User talk:Sophiedofie

November 2023
Hello, I'm MtBotany. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, blue spruce, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. While you did cite source it did not contain the information you added. In addition I found the same to be the case for your additions to Racomitrium lanuginosum and Athyrium niponicum. I have not yet had a chance to review your other additions yet, but they may also be reverted if they do not contain the information you are adding. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 19:59, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

I have now reviewed your other additions, the latest to Polystichum acrostichoides was correct, but a mess. I had to edit it to make more sense. Why didn't you use the species name instead of saying "A new species of Herpetogramma Lederer"? Also, don't use the authority name in the text unless you need to clarify between two identically named genuses.

I have also reverted the edit you made to Asclepias syriaca because you apparently made the mistake of listing symptoms of cattle poisoning for what would happen to a person if they eat the plant and used a source about Asclepias tuberosa. I agree that the foraging information currently on the page looks like great nonsense, but try again with a source actually about the plant you are fixing.

This is a rough start, but you are new and learning. None of your mistakes are the sort of thing that will get you banned as long as you learn from them and do better in the future. And it is not like we live in the age of paper encyclopedias where this would be a pain to edit and edit again. I really do hope this experience does not put you off editing and that you will stay to work on plant articles. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 20:36, 20 November 2023 (UTC)