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I know it is quite a while that you don't come to Wikipedia. I'd really appreciate if you can add some references to the shark shark mythology section... --pippo2001 03:55, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Sorry Rgamble, I think I blew away your edit to Grand Prix Legends - first time here and I thought my changes were lost so I re-edited. You're right, it does read like an ad.
Killer, another biologist. We seen to be endandergered around here. Welcome aboard! I like what you have done with the fishes articles. Good work! (Although, we may need to have species' articles listed by binomial name in the future - since common names are anything but - but we can talk about that later) You need anything, don't hesitate to ask for help. Most of us don't bite (at least not hard). :)Cheers. --maveric149
--rgamble
Not sure what you mean exactly... My idea actually was to make the primary articles with the binomial name (Gadus morhua) for example. Then we could have an entry and link in the cod article about that specific fish species with a one-line description. We would also have any other species of fish on that page that has a common name that includes "cod" (if memory serves, there are several different species of fish that in some parts of the world, that only have a common name of "cod"). We, of course, would have to be careful that we don't go overboard on this though -- there are some common names that are known world-wide and are truely "common" (although I can't think of any right now). maveric149
Take a look at what I've done with the whitefish, cod and Gadus morhua articles. Not sure if it would be better to leave the whitefish article without the binomials. Comments welcome. --rgamble
Yep, you are on the right track. I just reformatted the Gadus morhua article and expaned the cod article to show specifically what I had in mind. What do you think? --maveric149
Looks good. I would prefer to have a common name in most articles (with the binomial afterwards) simply because I'm a big believer in scientists needing to explain things to non-scientists in as non-threatening a manner as possible. :) However, having the binomial as its own entry was a very good idea.
--rgamble
Yeah, I've changed my mind - the order should be reversed. I myself rarely refer to fishes or any other living animal by their scientific name before mentioning the common name. Of course a redirect from the scientific name to the article should always be done as well as having the scientific name after the most common, common name for English speakers. And we should take the "common name" issue on a case by case basis. I will go ahead and change the test articles to illustrate this. (it is still good to have the "cod" article, since there are many fishes with cod in their common names)--maveric149
Thanks for the Ching Shih article - looks extremely interesting! :) -- April
I left a general note on nomenclature on Talk:Magnoliophyta that you might find interesting. Cheers! --maveric149
Hi rgamble. Beatiful contribution of Battle of Hurtgen Forest. I put there standard headers for battles: History - Military history -- List of battles -- World War II. I also rearrnaged it a bit: put quotes at end. Maybe you will consider to put somthing similar in all next pages you will edit. If you are World War II fan, maybe you will try to fiil blank Battle of Crete, Battle of Okinawa etc. szopen
Good luck to everyone in their efforts to build the wikipedia. I have learned much reading the topics (and writing others). I have also learned that it usually only takes about a week or so of participation before I get irritated and spend far more time on here fixing what I consider to be immature vandalism, or in arguments about science and other such things. I feel I am actually hurting the wikipedia with my negativity and so will leave for the time being. I may come back as an IP address, in which case I will simply input new articles, copyedit, or whatever, and stay out of discussions, leaving that to those who get annoyed less quickly than myself. Rgamble
I've been doing a little work on the orphan list and ran into the Yellow pike article, whose total content is "A common name for the freshwater fish more often called walleye." As the resident fish expert (relatively) you may have a better idea whether this article should be a redirect or deleted altogether. Eclecticology, Friday, April 26, 2002
Thank you for dealing with it. I'm ichthyally challenged, and couldn't fairly cope with the matter. Meanwhile, I found another fishy orphan that I know nothing about: Wellfleet oyster. As much as I can see where you're going with it, I can't completely agree with reducing everything to one common name the way that a species can have only one Latin binomial. Since common names are often regional or local, giving any one priority can be a problem. You are right that they will show up in searches (as long as it's not an eel, a gar, a ray or other three letter fish), but names in titles do have precedence. Eclecticology
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Hello, I was hoping to write an article on the 'other' Carmina Burana, namely the body of about 1000 songs/poems now housed at Augsburg University. Should this be on your Carmina Burana page, or a separate one? I'd appreciate your advice.
You might not be the person to ask this, but I found you in the history of Mollusc; I've totally revamped the Conchology page, basing it structurally on Entomology, and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a look and maybe cleaning it up/ giving feedback/correcting typos/whatever neccesary. I would appreciate it. Thanx! СПУТНИКССС Р 22:07, 7 February 2006 (UTC)Reply
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