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Talk:Honeydew (melon)

message: I have removed the following:
:Honeydew is reputed to be a fruit which has negative calories (in that it requires more energy to digest than the fruit itself provides and also can produce a large amount of gas) .
First, i removed it because i personally don't think it's true.  Seconly, i don't believe the reference listed, "Fat Free Kitchen.com", is reliable.  They do not seem to be official, or scitentist or doctors in any way. In fact, they have a large disclaimer , which says, in part,"The information given on this web site is a general guidance only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from a physician or other health care professional."  This does not give me any confidence in the accuracy of this information.
In summary, if this is true, we need the reference to be of a quality that's citable.
-- Fudoreaper 01:53, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Remove unreliable claim of 'negative calories'

message: I am about to rmove the following:
The honeydew was extremely popular among the European working classes of the 19th and 20th century. Karl Marx once called honeydew the "fruit of the masses."[citation needed]
There is no citation and an internet search yields just clones of this article.Mang (talk) 03:49, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Remove Marx 

message: I've removed the entry that states that Honeydew is often referred to as the 'moneymelon' as the citation was a random message board. Also it appears that this statement is simply an origin of a joke on an episode of The Simpsons. 
76.209.51.166 (talk) 08:06, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Remove "moneymelon"

message: I have removed the following text from this entry: "Honeydews shaped like a gibbous phase of the moon are a common feature in dreamscapes where supermarkets with flourescent lighting are the place, though occasionally crescent shaped honeydews are present and should not be eaten by the dreamer else they are doomed."
I removed it because the posited meanings of honeydew melons in dreams is not relevant to this page, and because it did not have a reference.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.8.252.94 (talk) 18:26, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed blurb about dream meanings 

message: See: http://horticulture.oregonstate.edu/content/melons-cantaloupe-muskmelon-honeydew-crenshaw-casaba-etc-0  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.101.39.113 (talk) 18:09, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Casaba is different from honeydew, isn't it? 

message: To add to this article (in an effort to make it more properly encyclopedic): an explanation of exactly what "Inodorus" means in Latin. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 23:59, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  To add to article
Talk:Hami melon

message: — Assignment last updated by Shmoneyboo (talk) 08:28, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: SSC199 TY2
Talk:Spaghetti squash

message: I don't think the picture of the "skinned" squash actually shows a skinned fruit -- rather, it is the ivory-coloured variety also mentioned in the article. Also honestly, why would anyone want to skind a spaghetti squash, it would be almost impossible to cook after!   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.119.5.209 (talk) 09:15, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Correct, the picture is not skinned, but an early ivory-colored squash before it ripened to yellow. -- RM 13:01, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Unskinned?

message: Many sources indicate a probable Asian origin for development of this group of squashes. Drsruli (talk) 22:56, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: What are those sources? IAmNitpicking (talk) 12:42, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin	North America and Central America
Talk:Castanospermum

message: This is the largest confirmed specimen of this tree species (137 feet high):
https://www.nationalregisterofbigtrees.com.au/listing_view.php?listing_id=1254
May be useful as citation for maximum heights reached.Ryoung122 22:41, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Champion tree species
Talk:Baptisia australis

message: I watch a neighbor with this plant - and it is >20 years. Unknown how big or small the original plant was. By mid summer it is 4 to 5 feet tall and 4 to feet wide. Low requirement for water. In other locations I have read some nicknames for this like concrete foot or lead-foot. From the very deep roots. I have some small plants taken from the neighbor- and yet digging it up was HARD. Recommend late fall to cut it all the way back to ground level. Also recommend if you have a large plant to place a stake and tie it up, otherwise it flops over. Wfoj3 (talk) 17:00, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  general Comments 

message: The portions on this plants toxicity can be expanded. Some people have been getting poisoned due to the fact that Baptista looks like asparagus in its juvenile stages.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25453859
Long time reader, but I'm new to actually editing Wikipedia. I figured it'd be safer to start out in the talk sections. I'd appreciate any advice on getting started and/or someone with more experience expanding this article.
Thebeefytaco (talk) 01:19, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Good information (amazing what people will eat!). I've gone ahead and added that. It would be good to find something about what chemicals are involved, if such information exists. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 13:46, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toxicity
Talk:Primera División de México Clausura 2007

message: Please wait until every game has been played to update the scores. --DethFromAbove 02:29, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Note to anyone editing the results

message: the tiebreak procedure for Pachuca & Santos's first round matchup should be denoted, imo. Theasfl 21:52, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Tiebreaker

message: What are those? It says "Teams qualified for the Liguilla" and "Teams qualified for the Repechaje" --AW (talk) 14:29, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Liguilla and Repechaje?
Talk:Cercis

message: The article says the genus contains 6 to 10 species.  It then lists 17.  Can someone resolve this?  72.83.149.28 (talk) 11:40, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes I noticed this anomaly as well. I'm assuming the initial sentence is incorrect, though I don't know how many species the genus does strictly contain - five of the ones in the list are described as 'variation' or 'variety' of other species. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:31, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Species? 

