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Contents 1 Guanacaste 2 olive oliva di mare 3 Merge: Argusia argentea -> Tournefortia argentea 4 DYK nomination 5 Tournefortia argentea 6 Blocking, Judge Floro 7 B3 domain 8 Discussion on B3 domains 9 Thank you for the welcome message 10 User:Granitethighs/Common name capitalisation ANOTHER VIEW 11 Bizzaria 12 Wikiprojects 13 Thankyou for the Welcome and a question 14 Granite 15 Pecopteris 16 Please help ID the plant 17 Hits 18 Scope of WP:PLANTS 19 New Stylidium taxa 20 Stylidium images 21 Other extinct plants 22 Mendocino/Albion bog 23 WikiProject Ohio Newsletter 24 techniques is not a proper noun 25 Utricularia 26 Tongue of Fire 27 Grape cultivars 28 Merge of Cynanchum louiseae (invasive species) 29 Requested move of ume 30 Thanks for the clean-up and doubt 31 Mayweed

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[edit] Guanacaste

Can you give me a brief summary how to merge Talk, so I can do it on my own in the future? (Or do you need Admin rights?) Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 12:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] olive oliva di mare

Would you care to fix something up, then DYK it? I plundered una piccola stella dorata and thought you may like to have a go.

• Did you know that Posidonia oceanica, a seagrass of the Mediterranean, has fruit that is known as the olive of the sea?

... or maybe something about the egagropili. cygnis insignis 21:16, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

This page should not exist. It is a monotypic genus, so the content should be merged with the existing page on the genus. --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:37, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh #$%, it isn't monotypic anymore. I'll sort it out :( --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:40, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Indeed! One of you had better make this hit the front page, or I'll be really cross. :P cygnis insignis 16:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

'Petey is more involved with DYK than I. I'm sure it will get mentioned. :-) --Rkitko ^(talk) 16:57, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Me too. Anyway, something on a more serious note, and on the subject of history merges. I think the page histories, and perhaps some of my edits, are missing from articles EncycloPetey de-monotypified unmerging. Can you have a look at that? Cheers, cygnis insignis 18:09, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

When pages are split (unmerged) the edit histories cannot be fully unmerged, unfortunately. (At least not by any method I know of.) Merging edit histories is itself a tricky and annoying process. --EncycloPetey (talk) 20:58, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, it is possible but very tedious. It would require the deletion, selective restoration of certain edits, and a move or two. --Rkitko ^(talk) 21:20, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I made a change and added a ref, the corrected spelling helped with that. The original source, it:Posidonia oceanica, suffers a little form regional bias - perhaps the term is so familiar that it went unreferenced. If it is not well known, we should let them know a feature article is wrong. I will have a look at the entry, ta for putting it up. The other hook is the egagropili. Other than that, I hope you will understand that I never want to see the bloody thing again. Very few of my contributions are deleted, and restoring this article was a bit of a bother. Best regards, cygnis insignis 14:04, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again. If it is illustrated, the egagropili is shown in a good photo. cygnis insignis 14:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge: Argusia argentea -> Tournefortia argentea

Can you merge the histories? Thanks in advance! Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 15:03, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

A pleasure to be of help re:taxonomy! It is actually incidential - I am adding many ecology papers as refs these days, and especially in the old ones you'll find obsolete scientific names. Now, my main interest is phylogeny and evolution, and getting the taxa right will often allow one to see a phylogenetic pattern that is otherwise hidden. Flowers visited by hummingbirds, plants eaten by caterpillars etc. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 17:23, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK nomination

On 8 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Posidonia oceanica, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bobet 16:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tournefortia argentea

G'day mate,

I noticed that you moved Argusia argentea to Tournefortia argentea. FloraBase still lists it under Argusia, but GRIN lists it under Tournefortia, so I had a bit of a dig around to find out who was right, and it seems the answer is "Neither". Apparently in 2003 this species was transferred into Heliotropium as Heliotropium foertherianum.[1][2] Can you think of any reason why this shouldn't be moved yet again?

