User talk:MtBotany

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I don't bite. I also do not have all the answers, but I will do my best to answer questions if you have them. If you think I am wrong, I am open to being convinced otherwise by logically supported, evidence based, succinct reasons. And as I state on my user page if you have a plant from the Southern Rocky Mountains or surrounding countryside that needs an article I will give it a higher priority on my list of things to edit. —🌿MtBotany

New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:14, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Synonyms

There's always been an issue over listing synonyms in a species taxobox when the species has infrataxa. At Linnaea borealis, the reference given supports only the two listed here. If there is to be a combined list, i.e. synonyms of the species itself plus its infrataxa, then references for all of them need to be given. At Solidago virgaurea, each synonym says what it is of; I prefer the style at Prunus mahaleb. Peter coxhead (talk) 16:47, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Andrena astragali

Hello! Your submission of Andrena astragali at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 21:20, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 May newsletter

The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:38, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins

Hi there! Phase I of the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:

• Proposals 2 and 9b (phase II discussion): Add a reminder of civility norms at RfA and Require links for claims of specific policy violations
• Proposal 3b (in trial): Make the first two days discussion-only
• Proposal 13 (in trial): Admin elections
• Proposal 14 (implemented): Suffrage requirements
• Proposals 16 and 16c (phase II discussion): Allow the community to initiate recall RfAs and Community recall process based on dewiki
• Proposal 17 (phase II discussion): Have named Admins/crats to monitor infractions
• Proposal 24 (phase II discussion): Provide better mentoring for becoming an admin and the RfA process
• Proposal 25 (implemented): Require nominees to be extended confirmed

See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:09, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Andrena astragali

On 18 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andrena astragali, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the nectar and pollen of the meadow death camas (pictured) and its relatives are so toxic that no bee except the death camas miner bee (pictured) can eat them? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andrena astragali. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Andrena astragali), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Toxicoscordion venenosum

On 18 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Toxicoscordion venenosum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the nectar and pollen of the meadow death camas (pictured) and its relatives are so toxic that no bee except the death camas miner bee (pictured) can eat them? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andrena astragali. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Toxicoscordion venenosum), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Take it or leaf it

Hahaha. Your RFA comments always crack me up :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 01:40, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, Novem Linguae. Though, I think I need to start working on actual ahead of time nonsense. Gotta keep growing as an editor and not just relying on the universe to provide me with something approaching funny in the moment. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 02:02, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

My tips for growing as an editor: 1) Place yourself in an area that gets plenty of sun. 2) Make sure that others water you frequently. 3) Watch out for aphids. Good luck my friend. It's a jungle out there! –Novem Linguae (talk) 02:39, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Novem Linguae, I totally agree that It's a Jungle Out There. Disorder and confusion everywhere. Though I disagree that no one seems to care. I could be wrong now... but I don't think so! Take care of yourself too, 'Cause it's a jungle out there. Send Sharona for wipes. ;) 🌿MtBotany (talk) 22:16, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Plantipedia

Elli may not be a plant but as my protegé she kind of is. 🍀 Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 00:36, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Clovermoss, wait, so I shouldn't go mad? Do you not want a race of human-plant hybrids running amuck on Wikipedia? Because I thought this was a basic thing we need. And also triffids so we have something to feed vandals to. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 21:52, 4 June 2024 (UTC)