Talk:Samoana abbreviata

Latest comment: 8 months ago by Raydann in topic Requested move 11 February 2024

Requested move 11 February 2024

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The result of the move request was: moved. Leaning consensus to move to the scientific name as the current name is not too common either. (closed by non-admin page mover) ❯❯❯ Raydann(Talk) 02:07, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply


Short Samoan tree snailSamoana abbreviata – Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the common name is used enough to warrant it being the page title instead of the scientific name. 0x16w (talk) 07:54, 8 February 2024 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). Kj cheetham (talk) 11:30, 11 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

  • Support. The scientific name better meets the article title WP:CRITERIA. It is WP:CONSISTENT with the other Samoana species (and the vast majority of other snail species). It is NATURAL; there are no incoming links from any articles that solely link the vernacular name, and there are more page views going to the scientific name redirect than the vernacular name title. Scientific name titles are more WP:PRECISE than vernacular names (IUCN vernacular names aren't always unique to a single species, although that doesn't seem to necessarily be an issue in this case). This article gets less than 1 view a day. Obscure species of organisms often don't have any commonly used vernacular names. It is not Wikipedia's place to attempt to popularize a rarely used vernacular name for a poorly known organism. Plantdrew (talk) 02:48, 20 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
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