Talk:Black mamba

From Citizendium
Revision as of 09:03, 9 May 2012 by imported>Ro Thorpe (Undo revision 100801596 by Ro Thorpe (talk))
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This article is developed but not approved.
 Main Article
 Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
To learn how to update the categories for this article, see here. To update categories, edit the metadata template.
 Definition:  A large, highly venomous snake which is the longest venomous snake in its native habitat, Africa. [d] [e]
Checklist and Archives
 Workgroup category:  Biology [Editors asked to check categories]
 Talk Archive:  none  English language variant:  Canadian English

This should live at the common name, i.e. black mamba should not redirect to d.p. Not anxious to have this debate again, but using common names was the majority decision.

What I don't know is whether or not the article should live at Black Mamba, Black mamba, etc. etc.

Opinions? I don't want to remove the redirects until we're sure where it's going.

Aleta Curry 01:15, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Hey, I moved the article to "Black mamba", I don't think we should capitalize the word "mamba". When I begin writing the cobra articles, I am going to name them similarly ie. Naja naja will be "Indian cobra" or "Spectacled cobra". The words "mamba" and "cobra" are generic terms that shouldn't be capitalized, in my opinion. Francis Zaia 20:23, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
You're probably right. Seems clear that 'cobra' is a generic name. We went through the wringer on - mourning dove I think it was. If I recall, it shouldn't be capitalised, so I think you're spot on. Aleta Curry 04:45, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Retrieved from "https://citizendium.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Black_mamba&oldid=838895"