Plants Wiki:Article Structure

There are certain guidelines that are suggested to be fit into an article. See below for more details.

Introduction
An article on Plantspedia needs a certain introduction. The name must be bolded. (to bold, type Bolded text ). If it is a species or genus, it needs to bolded and italicized (to bold and italicize, type Bolded and italicized text . The last requirement of the introduction would be introducing the species and explaining where it lives (if this isn't known it is alright; if it is known, but it has a large range, make a section about distribution)

Information
Information is by the point of view of science. Opinion isn't expressed on Plantspedia (e.g. This plant is dumb because it is red). If you are religious, and don't believe in evolution, you may put down that it is said that the plant evolves. (e.g. Humans were said to have evolved from monkeys).

External linking
When making external links, make them to the direct place where you got your information from. Only name the external links as sources or references when necessary. (see sources and references).

Sources and references
The only time that is needed to place sources, is if you are not only getting information from an online source, such as a book. If so, used Special:BookSources to place the ISBN of the book on the article. The only time to name it references is if you use the tag anywhere.

Categories
When categorizing a species or genus, make a category for the genus it is in, and after that, type | and the letter of the species. (e.g. Sequoiadendron giganteum would go under . Also put the family as a category. When making an article about a family or subfamily, add the family name as a category or subfamily name as a category, along with the order it is in. The final requirement for categories is to make a category about where it lives (if known). (e.g.  ).

Deletion
For information, see Plants Wiki:Deletion