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Happy editing! Cheers, Fettlemap (talk) 15:44, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Cultivation sections in plant articles

Hi, these sections are somewhat tricky to write, in my experience, as it's easy to fail to follow WP:NOTMANUAL. Like all information here they must have a reliable source – a blog is not. Telopea speciosissima#Cultivation is an example from a featured article – obviously way beyond what would normally be expected, but it does show how to write cultivation sections. Peter coxhead (talk) 11:00, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Please do not add or change content, as you did at Sparks, Nevada, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:59, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've been looking at your recent edits, and I'm cautioning you to please stop adding "stuff you know". Wikipedia does not accept original research. Please stop. Magnolia677 (talk) 16:20, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Information Without Reliable Sources

As @Magnolia677 and @JohnFromPinckney did previously, I'm asking you to please not add information without reliable sources to wikipedia as you did with Achillea millefolium on 20 May 2023, Euphorbia alluaudii on 8 May 2023, and Agave bracteosa on 7 May 2023. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the articles. If you cannot by 27 May 2023 I will revert your edits without sources. Your writing style is good and if you need help with learning how to find and cite sources leave a message here or on my talk page, I'm willing to help. If you do not want to do research or partner with someone who does research, please confine your edits to style, grammar, etc. MtBotany (talk) 18:50, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am very disappointed to see that you have again edited an article, Crassula ovata, that do not have any references to support your edits. Just because you know a fact does not mean that it should go into Wikipedia without a way to confirm the reliability of the information that you are adding. Please stop. If this continues I may take this to Wikipedia:Dispute resolution because you seem not to want to engage with other editor's objections to your behavior. MtBotany (talk) 05:19, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. As noted previously by myself, @Magnolia677, and @JohnFromPinckney adding information to Wikipedia without sources is contrary to Wikipedia:Citing sources . As is adding information from self published sources like blogs as noted by @Peter coxhead. Please stop. If this continues it will be taken to Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. MtBotany (talk) 17:01, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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