Talk:Asian giant softshell turtle

Plagiarism

Much of the text of this article was lifted verbatim from the World Chelonian Trust, ARKive,[1] and Reptile Database Web sites. I've attempted to remove much of this plagiarism. Also, the two news articles of May 2007 indicate that the turtle may survive only along that 30-mile stretch of the Mekong. The edit of 11:17, May 16, 2007 made it seem as if the turtle were still widely abundant in throughout Cambodia. I've tried to clarify that. Lastly, I'm merely a turtle fan and not a scientific expert. This article deserves an expert's attention. - Tim1965 16:34, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 19:09, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Requested move 7 October 2019

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Request withdrawn. Incorrect new article title, and page subsequently moved as a technical request. (non-admin closure) Lithopsian (talk) 18:49, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

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Cantor's giant softshell turtle → Asian Giant Soft-Shelled Turtle – This move is being attempted as non-controversial via a speedy deletion of the redirect at Asian Giant Soft-Shelled Turtle. I think it requires discussion. Hopefully, Sun Creator (talk · contribs) will present the case for the move. Lithopsian (talk) 12:51, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

...What? This is getting ever more confusing. There is no case at all for moving this article to an All Caps style - that is entirely contrary to MOS:ORGANISM. Please don't attempt that.

Swapping the article at "Cantor's" with the redirect at "Asian" was fine, as far as I can see from usage. We also have a disambiguation for the related genera at Giant softshell turtle. This is a sensible structure (apart from the entirely superfluous redirect to the disambig from Asian giant softshell turtle (disambiguation), but it seems that this will not be cleaned up). Can we please stop with the fiddling now? --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 15:51, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

No capitalization required, per WP:FAUNA, like all the other turtle articles. Asian giant softshell turtle is correct name. Regards, Sun Creator^(talk) 16:17, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

So who made this move request then? Misunderstanding? --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 16:26, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

I made the request, since nobody involved seemed interested in doing so. Two things happened: I apparently picked up a capitalised version of the intended title, my mistake; someone (Anthony Appleyard (talk · contribs)) renamed the article a few hours after I added the move request (unrequested?) - probably shouldn't have happened, but that's why you have a move request about one article on the talk page of a different article. If everyone is happy with the current situation, then no harm done. If not, by all means continue fiddling. Lithopsian (talk) 18:44, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.