User talk:Taxonman

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Speedy deletion nomination of Roy Franzén
Hello Taxonman,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Roy Franzén for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:Hangon_preload&preloadtitle=This+page+should+not+be+speedy+deleted+because...+ contest this deletion], but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

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Josey Wales Parley 21:49, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Dates in Lists of botanists by author abbreviation
Hi, especially for people who may still be alive, it's important that dates of birth, etc. are referenced. Anything in IPNI is ok in the list as this is the general reference for the whole list, but if you add anything different, an explicit reference is needed. Peter coxhead (talk) 06:34, 10 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi Peter,
 * Are you referring to a specific date that I added/changed, or just in general?
 * The only one I can think you are referencing is for Wellard since it is changed back to fl. 2016. I know for a fact he was born in 1987 since we are friends and colleagues, but I am unsure how to reference that.  Jason. Taxonman (talk) 16:34, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I just noticed the Wellard one, but wondered if you had done the same for any others. Unfortunately you do still need a reference, which I know can be tricky. One possibility is for him to tell IPNI, and see if they will update their entry on him – but this would probably require an institutional e-mail address to validate him. Peter coxhead (talk) 09:05, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Article links from Lists of botanists by author abbreviation
When adding entries to these lists, I wonder if you might take a moment to ensure that any blue link for an author does indeed link to the article about them. For example, for the author abbreviations H.Li. and J.Nelson, the resulting links were to another scientist and a disambiguation page respectively. I've amended the link targets to the disambiguated titles "Heng Li (botanist)" and "John Nelson (botanist)". Thanks, Declangi (talk) 02:31, 2 September 2023 (UTC)