message: Neither the systematics nor the nomenclature of the New World species matches that given in USDA. Lavateraguy (talk) 04:42, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't believe the USDA is the ultimate authority on taxonomy nor systematics and nomenclature. They tend to be very conservative in their approach and there's been an ongoing scientific discussion of the correct systematics and nomenclature of New World Cercis. It's the "lumpers" versus the "splitters" taxonomic argument going on, but there's been no definitive DNA study yet that I know of, but rather morphological and flavonoid studies. Most more recent morphological studies seem to suggest 4 separate species, Cercis occidentalis  Torr. ex A. Gray, C. canadensis L., C. reniformis Engl., and C. mexicana Rose. Older morphological studies concluded that there were 3 varieties rather than 3 separate species in eastern North America in large part because they found areas of overlap between the 3. While the flavonoid studies seem to suggest only 2 species, C. occidentalis Torr. ex A. Gray and C. canadensis L., except they suggest lumping C. reniformis and C. mexicana in with current C. occidentalis, not C. canadensis! The discussion isn't over, but there seems to be a growing consensus that there are 3 species in eastern North America, C. canadensis L., C. reniformis Engl., and C. mexicana Rose. As someone who's observed all 3 in the wild and grown them side-by-side, it's clear to me they are quite distinct from each other in several morphological and adaptive aspects, but like I said the argument hasn't been settled yet. Personally though, I feel the current taxonomy on the page is the correct one. Kmanblue (talk) 06:43, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I found a couple of genetic studies, such as Phylogeny and Biogeography of Cercis (Fabaceae): Evidence from Nuclear Ribosomal ITS and Chloroplast ndhF Sequence Data, now that try to break down the phylogeny of Cercis and they agree with the flavonoid studies in that Cercis canadensis var. texensis and C. canadensis var. mexicana are actually much closer related to C. occidentalis, while C. canadensis closest relation is the European C. siliqustrum. As such, the current break down of species is obviously flawed. As such, I think the previously listed break down should be used until someone publishes an updated break down based on the latest genetic evidence, which I haven't seen published yet. Kmanblue (talk) 08:44, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taxonomy
Talk:Locoweed

message: I suggest moving the content about the different things called "locoweed" to their respective articles, and making this a disambiguation page. --Una Smith (talk) 15:47, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: On reflection, I'll just rewrite the lead to better define the scope and develop the content within that scope.  --Una Smith (talk) 22:42, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguate 

message: Loco Weed is one of the items able to be used during battle sequences. It induces the "CONFU" (Confusion/Berserk) status. Some fans usually speculate it to be Marijuana.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.34.162.128 (talk) 19:03, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Final Fantasy VII 
Talk:Glycyrrhiza

message: Sorry to state the obvious here but would be nice if this had a section on what the alleged medicinal properties are as well as modern research about the effectiveness and active constituents, etc.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.169.188.227 (talk) 15:45, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

message: * http://gyres.gzst.gov.cn/tmxxb010/card10.asp?tmid=9&flbh=010002
--222.64.213.114 (talk) 09:27, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Chinese translation of the plant...
Talk:Truro, Massachusetts

message: This page is obviously a victim of vandalism (see History section). Since the vandalism is scattered throughout the article, it needs to be cleaned up and all facts need to be verified. J mac 02:32, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

message: What about Jerry Nelson, who voiced Count von Count on Sesame Street and Gobo Fraggle on Fraggle Rock? He just passed away. LReyome254 (talk) 13:00, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable People
Talk:Root nodule

message: material mostly duplicated on target page and this small entry an important part of Root nodule would be better covered there Iztwoz (talk) 22:20, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[Root hair curling]] 

message: What are the sizes of the alder-tree root nodules?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.233.149.19 (talk) 12:16, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Size
Category talk:Faboideae

message: Wow, scientific naming wildfire has rendered long lists like this totally useless to anyone who didn't already know what they were looking for, specialized college grads etc.  Why does there have to be a war between the scientific and the vernacular?  Why are BOTH nomenclature not strictly adhered to throughout for the sake of the war between effective dissemination and ritualistic practice?????  ~ R.T.G 17:05, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: This discussion was started in two places; it might be clearer to keep it in just one. WikiProject Plants discussion --AfadsBad (talk) 18:44, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nomenclature
Talk:Strongylodon macrobotrys

