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AfC notification: Draft:Arceuthobium californicum has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Arceuthobium californicum. Thanks! Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 12:43, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Arceuthobium californicum has been accepted

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Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 12:44, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your work on Maxillaria speciosa, great job! GGOTCC 17:38, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Sedum pachyphyllum has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Sedum pachyphyllum. Thanks! Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 15:55, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

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Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 15:55, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Arceuthobium laricis has been accepted

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Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 17:23, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

@Tarlby thanks for the review + assessment! I attempted to move the article from my sandbox to mainspace myself but accidentally ended up submitting to AfC. Hopefully the next time I try using the sandbox, things go more smoothly :)HolyEgg (talk) 18:43, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Thank you for creating high-quality articles! If you're thinking about working on any particular article further, you can try submitting your work to WP:GA. Tarlby (t) (c) 18:48, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Arceuthobium laricis

On 18 November 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Arceuthobium laricis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the larch dwarf mistletoe spreads through forests by ejecting its seeds explosively at a speed of almost 100 km/h? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Arceuthobium laricis. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Arceuthobium laricis), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Narcissus ×briffae (November 24)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Hurricane Wind and Fire was:

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

• in-depth (not just passing mentions about the subject)
• reliable
• secondary
• independent of the subject
  

Make sure you add references that meet these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

 The comment the reviewer left was:

One of the three sources is written by the author of the draft who has a COI, and the general notability guideline requires at least three independent, reliable sources.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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🌀Hurricane Wind and Fire (talk) (contribs)🔥 03:45, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

@Hurricane Wind and Fire Thanks for taking a look at the submission! I would like some advice on how to proceed because I am a little bit surprised by the feedback.

1. I do not have a COI and have also edited the page significantly. If you look at the edit history, I expanded the prose and added more details about the plant from Misfud's paper. I don't know the norms around COI here, but in this case the article does not aggrandize Misfud (I know that this is not a criterion for COI, but it is relevant IMO), and the Misfud paper is the only scientific publication that discusses the taxon.
2. My understanding of Wikipedia:SPECIES is that any plant species recognized by Plants of the World Online is presumed notable. If there are not three independent, reliable sources supporting the existence of this (very recently discovered) naturally-occurring hybrid species, isn't it nonetheless notable under these guidelines? The taxon is already mentioned with a redlink on the List of Narcissus species page, FWIW.

Can you recommend a path forward that helps this taxon have an article on Wikipedia? It's not clear to me what edits could be made at this point to address the AfC comments. I don't think it should be excluded simply because it's newly-discovered, and because the only botanist to have written about it happened to be the first contributor to the draft.

HolyEgg (talk) 16:38, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello, I saw a COI comment at the top of page. I apologize if I confused it with another draft, I was pretty tired at the time :P. Yes, I now see the draft is notable. You can move the draft to the article space. Thank you for letting me know, this is a mistake on my end. Tell me if you want help moving the draft. Again, thank you. 🌀Hurricane Wind and Fire (talk) (contribs)🔥 23:46, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

I appreciate the reply! I just moved the article to mainspace; let me know if I did some part of the move incorrectly. HolyEgg (talk) 00:35, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

You moved it correctly, and I now know the issue; it is because the first submitter was Misfud who had a COI and I assumed they had submitted the draft again.

I rated the article Start-class; it is well-written, but on the short side. If you would like to improve the classification, you can look at the content assessment scale to see how you can improve the article. Nice job on the article! 🌀Hurricane Wind and Fire (talk) (contribs)🔥 00:59, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello, HolyEgg! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! 🌀Hurricane Wind and Fire (talk) (contribs)🔥 03:45, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Your nomination of Hammarbya is under review

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Your nomination of Hammarbya has passed

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DYK for Hammarbya

On 21 July 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hammarbya, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 360° twists in the flower stalks of the bog adder's-mouth orchid sparked a public debate between Charles Darwin and Asa Gray over the role of God in natural selection? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hammarbya. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Hammarbya), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Moehringia lateriflora

On 4 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Moehringia lateriflora, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the anthers of the blunt-leaf sandwort are infected by a species of smut fungus, producing spores that are spread to other flowers by pollinators? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Moehringia lateriflora. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Moehringia lateriflora), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:06, 1 August 2026 (UTC) 00:05, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Good work on Moehringia lateriflora. I love expansion of lesser known plant articles like this. (Well I love the expansion of any plant article, TBH.) 🌿MtBotany (talk) 14:55, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

