[Cz-biology] Giant panda/naming

[Larry Sanger]

P.S. In other words, it is the page title that will be displayed *first* in
Google search results.  If that page title does not include a common name,
our species articles will receive many fewer hits--period.

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> Larry Sanger
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:35 PM
> To: 'Biology Workgroup List'
> Subject: Re: [Cz-biology] Giant panda/naming
> 
> 
> > I have become a supporter of the latter.  Having the article
> > under the scientific name makes the system bot-friendly.  It 
> > also eliminates the problem of a common name referring to 
> > multiple species.  Furthermore, it eliminates the user 
> > friendliness problem by starting out the article with the 
> > common name, which makes it clear what the organism is 
> > usually called.  It also is a relatively clear and easy 
> > policy to follow.
> 
> Well, it's not quite so clear as that.  Probably the single 
> most important reason to include the common name in the 
> article title is that many people will search for common 
> names of common plants and animals, and will be entirely put 
> off by any article that does not use the common name.  THAT, 
> they will think, is a scientific article, not for me, because 
> I am not a scientist.
> 
> --Larry
> 
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