Hesperian 03:33, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Jeez, it's only two sections up and I didn't notice it. Okay, move done. Will let D. know. Hesperian 12:36, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Blocking, Judge Floro

Hi, are you still an administrator? I just want to COMPLAIN and NOTIFY you about a threat to block my user (I am not familiar how to deal with this guy and vandalism). I was emailed by some editors per private message that many Filipino editors were out to muscle me and to ban me, due to my prophecies, inter alia. I told them that WikiPedia is merely one of 140 forums and places I registered and joined (I was banned in 20 wiccans and atheist forums), and I don't care if guys are stupid and unruly. I debunked FEAR in my life. I have high respects to you, since I knew you were so impartial, and when you deleted or re-directed my oil articles, I never complained since, I found that you are on biology etc. not related to these. But this User:Maxschmelling. User talk:Maxschmelling had been pestering me[3] on Philippine news editing. He had gone wild, and he even deleted my modern wrist watch record auction from Reuters news. I ignored him since he must have had a family mess or job crisis, inter alia. I discern and let these go. Is this guy an administrator? He claimed that he is not a Filipino and not related to Filipino but has lots of fear to show his nationality. I had used WikiPedia Psalm 109 and 73 since when I read Wiki rules, I could not defend myself against vendetta or cover-up and hidden agenda by editors and administrators who were out to muscle me, for reasons, as personal defense based on Bible and spirituality, since the world is full of rage. Please enlighten me on the power of this guy to block and to threaten to block when all my edits are not news. And what is my remedy against him? Can you block him? Thanks. - --Florentino floro (talk) 06:26, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] B3 domain

Hi there. I just wanted to drop by and let you know the reason Category:Plants was not appropriate on the article B3 domain, which you reinstated in this edit. Even if the B3 Domain is only found in plants, it shouldn't be categorized in Cat:Plants because it, itself, is not a plant or major plant topic. It shouldn't even be categorized in a similar category, Cat:Botany because these high-level categories are mostly for organizing the structure of subcategories and the most important topics, such as the other items in Cat:Plants. When I was new to Wikipedia, I too was confused about the purpose of categories and how articles fit in them. My advice would be to peruse a particular category and see if the article that you're editing would be suitable based on the other categories or the description of what the category is supposed to contain. If we threw every binding domain and plant protein into Cat:Plants, it would become overpopulated very quickly! I hope that helps. Cheers, Rkitko ^(talk) 23:35, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Why don't you try discussing your reason for removing the category on the talk page instead of wholesale reverting, after I offered a reason? Discussion can lead to understanding and agreement, thereby improving an article, rather than needlessly reverting and editing. Thanks. I put this note here in case you don't notice it is also on the article's talk page where the discussion should be had. I'm new at this, and it seems articles are highly owned and operated by a few editors, making constructive editing difficult. Nonetheless, discussing the edit is the way to go. --Blechnic (talk) 23:35, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

It seems our messages crossed paths here. Yes, sorry about that. I didn't see the discussion on the talk page. But as you can see from my explanation above, categorization is a simple process and this article really does not belong in Cat:Plants. No discussion is necessary on that point. --Rkitko ^(talk) 23:46, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

