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Plant article naming convention

Hi Peter coxhead. There is a plant article naming convention request at the Help Desk. I saw your name listed at Naming_conventions_(flora) contributions and am hoping you would post your thoughts at How long does speedy deletion usually take?.[1] I asked Pmanderson on the Pmanderson talk page, but not sure if she/he will see the request. Thanks. --

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Lists of Salticidae species

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Photo Removal

I'm new to all this but eager to make positive contributions. I just want to thank you for all the work you do here. You've removed several of my photos recently but I see that your reasoning is sound. Soryy to make more work for you. I'll try to be more pertinent and concise in the future. Thanks!

Sandbox

Hi I want add these article to the sandbox can you help me ? this is from google you can see title of news the Syrian translator behind Turkish soap operas conquering the Arab world - Daily Sabah Young Syrian promotes Turkish TV series, stronger ties with Arab world - Anadolu Agency The young Syrian who translates Turkish dramas for the Arab world -- TRT WORLD Sameerahmadsp (talk) 08:14, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sameerahmadsp: sorry, not my area of interest or expertise. Peter coxhead (talk) 08:15, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry that your time was wasted by this prolific sockpuppeteer. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 14:29, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bananas to Africa via Austronesians

Peter, what do you think we should do about the African banana migration? It seems not to be founded on fact, at least not the citations given. The editor could have just mixed up the sources; or else it's wishful thinking. Have you seen anything that would support the claim? Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:57, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Having now looked at the three sources that are given to support the problematic paragraph, I agree that there's nothing that states that bananas were introduced to Africa by Austronesians. It may be an issue of WP:SYNTH. (1) Bananas were spread into some regions via Austronesian speakers. (2) Austronesians were able to navigate across the Indian Ocean, e.g. they settled in Madagascar. Combining (1) and (2) produces a plausible hypothesis, but I don't see this being directly stated in the three sources. Peter coxhead (talk) 15:43, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Chiswick Chap: however doi:10.1093/aob/mcy156 does say the core of what is needed. From the abstract: "The inferred origin leads to consideration of the history of banana introduction in Africa. ... The results point to the role of Austronesian-speaking peoples who colonized the Indian Ocean islands, particularly Madagascar, and reached the East African coasts." This article has multiple authors in common with the Perrier et al. (2019) paper used at present, but is more recent and more direct in what it says.

So it can be revised based on this source. Peter coxhead (talk) 16:32, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks, I've copy-edited and replaced the refs. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:48, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Narcissus

Did you see someone wants to delist Narcissus (plant) from GA?! Michael Goodyear ✐ ✉ 00:03, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Editor experience invitation

Hi Peter. I'm looking for experienced editors to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 16:05, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]