User:HalfGig/Tips

General Wikipedia

 * Template_talk:Did_you_know Fill out the required lines in the page that comes up
 * Did_you_know/Nomination
 * Did_you_know
 * WP:GAC
 * ISBN converter

User and article info tools

 * My admin log (not admin, just a tool to use)
 * Copyvio ck]
 * Special:Log/rights
 * X!'s
 * WikiChecker
 * WikiChecker II
 * Edit Counter
 * Snottywong's RFA tools
 * Snottywong's RFA stats
 * Article statistics
 * Article statistics

JSTOR etc

 * Cite jstor is a useful template that automatically fills out all the source details when you input a JSTOR article identifier
 * Referencing_for_beginners
 * WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request request articles you do not have access to
 * WP:Library

New pages

 * New pages patrol
 * Special:Log/pagetriage-curation
 * Template:Nsd
 * Special:NewPagesFeed
 * Special:NewFiles
 * Twinkle
 * User:TheJosh/Scripts/New Page Patroller
 * Page Curation
 * User:AlexNewArtBot/PlantsSearchResult - plant specific new articles
 * Special:PendingChanges pages needing review

Photos

 * Wikimedia Commons
 * Cucurbuta category
 * Flickr
 * Flickr advanced search, tick all three boxes under "Creative Commons"
 * Finding images tutorial for more information

Plant resources

 * The Plant List
 * The Plant List search
 * About The Plant List

The Cucurbita argyrosperma situation is a little unusual for synonym lists in wikipedia because the synonyms needed aren't listed exactly at the one TPL link. It is necessary to click on both the Cucurbita argyrosperma Huber link and the Cucurbita argyrosperma subsp. argyrosperma link. That situation reflects uncertainty in the taxonomy, that some synonyms are considered to match the species, but for some reason are not considered or not known to match the autonymous subspecies. There is clearly considerable uncertainty about the taxonomy of this species.

Of the sources that TPL uses, WCSP is by far the most reliable but it is incomplete.

GRIN is very good for agricultural plants and weeds, but it has fallen rather behind with updates.

IPNI, structure not good for wiki

Tropicos -- don't use it

WP:Plants
Some databases don't have an appropriate approach for what some wikipedia editors have tried to use them for. For example,
 * WT:PLANTS, there's a section on the project page discussing synonyms that in my opinion is still a draft that is being tested.
 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Plants/Archive53 has the first mention of TPL, Dec 2010
 * There was more discussion of synonyms around July 2011 and in September and November that eventually led to the draft discussion of synonyms on the project page.
 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Plants/Archive59 when wiki started taking TPL seriously
 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Plants/Archive58, good info on C. argyrosperma and C. mixta, Mar 2012
 * WikiProject_Plants/Assessment