Talk:Camassia quamash

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Placement/number of images
MOS:IMAGES (see also the links there) explains how images should be used in an article and how they should be arranged. As this page was here it has too many images for the amount of text, which means that the text is 'sandwiched' between large images. This is against Wikipedia style rules (Manual of Style: "Avoid sandwiching text between two images that face each other"); it causes particular problems to users with small screens, e.g. mobile devices. So I moved a couple of images to a gallery, which is a recommended solution; they can be put back if more text is later added to the article. Peter coxhead (talk) 00:33, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
 * There appears to have been some confusion regarding the source of a temporary page display glitch, I think related to Template_talk:Automatic_taxobox, which caused some problems here but all seems fine now. Melburnian (talk) 01:00, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was fine with the gallery setup, it just appeared that the change had caused the problem with the taxabox, and I couldn't figure out how to fix it. Sorry for the misunderstanding, and thanks for the fix Peter! Murderbike (talk) 02:21, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Quamash vs. camas
It would be useful to sort out the common names used in the article; at present 'camas' is used in the later additions, whereas only 'quamash' is given earlier. I don't have a view or knowledge either way. If both are in regular use in the US, then this should be explained in the lead. Then I'd choose one for the rest of the article for consistency. Peter coxhead (talk) 04:20, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm in a rush right now, but I've never really experienced people using Quamash, i'll gather up some sources when i get home from work and see what i can sort out. Murderbike (talk) 16:44, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * So, Daniel Mathews' Cascade-Olympic Natural History only uses "Camas", Gregory Tilford's Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West uses "Blue Camas", and Pojar & MacKinnon's Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast uses "Common Camas". These are the three books I have on hand that mention the plant, though I'm not really sure how to determine what is common parlance, so the one to use for the article. Is there any kind of guideline for this? Murderbike (talk) 03:00, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure there's an exact guideline; what people usually do is what you did: consult the 'standard' identification book(s) for the area and see what they use. Not being from your part of the world, I don't have a feel for how 'standard' the books you list are, but assuming that they are standard, I'd say you have enough evidence for the lead to mention both "camas" and "quamash" but then to use only "camas" thereafter. Peter coxhead (talk) 04:24, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Hitchcock's "Flora of the Pacific Northwest" uses Common Camas. Peter coxhead's suggestion is sensible. WP:TITLE discusses article titles and may be somewhat helpful in this context. --Walter Siegmund (talk) 00:54, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Personally, I would consider Hitchcock and Pojar to be the standards. Murderbike (talk) 19:33, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, so could someone edit the article? Peter coxhead (talk) 09:49, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

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