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Talk:Andipatti

message: I don't know if this should be a AfD... is this place notable enough? I know that Jayalalithaa contests the state assembly elections from here. Is that is the only claim to fame for Andipatti..? --Madhu 07:20, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability??

message: The following coordinate fixes are needed for
—112.79.46.99 (talk) 07:18, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I've emended the coordinates to more accurately reflect the location of the town. Deor (talk) 08:46, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinate error 
Talk:Salix futura

message: I can't find any evidence of the existence of this species (none of the taxonomic databases I've checked have it at all, and I've checked for other Salix species described by Seemen that might have been misspelled as "futura". It's possible this is a hybrid, or a cultivar name.  Given the paucity of information, deleting this article may be the best solution. Plantdrew (talk) 23:18, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Does this plant exist?
Talk:Malcolm Roberts (singer)

message: What an ugly entry. Please someone clean it up.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.158.139.63 (talk • contribs) 
:Yes, it was - hope it looks better now.
:Derek R Bullamore (talk) 23:05, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

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thread_title:  Copyright problem removed
Talk:Bahir Dar University

message: BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR UNIVERSITY IN ETHIOPIA.THERE  ARE  MANY THINGS THAT MAKES IT POPULAR , YOU CAN JOIN IT  FOR MORE INFORMATION BY WWW.BDU. ET .COM
--213.55.102.49 (talk) 12:51, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:   GOOD  SIDES OF BAHIR  DAR UNIVERSITY  
Talk:Viola riviniana

message: I saw one plant after blooming season, and there were several bags like that in all direction.
I can’t find any info on this interesting feature. 2A00:1110:206:AB66:C4D6:8EAF:CDCA:9847 (talk) 18:36, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it true, that this type of viola produces seedcontainers underground?
Talk:Viola hirta

message: === FastEditing ===
  I think that you need to add your references to that information. try to include some people instead of websites. Looks like a good start for a new website. It's certainly better then what is was before. Don't forget to add more inportant information too.
--FastEditing (talk) 17:48, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion 

message: I think that you need to add your references to that information. try to include some people instead of websites. Looks like a good start for a new website. It's certainly better then what is was before. Don't forget to add more inportant information too.
--FastEditing (talk) 17:48, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  FastEditing
Talk:Viola odorata

message: Isn't it Linnaeus, not Thumberg?--Nipisiquit 17:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, now fixed - thanks --Melburnian 09:17, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who described ''V. odorata''? 

message: This article provides multiple med journal references (each attesting efficacy in thir own way) to help support description of claims. But to summarize eficacy, article seems to punt weekly by refering to a negative efficacy claim in a near-stub WebMD article with fewer references in support. Seems a trifle pooh-poohish. OrangeCounty (talk) 15:36, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  why remedy summarized as inefficatious?
Talk:Richard Clement Moody

message: Moody was not the first Governor of the Colony of British Columbia.  Is there some authority for the idea that he was the first Lieutenant Governor?  He was the first surveyor general according to Morton (see cite I have added in the article) but his work does not attribute the role of Lieutenant Governor. See List of Governors of Vancouver Island and British Columbia.  I have changed the reference to refer to Surveyor General.  I could well be wrong, but I do not think that in the time of the colonies there was a Lieutenant Governor.  --KenWalker | Talk 02:57, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: He definitely had the title, though its meaning was "Deputy Governor" as opposed to the viceregal nature of later provincial L-G's.  A few others had it too, Trutch for example 9before he was provincail L-G, I think under Seymour....).  His other jobs, i.e. Surveyor-General, local Cmdr of the Royal Engineers etc, were teh titles that proscribed his duties.  L-G was a backup position in case there was a question fo succession if Douglas kicked off somehow.....btw The Royal Engineers in British Columbia needs its own article, the main RE article is UK-based and modern in nature; somewhere recently I saw that they were referred to as the "Columbia Detachment" I think; came up in readings that had to do with Palmer and Mayne.....there's a good RE site a friend of mine has built, I'll come back with the links....Skookum1 (talk) 14:29, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Query "First Lieutenant Governor"

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. --KenWalker | Talk 20:29, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: I seem to recall sources saying "Richards Clement Moody"...the only online source here seems to be Ormsby in the Canadian biography online cite (which sometimes gets things wrong).....does this sound familiar?  I'll check around, I'm sure I've seen it.....Skookum1 (talk) 14:25, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Richard or Richards?