It's not every binding domain, it's one plant binding domain, and it is currently extremely important to plants because of major funding for researching B3 domains and B3-like domains in plants. It's one of the hottest current talks in plant cellular biology to come up in ages. Are you saying that plants doesn't include any subcellular plant topics? --Blechnic (talk) 23:39, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but it doesn't belong in that category. I'm not very familiar with the plant molecular biology articles on Wikipedia, but a better place for this and other articles like it would be some sort of category for plant molecular biology. Consider creating one and making it a subcategory of Cat:Plants. --Rkitko ^(talk) 23:46, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Sure, sure, but then you'd come back and revert all my edits without discussion and declare that the category plants cannot have a subcategory of plant molecular biology. If it can be in a subcategory of the category, it belongs in that category until a subcategory is created. However, I'm certain you will do whatever you want with whatever articles and categories you want, which seems to be the Wikipedia trend. In particular, not discussing issues on article talk pages where possibly disinterested editors could weigh in with information. I give you your article. I'll be glad to send you the PDFs of the dozen or so articles I obtained to edit the article with if you don't have access to plant cell and genetics journals. Let me know, as I hate to see an important subject down in stub/start land when it could be made better by someone willing and able to edit it. --Blechnic (talk) 23:56, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Please respond in a civil manner. Your tone is not appreciated, nor are your insinuations. I have no illusions that this is my article. I have no desire to own this article. I was simply cleaning up Cat:Plants as I occasionally do, making sure all articles belong. Please continue your constructive edits, but ditch the attitude. Regardless, the articles still does not belong. I think a category for plant molecular biology would be very useful and no, I would not "declare that the category plants cannot have a subcategory of plant molecular biology." Cheers, Rkitko ^(talk) 00:32, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

My tone? You're the one who won't discuss your edits in the edit summary after I questioned it or on the talk page, but just revert mine, after I explained why I thought it was there in the first place. Please, if you want a civil conversation focus on that by conducting one, rather than changing the focus to the other person's behavior, after you have decided not to conduct an appropriate conversation. --Blechnic (talk) 00:36, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

You're mistaken. This is, for the most part, a civil discussion regarding the category placement. I have thoroughly explained why the article does not belong. If you have forgotten, you were the one that initially reverted without discussion of my good faith edit. After removing the category again per my explanation above, not seeing your notice on the talk page, you again reverted not only the category, but a misplaced heading for a template. As per your request, let's get back to the category. Do you see any other "hottest current talks in plant cellular biology" articles in Cat:Plants? Categorization guidelines suggest using the most specific category. In this case, I think creating one and populating it with similar articles would be instructive and useful. Rkitko ^(talk) 00:51, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Reverted without discussion? Then you include a link to the diff which includes this comment of mine: "It's exclusive to plants, if this has changed with research, add info to article." This is not a reversion without discussion--it's an invitation to discuss the change, or edit the article to reflect what is going on. It is also an attempt to understand what is going on, something that seems to raise hackles on Wikipedia.

Nonetheless, you've had a friend join and edit, so it's a two against one now, and it's clear that I have no say in the matter. I'd hate to have more people reverting a category on an article that I'm no longer the least interested in editing. My offer for recent journal articles still stands though, if either you or your friend would like to write the article. --Blechnic (talk) 00:58, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps you misunderstand. Reverting with a comment in the edit summary is indeed reverting without discussion. If you would have liked to invite me to discuss my edit, you could have edited my talk page much earlier. EncycloPetey probably saw the activity on my talk page and investigated. I have not discussed this page with him in any manner. Instead of giving up on constructive edits as you seem to have done when challenged on a simple matter, why not remain civil, take advice from seasoned editors, and continue your excellent constructive contributions? I also wanted to mention that simply removing a discussion thread on your talk page as you did here without archiving isn't usually appreciated. If you need help archiving, see WP:ARCHIVE. --Rkitko ^(talk) 01:22, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Note: User:Blechnic then cut off any discussion in this edit.

[edit] Discussion on B3 domains

Hi, after spying :) on Wikiexperts discussing B3 domain some questions make busy my both neurons:

Fact: "It (Auxin) also induces sugar and mineral accumulation at the site of application." (Arabidopsis_thaliana B3 mutants which store more oil and carbohydrates in their seeds could be Pubmed cited as well on demand)

• Q1: According to the current "food crisis" should be B3 topic put on the highest priority in the wikiplant project?
• Q2: Is there any alternative way to draw attention of Wikiexperts from plants field to B3 topic, rather than priority mark?

Any notes and/or wikilessons are highly welcomed.

