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Semi-Dwarf wheat
I added a note that most wheat grown these days is semi-dwarf wheat, but a troll, with the Wikipedia name of Meters, deleted it within 10 minutes, and claimed I didn't have an adequate source. My source was the article on Norman Borlaug. He claimed I didn't have an adequate source. I guess an extensive WikiPedia article doesn't count as an adequate source. Understandable, but on can consult primary references given in that article. This article, as it is, gives no warning that most wheat grown today was developed by Borlaug. Weakipedia: only this years's Lamestream Narritive facts need apply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.76.46.95 (talk) 06:32, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Of course Wikipedia articles aren't adequate sources. At any given moment any one of them can include false information planted intentionally or out of ignorance by anyone in the world. There's no fact-checking before content is published here. See WP:NOTRS. This doesn't mean your information is wrong, but another Wikipedia article can't be relied on as a source. Also, read WP:CIVIL and WP:AGF. You had no grounds whatsoever for calling Meter a "troll". Largoplazo (talk) 12:06, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
 * might I suggest you analyse the sources on the Norman Borlaug page and determine which ones can be sources for your desired contributions? I beleive you are factually correct (I grew up on a wheat farm), but it is necessary to use the right sources.James.au (talk) 04:24, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Fair enough, I suppose. I hope somebody who cares about Wikipedia much anymore will do it for me. I am unenthusiastic about spending time researching things only to have armies of trolls revert my work, rather than allow Wikipedia pages to include politically incorrect things. It's happened to me more than a few times before. If nobody else gets around to it, I'll give it a try (that I am not hopeful about) when my schedule clears up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.76.46.95 (talk) 19:10, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Since when did the dwarf-wheat page redirect here? Is there some sort of campaign against dwarf wheat? It's not like this isn't notable. 4.31.13.17 (talk) 19:05, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Dear 4.31.13.17, Wikipedia rarely has conspiracies, frequently has cockups (as we say in Britain). I expect that the dwarf-wheat article was so poorly written and cited that a decision was taken to point it over here. It's clearly a topic with potential for a major article; if you would like to take the time to develop and cite it properly, you'll be very welcome. If you create an account (free, quick, simple), you will get your own user space where you can develop it quietly with minimal interference. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:03, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

wheat amounts in production and value of world crop
Dear colleagues-

In the interests of both clarity and verifiablilty, it seems that the statement that "World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined.[5]" (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat) paragraph 3, sentence 2.

Was that the amount, or the value?

Is that still the case in 2018?

The data in the introductory section, concerning relative trade of wheat compared to other crops, appears to be in conflict with other wikipedia artlcles (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_valuable_crops_and_livestock_products; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice) as well as articles from other sources (see: https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?datasetcode=HIGH_AGLINK_2017; https://www.businessinsider.com/10-crops-that-feed-the-world-2011-9#2-wheat-9), although supported by one source (see: http://www.fao.org/docs/eims/upload/306175/Briefing%20Paper%20(3)-Wheat%20Initative%20-%20H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne%20Lucas.pdf)

Collegially, David C.P. Leland — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dcpleland (talk • contribs) 18:30, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Problem with interlanguage link with it:wiki
This page does not have an interlanguage link to the Italian WP, specifically to the article Triticum. When I tried to add it to the Wikidata page relative to this page, it fails because the Italian page results already linked to the item "Triticum". How can this be solved? --Ritchie92 (talk) 00:48, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
 * ? The Italian page it:Triticum has no English interlanguage link on it. But I agree: whether I work from the Italian or English end to add the link to Wikidata, it balks and says the item is in use elsewhere. Largoplazo (talk) 04:09, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The Wikidata system is such a mess, as it pretends there's a one-to-one correspondence between concepts and the words for them across languages. This Wheat article is mapped to Spanish es:Trigo, and both of them are mapped to French fr:Blé. However, es:Trigo is a redirect to es:Triticum, and that is mapped to it:Triticum (as well as fr:Triticum, though fr:Blé does not redirect there).
 * But then I tried to map the Italian redirect it:Grano to Wheat, and that also failed, though I can't tell why. Largoplazo (talk) 04:22, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Wikidata doesn't allow the creation of links to redirects. You can do a temporary edit; remove the redirect code, make the link in Wikidata, and then readd the redirect code. I have just done so for Triticum here on en.wiki; languages with an article on Triticum will now have a interwiki link to en.wiki.

nutrition table error
The vitamin A value for sweet potato in the nutrition table on this page is plainly incorrect. I don't know what the correct value is, but this page states that 100g of sweet potato provides 14,187 IU of vitamin A. The adult male RDA is just 3,000 IU and 10,000 IU is considered unhealthy. But of course a moderate 100g portion of sweet potato is not normally considered a dangerous quantity to consume.

