User talk:DavidAnstiss/Archive 2

(January 2016 - December 2017)

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 * ✅ DavidAnstiss (talk) 17:48, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Iris timofejewii
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 * ✅ DavidAnstiss (talk) 17:53, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Iris acutiloba


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 * Just to let you know, in case your extensive work on that large page disappears without a trace, that I have taken a back-up copy. Best wishes, Sminthopsis84 (talk) 14:05, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I think I was tired last night but wanted to finally upload the article. I thought that some-thing or some-one would auto-correct the user article mistake ! I do work on the article off-line in Libra Office, so would not have lost everything. ! DavidAnstiss (talk) 17:35, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Iris timofejewii
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Incomplete DYK nomination
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 * Added the article to the nomination list DavidAnstiss (talk) 14:19, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Iris atrofusca
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 * Hi David - having just tweaked your DYK hook and inserted a reference, and only then spotted that you've already used it elsewhere in the article. Would you mind if I left it's removal to you, as I'm running out of time at this end? I hope you think the change is acceptable by calling it ' a black iris', but not exactly suggesting that that's its formal common name. Parkywiki (talk) 23:07, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I am very happy about the name change, if it gets a DKY nomination ! I have altered the ref into a ref name=jalad and added another ref about bees and pollinators (which would have been a better DYK! ) . This I found a couple of days ago while researching for Iris atropurpurea. Typical ! DavidAnstiss (talk) 09:46, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Iris atrofusca
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Iris cedreti(i)
Please see my comments at Talk:Iris cedretii. Peter coxhead (talk) 07:59, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Iris cedretii
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 * I have had 3 DYK's nominations which were all were successful ! Iris perrieri, Iris timofejewii and Iris atrofusca DavidAnstiss (talk) 18:00, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Please see new note on your DYK nomination. Yoninah (talk) 21:54, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * DavidAnstiss, it's been over two weeks since Yoninah posted the above request. It is important that you stop by your nomination very soon. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:56, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * A prep promoter declined to promote the hook because it only told part of the story. I read through the article again and suggested a different hook. Frankly, I found inconsistencies between what you wrote in the article and what was written in the sources you cited. The DYK project is very particular about accuracy and verification of the hook fact vis a vis the source. Yoninah (talk) 19:54, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for changing the hook. I think I just liked the hook with ski resorts as it was 'catchy'. I will try to make sure if I do any other DKY's that they are better sourced. Note, I have just started writing the Iris haynei (Gilboa Iris) article, since you have an interest in Israeli articles. DavidAnstiss (talk) 10:54, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Category:Flora of Turkestan has been nominated for discussion
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DYK for Iris cedreti
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Reference errors on 22 November
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Removed source
As I explained in the edit summary, this is a predatory open access journal. The publisher is on Beall's list. It's a Nigerian publisher of journals which have low to no editorial standards, hence often include junk science. Check my Talk for more details. Guy (Help!) 22:07, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * You removed more than one source not just the journal !! The Handbook source is an actual book !!! Not Nigerian also the American source is a American Society on Irises which uses wiki language ALSO not Nigerian !! That is what I am questioning the removal !!! DavidAnstiss (talk) 23:21, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Reference errors on 17 December
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Plant common names
Hello David,

Thanks for your edit to Darwinia. (You changed the common name for Darwinia citriodora.) Do you have a reference for that? The Darwinia citriodora page gives the common name "lemon-scented darwinia" because that's what's used in the references for that article. Whilst I don't think common names are a big deal, I do think the common name given in the list of darwinias should match the common name on the respective pages. What do you think? Please feel free to add the "lemon-scented myrtle" as an alternative common name to "lemon-scented darwinia" to the Darwinia citriodora page if you can give a reference for it. (I've not read of darwinias being referred to as "myrtles", although it is mentioned in the ANBG reference. "Lemon-scented myrtle" is usually reserved for Backhousia citriodora.) Otherwise, perhaps you might revert your edit? Gderrin (talk) 07:38, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Have added the other common name to Darwinia citriodora used by the Australian Plant Society. Had originally googled "darwinia scented myrtle" and several had come up for darwinia citridora - hence the change. Agree, some common names are very confusing with different countries have their own name for plants. But some people hate the latin names so think it is best to list them all to cover all angles.DavidAnstiss (talk) 11:04, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

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