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	===The focus===		===The focus===
	This wiki is dedicated to information on gardening and growing plants. The difference between an article here, and one on ~~wikipedia~~ therefore is that this site will tell you about the plant, what it's like, how to grow it, how to propagate it, how to keep it healthy and happy, all the important cultivars, etc. Wikipedia will tell you things like its history, uses, how many tons of it are ~~produces~~ in Brazil, etc. All of this is useful information, but which site(s) you visit to learn about the plant will depend on what you want to know about it. So on this site, the focus needs to stay on target, so that all of the information about the plant stays on focus. Same goes for articles about composting, grafting, etc. This site needs to tell you exactly what you need to know as a gardener to accomplish these tasks. You can see a comparison between the sites [[Wikipedia\|here]].		This wiki is dedicated to information on gardening and growing plants. The difference between an article here, and one on Wikipedia therefore is that this site will tell you about the plant, what it's like, how to grow it, how to propagate it, how to keep it healthy and happy, all the important cultivars, etc. Wikipedia will tell you things like its history, uses, how many tons of it are produced in Brazil, etc. All of this is useful information, but which site(s) you visit to learn about the plant will depend on what you want to know about it. So on this site, the focus needs to stay on target, so that all of the information about the plant stays on focus. Same goes for articles about composting, grafting, etc. This site needs to tell you exactly what you need to know as a gardener to accomplish these tasks. You can see a comparison between the sites [[Wikipedia\|here]].

	===What's been done===		===What's been done===

WikiWorks: /* User accounts */

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User accounts

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	Before following the editing/uploading instructions below, ''you must have a user account''. Accounts are completely free, but you must now request one by email. Just send a note to raffi@ followed by the name of this website (gardenology.org) and include the username you'd like to request. Sorry for the extra step, but it helps to maintain a high quality of information as well as eliminate spam. Anyone can get an account if they are willing to follow the [[Help:Editing]] guidelines!		Before following the editing/uploading instructions below, ''you must have a user account''. Accounts are completely free, but you must now request one by email. Just send a note to raffi@ followed by the name of this website (gardenology.org) and include the username you'd like to request. Sorry for the extra step, but it helps to maintain a high quality of information as well as eliminate spam. Anyone can get an account if they are willing to follow the [[Help:Editing]] guidelines!

	Even without a user account, you can add your comments to the bottom of any plant or garden article. There is a comment section that doesn't require any registration, so you can share your thoughts with the click of a mouse.		''Even without a user account, you can add your comments'' to the bottom of any plant or garden article. There is a comment section that doesn't require any registration, so you can share your thoughts with the click of a mouse.

	===How to edit an article===		===How to edit an article===

WikiWorks: /* User accounts */

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User accounts

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	===User accounts===		===User accounts===
	Before following the editing/uploading instructions below, ''you must have a user account''. Accounts are completely free, but you must now request one by email. Just send a note to raffi@ followed by the name of this website (gardenology.org) and include the username you'd like to request. Sorry for the extra step, but it helps to maintain a high quality of information as well as eliminate spam. Anyone can get an account if they are willing to follow the [[Help:Editing]] guidelines!		Before following the editing/uploading instructions below, ''you must have a user account''. Accounts are completely free, but you must now request one by email. Just send a note to raffi@ followed by the name of this website (gardenology.org) and include the username you'd like to request. Sorry for the extra step, but it helps to maintain a high quality of information as well as eliminate spam. Anyone can get an account if they are willing to follow the [[Help:Editing]] guidelines!

			Even without a user account, you can add your comments to the bottom of any plant or garden article. There is a comment section that doesn't require any registration, so you can share your thoughts with the click of a mouse.

	===How to edit an article===		===How to edit an article===

WikiWorks: /* Editing and uploading */

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Editing and uploading

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	==Editing and uploading==		==Editing and uploading==
			===User accounts===
	Before following the editing/uploading instructions below, ''you must have a user account''. Accounts are completely free, but you must now request one by email. Just send a note to raffi@ followed by the name of this website (gardenology.org) and include the username you'd like to request. Sorry for the extra step, but it helps to maintain a high quality of information as well as eliminate spam. Anyone can get an account if they are willing to follow the [[Help:Editing]] guidelines!		Before following the editing/uploading instructions below, ''you must have a user account''. Accounts are completely free, but you must now request one by email. Just send a note to raffi@ followed by the name of this website (gardenology.org) and include the username you'd like to request. Sorry for the extra step, but it helps to maintain a high quality of information as well as eliminate spam. Anyone can get an account if they are willing to follow the [[Help:Editing]] guidelines!