Someone with the appropriate skill and data sources should probably review the entire table for accuracy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.184.142.155 (talk) 06:08, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

I wondered if the discrepancy between values for raw and cooked forms, mentioned in the text introducing the table, could possibly be part of the issue. Could raw sweet potato be dripping with vitamin A? But now the table tells us that 100g of raw sweet potato provides a much less frightening 961 IU of vitamin A. The hoped-for review must have happened. Jdickinson (talk) 06:52, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Cultivation Cycles
I don't see in the article any substantial explanation of the planting/harvesting cycles for wheat generally, nor any comparison of the cycles for spring and winter wheats. A few questions readily come to mind. Do the names refer to planting times or harvesting times or what? Can the same plot of land grow two crops (wheat or other) per year? When are the two kinds planted and harvested? If there is crop rotation, does that mean rotation over years or rotation within a year? Are there genetic differences between spring and winter wheats, or do the names just refer to the planting or harvesting times? It would seem that these and similar basic questions should get some serious treatment in either the Farming Techniques or Agronomy sections. Apparently the knowledgable editors aren't much aware that these questions are not common knowledge. Please pitch in if you can answer any of these questions. Thanks.

I asked a similar question here on 13 June 2012, and nothing happened--no discussion, no relevant edit--until four years later when the section was removed, presumably by some mindless bot. So it would be good if that kind of thing could be avoided somehow. I have also placed a related clarify request in the Farming Techniques section. Please don't remove it, as it's not at all obvious that the present talk-page section is going to have any effect. Thanks.CountMacula (talk) 23:28, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The talk page (rather than within the article) is the place to work out article content that is unclear, and an unanswered question from 7 years ago is valid to raise again. Does this or this address spring vs. winter wheat for you? Some Google searching for a WP:RS source can provide answers to your questions above. --Zefr (talk) 23:35, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) The shared goal is to improve the article, not just to satisfy me. 2) Those links seem to basically be classifications of wheats relative to baking/consumption and crop-variety standardization.  Really I don't know how anyone could think that maybe those links do much to answer the basic questions that I have asked.  They look like they were chosen more or less at random. Please correct me if I am wrong. 3) I am not prepared to learn enough to answer the questions reliably and competently.  We need to get the attention of someone already in the know who would be willing to do the edit if (s)he were welcomed. 4) As I stated, the questions were laying around unheeded and unanswered on the talk page for four years, then disappeared, so it would seem that some additional tactic or other tactic is needed. Template:Clarify:"Use this template in the body of an article as a request for other editors to clarify text that is difficult to understand."CountMacula (talk) 00:47, 27 January 2019 (UTC)  P.S. If not obvious, the clarify in question can be taken mainly as a request to clarify the mention of crop rotation. Spring and winter wheats can be taken along with non-wheat crops as being possibly involved in the intra-year or inter-year rotations. The clarify may incidentally be a point of departure for more detail about the relation of spring and winter wheats.CountMacula (talk) 01:06, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * @CountMacula, does the article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_wheat answer your questions?
 * 118.211.57.235 (talk) 02:27, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Offhand, I think not. Why do you ask?  Maybe you could point out anything in the Winter wheat article that you believe answers any of my questions. CountMacula (talk) 02:42, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Staple crop comparison table
Please see Template_talk:Comparison_of_major_staple_foods regarding a proposed change to the template transcluded in this article. SmartSE (talk) 12:12, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

Fix of long term typo by IP user
This edit from 2010 accidentally said 300,000 instead of 30,000. This was only just found a few days ago here. Just thought others might be as impressed as I was. Invasive Spices (talk) 19:22, 27 June 2021 (UTC)