Talk:Dacrydium cupressinum

_{We need an image of a whole tree (also need a commons cat and to move the existing pics there). Richard001 11:27, 19 June 2007 (UTC)}

The best name for this page

There is a difference of opinion over the best name for this page, hence this note on the talk page to try to resolve it. Arguments for Rimu (tree) are that this is the English Wikipedia, and that as there is an English name for the tree, we should use it, and that this is the name by which this species is known worldwide (by people with varied interests, not just dendrologists). If there are reasons why scientific name should be chosen instead, please post them here. SP-KP 23:09, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

For consistency in page naming: all of the other Podocarpaceae are at scientific names (because most of them don't have English names at all). It makes nonsense of indexing in Category:Podocarpaceae to have one species listed out of order with the rest because it is indexed under its Maori name, rather than its scientific name. - MPF 10:55, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to go ahead and move it, according to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (fauna). The same should be done for the other trees in the family. Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 18:53, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Fauna? But seriously, Rimu is most certainly the common name or 'English name'. It should be under Rimu_(tree) IMO. The overall convention ("if there is a common name, use that") should trump whatever has emerged with the other Podocarps. Certainly most of them in NZ have common names (Rimu, Totara, Kahikatea, Tanekaha, Matai etc..) Dougalc 08:40, 4 May 2006 (UTC)