WikiWorks at 18:09, 20 August 2010

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	===How to read an article===		===How to read an article===
	First the entire genus (eg. Muscari) is described, along with how to grow them, then the individual species (eg. Muscari armeniacum) are listed with some of their particular features. You can click on the species name in the list to go to the article specifically about that species of the plant. Wherever possible, zone information, plant height, width, and other information is provided for each species at the top of the article. If it's missing, you can click the edit tab at the top of the page and add it.		First the entire genus (eg. Muscari) is described, along with how to grow them, then the individual species (eg. Muscari armeniacum) are listed with some of their particular features. You can click on the species name in the list to go to the article specifically about that species of the plant. Wherever possible, zone information, plant height, width, and other information is provided for each species at the top of the article. If it's missing, you can click the edit tab at the top of the page and add it.

			==Editing and uploading==
			Before following the editing/uploading instructions below, ''you must have a user account''. Accounts are completely free, but you must now request one by email. Just send a note to raffi@ followed by the name of this website (gardenology.org) and include the username you'd like to request. Sorry for the extra step, but it helps to maintain a high quality of information as well as eliminate spam. Anyone can get an account if they are willing to follow the [[Help:Editing]] guidelines!

	===How to edit an article===		===How to edit an article===
	Before following the steps below, you must have a user account. These are completely free, but you must now request one by email. Just send a note to raffi@ followed by the name of this website (gardenology.org) and include the username you'd like to request. Sorry for the extra step, but it helps to maintain a high quality of information.

	Editing a page is very simple. Just click on the "Edit" tab on top of virtually every page, type what you need to, and click save! If there are formatting issues, don't worry too much about those, someone else can fix the formatting issues, and you'll quickly pickup what you need to when it comes to that yourself. For a quick intro see [[Help:Editing]] Some of the text is rather scientific and heavy, that's because of the source it came from. Here we are striving for a more readable and accessible text, so don't be intimidated at all to write in your own style, and to jump in and help rewrite the heavier text to simplify it and narrow it down to a gardeners needs.		Editing a page is very simple. Just click on the "Edit" tab on top of virtually every page, type what you need to, and click save! If there are formatting issues, don't worry too much about those, someone else can fix the formatting issues, and you'll quickly pickup what you need to when it comes to that yourself. For a quick intro see [[Help:Editing]] Some of the text is rather scientific and heavy, that's because of the source it came from. Here we are striving for a more readable and accessible text, so don't be intimidated at all to write in your own style, and to jump in and help rewrite the heavier text to simplify it and narrow it down to a gardeners needs.

WikiWorks: /* How to edit an article */

2010-07-29T16:55:15Z

How to edit an article

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	===How to edit an article===		===How to edit an article===
			Before following the steps below, you must have a user account. These are completely free, but you must now request one by email. Just send a note to raffi@ followed by the name of this website (gardenology.org) and include the username you'd like to request. Sorry for the extra step, but it helps to maintain a high quality of information.

	Editing a page is very simple. Just click on the "Edit" tab on top of virtually every page, type what you need to, and click save! If there are formatting issues, don't worry too much about those, someone else can fix the formatting issues, and you'll quickly pickup what you need to when it comes to that yourself. For a quick intro see [[Help:Editing]] Some of the text is rather scientific and heavy, that's because of the source it came from. Here we are striving for a more readable and accessible text, so don't be intimidated at all to write in your own style, and to jump in and help rewrite the heavier text to simplify it and narrow it down to a gardeners needs.		Editing a page is very simple. Just click on the "Edit" tab on top of virtually every page, type what you need to, and click save! If there are formatting issues, don't worry too much about those, someone else can fix the formatting issues, and you'll quickly pickup what you need to when it comes to that yourself. For a quick intro see [[Help:Editing]] Some of the text is rather scientific and heavy, that's because of the source it came from. Here we are striving for a more readable and accessible text, so don't be intimidated at all to write in your own style, and to jump in and help rewrite the heavier text to simplify it and narrow it down to a gardeners needs.

