, but the meaning carries implications similar to 'Nigger Rat'.
Alanboatman (talk) 08:27, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major umbridge with the Lao (local) name 

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