Talk:Butterfly gardening

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I am going to create edits to expand the information in several sections to include cited references and more in depth habitat creation techniques. I'm planning on giving more information about the importance of creating butterfly habitat (ie to mitigate habitat fragmentation from development, degradation, and provide pollinator habitat etc). I am going to give more information on puddling (why butterflies do it, how to create a puddling habitat), bait recipes and placement, and how to include wind breaks as a refuge. I am also planning on adding more to the 'Butterfly-attracting plants' section. I am going to talk about resources on how to know local Lepidoptera in order to select plants appropriate for them, resources to find which plants will grow in zones, the importance of structural diversity, and information on native vs non-native plants.

I am unfamiliar with the "problems" section: I have heard about the disease that affects monarchs/queens but haven't heard nor read about the impacts of predator species. I do not think it is necessary to suggest removing natural butterfly predators (spiders, wasps, birds etc.) as long as they are native species. These are natural predator-prey relationships and their removal detracts from overall ecosystem functionality. Kopph (talk) 20:15, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

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Has anyone tried the pumpkin trick? I couldn't find any other sources for the fact, but I tryed it recently and the little buggers ate it up. Albeit they wouldn't eat a potato.

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 * Looks like failing to look at the actual edits and links. The bot link goes right to the publication without all the mess you are reintroducing, and there's a reason why the bot links to a standard doi. As has happened on other pages, you need to slow down and not revert problem edits back in. Do not do it again. KoA (talk) 02:38, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * You have recently reverted my edit. As a result, this article again contains a link to https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/87/2/219/2588364. Please access that link.
 * If you do that, you will find that the link does not "go right to the publication". The link goes to a page that contains only the publication's abstract. You will need to click on a PDF icon to access the publiction itself.
 * You have made statements that have no factual basis. You have taken actions that reflect those statements. To avoid subjecting this issue to a formal dispute resolution process, please revert your most recent edit to enable users to "go right to the publication" when they click on the link. Corker1 (talk) 06:10, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * As you actually demonstrate, the doi link goes to a permanent page that allows the user to go right to the publication page and decide if they want the full pdf page or not. There is no legitimate issue here that warrants your edits, so we have to follow WP:ONUS rather than you just demanding your edits be reinserted (again) without consensus.
 * If you take issue either with how the bot is setup for what we consider standard linking on Wikipedia or how DOIs work, this is not the page to do so. You would either have to take that up on the bot owner's page or speak with those who run the DOI system if you want that changed. I do not reasonably foresee either happening. KoA (talk) 14:12, 15 October 2021 (UTC)