[Cz-biology] Giant panda/naming

[David Goodman]

I agree with John there. I think that is the general view. Even the
Encyclopedia of Life,  prepared by professional biologists, requiring
professional qualifications even for contributing a page on a species,
not just as with us approving it,  uses common names in the headings,
for example  <http://www.eol.org/taxa/17059662>.



On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 4:24 PM, John Moffett <john at factinista.org> wrote:
> 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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David Goodman, Ph.D, (Molecular Biology) M.L.S.