Talk:Nettle

message: This entry should really only treat the genus Urtica with references to the Nettle family Urticaceae and to other unrelated groups often called nettles.  The material here at present should go back into the family entry, which should not be a redirect.  I should be able to get to this in the next few days.  WormRunner 07:14, 18 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Basic change done WormRunner 06:49, 19 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: 2003–2007

message: Does grabbing nettles quickly and firmly to crush the stingers work on not? The nettles (folklore) says it's a myth and neither article cites a source for the contradictory claims. -- Gordon Ecker 04:30, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction 

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thread_title: [[WP:FOOD|WikiProject Food and drink]] Tagging

message: There is a lot here which seems to be specific to Urtica dioica and not to the wider topic of Nettle - which here seems to equate to the genus Dioica - although why that is isn't made clear. Specifically its uses in cooking and its medicinal uses which I believe relate exclusively to U. dioca. I therefore propose to remove all the dioica specific text and integrate it into the Stinging nettle page and remove it from here unless there is good evidence that those things mentioned are true across the genus. Comments welcome here.  As an aside it would also be more precise and less confusing to rename Stinging nettle to Urtica dioica to avoid some of the ambiguities - but I guess that we can leave that till later Velela (talk) 23:59, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  God idea. Be bold and just do it! Cacycle (talk) 05:37, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Inappropriate content=

message: I don't want to just jump in here and start changing the Nettles article and I don't want people to think I'm spamming, but... 
I'm a retired Biology teacher who has spent quite a few years doing re-enactment as a 17th Century  Herbalist.
I've been accumulating material on plants that were used for food, medicine and magic and have finally got around to writing something about them. One of my first pages is on Nettles.
I think there is some material there that would fit well into this wikipedia page. e.g. you don't have much on the use of nettles fibres. I have paragraphs about making string and rope from them, 
with pictures of the process and the product. 
The URL is a Squidoo one, which means I cannot put it here. If you want to have a look please 
go to squidoo.com  and look for the Stinging-nettle-Urtica-dioica page. A search for nettles should display it. I'm known as Pan narrans there as well.
I'm happy to waive any copyright if you want to lift paragraphs verbatim or use any of the photographs.
If you do use any material I would appreciate a link though.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pan narrans (talk • contribs) 21:50, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Various things about nettles