Is it me, or has there been an influx of new users? Is this simply due to the season, or did something happen to draw in new users?

@NiallC. Do you guys accept "What is this plant?" type questions on Gardening?

I've got a plant in my yard, and I'm not sure what the heck it is.

@Tester101 Yes we do. Use the "identification" tag and whatever others make sense to you. Photos are great: the whole plant, leaves, flowers if you have them, and anything else that catches the eye. I leave this canned comment if there's not enough information in the question:

> With identification questions, it's useful to describe where in the world you found the plant, and the conditions where you found it (sun, shade, rocky hillside, forested riverbank, and so on). If you have more information about the plant, please update your question to add it. Thanks!

And this is my meta plea for help in improving the quality of plant id questions: meta.gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/501/…

FWIW

@Mazura Because closing a question means that it should not have been asked on this site in the first place. An author abandoning their question and the quality of that question are independent of each other: a drive-by user can ask an excellent, on-topic, detailed question and never come back.