Talk:Saxifraga cernua

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was no consensus. If it should be moved to the other common name, feel free to give me a call. —Nightst a llion (?) ^{Seen this already?} 18:15, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

Drooping Saxifrage → Saxifraga cernua – Following guidelinges at WP:TOL, where there are competing common names, the scientific name should be used. Here, the common names include "drooping saxifrage" and "nodding saxifrage". Stemonitis 12:01, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Support as nominator. Stemonitis 12:01, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose WP:TOL says: In cases where there is a formal common name (e.g. birds), or when common names are well-known and reasonably unique, they should be used for article titles. Scientific names should be used otherwise. The situation here is that there are two unique common names, not that there is NOT a unique common name. Simple solution is to make a redirect of the least used common name to the most used common name. (see for example Ring-necked parakeet which redirects to Rose-ringed parakeet, with sientific name Psittacula krameri. KimvdLinde 12:26, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

As I understood it, if there are two, then there is no unique name. And from my cursory web search, "drooping" is the less common of the two. --Stemonitis 12:49, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the the name unique must be read as pointing at a single species, not as competing names for that single species. Sparrow is not unique, as it points at different groups. Same as the parakeet example above. KimvdLinde 12:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, than this page needs to be moved to the other name, and the redirect of the scientific name should go towards that name aswell. KimvdLinde 13:06, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I posted the question at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Tree_of_Life#Competing_comon_names_-.3EScientific_name.3F KimvdLinde 10:12, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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