message: Is there a reason that it's there?
Respectfully, Thanoscar21 (talk) 22:45, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does he need to have all those prefixes before his name?
Talk:Parma violet

message: External link now goes to a URL parking site.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.254.103.106 (talk) 13:05, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed. Perhaps it was an old web site for http://www.sweetviolets.co.uk/. If so, that is an inappropriate link for Wikipedia (Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion). Nadiatalent (talk) 20:01, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Talk:Viola hederacea

message: If the image does not, as the article states, depict Viola hederacea, then why is it included? LordVetinari (talk) 13:00, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree it’s very poor! Of course, you could have removed it yourself. —☸ Moilleadóir ☎ 05:23, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Incorrect image
Talk:Viola sororia

message: I have found a number of wood violets (I assume!), that have light yellow flowers, rather than purple.  I've never seen the two colors on the same plant, so it's possible they're different species, but the leaves, roots, and stems of both types appear (at least to my unpracticed eye) to be identical.  I'd guesstimate the yellow variant comprises around 5% of the voilets in my backyard.  Are these another invasive species, or a more infrequent native species... or are they a natural color variant of the normal purple?  Anyone know? does anyone want to? If they're a natural variant, mention thereof (as well as of any other known color variants) should be included in the article.  It seems trivial perhaps, but they're called "purple violets", even if perhaps they aren't always purple... so what its no big deal. Tomertalk 05:31, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Yellow variant
Talk:Opa Opa

message: What does "Opa Opa" mean? -- Henriok (talk) 22:39, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The word "Opa" is Greek word of cheer used to express joy, celebration, happiness, etc. Greekboy (talk) 19:24, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does it mean?!
Talk:Sourgrass

message: Moved from the main page:
The illustration to the right of this article does not depict. Oxalis. I don't know how to change it, so please, someone who knows how, please make the change. If one follows the link to the USDA one finds that the image illustrates the following: Digitaria insularis (L.) Mez ex Ekman - sourgrass. Thus, at least two plants have the common name "sourgrass" but this article needs an illustration of an Oxalis. Again, my apologies for making this correction in this way. 
DIIN2.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Biriwilg (talk • contribs) 05:52, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Latinxua Sin Wenz

message: The article contained the following sentence:
I'm not sure what is meant by "Mandarin-specific" here; there are two possibilities:
# It is a system that expresses the same character in the same way, independent of local pronunciation. I know of one such system, General Chinese, but I don't see Latinxua Sin Wenz even attempting that. 
# It is a generally applicable representation of any spoken language, like the International Phonetic Alphabet. For that to be the case it would have to have a number of additional letters, which are not mentioned in this article. Moreover, even if that were the case, that would only be interesting from a linguistic point of view, and not useful in practical daily communication between speakers of different languages/dialects. 
Because I don't see any other way this could make sense, I removed the half sentence. Please, if anyone knows more about this, feel free to readd this with a good explanation (and ideally a source).  — Sebastian 03:51, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: A Google Books search comes up with some results. Here, for example, both possibilities are mentioned. -- Vmenkov (talk) 15:22, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hello Vmenkov, nice to meet you again! Jerry Norman's Chinese is an interesting book, and I see that we already quoted from it extensively. Yes, they were thinking of some of these possibilities, but they apparently were never realized. Still, Sin Wenz had a wider dialectal base than Guóyǔ, so I see what the half sentence is trying to say. However, it's a gross oversimplification, especially in view of the fact that it was ultimately abandoned because it was not applicable for all of China. Moreover, the half sentence wrongly sounded as if national applicability was a consequence of the lack of tones, so I'd rather not put it back in its present form. — Sebastian 00:34, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not Mandarin-specific? 

message: How does this phrase sound? It seems like the PRC is the bad guy again. This sentence is not neutral.  The PRC just developed a new system and adopted it as standard. They didn't forbid this old system directly. It's not that Latinxua was standard. In fact, people developed own systems which are only known to them. --2.245.188.200 (talk) 21:30, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  ended by the People's Republic of China 

message: I don't know how to do it myself, but the Chinese language version of this page has the chart of the letters filled out with Zhuyin like all the other Chinese romanizations on Wikipedia. If someone can, could we get those added onto this page? Thank you. Spiritual Sausage (talk) 11:30, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add Zhuyin?
Talk:Oxalis

message: I'm considering removing the photo with
Oxalis orientalis and Chliaria othona
recently added by User:Jmgarg1.
It's nice, but it doesn't add much about Oxalis, does it?
Especially since (a) this insect doesn't appear to have any ecological relationship to Oxalis,
and (b) since I can find only one other mention of O. orientalis via Google
(as an invasive species in a location in Australia).
Is it an accepted name?
JöG (talk) 21:59, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The picture with the butterfly 

message: So I'm removing the mention of it being a four-leafed variety.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.84.59 (talk) 04:58, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: O. regnellii has three leaflets, not four

