User talk:Canyonspine

April 2023
Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Opuntia gosseliniana, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 22:30, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Opuntia gosseliniana, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you.  Velella  Velella Talk 22:37, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Please do not add unsourced or original content. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.  Yoshi24517 ( Chat ) ( Online ) 22:42, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Opuntia gosseliniana
Quoting a possible source in an edit summary is not sufficient. In addition a field guide is rarely accepted as a definitive taxonomic source where there are a variety of opinions amongst taxonomists about the precise nomenclature. If there is an accepted taxonomic view, then that needs to be sourced to the definitive published paper where that is accepted. In addition, the new text need to be formatted correctly with binomial names in italics. Please see WP:MOS for more on this. Thank you  Velella  Velella Talk 22:35, 1 April 2023 (UTC)