User talk:Satxjoe

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Hello, Satxjoe, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Opuntia alta, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Opuntia alta


A tag has been placed on Opuntia alta requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://www.opuntiads.com/opuntia-alta-2/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Pam D  08:50, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Opuntia anahuacensis


A tag has been placed on Opuntia anahuacensis requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://www.opuntiads.com/opuntia-anahuacensis/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Pam D  08:53, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Writing articles - lead sentence
As well as avoiding copyright violations, please also remember to start each article with a "lead sentence" which explains what the topic is. A typical Wikipedia article starts with "Topic is ...", such as "Opuntia anahuacensis is a cactus species in the Opuntia genus." This is the sentence someone sees if they hover over a link to the article, or if they find it as a Google search: it needs to put the title into context, and not every reader knows whether "Opuntia" is a tree, a pondweed, or something in between. Pam D  18:15, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Writing articles - sources
Thanks for adding a lead sentence to the new version of Opuntia alta, and please remember to do so for your article creations in future.

I've upgraded your reference - it's a journal article, so needs to be formatted to show the author, title, etc, not just the journal in which it appeared.

But I can't find the facts you cite in that article - for example it says that the plants can grow "2 1/2 to 3 1/2 meters high in large specimens" but you state "some older specimens forming trees to 15 feet (4.6 m) tall" (that's after I added the "convert" template to make the height more widely understood - see WP:MOSNUM). Where does your height come from? I imagine it's from https://www.opuntiads.com/opuntia-alta-2/, so cite that. References are supposed to show where content has come from. Both these sources seem useful, so include them both.

There's a lot to learn about Wikipedia, starting with not using other people's words but writing it yourself, but it's an interesting journey - Happy Editing! Pam D  22:54, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Units of measurement
On reading WP:MOSNUM again myself, specifically WP:UNITS, I find that for any article on a scientific topic - eg botany - the SI units should be used, but "Generally, conversions to and from metric units and US or imperial units should be provided" (MOS:CONVERSIONS) The units you state should be as in the source, but the convert template will convert; if the source is in non-SI units you can use "order=flip" to display the value converted to SI first. I'll fix this one. Pam D  23:05, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

A page you started (Opuntia rufida) has been reviewed!
Thanks for creating Opuntia rufida, Satxjoe!

Wikipedia editor Boleyn just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

"Please add your sources."

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Boleyn (talk) 08:05, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

A page you started (Opuntia aurea) has been reviewed!
Thanks for creating Opuntia aurea, Satxjoe!

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Boleyn (talk) 15:07, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

A page you started (Opuntia lindheimeri) has been reviewed!
Thanks for creating Opuntia lindheimeri, Satxjoe!

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"Please see WP:INLINECITE"

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Boleyn (talk) 20:28, 10 July 2017 (UTC)