Cheers, --Redeemer079 19:36, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for the welcome message

I hope I can do something to bring the Neotropical Araceae together. They are my hobby. BTW, what is Polbot and how does it generate pages?--Wloveral (talk) 20:05, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I just ask about the bot because we have hundreds of South American butterfly pages to fill, and I have the taxonomic, zoogeographic, host-plant, and developmental information in Excel spreadsheets or Access databases. With the merge function in Word, I should be able to produce the bare-bones wikipages(complete with taxobox), but uploading images will take an eternity. This is a case for patience, not a bot. Many thanks.--Wloveral (talk) 00:17, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Granitethighs/Common name capitalisation ANOTHER VIEW

Hi Ryan

In the sentence "In my garden I have a red flowering gum" do you mean ...

"In my garden I have a Red flowering gum"

"In my garden I have a red flowering Gum"

"In my garden I have a red Flowering Gum"

or "In my garden I have a Red Flowering Gum"

The use of capitals resolves exactly what the common name is; and it stands out in the text as a name.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Granitethighs (talk • contribs)

Hi Again Ryan

First of all thanks for making me welcome.

It is really interesting finding my way around Wikipedia and seeing what all the groups are up to. Perhaps over time I can make myself more useful (in a year or two).

A couple of questions - how do I add a picture of myself to my talk page? And, if in an article there are two mentions of the same reference does the same reference have to be put in twice (if you see what I mean).

Oh, and are you an Administrator? You were on to me quickly, do you monitor the pages in some way?

... and ... Stylidium is in my part of the globe. Are you an Aussie or have you been here (or New Zealand)? Short of sending you plants I might be able to help out with info on the ?135 species.

["As a matter of policy on Wikipedia, capitalization of common names is usually discouraged, in line with many other manuals of style (such as Chicago)".]

So be it: although for the reasons I gave you I prefer caps.

On the common names - I might be able to add some bits to the Wikipedia entries.

[As for cultivar group, the capitalization of "group" in every instance was certainly unnecessary. I fail to see how the word "Group" in that article differed from the usage of "group" in meaning or how they could be confused. --Rkitko (talk) 22:51, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Granitethighs"]

On the "group" thing. The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (latest edition 2004) recognises only two classification categories for "cultivated plants" - the cultivar and the Group. I'm sorry but capitalisation is the way Group is written -presumably to distinguish this specific kind of (classification category) group from any other kind of group. I agree it is not very satisfactory but in cultivated plant taxonomy there is a world of difference between a Group and a group. You can read all about this in the ICNCP if you are interested, starting at page xi, then try Article 18.1 before it is spelled out in detail in Article 20.

You've been very kind so I'll stop hassling you and do something more useful.

--Granitethighs (talk) 03:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bizzaria

You removed the category Botany for this article, with the argument that it is too broad, and citrus is enough. This is not true since bizzaria is a historical case in understanding of botany and hybridization, as you can see Charles Darwin and all the genetists were busy with the Bizzaria. In fact, the category Botany is even more important than the category Citrus, and please recorrect yourself. Shoteh (talk) 20:41, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiprojects

Hi Rkitko, and thank you very much for the warm welcome! I have already started an arcticle, but it is not making much progress, could you please help me out? The arcticle is Pecopteris. I was wondering this as well: How do you start a WikiProject without "suggesting" it?

Thanks a lot!--Pecopteris (talk) 11:58, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thankyou for the Welcome and a question

This is the first project I've joined to say "Welcome" how refreshing!

A little background on this question first- I wrote a short article on Loch Lomond Vernal Pool Ecological Reserve and asked CNPS permission to use their photo of the Loch Lomond Button Celery (and made the dire mistake of uploading it before I had a response-won't do THAT again :)got seriously yelled at by your ole friend Blecknic-and rightly so).

OK, now (as of last night email download) I have a response from CNPS with a 2.5 mg photo attached of this lil cutey

BUT, he, Mr Jensen says I can use it, and to attribute to Rick York and state the copyright: CNPS.