I appreciate the comment and your additions to the article! HolyEgg (talk) 16:00, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

You're welcome. I expect we will be seeing quite a bit of each other's work since you also work on southwestern US plants quite often. Looking forward to seeing how you grow as an editor. I've been doing this seriously for three full years and I'm still learning new techniques and improving my understanding of botany and it will probably be the same for you. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 17:40, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

I definitely am learning a lot about Wikipedia (including the existence of a POWO citation template, just today, thanks to you) as I go (hopefully not making much of a mess along the way) and, better still, am learning a lot about plants and their ecology.

There is lots more to do with southwestern mistletoe taxa. I'm thinking of Arceuthobium americanum, A. gillii, A. vaginatum, A. divaricatum, A. douglasii, A. cyanocarpum, P. hawksworthii, P. capitellatum, P. coryae, P. densum, P. juniperinum, P. macrophyllum, and P. pauciflorum—enough pages to make me dizzy—but I guess there is no due date. Let me know if you're interested in collaborating on any of those in the future because I have some useful books and some of my own photos of most of them. HolyEgg (talk) 18:34, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Collaborating on some or all of those would be fun. How would you like to divy up the work? I could easily put in a short taxonomy for each of the existing pages over the next three days and/or start a draft for Arceuthobium cyanocarpum we could both work on. It's a subspecies of Arceuthobium campylopodum in FNA, but there is enough sources calling it a species that I think it needs an article. Though I would not make it too long in case POWO and Natural Resources Conservation Service list it as just a subspecies in the future. Would you want to start a draft of Phoradendron hawksworthii? It has no description even as a subspecies in FNA, but I'm finding other sources for descriptions and it is in both POWO and World Plants (https://www.worldplants.de). 🌿MtBotany (talk) 19:59, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Phoradendron hawksworthii would be a fun one since I haven't touched any Phoradendron articles yet. It was described only recently(ish), so there is less literature on it. I see you started on Arceuthobium cyanocarpum, which is good—it and A. occidentale (which I have a neglected draft of) are the only two members of Campylopoda without articles, so this will help complete a section. The Campylopoda taxonomy is contentious, and from talking to people in the mistletoe world, it seems like there's quite a bit of acrimony over the varying treatments. That said, there is enough literature on each of the Campylopoda taxa to justify individual articles even if they are demoted to subspecies, IMO—their effects on hosts and (known) associated invertebrates can be pretty different.

Where should we continue our conversation about A. cyanocarpum while working on the draft? The draft talk page, or here? I will work on an ecology section once I finish polishing Cypripedium candidum. HolyEgg (talk) 01:08, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Anytime you want to start a draft or mainspace article for Phoradendron hawksworthii I'd be happy to contribute. I've started doing some basic taxonomy and adding NatureServe status information to various species. When I was young I climbed a lot of ponderosa pines with dwarf mistletoe, almost undoubtedly Arceuthobium vaginatum. It is interesting learning how they are connected with each other. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 16:58, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! I am really pleased by how Arceuthobium cyanocarpum turned out. Looking forward to Phoradendron hawksworthii. A few years ago, I was traveling in the southwest while on spring break and racking up mistletoe lifers. I complained to my friend at every national/state park about the lack of signage explaining or even identifying the (often very rare) mistletoes that were all over. Surely at least some people were curious about what they were seeing in the trees. Well, finally, there was an interpretive sign about mistletoes at the Carrizozo volcanic field, where Phoradendron hawksworthii was abundant—except that it misidentified the mistletoes as Phoradendron juniperinum! So, we can set the record straight on Wikipedia. :) HolyEgg (talk) 17:08, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Glad you think it went well. I'm happy to have all the species that grow in Colorado as blue links now, though the other species will need work at some point. I've always been fascinated by role that all the parasitic plants have in habitats. Though, I think of Santalaceae my favorite is outside the dwarf mistletoes, Comandra umbellata. Common, but interestingly large round seeds and quite charming little flowers. The fruit is edible, slightly sweet. I've tried to plant it in a prairie garden, but no luck. I've read that no one seems to have much luck with the seeds and so restoration projects often resort to transplanting sections of it together with its host plants, though I probably won't try that myself. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 19:33, 8 August 2026 (UTC)