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== Invite == == Condolences ==


My deepest condolences to those who knew and loved him. I didn't know Philip, but saw lots of his edits. He was good, and will be missed. ] (]) 23:53, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
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Very sad news. My condolences to his family and friends. ] (]) 03:24, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
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A terrible loss to the project. My condolences to his family. ] (]) 03:38, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
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Very sad. Philcha has long been the editor I name when describing the sort of editor that Misplaced Pages needs more of. His phylum-level articles are some of the gems of Misplaced Pages. ] (]) 18:04, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
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We will not forget you! ''''']]]''''' 06:23, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Due to the controversy in this review, I have removed it from ] and listed it at ], where it will get the specific attention by multiple experienced GA reviewers. I am still rather disappointed that you described my review as a "incompetent, lazy review", because it is certainly not that at all. But I digress. I think the best way to resolve this issue is for other experienced reviewers to get involved at this point. ] (]) 19:53, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


:I have listed it at ]. It takes a little while for the automated bot to add it to the page, but the GAR template was added to the talk page. ] (]) 23:18, 6 March 2009 (UTC) Will be remembered here for his excellent work. ] (]) 04:04, 15 June 2012 (UTC)


He did a lot for the English Misplaced Pages. My condolences to family and friends of Philcha. <code>]</code> <small>(])</small> 13:28, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Please cease and desist your continued renominations of ] to ]. It is inappropriate for an article that is currently listed at ] to be simultaneously listed in both places. The article has been removed from the GAN list again, and the GA3 review has been moved to the GAR reassessment review.


What a sad loss. I read ''tons'' of his stuff. Why is it always the good ones we lose? My sympathy to his family and friends. ] (]) 18:09, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
I am aware that there are issues with the GAR bot, because it's for some reason, still not listed on the ] page. But the article is in the GAR nominees category. I am working on getting that issue resolved as soon as possible -- I do not know what the issue is. But continuing your to buck the system is not helping. ] (]) 16:07, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


Our deepest condolences to his family and all the people who loved him, also on behalf of the Italian OTRS operators. It's always sad when this happens to one of us - but his "little" legacy will last forever, as Misplaced Pages will. Thank you Philcha. ] - <small>'']''</small> 09:03, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
:(the following also posted to ]
:Scrap the GAR as a new GA review is in progress. I have reverted your redir as it disrupts that. In addition under the GAR rules the final decision is up to the person intitiating the GAR. In this case that is you. Since I was totally dissatisfied with all aspects of your performance with the first GA review, having you make the final decision is unacceptable. I have also reverted your removal of the new GA review from ]. You can terminate GA2 yourself. Do not interfere in any way with the GA review that is now proceeding. --] (]) 16:19, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


== Precious ==
The article has been reverted again. You need to stop slandering me on the GAN page as well. That is totally inappropriate and unacceptable for an editor. ] (]) 16:22, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


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Looking at this again, I see that no matter what I do, I can no longer be considered neutral with regards to this article by you, and I am removing myself from this process. The ] tag has been removed from the article, and I've relisted it at ]. My only request to you is that you review ] and refrain from slandering me on the GA nominations page, like you've done. Cheers! ] (]) 16:40, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
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:My objection to your initiating a GAR was that according to the GAR banner on the article's Talk page the final decision would have been yours. In addition your repeated removal to-day of my most recent renom destroyed the information that a review is now in progress, and therefore would have caused confusion at ]. I have therefore reverted your changes.
|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thanks to Philip, who graced this project with excellent content contributions, mainly in the Natural Sciences, and with good spirits, who gave awards as freely as he them. Let us finish his projects, such as ] and ] to which he dedicated his last edits, and his other sandboxes, --] (]) 08:15, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
:My comments there were not slanderous. Since the renoms for this review have, thanks to your actions, repeatedly disappeared from ] and been reinstated by me, I think some explanation was required. That I was dissatisfied with your performace is not slanderous, it is a statement about my feelings. "Tardy" is not slanderous, it is a fair description of the nearly 3 weeks' delay between your signing up to review ] and your posting of comments - if you had withdrawn a couple of days after signing up, someone else might have reviewed it and we might not have had all this trouble. Since ''you'' initiated the GAR, it was appropriate to point out why this was not a satisfactory resolution. If this comes down to a formal dispute process, a blow-by-blow account will put your conduct since 5 Feb 2009 in a less favourable light than my comments at ] ever could. --] (]) 17:00, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
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== Morphy/Staunton ==

To avoid clogging up my Talk page with this big issue I've moved:
*The discussion of this to ]
*Draft(s) for sections of ] to ]
Others who wish to contribute there are welcome. --] (]) 16:01, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

== Molluscs ==

Hey Philcha, Canada's treating me well, thanks - although I've still not quite had the chance to think about a thesis topic! These things will come with time, I suppose...

