Talk:Alpine snowbell

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Help with the completion of the article's taxobox would be much appreciated. This flower is proving difficult to research, and I'm not sure if it's related to the generic moonwort. Thank you, Anonymous Dissident 08:41, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

According to this it's another name for Soldanella alpina, the Alpine Snowbell.

The account of the plant melting through ice needs a better source than a trivia website based on the People's Almanac. I'm concerned that it may be disorted, if not outright false. 08:56, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Why not? Many plants and animals do very strange things. The source is fine, and, anyway, there are very few others, I think you'll find, on the internet... Anonymous Dissident 09:07, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but no, the source is not fine. A trivia website is not an authority on botany, and the claim that the plants generate heat through internal combustion does not exactly inspire confidence. Even if this is based on a real fact, that doesn't mean that the account given is correct. If this is true there will be reliable sources. —Celithemis 09:26, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

well, if you have any other, better sugestions, I'm waiting. Anonymous Dissident 09:28, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I simply took the assignment from wikiproject plants.

My suggestion is to rewrite the page from reliable sources. There is a lot of information available about Soldanella alpina, just not under this particular variant common name. —Celithemis 09:36, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, ok, I suppose I could do that. But I want you to first 100% prove I am mistaken.Anonymous Dissident 09:37, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

It's rarely possible to prove a negative. That's why the burden of evidence is on the person who wants information included.

If you think I'm being too picky about sources, perhaps you could ask Wikiproject Plants about it. I'm sure they'd be happy to provide guidance on reliable sources in their subject area. —Celithemis 09:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Google books, what would we do without you? I've fixed the names but not the content; sources should be easier to find now. Melchoir 16:11, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks alot Melchoir, you seem to be on top of this sources issue. Keep up the good work, and I hope you can come through with some reliable information. That is so long as the original content is not! Anonymous Dissident 05:14, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Where in the Swiss Alps?

The Swiss Alps isn't very specific. If the author of the article could give us a region or specific area within the Alps, I might be able to get some good sources for this and some better details. ThanksLisapollison 03:31, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I am afraid mym sources do not mension where exactly the flowers reside; perhapes they are native throughout the Alps? I don't know. Thanks for contributing, by the way, to everyone. This article is going far! Anonymous Dissident 05:12, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

It's widespread in the Alps and Pyrenees. --Stemonitis 19:54, 1 March 2007 (UTC)