This article is written in Australian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, realise, program, labour (but Labor Party)) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.
This article is rated GA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Insects, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of insects on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.InsectsWikipedia:WikiProject InsectsTemplate:WikiProject InsectsInsects articles
Meat ant is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page.AustraliaWikipedia:WikiProject AustraliaTemplate:WikiProject AustraliaAustralia articles
This article was copy edited by a member of the Guild of Copy Editors.Guild of Copy EditorsWikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy EditorsTemplate:WikiProject Guild of Copy EditorsGuild of Copy Editors articles
This article is a rearrange plagarist take of the article on the page linked at the bottom. 64.140.179.102 10:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Yes, you are correct. Wikipedia allows what can be considered plagiarism in academic circles, as long as it's not a copyright violation. Please see Wikipedia:Copyrights: "It is legal to read an encyclopedia article or other work, reformulate the concepts in your own words, and submit it to Wikipedia." howcheng {chat} 16:14, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm going through making improvements, this will largely be without references until I dig these out and add them (soon). user:anc001 Jan 2010 —Preceding undated comment added 15:26, 2 January 2010 (UTC).
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Ants eating cicada, jjron 22.11.2009.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on August 19, 2011. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2011-08-19. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad.:) Thanks! howcheng {chat} 23:24, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
With the banded sugar ant article completed and almost ready for GA nomination, I am going to expand this article and nominate it once it is complete. Over 100 references have been found that I will use for this article, so it will be a reasonably large one. Burklemore1 (talk) 16:31, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
@Burklemore1: You've done a stellar job on this article. I'm getting through the copy-edit slowly but steadily, and should be done in a couple of days. The article is mostly fine, but I've dropped in a couple of "clarify" tags; if any of those is unclear in intent, feel free to ask me. Regards, Vanamonde93 (talk) 03:18, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
@Vanamonde93: Thank you for the kind comment, this has been in the works for almost a year. I must say I was surprised at how much information was out there, so I think it definitely meets the comprehensibility critera. There are a few clarification tags I may need to discuss, but I'll wait until you have finished copyediting. Cheers, Burklemore1 (talk) 04:19, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
Burklemore1, here I am. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. Regards, Vanamonde93 (talk) 15:31, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
@Vanamonde93:, first off the cited material discussing C. horni cannot be expanded because the content I added was all that was available, so I will most likely have to remove that tag. Second, I'm not sure how I should address the clarification tag in "distribution and habitat". Is it more simple to say they only thrive in warmer climates and such? Burklemore1 (talk) 12:14, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
I'm also having problems with the clarification tag before discussing C. horni. Burklemore1 (talk) 12:18, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
The second tag in that paragraph can be removed, if no further information is available. You would agree, I think, that it would be useful. The issue with the first tag is that of chronology, I think. We have these three taxa in those sentences; but "Iridomyrmex purpureus sanguineus, I. purpureus viridiaeneus and I. detectus castrae were classified as three subspecies of the meat ant, but I. purpureus sanguineus and I. purpureus viridiaeneus were found to be two separate species whereas I. detectus castrae was synonymised." is really not very clear. When were they classified as sub-species? When were they found to be two separate species? when were they synonymised? And what were these decisions based on (I'm guessing gene sequences)? Vanamonde93 (talk) 15:19, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
It's unfortunate and I definitely do agree with you. Hopefully some future revision of the genus can be carried out that may further discuss this, but I doubt it. To answer your question, I. purpureus sanguineus and I. purpureus viridiaeneus were classified as subspecies in 1974 (previously being two full species prior) and I. detectus castrae was described as a variant of the meat ant in 1925 (I. detectus var. castrae) until it reclassified as a subspecies in 1985. I only just found that out. The two I first mentioned were elevated back to species level in 1993 while I. detectus castrae was synonymized. I think it was based on thorough morphological examinations of available specimen material. Burklemore1 (talk) 03:41, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
This detail is good; you should mention all of it, in my opinion. It is wordier, but far clearer than the current version. Vanamonde93 (talk) 03:43, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Thank you, I shall add it in shortly to solve the issue. Burklemore1 (talk) 14:01, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Why are "mm" and "in" wikilinked? (also in Description section)
Done, I will address this issue in the description when I get up to it.
It is among the best-known species of ant found throughout Australia, being found in almost all states and territories except for Tasmania Can be rephrased as "It is among the best-known species of ant found throughout Australia; it occurs in almost all states and territories except for Tasmania" (to avoid repetition of "found")
It is good to add brief inline explanations for scientific terms, even though links are present. In the lead, you can say "monomorphic (occurs in a particular form)". I will try to point out more examples in the main article.
Done (and please do)
that some certain populations "some" appears redundant.
Removed.
green/blue to plain green and purple The slash may be confusing, does it mean "greenish blue" or "green or blue"?
Green or blue. Tweaked.
The iridescence in workers...different body parts and castes "vary" is repeated a couple of times. Better rephrase as "The iridescence in workers ranges from green/blue to plain green and purple, varying in different body parts and castes."
Done.
What is a "satellite nest"?
Added a sentence, please check grammar and such.
It takes around one or two months for an individual egg to develop into an adult, and colonies may house over 300,000 ants The two aspects discussed in this line appear very different, why keep them in the same line?
Split sentence, added slightly more material to colony popualation.
It is a diurnal species and are active throughout most of the day "and" is not needed as "diurnal" means "active mainly during the day". You can write "It is a diurnal species (active throughout most of the day)" (link optional) I think it was a while since we said "meat ant", we can use it in place of "it" in this line.
Done, added link and incorporated "meat ant" where suggested.
They forage on trees A transition from singular to plural. Better continue with "It forages" or start with "Meat ants forage".
Done.
A single nest is capable of dispersing over 300,000 plant seeds and they have formed symbiotic relationships with many insects and may be used as a form of pest control to kill the cane toad, an invasive species. A long, continuous sentence, can be split and rephrased as " A single nest is capable of dispersing over 300,000 plant seeds; moreover, meat ants have formed symbiotic relationships with many insects. This ant may be used as a form of pest control to kill the cane toad, an invasive species."
Done.
Link symbiotic.
Linked.
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Meat ant. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).
If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.
Hello Abductive why did the bot remove these? The first was incorrect/misplaced of course but the others…why does it think that? Invasive Spices (talk) 22 January 2023 (UTC)
This kind of description does not work; not only (not) in 'mobile view', but not even in 'desktop view' (on a phone or depending on how wide or narrow the screen or window on/in which the article is displayed, is).
So here with the differently coloured ants people may GUESS that more probably the *upper* photo is meant by "left" and the *lower* by "right", but there's no guarantee for that being so, is there?
-> Could someone please make a more clear description of which is which?
(best would be to just include the name IN the picture/ under each single picture)
((And could Wikipedia discussion forums, faqs, member talks, guidelines, etc. please advise on this?)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:3033:212:1F5A:6515:A1D9:D452:B11F (talk) 12:38, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.