Talk:Botanical name
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Well, it took only a few hours for someone to delete the facts. Prejudice runs strong in Wikipedia! 19 Sep 2005
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The facts were removed because they're already covered at Linnaean taxonomy and associated pages. Any new facts should probably be listed there as well, including that all botanical names should be italicized, if it is indeed something supported by the botanical code. I don't feel bad for being prejudiced against redundancy, if that's what you mean. Josh
- Well, the entry "Linnaean taxonomy" covers a great deal, but contains quite a bit that is completely fictitious. Presumably that is not salvegable, as prejudices run strong. The entry "binomial nomenclature" is not all that bad, but has its share of errors. As to your question of whether "all botanical names should be italicized, if it is indeed something supported by the botanical code", well, the 2000 and 1994 ICBN are both online. Why don't you just check the facts first, before you take action? 20 Sep 2005
Fictitious material should be fixed in place; it doesn't look like you've made much attempt at correcting anything, and you haven't tried bringing up any problems on the discussion page, but you should do so before creating a second set of pages, which will only confuse things. I didn't see any new facts here to justify a separate page. As for full italicization, ICBN uses it but didn't seem to require it. If this is wrong or has changed, update the appropriate article, and provide a reference if you think people will disagree. Josh
- Fixing things in place sounds wonderful, but only if it worth doing or even possible. I made a start which apparently survived as much as eight minutes.
- Also, as you should know (class 101?) nomenclature (botanical names, etc) is something completely different from taxonomy. These two fields should never be treated together in the same entry. Methodology is completely different.
- As to the ICBN, you are expressing yourself poorly. The ICBN does not require italicization for any name, in any case. As far as the ICBN says anything about it (by example) italicization applies to all botanical names. - 20 Sep 2005