WikiWorks at 16:44, 29 July 2010

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	==Gardenology.org Merchandise==		==Gardenology.org Merchandise==
	We have some [http://www.cafepress.com/www_plants_am goodies available] for Gardenology.org fans who want to help spread the word. These are priced exactly at cost, they're just being made available to help spread the good word!		We have some [http://www.cafepress.com/www_plants_am goodies available] for Gardenology.org fans who want to help spread the word. These are priced exactly at cost, they're just being made available to help spread the good word!
	* [http://www.canada-grants.ca Canada Grants]

WikiWorks: /* The work to be done */

2010-07-29T16:42:58Z

The work to be done

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	For '''''very''''' detailed information on how to edit a plant article, see '''[[Help:How to edit a plant article]]'''.		For '''''very''''' detailed information on how to edit a plant article, see '''[[Help:How to edit a plant article]]'''.

			===Referencing===
			Always, always reference your sources of information! This cannot be emphasized enough. For a wiki to be a reliable source, the information it contains must come from reliable sources. So the following policy stands:

			When adding any material or information, please add a reference to the source at the relevant spot, by adding the name or link of a source in between the reference tags like this: <nowiki><ref>Name of book or URL</ref></nowiki>. It will automatically be referenced in the reference section of the page. If you do not include this reference, your material can be immediately removed as unreliable. Your first-hand knowledge or experience with plants can be added in the comments section below an article, where it will not be confused with the reference article text itself.

	==Gardenology.org Merchandise==		==Gardenology.org Merchandise==
	We have some [http://www.cafepress.com/www_plants_am goodies available] for Gardenology.org fans who want to help spread the word. These are priced exactly at cost, they're just being made available to help spread the good word!		We have some [http://www.cafepress.com/www_plants_am goodies available] for Gardenology.org fans who want to help spread the word. These are priced exactly at cost, they're just being made available to help spread the good word!
	* [http://www.canada-grants.ca Canada Grants]		* [http://www.canada-grants.ca Canada Grants]

WikiWorks: Reverted edits by 212.117.167.142 (Talk) to last revision by 216.110.209.166

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Reverted edits by 212.117.167.142 (Talk) to last revision by 216.110.209.166

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	To find a plant, just type in the common name, or scientific name in the search box on the left and click on go. It should either bring up the plant you're interested in, or in some cases a list of plants that go by the same name. Plants are usually listed by scientific groupings of all the species of a genera. To put it simply, all four species of clivia are listed on the clivia page, from which you can click on the separate species articles. In some cases, when a plant is very widely known by a single common name, the plant is listed under that name.		To find a plant, just type in the common name, or scientific name in the search box on the left and click on go. It should either bring up the plant you're interested in, or in some cases a list of plants that go by the same name. Plants are usually listed by scientific groupings of all the species of a genera. To put it simply, all four species of clivia are listed on the clivia page, from which you can click on the separate species articles. In some cases, when a plant is very widely known by a single common name, the plant is listed under that name.

	~~ICFBskGx~~		===How to read an article===
			First the entire genus (eg. Muscari) is described, along with how to grow them, then the individual species (eg. Muscari armeniacum) are listed with some of their particular features. You can click on the species name in the list to go to the article specifically about that species of the plant. Wherever possible, zone information, plant height, width, and other information is provided for each species at the top of the article. If it's missing, you can click the edit tab at the top of the page and add it.

	~~kAXhlcv~~		===How to edit an article===
			Editing a page is very simple. Just click on the "Edit" tab on top of virtually every page, type what you need to, and click save! If there are formatting issues, don't worry too much about those, someone else can fix the formatting issues, and you'll quickly pickup what you need to when it comes to that yourself. For a quick intro see [[Help:Editing]] Some of the text is rather scientific and heavy, that's because of the source it came from. Here we are striving for a more readable and accessible text, so don't be intimidated at all to write in your own style, and to jump in and help rewrite the heavier text to simplify it and narrow it down to a gardeners needs.

	===How to upload a photo===		===How to upload a photo===

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How to edit an article

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	~~===How to edit an article===~~		kAXhlcv
	Editing a page is very simple. Just click on the "Edit" tab on top of virtually every page, type what you need to, and click save! If there are formatting issues, don't worry too much about those, someone else can fix the formatting issues, and you'll quickly pickup what you need to when it comes to that yourself. For a quick intro see [[Help:Editing]] Some of the text is rather scientific and heavy, that's because of the source it came from. Here we are striving for a more readable and accessible text, so don't be intimidated at all to write in your own style, and to jump in and help rewrite the heavier text to simplify it and narrow it down to a gardeners needs.

	===How to upload a photo===		===How to upload a photo===