My question: should I try to explain to Mr. Jensen the licensing details/requirements of Wikipedia? (I was assuming that the California Native Plant Society CNPS was already familiar with Wikipedia.)

P.S. I had not used Wikipedia's permission template/sample letter as I didn't know they existed then.

Sincerely, Marcia Wright (talk) 05:29, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Granite

Thanks for your reply. Just to let you know that I have homed in on a single user name. Granitethighs (talk) 11:48, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pecopteris

Hi Rkitko,

Thank you so much for editing my arcticle, Pecopteris. There were a lot of things that were wrong with the arcticle and you did a very good job fixing them.

Is there a way that we could still include a picture? I think that would be a nice addition to the page.

Would you be interested in joining WikiProject Barbarians? If so, please just go and add your username to the list at the project page. Thanks a lot!--Pecopteris (talk) 15:31, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Fossils are just a hobby for me, but they do take up a lot of my time studying, so I might be able to assist in some arcticles.

Thanks a lot for the hint on Flikr! I just have one request, though: Could you upload the picture? My computer seems to take great pleasure in crashing everytime I try to upload a picture! :).

Thanks a lot for all of your help, and just leave me a message if there is any plant arcticle that you would like help on!--Pecopteris (talk) 12:21, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Please help ID the plant

Hi,Rkitko. Could you, please help me to ID the plant . Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 15:41, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Looks like you already have the genus correct. I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to identify the species without a photo of the whole plant habit. There are plenty of species of Drosera that can look like that, however my first thought was possibly Drosera binata. Do you have any photos of the whole plant? Where was the photo taken? I'm assuming it was a cultivated species. Cheers, Rkitko ^(talk) 21:06, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. That's it. My plant is Drosera binata. Do you know, where I could find any Drosera in a wild in California? Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 03:05, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Happy to help. It depends on where you are in California, but there's a sizable bog in Mendocino County that's been used as a "dumping ground" for years. It has around 20 species of carnivorous plants, most introduced, including Drosera capensis. For the life of me, I can't figure out where it is. There also appears to be populations of Drosera anglica closer to the northeastern bit of the state. Hope that helps! --Rkitko (talk) 11:52, 9 May 2008 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mbz1"

• Thank you very much, Rkitko.--Mbz1 (talk) 14:30, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hits

Hi Ryan - is ther any running tally of hits on articles, portals, categories etc. If so, can it be accessed? --Granitethighs (talk) 11:47, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Scope of WP:PLANTS

So you know, my reasoning was that Pepperoncini does not appear to refer to a specific cultivar, it seems to be a US-English term for a range of sweet peppers, prepared by pickling. Since it's more about the processing than a specific botanical entity, it seemed one for the Food project rather than Plants, just like tinned tomatoes or whatever. On the botanic gardens front, I must have been misled by the bit on WP:PLANTS where it says "This project's scope also includes botanists and botany-related articles". If a botanic garden isn't a botany-related subject, what is? Sure it could also go under the horticulture project, but it's quite normal for articles to belong to two projects equally, botanic gardens are as much about botany as horticulture. To take an extreme example, are you seriously suggesting that Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is not a "botany-related article" and should be removed from WP:PLANTS? FlagSteward (talk) 13:41, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New Stylidium taxa

I guess you're probably aware of these, but just in case you're not: [4][5][6] Hesperian 05:16, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Stylidium images

You may be interested in the discussion here in terms of a source of Stylidium images. --Melburnian (talk) 07:02, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Other extinct plants

Hi Rkitko,

Wow, we have that Pecopteris looking pretty nice now! :). Thanks a lot for your help. I also started to research Psaronius, and was hoping maybe you could help me out a little.

