Talk:List of invasive species in Florida

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Requirement for References

For all species listed which do not have a specific citation it should be clear from their linked article that they are an invasive species of Florida. I didn't think that they needed an additional reference or citation.Jameel the Saluki (talk) 13:05, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Emergency revert

I never thought I'd want to nominate a valid topic for deletion out of sheer desperation, but this one is really astounding.

The last time anyone added something to this list responsibly was in October 2017, when Jameel the Saluki made a sourced update [1]. Since then, several editors, primarily Dinosaurus4321 and 2601:583:2:5ec1:8c7c:7bf0:51b9:78a, have been absolutely savaging it. I don't know what's going on in your heads, guys, but the crap that has been added is beyond belief. I did a little spot sampling of those entries that struck me as particularly dumb on a quick scroll-through. That starts with species for which there is just plain no indication of invasive status (mostly not just in the US but ANYWHERE) such as

continues with entries that nominate entire genera or families

Flying frog
Bird-of-paradise (of which there is not a single species that is capable of being invasive in any way)

and culminates with entries that are simply insane, such as

- and if you don't understand why these are beyond defensible, you have no business going anywhere near this topic. I mean, what gives??? Have you just been throwing in any old species that is present in a zoo somewhere in Florida? Or maybe just random species, for the hell of it?

I've pruned this down to the last entry by Jameel, because it's beyond anyone's capacity to sift through the ton of garbage that has been thrown on top since. I am herewith proposing that no further entries be added here unless they are clearly and reliably sourced. If we can't come to a clear decision, I'll make it an RFC. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 10:00, 24 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed the plant list was complete nonsense a few months ago, before it was merged here. I deleted a bunch, but as it was actively being screwed with by a weirdo I couldn't be bothered. I am now deleting everything that looks nonsense to me - cocaine and other drugs (you wish), extremely rare Madagascar endemics, fruit tree cultivars from the tropical rainforest, desert species, entire genera, rare cycads, ornamental houseplants with little history of invasiveness... The two sources listed are themselves not great - a volunteer organisation with no legal standing, nothing official, and they also list potential future invasives which are being mixed up in this list. If I understand it correctly, there are officially only a dozen or two invasive plant species according to local legislature, almost all aquatic plants. Some of the listed "invasives", i.e. Butia odorata are only known from a few abandoned ornamental plants in an old garden which have only recently been found to reseed within the grounds, actually after the referenced provided were published. There is a difference between adventive garden escapes and actual invasive species. Leo Breman (talk) 19:21, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Much obliged... --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 20:30, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Recent additions

OhanaSurf, an apology: I was thinking in terms of our lists of introduced, not invasive, species. For these, the requirement is that the population must be established and reproducing - but for invasive species the threshold is higher and based on ecosystem impact, as Hyperik notes. - Having said that, many of your additions do not even reach the lower threshold required for "introduced" status. E.g., the common myna is recorded as "present, not established" [2]. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 14:08, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]