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Hi. Re your request for the paper on Oxyeleotris caeca, my French contact is still searching for it. In the meantime, he kindly but slightly randomly sent me the paper "Oxyeleotris colasi (Teleostei: Eleotridae), a new blind cave fish from Lengguru in West Papua, Indonesia". If you're interested, I can zap it over if you drop me an email? I note that Oxyeleotris colasi is a red link. I am not really a zoologist. Cheers, SunloungerFrog (talk) 15:53, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @SunloungerFrog, thanks for looking into this. I think I found that paper on researchgate, so if it's that one then no need to email. They probably came across it as it is in the same journal, I think. O. caeca and O. colasi are likely convergent evolutions, possibly from the same related Oxyeleotris species. I think any frog surely has the power of a zoologist inside them? CMD (talk) 00:37, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is indeed that paper. any frog surely has the power of a zoologist inside them Ha, maybe you're right and I should give it a go! Anyway, I'll let you know if there is any further movement on the O. Caeca paper. Cheers, SunloungerFrog (talk) 06:24, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I processed the past ~year of ANI threads to get the most commonly cited acronym'd pages. Here's the first several results:

  1146 WP:NOTHERE
   574 WP:CIR
   365 WP:OR
   348 WP:RS
   318 WP:AGF
   283 WP:NPA
   281 WP:BATTLEGROUND
   268 WP:BOOMERANG
   263 WP:BLP
   255 WP:IDHT
   243 WP:ASPERSIONS
   239 WP:OWN
   233 WP:NPOV
   200 WP:AIV
   198 WP:V
   194 WP:CIVIL
   192 WP:BRD
   188 WP:3RR
   172 WP:SPI
   162 WP:ANI
   160 WP:COI
   158 WP:SYNTH
   120 WP:ONUS
   118 WP:SPA
   110 WP:ROPE

WP:IAR appeared at rank 78 with 41 mentions (plus 3 as WP:IGNORE) and WP:GNG appeared at rank 60 with 51 mentions. Some caveats for this are that this counts, for example, wp:competence and wp:cir as different. It only counts actual links. And I used an extremely simple regex that tried to not include acronyms that "shouldn't count", like linking to a discussion that has an acronym in the title. A parser would be much better. But I guess it's good enough for a first approximation. closhund/talk/ 09:23, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Fantastic work @Closhund. The caveat about counting links to the same page differently is a benefit given the question at hand, which is what a user might see the most. A new user would likely not know wp:competence and wp:cir lead to the same place for example. Understandable that CIVIL is higher than CIV. The environment of AN/I definitely showing through in those top ones. CMD (talk) 09:33, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello and good evening. I would like to inquire about the upcoming Anniversary event in Quezon City. IapetusCallistus (talk) 13:44, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @IapetusCallistus, what would you like to inquire about? CMD (talk) 13:55, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to inquire about the fare reimbursement in case we want to attend the even in QC. IapetusCallistus (talk) 14:29, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @IapetusCallistus, as this question will involve personal information, please use one of the contact options listed at meta:Event:Wikipedia 25/Manila#Safety. Best, CMD (talk) 14:40, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Good morning @Chipmunkdavis, please can you help me create a dedicated Wikipedia Article about "Benjamin Angeles"? He is known as a Filipino Singer-songwriter on google search. Please help me. Thank you! ~2026-25403 (talk) 02:53, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @~2026-25403, does Benjamin Angeles have coverage in sources such as newspapers? If there are at least 3 in depth profiles or something like that, that makes it much easier to make an article. CMD (talk) 03:25, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the event earlier Chipmunkdavis. I'm the fur-suiter earlier. I hope you got home safely. IapetusCallistus (talk) 15:09, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for attending @IapetusCallistus. Hope to see you again before the next 25th anniversary. CMD (talk) 15:59, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

There is an RfC that you may be interested in per your prior comments on the topic at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) § RfC: Merging merge discussions with AfD. voorts (talk/contributions) 19:04, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]