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Olea

Could you please provide the reference not just a link on edit comments. Thanks Andyboorman (talk) 09:56, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Please note you should not make major changes without using references as per WS Help Section, as these are likely to be reverted in good faith. WCSP is only a database for sure, but taxonomic changes are rarely accepted at Kew or any other academic institution without revision of the evidence. There are numerous examples of proposals in papers that do not make consensus. Without your sources WS can not make judgements and so HAS to adopt a conservative approach. I will leave your edits for now, but will revert if your evidence is not provided. Hope this helps and I have pinged @Estopedist1:, as he made reverts and I would hate for an edit war to flair up. Finally if your evidence seems robust I will contact Govaerts at Kew for an opinion. Can't be fairer that that. Andyboorman (talk) 10:13, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

I have added a 2019 paper to Olea europaea that reviews the sub-species accepted by Kew database. It is as I thought, sub-species are more commonly accepted than the segregates you raised. Therefore, I have removed the redirects from O. e. subsp. cerasiformis and O. e. subsp. guanchica. However, it is possible to leave the species pages you created in place as disputed taxa if that is OK with you? I have pinged @Estopedist1:, as well. Cheers Andyboorman (talk) 08:10, 31 August 2020 (UTC)