I'm afraid I left the verify source note in the mollusc text because it's something which I'm pretty sure is correct, but can't back up with any documentary evidence... it seemed a bit dishonest to just leave the tag off, so I thought I'd leave it there in case any passing editor happened to be able to help out. I've not run across anything in a cursory check, I'm afraid.

Finally, I've gone against my instincts and decided that administrative tools would occasionally come in handy; one of the contributors to my ] has suggested that as a frequent co-conspirator, they'd be interested in your opinion. I think it's frowned upon to personally canvas input, but as your voice was personally requested I thought I'd let you know...

All the best, ]&nbsp;'''<small>(]&nbsp;–&nbsp;])</small>''' 19:01, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

:You're quite right that I've little interest in a lot of administrative activities. There are, however, some routine tasks which I sometimes find myself having to wait quite some time for administrative intervention, when I could readily and uncontroversially do them myself - the ones which jump to mind are page moves and editprotected requests at templates, as well as deleting sandbox and test pages I've created. On the impetus of these alone, it's not a great inconvenience to simply ask somebody else to do the work (but I feel a bit rude when my request rate is high). However, there are varied instances in bot development where I have been frustrated by having to wait long periods for admins to show up. There's not really a pattern to this, and the circumstances can be unpredictable; the most recent has been associated with ]. Where a DOI is available, the bot should create a redirect page linked to the cited PMID, and also create the target page, at a doi-linked location. The bot had been creating the redirect, but not the target, and I needed to delete the redirect page to allow the bot to create it again. Without administrative powers I was basically powerless to test my code, and I don't like running a bot with untested tweaks - errors have a tendency to appear.
:Anyway, I hope that that makes sense - it's quite a difficult situation to explain, which is why I didn't want to detail it at length at the RfA page - I wanted to keep my case relatively clear. I don't envision changing my behaviour to match the 'admin stereotype', but access to the tools would regularly make my life significantly easier, while also reducing the backlog of menial tasks for other administrators.
:]&nbsp;'''<small>(]&nbsp;–&nbsp;])</small>''' 21:19, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
===Kidneys===
Keep me posted on the kidneys - let me know if anybody starts to disagree and you could use some moral support! ]&nbsp;'''<small>(]&nbsp;–&nbsp;])</small>''' 17:55, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

== Possible proposed Wikiproject of interest ==

Hi, I've noticed that, among your many, many edits, you've contributed to several pages that are within the scope of the wikiproject I'm proposing, ], so I was wondering if you'd be interested in it. A list of the pages I plan to have within the project scope are on my userpage. A deep evolutionary perspective on issues would definitely be a plus. Happy editing! ] (]) 13:49, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

== deletion ==

Thanks, I'll have a look ] (]) 05:16, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

== Date autoformatting poll ==

Hi Phil, I noticed that like me, you are opposed to any form of dates autoformatting. I have created some ] which you might like to add to your userspace to indicate your position. You will find the boxes ]. Regards, ] (]) 06:10, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

== Notice ==

] -- This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at ] regarding an issue with which you were tangentially involved in February 2009 -- ''see'' .

To clarify, you are not the subject of this ArbCom process, but the thread in which you participated was identified as relevant by one of the parties -- ''see'' .

