User talk:Chelodonium

Hi!
Hi Cheledonium. The clock actually uses some templates... I really need to write something more clear about how to use them. As fas as uploading files, it's easy: just click "upload file" (on the left-hand side of the screen near the bottom), select a licence (GFDL is generally the best), and upload it!

I'll give some more details in the morning... absolutely exhausted right now :). --SB_Johnny | talk 22:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello SB_Jonny
Thanks for getting back to me. I am am cautious wiki newbie, more at home in a field than with a computer, so will try but any extra information would be appreciated. also, possibly dumb queestion. is it convention for us to have this conversation on my talk page or to respond accordingly on each others ? --Chelodonium | talk 13:09, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I'll jump in and answer this question...I hope SB doesn't mind! You can have a conversation anywhere on Wikiversity, but if you post on another person's talk page, they will see a "you have new messages" bar at the top of their screen when the sign in. However, this fragments the conversation if participants go back and forth, so some people like to respond in one only place. --HappyCamper 00:49, 27 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi again... sorry I wasn't watching your page, I've been pretty swamped lately (springtime for a farmer). I think for now, just log anything you see, using the main log page as you did before. If the same thing is flowering 5 days later, you can log the same flower again too.
 * I actually want to reorganize the clock so it shows pictures and allows people to either log by scientific or common name, but I'm a bit short on time (might have to put that off until next winter, at this point). In any case, data of any sort will be useful, so long as we have a location and a date. --SB_Johnny | talk 13:03, 27 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you Happy Camper, I agree with the idea that a bounced back and forth conversation would appear very fragmented. On the notes that you posted SB_Jonny, I will happily log information about blooming by botanical name, date and location. So much at this longditude and latitude is bursting forth. It is certainly an unusually early spring for some varieties. Thank you. --Chelodonium | talk 23:30, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to the Bloom Clock!
Hello, Chelodonium, and thanks for signing up as a contributor to the Bloom Clock!

To get started, all that you need to do is keep your eyes open for flowers on plants growing outdoors. Then, depending on how well you know plants, you can either try to find the plant using the global keys, or just check the master list where plants are listed by their scientific names.

Assuming you find a log page for the plant you saw, all that you need to do is click [edit] above the list of signatures, and add *~ on a new line below the last signature and above the line that begins with, which will make your signature appear on the profile page.

If you don't find a log page, just add an entry for the plant to the Master List using. Someone can then show you how to create a profile and log page for the plant.

If you don't know the name of the plant you saw, try asking on Bloom Clock/Unknown Plants using the template there. Photographs are very helpful, but if you don't have a digital camera, just give the best description you can and hopefully someone can identify it for you.

After you've logged 10 or more plants as flowering for your location, another bloom clock contributor will help you set up the categories and templates used to construct a key for your region, and try to match up your region to the global keys.

If you have any questions, ideas, or need something explained, please feel free to leave a message on my talk page, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!

(Apologies for the long-belated welcome message... finally got around to writing one!) --SB_Johnny | talk 09:24, 13 March 2008 (UTC)