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The vast majority of the articles on Gardenology.org are plant articles, since the free plant encyclopedia we are building is one of the main goals of this site, and there are tens of thousands of plants out there. Our focus of course is to cover all of the garden plants in the world, with instructions on how to grow them. This article will go into great detail about how to edit each article, and what the goal is of a plant article.
The vast majority of the articles on Gardenology.org are plant articles, since the free plant encyclopedia we are building is one of the main goals of this site, and there are tens of thousands of plants out there. Our focus of course is to cover all of the garden plants in the world, with instructions on how to grow them. This article will go into great detail about how to edit each article, and what the goal is of a plant article.
==User accounts==
Before following the editing 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==
==How to edit==
*Flower features - again, only fill this in if the plant is grown at least in part for its flowers.
*Flower features - again, only fill this in if the plant is grown at least in part for its flowers.
*Minimum temp - this is the lowest temperature a plant can survive before it normally would die.
*Minimum temp - this is the lowest temperature a plant can survive before it normally would die.
*USDA zones - usually you'll at least know the lowest zone a plant will grow in, oftentimes you'll know the top as well.
*[[USDA zones]] - usually you'll at least know the lowest zone a plant will grow in, oftentimes you'll know the top as well. Some sources have subcategories with a and b. A zone 4a is the same as zone 4, but a zone 4b should be entered as 4.5.
*Sunset zones - please use the National Garden Book for these, or at least mention that you are using just the Western or other edition in the reference section!
*Sunset zones - please use the National Garden Book for these, or at least mention that you are using just the Western or other edition in the reference section!
*Infobox needs help? - this checkbox will display a message on the page if it is checked off, asking visitors to add information. If a few of the fields are already full, you can uncheck this.
*Infobox needs help? - this checkbox will display a message on the page if it is checked off, asking visitors to add information. If a few of the fields are already full, you can uncheck this.
