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I note you deleted a facebook page reference showing a group whose aim is in seeking the resignation of the mayor citing it as an "unreliable" source. Why? It was not a reference to anything that she is doing but simply a viewpoint of citizens. Also as far as "unreliable" goes wouldn't that by necessity include the deletion of wikipedia? Most educational institutions will not allow the usage of the site as reference material. Thanks, Paul. 71.176.35.69 ( talk) 16:39, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
Because of your previous input on various iterations of the debate about the lower-casing vs. capitalization of the common names of animals (domestic cat, blue whale vs. Domestic Cat, Blue Whale), you may be interested in this thread proposing key points that should be addressed by the guidelines: WT:Manual of Style#Species capitalization points. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ Contribs. 05:50, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, we're the first company to do commercial-scale propagation and planting of Coast Redwood in New Zealand, which is the culmination of about 15+ years of research. Until yesterday, the Sequoia sempervirens page referenced our website http://www.soperwheeler.com so people could learn more, and we would regularly get a good amount of traffic from Wikipedia.
We recently updated our website which caused the Wikipedia link to be pointed at a page that had been deleted, so I updated the link on Wikipedia yesterday (no additions, no content change).
User Tom Hulse then completely erased the entire passage, marking it as spam. As the passage had been there for a couple of years, our website is informational in nature, and we don't sell anything to the general public, I undid that edit this morning, only to have it deleted again.
How would you suggest I reinstate the link in a manner that's consistent with Wiki-etiquette? I don't understand your comment "don't link in-line like that ([[WP:EL), and the reference given doesn't say any of this that was added)"
Thanks!
-Dan Dan Kruger ( talk) 00:48, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Yeah, I figured there was a gap to fill, especially with Taylor's work and all the articles that cited it. I've got a few more CP book articles lined up (Lowrie's Carnivorous Plants of Australia being next on my list), but I received McPherson's humongous New Nepenthes just yesterday so will be preoccupied with that for the time being (lots of changes and additions to be made!). I'll take a look at the collapsible list discussion. mgiganteus1 ( talk) 09:55, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Dear Rkitko,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at [email protected] (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name
HERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at [email protected]. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Obar -- Jaobar ( talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Young June Sah -- Yjune.sah ( talk) 04:19, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
I note that although this word does seem to be used (uncommonly) in mainstream biology texts it seems to have an entirely different meaning to the definition given. The claimed inventor of this term Pierre Franchomme seems to be associated only with the pseudoscientific topic of Aromatherapy. In it's current form the article is pure nonsense. -- Salimfadhley ( talk) 23:02, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
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Greetings Rkitko. I and my two classmates are relatively new to editing Wikipedia. Anyway, we were assigned the task of finding an article to improve, and we found Drosera uniflora. It was rather scant and inactive so we chose it. One of the team members apparently uploaded a photo lacking proper licensing. I noticed that you removed it and are also interested in carnivorous plants. We are searching high and low for information on this plant and are finding very little. As this seems to be an area of interest of yours, I was wondering if you could point us to any web accessible information, or where we might find a suitable photo. Thanks for any help you could give. — Preceding unsigned comment added by G1956w ( talk • contribs) 11:49, 26 March 2012 (UTC) Sorry, I'm new to this and forgot to sign. G1956w ( talk) 11:53, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello again! I hate to bother you but I was hoping you could help with two more questions. It was suggested to me that with the recent additions
Drosera uniflora could be upgraded from stub class to start class but I am unfamiliar with this. Is this something that I am expected to do? Also, I think we can get the proper permission for a decent photo, but I have seen better photos. Do you think it would be appropriate to link to them in the "External links" section? Thanks again.
G1956w (
talk) 23:37, 6 April 2012 (UTC)