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DYK for Paranomus abrotanifolius
On 8 February 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Paranomus abrotanifolius, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the seeds of the Bredasdorp sceptre are carried underground by ants? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Paranomus abrotanifolius. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Paranomus abrotanifolius), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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DYK for Oedera capensis
On 24 February 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oedera capensis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that what at first sight appears to be a single Oedera capensis flowerhead, is in fact typically a group of nine densely cropped heads? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oedera capensis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Oedera capensis), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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Epithet corrections – a bit more
Hi, I noticed that you wrote that the ae forms were "archaic". I don't think this is quite the right word. Earlier botanists formed epithets by using the genitive of the name of a different plant + a noun for the part of the plant. Thus oleaefolium = "of-Olea leaf" = "leaf of Olea". The alternative was to join the two nouns by a "compounding letter", either -i- or -o-, thus oleifolium = "Olea-leaf". The botanical community decided to standardize on the latter, because (as far as I know) this was more classical, and in that sense more archaic. Peter coxhead (talk) 19:43, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Peter coxhead: I understand what you are saying, and thanks for the further explanation. Changing the statement to make it correct and keeping it simple however is too difficult for me. Perhaps you can give it a go. Thanks, Dwergenpaartje (talk) 20:19, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Romulea monadelpha
On 5 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Romulea monadelpha, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the flower of Romulea monadelpha is pollinated by a species of monkey beetle (both pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Romulea monadelpha. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Romulea monadelpha), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
Two for one...
For this DYK - Template:Did you know nominations/Leucospermum I added L. cordifolium as I have used its picture..(the good thing is it means we don't have to think of a clever hook for that one)...I'll get the other up soon too. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:39, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
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DYK for Gorteria diffusa
On 27 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gorteria diffusa, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that dark spots on the flowers of Gorteria diffusa (pictured) are thought to resemble bee flies to attract other bee flies? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gorteria diffusa. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Gorteria diffusa), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
DYK for Romulea tortuosa
On 13 April 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Romulea tortuosa, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that some leaves of the South African plant Romulea tortuosa are shaped like corkscrews? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Romulea tortuosa. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Romulea tortuosa), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
DYK nomination of Leucospermum
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DYK for Leucospermum
On 27 April 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Leucospermum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that plants of the genus Leucospermum (L. cordifolium pictured) are known as pincushions? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leucospermum. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Leucospermum), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
DYK for Leucospermum cordifolium
On 27 April 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Leucospermum cordifolium, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that plants of the genus Leucospermum (L. cordifolium pictured) are known as pincushions? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Leucospermum cordifolium), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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Leucospermum truncatulum
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Dwergenpaartje, we really need to hear from you on this nomination if it is to proceed. Please respond there as soon as possible. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:12, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Leucospermum cuneiforme
On 8 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Leucospermum cuneiforme, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Leucospermum cuneiforme is known as luisiesbos ("lice bush") in Afrikaans as its seed pods resemble lice? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leucospermum cuneiforme. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Leucospermum cuneiforme), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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Nice article, but the lede is far too detailed. Please just summarise basic facts, especially making clear which country/s it is distributed in. The names you've used don't help readers unfamiliar with local/regional names. Thanks.
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Two things.....
I did 2 dyk noms at Template:Did you know nominations/Leucospermum arenarium - can you add the source that sources the rodent pollinators best? Done - also Template:Did you know nominations/Leucospermum praemorsum
Also - I updated your user rights so you can move pages and your pages are automatically reviewed and a couple of other things Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:57, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Leucospermum arenarium
On 12 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Leucospermum arenarium, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the flowers of the Redelinghuys pincushion are pollinated by rodents? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leucospermum arenarium. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Leucospermum arenarium), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
DYK for Leucadendron salignum
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DYK for Leucospermum praemorsum
On 23 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Leucospermum praemorsum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the seeds of the Nardouw fountain pincushion are carried underground by ants? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leucospermum praemorsum. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Leucospermum praemorsum), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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DYK nomination of Serruria elongata
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DYK for Serruria elongata
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DYK for Pelargonium peltatum
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Alex Shih (talk) 00:03, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
Precious
extinct mollusks and flowering shrubs
Thank you for quality articles about natural subjects from Musculus somaliensis (2011) via Pelargonium peltatum to Mimetes chrysanthus, also expanding the related genus articles,revising and adding categories, for a silent focus on content, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
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- Thank you so much! Dwergenpaartje (talk) 11:38, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
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DYK for Mimetes stokoei
