User talk:Vincentlaurie

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Welcome and some editing suggestions

Hello Vincentlaurie, your recent edit to Juniperus virginiana contained some serious errors to the formatting of the inline reference. I've already corrected it, but you might want to look over my work to make sure I did not accidentally introduce a mistake.

Also, reviewing some of your edits, you should read MOS:RDR. This is one I learned relatively recently myself and I want others to avoid this problem. Short version: don't use a piped link like [[Maianthemum canadense|wild lily of the valley]] when there is already a redirect at [[wild lily of the valley]] that will take users there. This way if the species name is ever changed editors will only have to fix the one redirect. Also, it is a rough way to keep track of which common names are being used on Wikipedia.

Also, you overlink a bit on some of your edits. It is good to include links to other articles, but avoid linking to pages like [[Quebec]] on botanical pages. Probably anyone on a botanical page in the English version of Wikipedia already knows where/what Quebec is or any US state. Do, however consider linking to pages of more relevance to botany like "Flora of" or learning about the correct use of botanical distribution categories.

Don't worry about the mistakes you make too much. You're still relatively new and there is a lot to learn about editing Wikipedia. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 15:12, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]