message: Hello! This is to let editors know that the featured picture :File:Jade vine (70200).jpg, which is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for June 30, 2021. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2021-06-30. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page.  If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:24, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  File:Jade vine (70200).jpg scheduled for POTD
Talk:542d Crew Training Wing

message: The uninitiated may not think this unit is notable, but 1) it did exist for a reasonable period of time (3 years or 1991 to 1994); 2) it was the only special ops training unit during that period of time. If folks ignorant of military unit history and lineage are given the power to pick and choose the more famous units over the lesser known ones, the concept of wikipedia is flawed.TDRSS 02:39, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Microberlinia

message: This redirection is wrong in my opinion: Zebrano is another name for Zingana and Zebrawood, the wood of several African trees, not specifically of <I>Microberlinia</I>. The correct redirection would be to Zebrawood. See https://pdgood.us/drumshed/woodselection.html#zebra 194.174.76.21 (talk) 11:34, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirected from Zebrano
Talk:Clogs (band)

message: This article started with the line .... Dressner and Australia's Padma Newsome. I consider this to be an example of where if someone or thing is not from or common in the USA then Wiki contributors feel that they have to mark it. To mark it, to show that it is different from the normal, which is unmarked. But being from one place or another does not make a thing normal. In fact, most people, and most things, in the world are not from the USA. If Newsome is to be marked as "Australia's", then Dressner and others on the page should be marked as "USA's". I don't that is necessary.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brunswicknic (talk • contribs) 07:55, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  US is not necessarily 'normal'
Talk:Cynometra

message: this page mentions a possible lack of source.  its a page that actualy is a part of the 'tree of life' build with in this case a 'genus-page' with links to sub-genusses a.k.a. species. Therefore there wont be many sources since those mainly will point to the spieces and few to the 'above' types of orders.
would it be good to show this 'tree of life' in a bigger picture instead of a specifying list from 'its alife' to 'spiecies'show the whole brance instead of only the separate leafs.85.149.83.125 (talk) 15:07, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  source remark
Talk:Pultenaea

message: There is now a separate article for each of the 100-odd species of Pultenaea. I propose to delete the section "Species include" from the Pultenaea article. Looking for objections? Gderrin (talk) 03:22, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no objection to this proposal. See Eucalyptus as an example. Crowea-RBGV (talk) 03:28, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Species include"
Talk:Senna corymbosa

message: The photo in this page is not Senna corymbosa. 
I guess it is Caesalpinia gilliesii. 
157.92.44.71 (talk) 12:02, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly. Can anyone suggest me the way to rename the file?--Carnby (talk) 18:25, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  wrong photo
Talk:Treaty 8

message: Article jumps from talking about what Treaty 8 consists of, to statements about a recent legal case involving someone arguing that it still applies. There's nothing in between explaining when it ceased to apply and why. -- 68.148.150.119 02:45, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the section about this legal dispute since it is, as you say, confusing, and it is a minor detail. There is no argument as to the continued validity of Treaty 8. Everyone agrees it is valid. The policy of Canada is to exempt from income tax income earned by status Indians ON RESERVE.  Benoit, who worked off reserve, argued that his income should nonetheless be tax exempt on the basis of a promise allegedly made by the treaty commissioner. A proper write up of this case could form part of this or another Wikipedia article, but surely, if this article is to be expanded, the priority should be a discussion of the litigation regarding the location of the western boundary of the region encompassed by Treaty 8.Bill (talk) 03:35, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Preparation H

message: Preparation H uses shark liver oil, which is not a medication, rather it is an unknown substance. Users should be advised of this (but my edit was removed)Lenrodman (talk) 22:03, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

message: All the Preparation H gags in the Goldmember movie went completely over the head of British audiences because this product isn't marketed there. The equivalent product is Anusol. Despite his familiarity with British culture, Mike Myers (actor) is Canadian. --80.176.142.11 (talk) 21:52, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: what ever feels good on the 'whole' is good enough for me =D  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.210.60.185 (talk) 10:34, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Goldmember

message: "This drug [phenylephrine] is more commonly used as a decongestant in cold medications since restricting blood flow in the sinuses will reduce the amount of mucus they create. Since hemorrhoids are caused by inflamed blood vessels, this can reduce their size."
I believe both of these statements are inaccurate.  My lay understanding is that decongestants work on congestion, i.e. engorged tissue, not on the production of mucus.  What's more, the congestion of colds is primarily a problem of the nasal airway, though decongestants also relieve pressure due to congestion-blocked sinus passages.
Hemorrhoids are not "caused by inflamed blood vessels," but rather by enlarged blood vessels.  There might be some interpretations of "inflamed" that would subsume that, but it is misleading.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blicher (talk • contribs) 00:33, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inaccurate statements? 