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Austral season's greetings
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Tuck into this! We've made about three of these in the last few days for various festivities. Supermarkets are stuffed with cheap berries. Season's greetings! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:05, 24 December 2018 (UTC) |
Looks delicious, have a great time too! Dwergenpaartje (talk) 22:08, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
Fractions, units
Hello! Thanks for creating Felicia fruticosa. I wanted to point you to these edits I made to it, as well as Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers § Fractions and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers § Unit conversions. It's generally against Wikipedia style guidelines to display fractions using special characters such as ½. If a number needs to be displayed as a fraction, the notation {{frac|numerator|denominator}}
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- Ah, yes. Thank you for teaching me new technicalities on fractions. I am using fractions on purpose though. This has to do with the fact that often a digit suggest too much precision, you know, 6.5 actually means anything between 6.45 and 6.55 while 6½ means anything between 6.25 and 6.75. Also, in the automated conversions, additional digits are created, suggesting false precision and that is the reason why I prefer manual conversions. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 20:54, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
- Try {{cvt|17|cm|in|frac=2}}, which produces 17 cm (6+1⁄2 in) —Hyperik ⌜talk⌟ 21:24, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
- Good one, I'll be using that. Thanks! Dwergenpaartje (talk) 21:43, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
- Try {{cvt|17|cm|in|frac=2}}, which produces 17 cm (6+1⁄2 in) —Hyperik ⌜talk⌟ 21:24, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
Κέφαλος
Beste Dwergenpaartje, you have added the following etymological information to Cephalopyge trematoides: "(Greek: Κέφαλος Kephalos, "head")". But Κέφαλος is actual the name of a Greek mythological figure, whereas written with a lower-case kappa, it is the name of a species of mullet. In ancient Greek κεφαλή is actually the word for head. Is your source mistaken or did you misinterpreted the source? With kind regards, Wimpus (talk) 11:52, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
- @Wimpus: Thanks, Dwergenpaartje (talk) 15:49, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
- Beste Dwergenpaartje, please take a look at this, where you state, without providing a source, that cephalon would the Latin word for head. Could you correct this by providing a reliable source. Wimpus (talk) 20:20, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
- @Wimpus: Thanks, I have deleted the statement. If you come across any previous mistakes please correct or delete these yourselves. You can't expect me to correct articles I created more than five years ago. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 21:11, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
- Oké, dank. Wimpus (talk) 21:13, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
- @Wimpus: Thanks, I have deleted the statement. If you come across any previous mistakes please correct or delete these yourselves. You can't expect me to correct articles I created more than five years ago. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 21:11, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
- Beste Dwergenpaartje, please take a look at this, where you state, without providing a source, that cephalon would the Latin word for head. Could you correct this by providing a reliable source. Wimpus (talk) 20:20, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
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what cas has done is for plants - if they are found in south africa - please also add that as well - thanks JarrahTree 09:52, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
- @JarrahTree: I always try to do that, but do not think it is appropriate to grade the result of my own editing. So I wait for a grade and copy that to the SAf template. Cheers! Dwergenpaartje (talk) 10:20, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
September 2019: Leucospermum hypophyllocarpodendron
I am having difficulty understanding a term introduced by you to the above article in March of 2018 in this edit. The term, with which I am unfamiliar, is "cringy", which appears several times in the article to describe fine hairs appearing on the new leaves. It apparently is an adjective. Would you be able to clarify for me and other readers what the meaning of that term, as you have used it in the article, might be? Thank you.--Quisqualis (talk) 03:35, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Quisqualis: Thank you for pointing out this is an odd word. "Cringing" is basically synonymous with "recoiling", but cringy is usually applied to an unconfortable feeling. I think I overreached in trying to avoid close paraphrasing. I have replaced the word with "crisped". I hope that clarifies it. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 09:13, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
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- excellent little article, thanks. Very small note that per WP:FRMOS we show the accent É on French names, as also quality English books https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FQRHAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA180 Many thanks and happy editing. In ictu oculi (talk) 12:47, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
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Ortholobium
The position of Otholobium at present seems to be a mess. I see that you created most of the article. It appears to be agreed by sources such as Plants of the World Online that the African species of Otholobium are synonymous with Psoralea (which is the older name), so they are treated in that genus. Thus Otholobium accrescens is a synonym of Psoralea accrescens. The problem with the South American species is that they cannot be left in Otholobium, because the type species of that genus was the South African Psoralea caffra, so when the genera are combined, Otholobium becomes a synonym of Psoralea. As of now, South American species like Otholobium glandulosum are treated as "unplaced" by PoWO. I do think that we have to be clear that the South African species are now placed in Psoralea – note for example that Psoralea accrescens is listed in the Psoralea article. There's a real danger of articles being created for some species in both Psoralea and Otholobium. Peter coxhead (talk) 18:32, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, you are right. South-American Otholobium is not particularly closely related to South-African. The author of Otholobium, Charles Stirton, himself only put South-African species in his own genus. Merging South-African Otholobium with Psoralea is straight forward, but Stirton himself identified characters distinguishing the two. Following the phylogeny portrayed in the wiki-article, the consequence of lumping both South-African and South American Otholobium with Psoralea implies that all other genera in the entire Psoraleeae are reduced to Psoralea (i.e. Cullen, Bituminaria, Hoita, Orbexilum, Ladeania, Psoralidium, Rupertia and Pediomelum). I am not aware of a new study conflicting with the one cited there. Stirton seems to have changed his opinion from splitting to lumping, but I do not know exactly why. I note however that the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) still sticks to Otholobium, e.g. Otholobium bracteolatum. As long as a revision has not been published, stability in the nomenclature of the Psoraleeae is not guaranteed. I think redirects from Psoralea species to the respective names in Otholobium would be clear enough and avoids changes that may have to be reverted in coming years. Do you want me to consult Stirton or one of his younger colleagues, so you can make an informed decision? I am all in your hands. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 10:48, 21 April 2024 (UTC)