Talk:Chinese paddlefish

message: This photo and its accompanying article is clearly not of a paddlefish; I guess it's a Chinese Sturgeon that's been misreported or lost in translation. 82.18.231.171 (talk) 01:28, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo

message: Should the extinction note be placed further up in the text? Just a question. I don't own this article.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-paddlefish-in-yangtze-river-declared-extinct Ron (talk) 14:01, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Emphasize extinction? 

message: Given that the taxon is almost certainly extinct and no images will ever be taken of it again, would it be worthwhile to add an actual picture of a living animal to the infobox under fair use, rather than the rather basic drawing we have right now? Hemiauchenia (talk) 07:19, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not possible to justify a fair use image when we have three photos of museum specimens on Commons which would be suitable for use in the infobox. BabelStone (talk) 10:16, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm suprised that these images weren't already in the article to be honest, so I've added them now. The quality of the taxidermy of these specimens is particularly good, I've seen some other taxidermied specimens online which look much worse. I'd agree that they are good substitutes for photos of the living animal, given that none of the images of the living animal I've seen surpass the quality of the stuffed specimens Hemiauchenia (talk) 19:03, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Image in infobox

message: The Chinese Paddlefish is officially declared extinct.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/01/chinese-paddlefish-one-of-largest-fish-extinct/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/asia/chinese-paddlefish-extinct-study-intl-hnk-scli/index.html 139.173.54.12 (talk) 18:02, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I understand that this is in good faith. However, this is mistaken news reporting, and why I asked the article to be semi protected. Many other users have made this change and have since been reverted. The IUCN posted on their offical Weibo account in Chinese that this not offical yet, and will probably be changed in June 2020 at the annual conference. The article makes abundantly clear that it is probably extinct, but the IUCN needs to make it offical to change it, otherwise we just engage in circular reporting. Hemiauchenia (talk) 18:12, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 9 January 2020 

message: The conservation section says that Prof. Wei Qiwei reported the extinction. But Qiwei isn't the first author, in fact they're the last author. Hui Zhang is listed as the primary author, thus wouldn't it be more accurate to say "Zhang and colleagues" or "Zhang et al."? Captain Eek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 19:44, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I think there is a lot of confusion. My understanding is that the conclusions of the new paper recommended to the IUCN that the paddlefish be declared extinct, and then the news media ran with it simplifying it to be declared extinct. According to the news artices Qiwei spoke directly to the Chinese state broadcaster CCTV saying "There have been no successful cases of breeding the Chinese paddlefish in captivity," and "Hence, when it died out in the wild, the species has become completely extinct." So he's personally stating it to the news media, rather than it being a statement of the authors of the paper. Hemiauchenia (talk) 20:10, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: , I've just finished reading the 2019 paper, and their research decisively concludes the fish is extinct. Of course the official update to IUCN has yet to happen, which is why its just reportedly extinct. But I guess Qiwei's speaking to the media is why theres a hubbub. Captain Eek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 20:50, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:   It has been an interesting news cycle, as news stories from different outlets have tricked out over the course of the past week, meaning the attention on this article has been pretty sustained, I have removed the dubious from Qiwei as it's clear what the source is now. I've also changed the lead to reflect that the Dams were the primary cause of the extinction with overfishing as a secondary cause. Hemiauchenia (talk) 21:38, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

text: Yeah I noticed that too. It's worth noting that the Baiji is also currently considered critically endangered by the IUCN, despite none of them being found since 2002. And there was enormous media attention about its extinction almost 15 years ago now. Hemiauchenia (talk) 17:03, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Authorship 

message: change to extinct
Jrmhwatkins (talk) 22:18, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: See the above comments – Thjarkur (talk) 23:17, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 9 January 2020 

message: Its 100% dead, we can't say reportedly, we have lost another animal--Bubblesorg (talk) 04:07, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Again , please read the other comments on the talk page. IUCN has put out a statement saying that the official IUCN status will not be updated until at least June.  It's again worth noting that also the Baiji is also still considered IUCN critically endangered, despite the massive hubub about it being extinct back in 2006. Hemiauchenia (talk) 04:53, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, my response was too quick--Bubblesorg (talk) 05:08, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Acceptance 

message: I was considering to put this article up for good article review, as both the American paddlefish is a featured article and the Paddlefish article is GA, so having all three at GA or above would make a nice featured topic. I wanted to submit this here to Gauge interest in doing a GA review, or prehaps before that a B class article review? Hemiauchenia (talk) 07:37, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Potential Good article review

message: — Assignment last updated by Neruall4 (talk) 03:12, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi  and . I am the person  responsible for writing the article in its current state: . I don't mind other people editing the article, but is it okay if you let me know what particular changes you have in mind on the talkpage first before you make them? If you aren't comfortable with having your edits scrutinized like this, you should probably pick a different article. Hemiauchenia (talk) 18:26, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Writing Workshop