[Cz-biology] Giant panda/naming

[John Moffett]

Hello all,

I agree that the common name has to be in the page title, not just in the
article text.

So as long as both are in the title, I am in agreement, and the order is not
important. I also do feel that Larry is correct that the average person
looking for information will want to see the common name in the page title.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: cz-biology-bounces at voltaire.citizendium.org
[mailto:cz-biology-bounces at voltaire.citizendium.org] On Behalf Of Larry
Sanger
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:36 PM
To: 'Biology Workgroup List'
Subject: Re: [Cz-biology] Giant panda/naming

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.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cz-biology-bounces at mail.citizendium.org
> [mailto:cz-biology-bounces at mail.citizendium.org] On Behalf Of 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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