Are there any other extinct plants that I could work on?--Pecopteris (talk) 20:27, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mendocino/Albion bog

I thought you might be interested in this thread on the International Carnivorous Plant Society's web forum: link. It discusses the bog I was telling you about and how recently The Nature Conservancy and the ICPS just began removing the invasive and introduced species. If you're looking for more Drosera in the wild in CA to photograph, you could always post a new thread on the ICPS forum. Cheers, Rkitko ^(talk) 22:47, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

• Thank you very, very much.--Mbz1 (talk) 23:56, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Ohio Newsletter

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[edit] techniques is not a proper noun

Neither is bonsai. [7] TheRedPenOfDoom (talk) 14:03, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Utricularia

One more section! Good work, and congrats! :) -NoahElhardt (talk) 06:17, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Wish I could say I was on break already! Finals end on the 14th, after which I head up to the mountains to work as a cook at a field station for a few weeks. Hopefully I'll find more time for improving wikipedia pages between meals then than I do between homework now. :) --NoahElhardt (talk) 06:36, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tongue of Fire

Hi Ryan,

I know very little about this particular cultivar. I simply stumbled across the article and noticed that it seemed to have two different titles, a practice that is normally discouraged. I generally support the use of titles that are as short as possible while uniquely identifying the article, as per Wikipedia:Official names. As there are no other articles called "Tongue of Fire", that seems like the most appropriate title for the article. If there was, for example, a novel called "Tongue of Fire" that was more notable than the cultivar, I would suggest renaming the cultivar article Tongue of Fire (cultivar) rather than including the scientific name before the cultivar name. It may be confusing for people unfamiliar with the subject to have both names in the title. As the policy on official names says, common names are generally preferred to official names. Good luck sorting this issue out with WP:PLANTS. I hope this helps!

Neelix (talk) 12:16, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Grape cultivars

Hello Rkitko, I saw that you followed up my comment in the edit summary for Bacchus (grape) and restored the article's tag for WikiProject Plants. It's interesting that you want all cultivars tagged as well, because most articles on grape varieties (that's what the cultivars are always called in the wine industry) are for the moment not tagged for the Plant project, as far as I know. (That was why I thought the tag would also be irrelevant for Bacchus.) I made a quick check of the grape articles we've tag as top importance. The (species) article Vitis vinifera is unsurprisingly tagged, but none of the articles for major varieties such as Chardonnay, Riesling or Pinot Noir are. So, if you really want them in the Plants project, I would suggest going through the 300+ articles in Category:Grape varieties to round up a couple of hundred additional articles. Seems like gnome or bot work... Tomas e (talk) 16:19, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge of Cynanchum louiseae (invasive species)

I am sorry to have left this to you for merging, but I was too afraid of ending up with two blanked pages. Thank for doing the merge.--Wloveral (talk) 18:59, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move of ume

You previously participated in a move request of ume. I have revived the request so please visit Talk:Ume#Requested move if you care to contribute. — AjaxSmack 16:14, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the clean-up and doubt

I noticed that you cleaned up 2 articles that I created - Ensete superbum and Musa nagensium. Could you tell me/point me a link to how you rated them? Am new to plant articles, and hence the query. Cheers. Prashanthns (talk) 23:07, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Probably Rkitko can give a more plant oriented answer to this, but the ratings in the template have links that explain the differences in them. Personally, when I rank my articles lately, they all get ranked as stubs because that is how I tend to rank myself -- carol (talk) 18:43, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mayweed

I am in the process of splitting this out into Matricaria and Tripleurospermum and making Mayweed into a disambiguation page for at least Anthemis cotula and Oncosiphon suffruticosum (a search on GRIN for the common name gave these two results).

This is my biggest problem with just pasting the articles -- the article Mayweed is a really nicely written article for Matricaria and Tripleurospermum and the edit history should be retained. The redirection page for Matricaria was made in 2004 (I think -- I looked at that in the wee hours today).

If you could delete the redirection of Matricaria and move Mayweed to there, I can continue to split them and not feel badly about losing the edit history. -- carol (talk) 18:43, 14 June 2008 (UTC)