message: I suggest that the Bais, et al. references would be more appropriate on the page for that species (Oca), rather than the page for the entire genus.  Perhaps the person who posted them might consider moving them there.  Api11aYacheq (talk) 03:12, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  References about ''Oxalis tuberosa'' 

message: Please would anyone write a knowledgable article on the best way to get rid of a major infestation of Oxalis in the garden Eddaido (talk) 20:25, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  W E E D
Talk:Oxalis acetosella

message: The article claims that "sal acetosella" is the old name for calcium oxalate.  However other net sources say that "sal acetosella" is potassium hydrogen oxlate.  Which is right? --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 16:00, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sal acetosella 

message: The article was not clear on whether the "Northest US name" sours refers to the acetosella or montana species. Does acetosella occurin the Americas too?  If so, is it native or was it brought after 1500? (BTW it is a common weed here in Brazil too, and I would guess that there are two species, one twice as tall and wide as the other.)
In ny case, if there are two species, there should be two articles. All the best, --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 21:55, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which species is "sours"?
Talk:Oxalis corniculata

message: 16:32, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

message: Hi, I'm seeing on Google when searching for Yellow Wood Sorrel that the top links say this is Oxalis Stricta not Oxalis Corniculata.  Please see:
http://www.cloudnet.com/~djeans/FlwPlant/yellowWoodSorrel.htm
Since I'm not an expert on plants, I don't feel qualified to make the change myself, but I thought I'd add this piece of knowledge for whomever wants to take it up.
Thanks!
lunaverse 23:51, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corniculata vs. Stricta 

message: Thinking: Should the general lay-out not be as in the algae. That is with sections:"Description"; "Distribution"; "Habitat" and the like? There not many species of algae written up, there are probably many more flowering plants written up!Osborne (talk) 16:33, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes it should; but no-one has gotten around to it yet on this article. Feel free to sectionise it if you wish. Hesperian 23:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: General Layout
Talk:Averrhoa bilimbi

message: Need photo of fruit. Badagnani (talk) 06:17, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo of fruit

message: Does the fruit contain a lot of oxalic acid, as does the carambola? Badagnani (talk) 06:46, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no idea, but the common name "tree sorrel" would seem to imply that it does. 65.213.77.129 (talk) 14:43, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Oxalic acid]] 

message: Mimbro appears to be the same fruit. - Gimboid13 (talk) 17:23, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, it was the same thing. Some material was already duplicated and the rest was unreferenced and didn't warrant merging. --Rkitko (talk) 01:56, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger proposal

message: I'm assuming that it's the fruit, but the article doesn't say.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.145.13.45 (talk) 12:08, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the fruit. Nothing else from the tree is edible (or at least palatable) for humans. --Astepintooblivion (talk) 	 14:40, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  What part is eaten? 

message: I'm from the Philippines, and I have never heard of them being referred to as such here. Balimbing or Balingbing in filipino languages refers to the Starfuit, an entirely different species.
This tree, as far as I'm aware of in here (Philippines that is), is referred to as Ibo or Kamias (pronounced kamyas or kami-as). But then again, I've never encountered a sweet variety of it either. Kamias is more renowned here for being exceedingly sour (a reputation it shares in Philippine culture with the Sampalok)--Astepintooblivion (talk) 	 14:40, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Balimbing in Filipino?
Talk:Oxalis stricta

message: The Rothmaler flora gives O. stricta L. as synonym of O. deppei (Southern Yellow Woodsorrel), making O. fontana the correct name of the Common YWS. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 11:05, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs taxonomy check

message: Quotes from the article:
 Commonly considered a weed of gardens, fields, and lawns, it grows in full sun or shade. 
 O. stricta generally requires dry or moist, alkaline soils, preferring sandy and loamy dirt to grow in. It requires well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor grounds. It does not do well in shade.[4]
* "Dry or moist"?
* "Alkaline soils" - this seems to contradict what is said in the German equivalent of this article which is: "soils must be low in lime content".
* "does not do well in shade" seems to contradict what is said above: "grows in full sun or shade" as well as in the introductory paragraph: "It tends to grow in woodlands ...". 
 A poultice of the plant has been used to treat dry mouth [not in citation given] and swellings.[4]
*How should one imagine a poultice to treat "treat dry mouth"?
--KaiKemmann (talk) 23:31, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  questions and contradictions
Talk:Elaeagnus umbellata