message: According to bodybuilding.com one of the methods to get rid of excess fluid and stubborn water weight is to rub Preparation H on your stomach before doing cardio or tanning.
Currently Wikipedia does not allow this due to the website bodybuilding.com being blacklisted, which I do not know why. (Guywithacoolname (talk) 19:32, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Other uses

message: The final comment in this article, suggesting that the current slogan for Preparation H is (my words) a bit lame, is a judgment.  It is not a fact or even a theory.  It is someone's snide assessment of the manufacturer's choice of slogan to market the product.  While I happen to agree with the person who penned that judgment, it does not belong in an article attempting to be factual and neutral.  It should be removed.
I may be reached at JOHNAMDARNELL atte gemayle dotte commm.  (You can figure out the address, I know you can!)   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CD4A:CCD0:C966:919E:34D6:C211 (talk) 01:09, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Final comment inappropriate
Talk:Cicer

message: Are any of the other species edible? Badagnani 22:42, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Edibility of non-chickpea species

message: Was this bean known in the Ancient Middle East and/or Greece? It is said that the fava bean was the only bean known to the ancients and that all other beans were only in the New World. Badagnani 22:43, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Known in Ancient Middle East/Greece?
Talk:Vigna umbellata

message: The article should say where this species is native to.  Badagnani 11:01, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Native to?

message: maybe the people who have been growing it for hundreds of years know something about it 158.222.196.233 (talk) 06:20, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "little known and little researched"?
Talk:Vigna aconitifolia

message: ग 2409:4042:2187:ACB2:BCF9:F8F5:4EA0:82DB (talk) 07:19, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  स
Talk:Asparagus bean

message: Generally Wikipedia uses the common name of living things if one exists; surely "yardlong bean" is common and unambiguous, and a lot more recognizable to the average reader than Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis. Are there other beans commonly known as "yardlong beans"? Vultur (talk) 10:51, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Why is this under the scientific name?

message: Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis is in fact the 'sesquipedalis' group of the Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata (See this). And asparagus beans are just a cultivar in that group. Other cultivars include something like :File:Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis.jpg which is long ('sesquipedalis'), but looks and tastes quite different from asparagus beans. --Gomuragi (talk) 05:43, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subspecies 

message: how do I grow snake beans? 61.68.54.38 (talk) 06:15, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  snake beans
Talk:Apios americana

message: Amphicarpaea bracteata not apios americana is listed at the usda plants database as the American Hog Peanut. I think it is important to note these are two distinct plants.
http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_ambr2.pdf
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.133.101 (talk • contribs) 00:57, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion with other plants 

message: As there is commercial cultivation of this in Japan, the domestication and cultivation sections need expansion, as they are wholly lacking in that regard -- 70.51.203.56 (talk) 18:16, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Japanese cultivation

message: There are conflicting citations of protein content in the Nutrition section:
* « These tubers contain roughly three times the protein content of a potato (16.5% by dry weight) »
* « A. americana tubers were found to have a protein concentration of 15–30 milligrams per gram »
* « The fresh weight of a tuber is 36% of carbohydrate (primarily starch). »
For the first two to both be true, then the second statement would have to refer to fresh weight. Taking the high end of the latter range (30 mg protein per gram) the only way the dry weight could be 16.5% protein is if 150 mg/g were non-water, non-protein. (Because (100-16.5)/16.5 = 5, and 5 * 30 = 150.) If all of that were starch, it would be 15% of the fresh weight. Taking the low end of the range, we get 75 mg/g, or at most 7.5% starch. None of this is compatible with 36% carbohydrate.
I haven't gone into the cited sources to discover where the discrepancy lies, but the numbers are off by at least a factor of 2, so I don't think it's just variation in samples. -- Phyzome (talk) 23:35, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protein content
Talk:Pork and beans

message: Why was  reverted, returning the opening sentence from "Pork and beans is a culinary dish that uses pig meat (pork or bacon) and one or more of a number of types of bean as its main ingredients" to the tautologous and unwieldy "Pork and beans is a culinary dish that uses pork and beans as its main ingredients."? Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:43, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why was intro reverted?
Talk:Cowboy beans

message: In the start of the article it says ”Although cowboy appears in the name, the use of canned beans, ketchup, and barbecue sauce means the dish is unlike anything ranch hands would have eaten in the 19th century.” but ketchup, barbecue sauce, and canned pork and beans were a thing during the time cowboys were also a thing. Is it really that farfetched to imagine cowboys eating cowboy beans? The source listed for the claim doesnt look that reliable either btw. Axeles stellaris (talk) 02:38, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it really that farfetched to imagine cowboys eating cowboy beans?