User:Eewilson/Hall of WTF

I hereby award you this Triple Crown for your contributions to Wikipedia; may your asters never starve. Grapple X 02:46, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Did you know ... that the blossoms of Symphyotrichum lateriflorum have been used by the Meskwaki as a smudge "to cure a crazy person who has lost his mind"? On the main page on 18 July 2021
Did you know ... that Symphyotrichum molle, the soft aster, can be found only in the Bighorn Mountains of Montana and Wyoming? On the main page on 18 November 2021
Did you know ... that despite its common name of Santa Rita Mountain aster, Symphyotrichum potosinum can no longer be found in the Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona? On the main page on 19 November 2021
Did you know ... that the world's oldest competitive gymnast Johanna Quaas did a tandem skydive from about 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) in 2016, dedicating it to Queen Elizabeth II? On the main page on 7 January 2022
Did you know ... that the Chippewa have smoked the root of New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) in pipes to attract game? On the main page on 8 January 2022
Did you know ... that Symphyotrichum kentuckiense, the Kentucky aster, is only found on limestone cedar glades and limestone roadsides in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee? On the main page on 9 December 2022
This user lost sleep and eyesight to bring "Symphyotrichum lateriflorum" far, far along so it could wow the world as a good article on 14 June 2021.
This user expanded then nominated "Symphyotrichum novae-angliae" which became a good article on 22 December 2021.
This user created, expanded, then nominated "Symphyotrichum kentuckiense" which became a good article on 17 November 2022.
This user helped "Symphyotrichum lateriflorum" become a featured article on 31 October 2021.
This user helped "List of Symphyotrichum species" become a featured list on 20 January 2022‎.
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Happenings on Wikipedia of which I have asked WTF?

Many plants species creation objection (classifying it as "mass creation")[edit]

This was juicy and ridiculous. WTF? Don't dibble in what you don't understand.

The Lang template thing[edit]

There was this after which I actually did this and followed up with this to which was replied this, which then led to this and then somebody else did this, so to avoid engaging in an WP:EDITWAR (as well as losing my mind), I just stepped back for a week and then did this which was responded to with this, and I took another break for a while, after which I remembered the article after reading something about the Lang template in WP:ACCESSIBILITY, so then I worked on it in my sandbox with a better understanding of the template; I sought the input of the editor (go down one section), and it all finally led to this. All is resolved now, but it was kind of crazy. A WTF? at the time for sure. Ultimately, it made the article better and taught me a few things, because there are people and ideas and events behind building an encyclopedia, and we're all learning here.

User space bot changes[edit]

Sigh. It was resolved, but still.

Pronunciation of scientific names[edit]

So, this change occurred with the comment "There is no correct pronunciation for neolatin scientific names". This isn't the only species article which has (or had) IPA. Is this accurate or just someone's idea of something that shouldn't be done in Wikipedia? WTF?

Turns out, based on this discussion, it may or may not be accurate, but there are sources for scientific name pronunciations, and the best thing for me to do if using a pronunciation key for one in an article is to to seek a reliable source and cite it as is done for any other fact. And, since I had only done it in one article and have no desire or attachment to doing it again anyway, case closed for me. Question answered.

Not non-notable notable flora[edit]

This troublesome and time-consuming thing happened: several articles about notable floras were marked with not-notable tags. Making work for others? WTF? I tagged the user when I brought it up at the Plants Project, and later removed the Notability tags.

Trigger happy bot user[edit]

Then there's this crap (WTF?), followed (thankfully) by this. Took up too much time.

All I said was poo-[edit]

So this happened. Oh well.

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