You have no obligation to do anything in this context. Thank you. --] (]) 01:34, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

== RfA process ==

Thanks for your praise. I'll let my head shrink a few sizes before deciding whether and how to preserve my analogy for posterity. --] (]) 17:05, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

== On the Origin ==

Just a heads up that I've added a rambling comment at ] on the areas I'm thinking about or trying to work on. Thanks for your help with this, ], ] 21:39, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

It occurs to me Philcha that the way you've handled this review gives the lie to those critics of the GA process who claim that it's all down to one person. Kudos for that. --] ] 22:22, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

== Milo of Croton ==

Thank you! It's been a pleasure working with you. You're very perceptive and thorough...couldn't ask for anything better! ] (]) 13:25, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

== Re ItsLassieTime ==

Well, sometimes ] results can be surprising. In this case two different CheckUsers looked at the evidence and came to the same conclusion. Hopefully, ItsLassieTime will take the month and learn from his mistakes and return as an even more productive user. Let me know if you have any questions. ] (]) 23:56, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

== ItsLassieTime ==

I think that you are a sock of ], because you both have the letters "I", "L", and "A" in your names. You might as well just admit it now. ;) ]] 01:10, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
:Oh my goodness! :O I guess I may as well report myself right now! I've been in denial this whole time... :( I plead insanity! ]] 07:10, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
::I love silt. What's your excuse? ;) ]] 07:29, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

== Mistake? ==

I think you left your !vote for Drilnoth's RFA on my RFA page.&mdash;](]) 15:24, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
:Hate to pop back so soon. Oppose me for exclusionism if you must, but I would like to point out that the vast, overwhelming majority of my edits have been to protect, improve, and correct popular culture articles.&mdash;](]) 16:22, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

== My RFA ==

Hi Philcha. Just to let you know I've responded to your comment at ]; if you could take a look and comment again it would be much appreciated. Thanks! –] (] • ]) 16:01, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

== Talkback ==

{{talkback|Drilnoth|RfA}}
–] (] • ]) 16:20, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

== SSF... ==

Thank you for remarks, advices, and other! It very helps me :-) Aleksey (] (]) 14:52, 13 April 2009 (UTC))

== Thanks! ==

An awards from you is especially meaningful. I was about to ask your opinion yesterday about a GA article I am reviewing, and then I remembered we had somewhat of a "dustup" and was unsure if we were on good terms. I'm glad we are. Thank! Regards, &mdash;] (]) 13:24, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

== ]s ==


* My condolences and heartfelt wishes to all the friends and family. Your work is greatly appreciated, and will not be forgotten. ] (]) 23:55, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
I don't ever recall seeing a resolved phylogeny of the annelids. I'd be very cautious of basing a cladogram on a single source, especially a recent molecular one. When I get the chance, I'll see if I can track down a review article , but I'd be surprised if you could put anything other than question marks on a phylogeny!


Oh how tragic. I remember the name a few years back on here. My deepest heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Philcha.♦ ] 12:09, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
]&nbsp;'''<small>(]&nbsp;–&nbsp;])</small>''' 14:20, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


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:Molecular ''clocks'' are to be treated with suspicion. Molecular ''phylogenies'' are usually relatively reliable. However, it takes time for them to reach consensus - phylogenies at the Lophotrochozoa-Ecdysozoa level are relatively mature, but finer division is more recent. As different types of gene can be sequenced and added to the dataset, the resolution becomes more robust and secure; different genes or data types (e.g. 16s SSU RNA etc) give slightly different trees which need to be meshed together. It takes quite a bit of reading and experience to work out just how tightly the phylograms hold together, and I don't profess to being able to produce sound judgement. A simplified version of the tree as you propose sounds sensible for the time being; hopefully in the next 3-4 years a clear consensus will hit the textbooks, but until then I don't think there is a 'killer tree' incorporating all different molecular phylogenies and morphological data; at least I have had a quick scan and can't find one, and am pretty sure I'd be aware of some proposed hierarchies if anything could be said with confidence. But then what do I know... ]&nbsp;'''<small>(]&nbsp;–&nbsp;])</small>''' 15:25, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
--] (]) 10:52, 24 April 2014 (UTC)