message: I live in the lower Hudson River Valley (left bank) in an area that is very rocky (ridges of slate run through the area) with a thin layer of soil over it. The property is wooded. The shrub-to-small-tree-sized plants are growing wild and appear very like the plant in this article, so far as I can tell. I just saw a blog where the berries of the autumn-olive are described as having minute silver speckles, as do the plants I'm looking at. Does Elaeagnus umbellata berries have those speckles? If the berries are okay for human consumption, then I imagine that birds, bunnies, and bears will eat them, too? The leaves of my plant are deep green on top with a very fine texture seen and are silvery underneath. The thorns that I see are needle-like: slim, sharp, about 1" long, and appear on the thicker branches, not on the young whip-like ones. If someone has a source of information, perhaps you could fill in more details here? Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 06:35, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi there--we're really not supposed to do this here...but...  Here's what I'd suggest you do.  For starters you can go to a local nursery with a sample of your plant.  As likely as not they will not be able to ID it for you but they may have books on hand that contain good info that may help.  The next step would be your local college and/or your county ag agent who could assist you.  Please keep us informed on what you find.  Gandydancer (talk) 13:47, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  More description detail needed. [Query]
Talk:Elaeagnus angustifolia

message: native to western and central Asia, Iran, from southern Russia...
Wrong, it's native to *Ukraine*, not a "southern Russia".
213.5.193.136 (talk) 14:08, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

message: A very highly magnified part of this plant has an attractive light blue as well as separate bright green fluorescence with UV light. That might be a verifiable attribute of the plant to add to the article. 166.199.8.72 (talk) 00:12, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blue and green fluorescence with UV
Talk:Ramie

message: Hansan Ramie is a fine type of Ramie produced in Korea. I believe it shoud be mentioned in the article. There is even a festival to it. http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01777/clothes9.htm http://www.nricp.go.kr/eng/info/video_list.jsp?vid=v01_56.jsp http://guides.hotelbook.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=69101 --Hitsuji Kinno 18:32, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Korea 

message: I would fix this, but I am rather inept at the use of the footnotes.  In the Properties section, the first section is lifted nearly word-for-word from the Ramie:  Old Fiber - New Image page from Ohio State University Extension (source 1).  The text either needs to be turned into a direct quotation or paraphrased, either way it needs to be credited to the organisation it is from.  -Ophelia.
Use of Ramie in egyptian mummy wrappings is a large enough claim that it should have a citation. 203.12.195.65 (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation Issue

message: I question this statement. I think the author is confusing Ramie with European nettle. The reference is a website, with no source.
"It may have been used in cloth for wrapping mummies in Egypt. Though ramie and flax are difficult to distinguish in ancient cloth, ramie's resistance to bacteria and mildew would make it appropriate for mummy wrapping.[4]"
European stinging nettle is known to have been used in Egypt.
"It was widely used in the manufacture of textile fabrics by the ancient Egyptians"
http://wssa.net/wp-content/themes/WSSA/WorldOfWeeds/nettles.html
Ranvaig (talk) 16:55, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ramie in ancient Egypt? 

message: Yes 42.109.208.16 (talk) 10:39, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chemistry
Talk:Soleirolia

message: It would be helpful if the plant pages indicate the zone for the given plants. Tesseract501 (talk) 14:30, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: What do you mean by "zone". Zone for a garden plant. I know of zones for marine algae but not garden plants.16:25, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I suspect that "hardiness zone" is meant; note that there are different systems for different countries. Peter coxhead (talk) 19:42, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Zone Please
Talk:François X. Matthieu

message: Photo: wikisource:en:Page:Portland, Oregon, its History and Builders volume 1.djvu/161
Source: http://www.theragens.com/fifty_years/fifty_years_in_oregon_24-25.htm
-Pete (talk) 03:40, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo and source 

message: The Transactions of the Oregon Pioneer Association makes use of the same image, but flipped. I think the version appearing in this article is backwards. Carrite (talk) 06:46, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I've found a better image (now up at the top). I'd still like to find one of him as a younger man. Carrite (talk) 14:53, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo
Talk:Ferrari Monza

message: This article covers all Ferrari sports racers equipped with the I4 Lampredi engine but is titled after one specific model in this series, the Monza. I think it is appropriate that this article covers all these cars since they are closely related, however I wonder if it is possible to work up a title that more accurately reflects the breadth of coverage here. "Ferrari 4-cylinder sports racers" seems specific but a bit too wordy. "Ferrari 4-cylinder series" is less wordy but possibly not as commonly recognizable and would lean heavily on redirects to get people to the page (maybe that's fine). Is there a precedent for this kind of naming situation in another manufacturer's cars on wikipedia? Any other thoughts? Prova MO (talk) 15:17, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name thoughts 

message: Articles about Ferrari 750 Monza and 250 Monza have their "Specifications" tables mixed. 750 Monza engine specs are in the 250 Monza article and vice versa. YBSOne (talk) 13:29, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ferrari website