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Janelle

Hi. Sorry, but the pronoun question is not as clear as you are making it out to be. See this article, for example. Thanks. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 03:17, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Are you using Grammarly to "correct" Wikipedia articles?

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List of amphibians of ...

Thanks for your work on the List of amphibians of ... series. I added them to my watchlist a while ago and I've been meaning to give them a good editing, especially for capitalization. As I've seen them come up on my watchlist after your edits, I've been going over them again. I wanted to let you know why I was following you in that way. I'm not stalking your edits. Keep up the good work. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 19:08, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@SchreiberBike: Thank you! I'm glad I could help. Cryptic.rat (talk) 19:39, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, please don't create new categories for plant genera with only a small number of species. There's guidance at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Plants/Categorization#Taxonomic categories, which says categorize an article at the highest taxonomic rank which yields a "sensible" set of category sizes (say 10-100 entries). Peter coxhead (talk) 07:32, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Peter coxhead: Oh, alright. Thank you for telling me, I won't make this mistake again. Cryptic.rat (talk) 16:22, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problems. It's not a major issue. Peter coxhead (talk) 19:58, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Melaleuca crispii/Conothamnus neglectus

In 2014 Lyndley Craven transferred all the species of Beaufortia, Calothamnus, Eremaea, Lamarchea, Phymatocarpus and Regelia to Melaleuca. No Australian authorities accept the change. (You have given no reference for the change, but Plants of the World Online accepts all of the changes listed above.) PoWO also accepts Craven's transfer of all Callistemon to Melaleuca, but this change is accepted by at least some Australian authorities.

I hope you will not mind if I revert your move. Very happy to discuss the change here. Gderrin (talk) 23:27, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, sorry about that. I usually use POWO as a reference, in the future I'll check more sources. Thank you for telling me! Cryptic.rat (talk) 00:42, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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