Talk:Kelp

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Contents 1 Scientific classification 2 Kelp Goose 3 Weight loss 4 Historical Meanings of Kelp 5 Species List 6 Kelp Farming 7 Kelp and acne 8 References 9 Help request

[edit] Scientific classification

"Kingdom:Chromalveolata" must be wrong - there are five or six kingdoms (I don't know the wiki standard): Plantae, Fungi, Animalia, Protista and Monera/Eubacteria and Archaebacteria. I.e. no kingdom called Chromalveolata. I don't know to which kingdom kelp belongs though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.160.44.146 (talk) 20:45, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kelp Goose

I cannot find any references to the association between Kelp Goose and New Zealand. Alan Liefting 09:49, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Weight loss

What about mentioning the use of kelp tablets to lose weight? Laursch.

[edit] Historical Meanings of Kelp

The principal meaning of the word "kelp" through the 19th Century was in relation to "soda ash," and indeed one meaning of "kelp" in the 19th Century was as one type of "soda ash." I think the present article, which is also the target of the redirect from Laminariales, might need to be broken into two in order to manage this change in the meaning of the word itself. Anyway, I'm making some small additions to the article to begin working in this direction.EAS 21:13, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Species List

This article should not be a list of the species of kelp. It should describe common characteristics of kelp, maybe mentioning certain species as examples, not just list species. Werothegreat 21:19, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps you are right! I will look at it again - but I may leave the list, indeed add to it. But some info on the Group in general is perhaps a good idea. But please help - who wrote "Neat" (below)? - suspicious. And forther the section "Uses" can only be seen when in "Edit" not otherwise. Osborne 13:41, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I think it would be best left and a new article written on "Laminariales" - it would contain a list - but if I do it much more. to be considered.Osborne 14:26, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

There already is an article on Laminaria - It would be best to work on this & cross ref. What do you think. If you wish to contact me please use My talk - I may forget about this "Talk:Kelp"! Osborne 15:08, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kelp Farming

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has worked on this article. It has been very useful for me. I'm also hoping that someone can do an article about kelp farming. I haven't been able to find much on this topic on wikipedia. The Algaculture article even states that macroalgae aren't commercially viable and aren't farmed very much. THEN WHERE DOES MY SEAWEED SALAD COME FROM. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.203.79.14 (talk)

[edit] Kelp and acne

I read about this briefly in a book published by Reader's Digest called "Foods that Harm, Foods that Heal" and it mentioned that kelp can cause severe cystic acne. Can someone please research that and mention it in this article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.6.247.155 (talk) 03:58, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

It should be mentioned that foods high in iodine content (which kelp is) - can cause cystic nodular acne. A search for 'kelp + acne' yields a ton of results associating acne breakouts due to high kelp consumption. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Futurelovers (talk • contribs) 15:41, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

Is "Kelp" given as ref "2" correct? - it a note with a ref rather than a ref? Osborne 15:04, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Not sure exactly which ref you're asking about. I tweaked the "Kelper" definitions but the rest look fine to me. Hoof Hearted 16:32, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help request

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1/ Who wrote "Neat!"...? see above It is suspicious.

Click on the "history" tab for this talk page. It was added by Keleigh796

"User:Keleigh796|Keleigh796]]" WHEN CLICKED IS "EMPTY" I don't understand it. Osborne 14:22, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

That's because it's a new account and the person hasn't set up a user page. By default, a User: link will take you to their user page. You can see Keleigh796's edits by clicking "User Contributions" in the lower left of the "EMPTY" page (looks like the account is less than 2 weeks old). You can also click the "discussion" tab from there and see that someone has welcomed them. I don't think there's anything sinister going on. As ais523 points out, it was probably a newbie testing out some edit functions. Hoof Hearted 15:48, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

2/ The section"Uses" can only be seen when in Edit!! I want to check it, not sure that it is correct. Osborne 13:36, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

There appears to be an improper ref tag in the Morphology section. I will fix it. Hoof Hearted 13:55, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I've fixed the formatting there; when a reference is mentioned for a second time in an article, you need to give an extra slash at the end of the ref tag (i.e. <ref name="name" />), or it blanks the article up to the next reference. As for the 'neat' section, it appeared to be a test by a new user; I've removed it. Hope that helps! --ais523 13:57, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Aah! I thought you still needed the end tag on re-used refs. Thanks for the lesson.  :-) Hoof Hearted 14:00, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Ah thanks - will look at it. I knew of the: /> when the ref is used a second time - but I sometimes get it a bit mixed up, especially when editing and putting in the ref before the first! Will take a look now thanks Osborne 14:18, 20 April 2007 (UTC)