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HELP WANTED! Updating Opus with new 2024 Clements changes 2 Nightjars (3 Viewers)

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Following the release of the October 2024 Clements spreadsheet, there are a few changes to be made to the affected Opus pages. Basically the Genus name needs to be changed on the species articles: after Niels has done the required work on the Genus pages themselves, he will post into this thread asking if anyone can make the necessary adjustments to the species page.


  1. Change Genus name at the top of the page.
  2. Save the old Scientific name below it, enclosing within two single straight-apostrophes '' (formats text as italic)
  3. Taxonomy: if the species is Monotypic, move on to #5 otherwise...
  4. Change the first letter of the previous Genus name to the first letter of the new one in the subspecies list.
  5. References: Change the old Clements Reference to the current 2024 one: {{Ref-Clements6thOct24}}
  6. External Links: At the very bottom of the page is a row of Categories. Birds will be one, another should be the old Genus name. This should be changed to the new one
  7. When you save your changes, please fill in the Edit Summary box with something like "Genus changed. References updated"

See this thread for full detailed instructions and description if you need them:

 
Species for which change is needed:


Old scientific name: Setopagis whitelyi
New scientific name: Tepuiornis whitelyi
Remember that the first part of a scientific name is the genus

Please respond to this thread if you are taking this on, to avoid several people trying all at once. A second reply when done would be great! And please note: do not feel shy about volunteering to help, we are here to help with any questions you might have!

Niels
 
Species for which change is needed:


Old scientific name: Systellura decussata
New scientific name: Quechuavis decussata
Remember that the first part of a scientific name is the genus

Please respond to this thread if you are taking this on, to avoid several people trying all at once. A second reply when done would be great! And please note: do not feel shy about volunteering to help, we are here to help with any questions you might have!

Niels
 
Species for which change is needed:


Old scientific name: Hydropsalis maculicaudus
New scientific name: Antiurus maculicaudus
Remember that the first part of a scientific name is the genus

Please respond to this thread if you are taking this on, to avoid several people trying all at once. A second reply when done would be great! And please note: do not feel shy about volunteering to help, we are here to help with any questions you might have!

Niels
 
Just thought I'd make this...
I thought maybe people would try it more if there was a video explaining what needed to be done, and showing that it's not the most technical or slow job.
I'm afraid it is only a canva link atm, but I'm happy for someone to download it and add it as a youtube video or something so that it will show up directly on here
 
Just thought I'd make this...
I thought maybe people would try it more if there was a video explaining what needed to be done, and showing that it's not the most technical or slow job.
I'm afraid it is only a canva link atm, but I'm happy for someone to download it and add it as a youtube video or something so that it will show up directly on here
Great goodness Benji... that's excellent work there. Afraid I'm clueless regarding videos, I've got some I've taken on my camera but don't know what to do with them now sadly. Hopefully someone could take this on. Please??

I've never worked with split screens... and couldn't spot how you did that, but it seems to be quite useful.
 
Looks like there should be sound on the video, I wonder why I cannot hear it. ??

As you are familiar with Canva, would it be possible for you yourself to make the Youtube submission? We could easily link to the youtube product once it is done.
Niels
 
I've never worked with split screens... and couldn't spot how you did that, but it seems to be quite useful.
That's rubbish of course - just I didn't know it was called a "split screen" LOL
 

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