== A proposal ==
:;Annelids: The phylo section is looking, to be frank, awesome. The second paragraph of 'family tree' is a bit cumbersome, but only because it is so packed with details - I would be inclined to trim it a little, perhaps.
:;Polychaetes: Might I propose highlighting the polychaetes on the tree, so that their paraphyletic nature is clearly visible? It's pretty interesting that they are ''so'' dispersed; I had no idea that they weren't supported as a clade. It kinda throws a spanner into the idea of having a separate 'polychaete' article! If you get round to it, my take would be to have a more in-depth discussion of their polyphyly there, along with a summary of the reasons that they were historically thought to be a clade (e.g. presence of chaetae).
:;Bryozoa:There's no reason to assume that the earliest bryozoans mineralised. If they didn't, they're tiny things that would have no chance of entering the fossil record. So no surprise that the ''crown group'' isn't represented until the Ordovician. They sound like a good candidate to be done next!
:;Cambrian explosion: The phyla are (arguably) more important than the C.Ex; with the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Burgess Shale coming up in August I had entertained the idea of taking C. Ex. to F.A. status by then and trying to get it featured on the front page. With both of us diverting our energies to other tasks at the moment, this may be quite ambitious, but I thought I'd throw up the idea for your consideration!
:Keep up the good work! ]&nbsp;'''<small>(]&nbsp;–&nbsp;])</small>''' 19:46, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
::P.S. Knowing how much you love anthropocentricism-bashing, I've been frustrating myself over at ] if you have a dull moment to spice up with some heated argument! Although I may be being won over to their point of view (shock horror!). Best, M


If the user page is to be preserved in Philcha's memory it would be nice if it showed his many achievements on wikipedia. They were on the page up until but for some reason he then deleted most of the page. Couldn't the page content be restored to include everything from "Things I have done" downwards? If it's not considered to be appropriate to return the content he deleted himself then maybe there should just a link to the old version of the page for anyone who's interested in knowing what he contributed to the project. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">]</span> ] 08:19, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
:::I agree that Burgess Shale is more relevant... but it's much more work!! I'm still dumping relevant information on the sub-pages in a very haphazard manner and feeling no closer to producing a decent summary of knowledge. Perhaps it is a more meritious project... I'll digest your comments and think about it. The FA process at Ediacara biota was relatively painless, probably because no-body cares about palaeo, which suggests that we might be able to sneak the Burgess past the nit-picking crowd...
:Pilcha is beyond our power to help or harm. His pages are really for the living, to help with remembrance, and grief. If people are for it, go and do it. Feel free to move my post announcing his death to the talk page if that's what's needed, too.--] (]) 08:30, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
:::And yes, I am keen on publicity. As palaeo isn't taught in schools for fear of offending the ID crowd, I feel I have something of a duty to get the topic into the public conscience wherever I can - especially to remind people that there's more to it than dinosaurs!! ]&nbsp;'''<small>(]&nbsp;–&nbsp;])</small>''' 21:24, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
:: I am very sad to hear about Philcha; he was so very helpful to me on ] and elsewhere. I strongly support restoring the older version of his talk page and adding the notice of his passing to that, so that those of us who remain can better appreciate all he contributed to our community. ] (]) 18:13, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
:::I was going to do it today but I see the page has now been protected so I can't unless someone unprotects it again. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">]</span> ] 06:17, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
::::I've unprotected the page to allow friends to properly restore or add material. I believe this came up at RFPP with a request to protect, which is common in these unfortunate circumstances, and I complied. Once it is to a point that full protection is desired, feel free to ping me and I will be happy to do so. ] - ] ] 12:16, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
:::::OK, I've restored much of the old page - please make any changes you feel appropriate in the next few days so the page can be protected again. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">]</span> ] 12:51, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
::::::Thank you for letting him speak, --] (]) 12:58, 15 June 2012 (UTC)


== Very sad ==
::::Why not? We could certainly give it a go. As it's the subject of my studies, I should probably care about it enough to make it worth the effort! As it's got a smaller scope than the C.Ex, and is largely less controversial, it should be somewhat more achievable. That said, there will be a lot of new content available after 7th August - we're organising a which includes some pretty interesting abstracts, and I'll be taking a camera up to the sites to help in illustration... perhaps we should aim to have something complete before August, but leave room for these expansions. ]&nbsp;'''<small>(]&nbsp;–&nbsp;])</small>''' 21:55, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
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Philcha was a big help to me on a few articles. It's very sad to read of his death. My condolences to his friends and family. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">] ]</span> 08:47, 14 June 2012 (UTC)


:::::Sounds good. The ]'s back in your court, and I'm headed home! ]&nbsp;'''<small>(]&nbsp;–&nbsp;])</small>''' 23:58, 17 April 2009 (UTC) Sad news indeed. I see now where at least some of that kindness was coming from. Thank you, Philcha and my condolences to your friends and family. --] <small>(])</small> 03:19, 18 June 2012 (UTC)


