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Hello, Hermeswiki, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Aquatic Plants

I've noticed that you have been introducing new pages on aquatic plants. If I may suggest that you make them more accessible to non-afficionados by including an introductory sentence of few, and by eschewing ingroup jargon such as Crypt for Cryptocoryne. Lavateraguy 19:57, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Plants!

Hi, and welcome to WikiProject Plants! Our scope includes any and all taxa of plants, botanists, and botany topics. We're glad to have you working with us on our project!

A few features that you might find helpful:

• Our navigation box points to most of the useful pages within the project.
• We discuss our project frequently at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Plants. You can watchlist it to keep up with the conversations.

Here are some easy ways you can contribute:

• Images: There are articles that need images. You can search Wikimedia Commons for images. When you find one, add it to the Wikipedia article in the taxobox and remove the "needs-photo=yes" parameter from the project banner on the talk page of the article. You could also help identify plant photos on Commons.
• Taxobox: We also have articles that need taxoboxes. See the taxobox usage guide for information on how to add a taxobox. When complete, don't forget to remove the "needs-taxobox=yes" parameter from the talk page banner.
• Stubs: Consider expanding one of our stubs or create one of our requested articles.
• Assessment: You could also help assess our unassessed articles.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page or the project at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Plants. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! Rkitko ^(talk) 13:45, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Plant stubs

Hi thankyou for your contributions. However please try to write articles in sentences rather than note form thanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^"Talk"? 16:03, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you I've amended that article and accept the constructive criticism Hermeswiki 17:24, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

I'd like to second the suggestion above. I've run across a lot of your contributions earlier in the month, such as Hydrocotyle verticillata. May I suggest a greater attention to the wikimarkup including the italics and headings? Most of your articles include some extra or missing '' or =. And please do write articles in prose instead of short notes under headings. Sections should be used sparingly (a good rule of thumb is that if a section doesn't have two paragraphs, it probably can't stand on its own). You should also include a lead section. You're filling some great gaps in our plants. Keep it up, but an eye toward formatting wouldn't hurt. Cheers, Rkitko ^(talk) 22:39, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Me again! I just thought I'd provide you with an example of how your existing articles could be changed to proper formatting. Take a look at the changes I made here. None of those sections were necessary and it looks much better in a prose form. Hope that helps guide y you! Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, Rkitko ^(talk) 01:49, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Science lovers wanted!

Science lovers wanted!

Hi! I'm serving as the wikipedian-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution Archives until June! One of my goals as resident, is to work with Wikipedians and staff to improve content on Wikipedia about people who have collections held in the Archives - most of these are scientists who held roles within the Smithsonian and/or federal government. I thought you might like to participate since you are interested in the sciences! Sign up to participate here and dive into articles needing expansion and creation on our to-do list. Feel free to make a request for images or materials at the request page, and of course, if you share your successes at the outcomes page you will receive the SIA barnstar! Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to your participation! Sarah (talk) 01:33, 18 April 2012 (UTC)|} ArbCom elections are now open! Hi, You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:38, 24 November 2015 (UTC)