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Response to your edits of Asclepias syriaca

@MtBotany: You reverted my edits to Asclepias syriaca that had bundled citations using an obsolete format. I have therefore created in that article new bundled citations in accordance with "WP:CITEBUNDLE: Use a bullet list". 2601:140:9480:81B0:346F:3316:C446:69CA (talk) 15:26, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

@26001015b126631e7d146b4e50c1fa72 I doubt you will see this since you do not have an account. I made a mistake and I apologize. The bundling thing did something that made it seem like you were breaking references. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 20:10, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Cymbalaria muralis

On 16 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cymbalaria muralis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Oxford ivy grows towards the light to bloom and then towards the darkness when going to seed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cymbalaria muralis. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cymbalaria muralis), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Isabelle Belato ^🏳‍🌈 00:02, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

A Plant for You

	The Clustered Mountainmint of Impressedness
	I stumbled upon your userpage entirely by accident, looked at what you've contributed, and must say I'm impressed. Here's a plant that grows in my area (Pycnanthemum muticum) that I enjoy. I wish I knew as much about plants as you do! Cynthia-Coriníon (talk) 09:55, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, @Cynthia Nocton. It is fairly easy to learn about plants, because they're modular. Lots of repeating patterns and structures. Shall I create a draft for Pycnanthemum muticum then? I'd be pleased to teach the tricks of plant editing. The best first step for Wikipedia is double checking with some really good databases like POWO, FNA, and/or World Plants to see if botanists have this one settled or are still having punch outs over the right name. if you check the draft you can see how I formatted the information from POWO and interpreted the information in plain English for a general audience. I always start with taxonomy because that is actually easiest once you know the way author abbreviation and suchlike work. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 20:40, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Hey, that would be pretty cool! Thank you! Cynthia-Coriníon (talk) 03:56, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

@Cynthia Nocton Almost done with my draft. Want to check it out? I'm going to search for some pictures in iNaturalist. Let me know if you'd like do some work or if I should finish it off. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 00:26, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I think it's pretty good as it is. It gives me some idea on how to write botanical articles, as well! Thank you! Cynthia-Coriníon (talk) 22:58, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

@Cynthia Nocton Excellent. Possibly said with a Mr Burns style steepling of my fingers.

If you have any questions about my method of finding sources, do ask. Happy To increase the knowledge of how to write this stuff. I'm also writing an essay about botanical writing but it is far from done and I don't know if my style is understandable. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 06:48, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

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Fixing redirects

In your WP:RMTR, you said The page is edited and I can perform clean up of redirects once the move is completed.

Of course, you're welcome to clean up the redirects, but unless the redirect is high traffic you don't need to; there is a bot that comes around fixes double redirects every few hours. BilledMammal (talk) 12:34, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

I like to @BilledMammal. Gives me the chance to make sure they have the correct scientific name templates and look for errors. Moving as an excuse for cleaning. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 14:07, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Makes sense, just thought I would comment in case you weren't aware - thank you for your good work! BilledMammal (talk) 14:10, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

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