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Table suggests baobab is New World origin, baobab article claims it is Old World (Madagascar, in fact). The contradiction suggests one or the other is wrong (it's a Rule of Logic), so something should change. Anyone? 69.125.193.249 ( talk) 12:47, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
My note that the turkey (bird) is a New World animal was reverted for sourcing issues. The information is already in the "Organism examples" section, so I didn't feel any need for an inline source. Unfortunately that entire section is currently unsourced.
Is it considered acceptable to rely on the "implicit" references in the linked articles? Can/should we source the list as a whole to a Encyclopædia Britannica like source? Or do we need "topical" references (i.e. to cite that the horse is an old world animal, you need a reference primarily about horses) for every single type of animal on this page. insert rant that if Wikidata references worked correctly, this would be trivial User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 19:15, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
It's a nice photo but nothing in it or the caption suggests to me that it belongs in the Columbian exchange article. Can someone enlighten me -- and state its relevancy in the caption? If not, I will delete the photo. Smallchief ( talk)
The first reference is to an Encyclopedia Britannica article, that itself did not have any sources that I could see. The source is used to say that Caribbean populations were the most demolished by the Columbian Exchange. The EB article says that indigenous populations on most islands declined by more than 99%.
What has my eyebrow raised on this is the narrative surrounding the Taino people. It's an open secret, only more recently recognized, that large portions of many Caribbean populations are ethnically Taino, even though the conventional historiography has been that the Taino were wiped out. I don't know what position the EB article is coming from or if it matters; I want to highlight this in case someone more knowledgeable can confirm an error. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThatOneLooksSoSad ( talk • contribs) 13:39, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
I suggest the removal of onion as an american import, since it already had a genus of Allium widely cultivated. They mention it in the Onion wiki page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Falsht ( talk • contribs) 01:55, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
English sparrows and starlings were introduced to the New World. They have negatively affected the populations of native birds. 2600:6C44:1400:309:5E8:304F:6738:D08A ( talk) 13:30, 23 April 2023 (UTC)