I did not interact directly with Philcha much (if at all). I am very sorry to learn about his death. My condolences to his family and friends. <span style="font-family:Lucida Calligraphy;">]<span style="color:#0095c6;">of</span>]</span> 15:07, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
== A request ==


Very sorry to hear this, Phicha was immensely helpful with work on a couple of articles I was trying to get up to good article standard. He will be much missed, and my condolences to all who were close to him, . ], ] 20:38, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
I was wondering if you would give me a second opinion on a GAN. Nothing in depth. The article seems overly laudatory to me and not objective. I just want to check out that I am not over reacting. The article is ]. Just give me your impression as I don't want you to feel that you have to spend your time on it. Regards, &mdash;] (]) 00:22, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
:Thanks! &mdash;] (]) 13:06, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


Philcha and I interacted here and there on biology articles - I am sad to read this. ] (] '''·''' ]) 12:16, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
== ] ==


I was very sorry indeed to see this. He'll be greatly missed. I send my condolences to his family and friends. ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 18:36, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
It needs copy editing. It has many unnecessary, repetitious words, and the writing is clunky. Examples


I just learned of Philcha's death. I enjoyed working with him on both his and my GAs, especially his ]. He was good company here at the 'pedia. ] (]) 04:50, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
*The other versions, women's lacrosse (first played in the 1890s) and box lacrosse (which originated in the 1930s), are played under significantly different rules. - repeating "played"


I also just learned about this, after becoming aware of his illness just a few months ago. Never interacted with him that much, but we shared a lot of the same interests. His name became familiar to me through his work on the higher-tier articles on biology and invertebrate paleontology. He will be missed.--&nbsp;<small>]</small><span style="font-size:medium; font-family:times new roman;">†</span><small>]</small> 18:30, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
*Called the "fastest sport on two feet," a series of rules limit the number of players on either side of the midfield line, and requires the ball to be moved continuously in an offensive manner. - could you say this differently? "in an offensive manner" is wordy and ambiguous. What is the difference between "the ball to be moved continuously" and "the ball to be moved continuously in an offensive manner"?


Rest in peace! --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#ED791A 0em 0em 0.8em,#F55220 -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,#1D6B00 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;">] ] </span> 12:41, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
*A former Olympic sport, attempts to be reinstated to the Games have been hampered by insufficient international participation. - grammatically unclear, as the sport is not attempting to reinstate itself - A former Olympic sport, attempts to reinstated it in the Games have been hampered by insufficient international participation. - Even better would be a sentence saying who is attempting to reinstate it; ditch the passive voice.


I spent a lot of time working with Philcha; he was a great companion on Misplaced Pages, always an encouragement, always enthusiastic, and great fun to work alongside. I'm deeply saddened to hear of his death. ]&nbsp;'''<small>(]&nbsp;–&nbsp;])</small>''' 09:12, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
*Known as the "fastest sport on two feet", lacrosse is a traditional Native American game. According to their beliefs, playing lacrosse is a spiritual act used for healing and giving thanks to the "Creator. - Should say who "their" is. Assume it is Native Americans, but since "Native American" is only used as an adjective, it is not well worded.


O dear. I think it has been a while since we were last in touch. I was struggling with some music GANs, and Philcha offered to take over a couple, but then became ill and had to hand them back. I really think that was our last contact. This has saddened me greatly. "Let me forget about today until tomorrow". ''']''' ''']''' 00:33, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
*These games could last several days and as many as 100 to 1,000 men from opposing villages or tribes would participate. The games were played in open plains and the goals could range from 500 yards (460 m) to several miles apart. - Repetitious to start sentences with the same wording in a row ("games"). Also, Tony1 hates that use of "would". - 100 to 1,000 men from opposing villages or tribes participated.


I interacted with Philcha a few times, and he was always a pleasure to work with. Today I saw his name on an old post, and decided to look to see if he was retired. I wasn't expecting this—I never knew about his illness. Misplaced Pages has lost one of its most professional and polite editors. Even though I hardly knew him, I will miss him. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.3em; font-family: fantasy, cursive, Serif">'''–&nbsp;] <sup>«]»</sup>'''</span> 23:37, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
*The name "lacrosse" comes from the missionaries reporting back to their superiors that ... This is what Tony1 called noun + ing. It should be "the reports of missionaryies" or something similar.


