User talk:Rkitko/Archive19

S. rubra ssp. alabamanensis

On the Sarracenia rubra page, one of the listed subspecies if given as S. rubra ssp. alabamanensis. Should that be alabamensis? --EncycloPetey (talk) 04:17, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Good catch. I never noticed that before. Yes, it should be S. rubra subsp. alabamensis, often treated as its own species, S. alabamensis. Rkitko ^(talk) 11:56, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for reconsidering your AfD nomination. Jayjg ^(talk) 03:11, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Kudos

for modeling the best behavior for others, as wp:admin suggest noms do ... I respect that. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:31, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

John Freshwater

Do you smell socks? I am not very familiar with that article and the people there but a lot of these red usernames seem to have similar ideas. rʨanaɢ (talk) 00:57, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

I was wondering the same thing given the nature of their edits and the timing, but agreeing with one another isn't a huge problem. If they get disruptive beyond the discussion, I suppose a checkuser would be appropriate. Rkitko ^(talk) 01:05, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Help on "Swartzia cubensis"?

Greetings, I saw a picture of a bagpipe made from katalox, and found there was no explanation on Wikipedia for what that is. I checked GoogleBooks, and it appears that's the common term for Swartzia cubensis. Accordingly, I added a line on Swartzia cubensis to the article Swartzia. Can you please let me know if I did that right, and whether there should be an individual article for Swartzia cubensis as well? That wood is commonly used in musical instruments, and I can find gBooks references on that usage, and the "katalox" name. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't messing up the Botany articles with my non-expertise. MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:55, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Still alive?

Hey Rkitko, your mystery banksia isn't still alive is it? Here's hoping....cheers. Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:14, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Indeed it is! I had to move it to the college greenhouse since it's over 2 m tall now and I don't think it is cold hardy to my climate. The leaves still look the same as in the young plant and the main stem is probably about 2 cm in diameter at the soil level. It's just now putting forth some vigorous new growth after a long winter and repotting. Thanks for asking :-) Rkitko ^(talk) 23:34, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Wow, good to hear. Sorta like a large bonsai....yeah I suspect it wouldn't like an Ohio winter...Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:32, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Duplicate talk pages

Hello Rkitko, This is a new one for me. The page Specific name was recently moved to Specific name (zoology), and the old title converted to a disambig with links to two articles; one for zoology (mentioned), and another for Specific name (botany). Both articles now exist, so that is not a problem. However, owing possibly to simultaneous editing and moving by myself and User:Peter coxhead, the old talk page for "specific name" now exists on both itself, and "Specific name (zoology)". What's the best course for this: can one be deleted? Should the old talk page become archived? I'll watch here and see what you say. Thanks, Hamamelis (talk) 11:02, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Ah, I see what happened. When the page was moved, the box marked "Leave a redirect behind" was checked, making a redirect from Talk:Specific name to Talk:Specific name (zoology). An easy fix is to edit the redirected page: diff. All should be good now. Cheers, Rkitko ^(talk) 12:05, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

That makes sense. Much appreciated for your help, and for adding the template! Hamamelis (talk) 12:23, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Heliamphora heterodoxa

Oops! I must have misinterpreted a source when I wrote that. I've removed the offending sentence because, as you say, it doesn't appear to make sense (and I'm not too familiar with the local geography either!). Thanks for letting me know, mgiganteus1 (talk) 12:21, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

problematical new user

If I may bring User:Floul4 to the attention of your adminstrative hat.

You may remember the Singapore tropical fruit editor. User Floul4 has been persuaded to use an login (and previously was using a static IP - 24.13.224.153), but appears to be displaying a similar pattern of behaviour. He's working on Illinois lakes and fishing, which is way out of my area of competence, but came to my attention when following a trail from an edit that came up on my watch list. I started off thinking of him as well-intentioned but naive, but as I look further more problems come out the woodwork. It's not quite enough to go to the "adminstrator intervention against vandalism" page, but I think something needs to be done.

He blanked each of his user pages once. Lavateraguy (talk) 15:42, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Edit warring

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

In particular, Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made; that is to say, editors are not automatically "entitled" to three reverts.
2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you continue edit warring, you may be blocked from editing.

(Note: I am warning both you and User:Auntmabel for edit warring; I am not taking sides in the dispute and I have no opinion about the content issue itself.) rʨanaɢ (talk) 02:56, 18 June 2011 (UTC)