I have not been very active on Misplaced Pages for several years now, and only just now (very belatedly) learned of Philcha's untimely death. I am very sorry to learn of his passing. He was an outstanding editor. We wrangled over the Staunton-Morphy controversy, and were ultimately each awarded a Half Barnstar by SyG for our efforts. Philcha was unfaltering in his efforts to reach consensus, even when I was in retrospect probably being a bit of a jerk. I thought he was being unreasonable, but I eventually came around. He gave me wise counsel when I was in an editing war over ]. He was a great editor and a very good person. ] (]) 05:04, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
*He established the Canadian National Lacrosse Association and created the initial written rules... "initial written rules" - created the first written rules? or initially wrote the rules? Or he was the first to put the rules in writing?


== Free image of Philcha ==
*The rules he<s> established</s> - extra, unneeded words


Can anyone provide a free image of Philcha so that we can add ]? --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#ED791A 0em 0em 0.8em,#F55220 -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,#1D6B00 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;">] ] </span> 12:48, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
*Field lacrosse contrasts with <s>the other versions of the sport,</s> women's lacrosse and box lacrosse, in a number of ways. - it is already established these are other versions of the sport.


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*Women's lacrosse, a non-contact version of the sport <s>which was</s> first played in Scotland during the 1890s, plays with twelve players, longer fields, and less protective equipment than is required in the men's game - extra words. Also, how about "than the men's game requires" and avoid the passive voice.
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When I read Philcha's comment, arguing that the vision of the oxygenation event as an extinction catastrophe was old-fashioned, and asking about what lines of living organisms are known to have become extinct due to it, I thought that he had made a very sensible observation. Many details concerning the sequence and reasons of this event are on debate now, but media depicts it as a simplistic story of cyanobacterias intoxicating and killing everything.
==Oxidation event==
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An interesting paper in Science this week . ] (]) 17:22, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
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Condolences

My deepest condolences to those who knew and loved him. I didn't know Philip, but saw lots of his edits. He was good, and will be missed. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:53, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Very sad news. My condolences to his family and friends. Guettarda (talk) 03:24, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

A terrible loss to the project. My condolences to his family. Kaldari (talk) 03:38, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Very sad. Philcha has long been the editor I name when describing the sort of editor that Misplaced Pages needs more of. His phylum-level articles are some of the gems of Misplaced Pages. Looie496 (talk) 18:04, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

We will not forget you! bibliomaniac15 06:23, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Will be remembered here for his excellent work. Shyamal (talk) 04:04, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

He did a lot for the English Misplaced Pages. My condolences to family and friends of Philcha. decltype (talk) 13:28, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

What a sad loss. I read tons of his stuff. Why is it always the good ones we lose? My sympathy to his family and friends. Pesky (talk) 18:09, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Our deepest condolences to his family and all the people who loved him, also on behalf of the Italian OTRS operators. It's always sad when this happens to one of us - but his "little" legacy will last forever, as Misplaced Pages will. Thank you Philcha. Sannita - not just another it.wiki sysop 09:03, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Precious

legacy
Thanks to Philip, who graced this project with excellent content contributions, mainly in the Natural Sciences, and with good spirits, who gave awards as freely as he received them. Let us finish his projects, such as ANematode1 and ANematode2 to which he dedicated his last edits, and his other sandboxes, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:15, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Oh how tragic. I remember the name a few years back on here. My deepest heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Philcha.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:09, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Precious and missed

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:52, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

A proposal

If the user page is to be preserved in Philcha's memory it would be nice if it showed his many achievements on wikipedia. They were on the page up until this point but for some reason he then deleted most of the page. Couldn't the page content be restored to include everything from "Things I have done" downwards? If it's not considered to be appropriate to return the content he deleted himself then maybe there should just a link to the old version of the page for anyone who's interested in knowing what he contributed to the project. Richerman (talk) 08:19, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Pilcha is beyond our power to help or harm. His pages are really for the living, to help with remembrance, and grief. If people are for it, go and do it. Feel free to move my post announcing his death to the talk page if that's what's needed, too.--Wehwalt (talk) 08:30, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
I am very sad to hear about Philcha; he was so very helpful to me on On The Origin of Species and elsewhere. I strongly support restoring the older version of his talk page and adding the notice of his passing to that, so that those of us who remain can better appreciate all he contributed to our community. Rusty Cashman (talk) 18:13, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
I was going to do it today but I see the page has now been protected so I can't unless someone unprotects it again. Richerman (talk) 06:17, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
I've unprotected the page to allow friends to properly restore or add material. I believe this came up at RFPP with a request to protect, which is common in these unfortunate circumstances, and I complied. Once it is to a point that full protection is desired, feel free to ping me and I will be happy to do so. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 12:16, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
OK, I've restored much of the old page - please make any changes you feel appropriate in the next few days so the page can be protected again. Richerman (talk) 12:51, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for letting him speak, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:58, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Very sad

Rest in peace, Philcha. We'll not forget your contribution to Misplaced Pages!

Philcha was a big help to me on a few articles. It's very sad to read of his death. My condolences to his friends and family. Parrot of Doom 08:47, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Sad news indeed. I see now where at least some of that kindness was coming from. Thank you, Philcha and my condolences to your friends and family. --regentspark (comment) 03:19, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

I did not interact directly with Philcha much (if at all). I am very sorry to learn about his death. My condolences to his family and friends. LadyofShalott 15:07, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Very sorry to hear this, Phicha was immensely helpful with work on a couple of articles I was trying to get up to good article standard. He will be much missed, and my condolences to all who were close to him, . dave souza, talk 20:38, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Philcha and I interacted here and there on biology articles - I am sad to read this. Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:16, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

I was very sorry indeed to see this. He'll be greatly missed. I send my condolences to his family and friends. SlimVirgin 18:36, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

I just learned of Philcha's death. I enjoyed working with him on both his and my GAs, especially his Fossils of the Burgess Shale. He was good company here at the 'pedia. hamiltonstone (talk) 04:50, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I also just learned about this, after becoming aware of his illness just a few months ago. Never interacted with him that much, but we shared a lot of the same interests. His name became familiar to me through his work on the higher-tier articles on biology and invertebrate paleontology. He will be missed.-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 18:30, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Rest in peace! --Tito Dutta ✉ 12:41, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

I spent a lot of time working with Philcha; he was a great companion on Misplaced Pages, always an encouragement, always enthusiastic, and great fun to work alongside. I'm deeply saddened to hear of his death. Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 09:12, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

O dear. I think it has been a while since we were last in touch. I was struggling with some music GANs, and Philcha offered to take over a couple, but then became ill and had to hand them back. I really think that was our last contact. This has saddened me greatly. "Let me forget about today until tomorrow". SilkTork 00:33, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

I interacted with Philcha a few times, and he was always a pleasure to work with. Today I saw his name on an old post, and decided to look to see if he was retired. I wasn't expecting this—I never knew about his illness. Misplaced Pages has lost one of its most professional and polite editors. Even though I hardly knew him, I will miss him. – Maky 23:37, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

I have not been very active on Misplaced Pages for several years now, and only just now (very belatedly) learned of Philcha's untimely death. I am very sorry to learn of his passing. He was an outstanding editor. We wrangled over the Staunton-Morphy controversy, and were ultimately each awarded a Half Barnstar by SyG for our efforts. Philcha was unfaltering in his efforts to reach consensus, even when I was in retrospect probably being a bit of a jerk. I thought he was being unreasonable, but I eventually came around. He gave me wise counsel when I was in an editing war over Anne Applebaum. He was a great editor and a very good person. Krakatoa (talk) 05:04, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Free image of Philcha

Can anyone provide a free image of Philcha so that we can add here? --Tito Dutta ✉ 12:48, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

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I came here to learn something about the editor who made very good comment to the Great Oxygenation Event article

When I read Philcha's comment, arguing that the vision of the oxygenation event as an extinction catastrophe was old-fashioned, and asking about what lines of living organisms are known to have become extinct due to it, I thought that he had made a very sensible observation. Many details concerning the sequence and reasons of this event are on debate now, but media depicts it as a simplistic story of cyanobacterias intoxicating and killing everything. So I came here and learned that he had passed away, and thought I would like to share my admiration for his contribution. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.137.186.85 (talk) 06:52, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

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