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This is another page that uses a redirect from the scientific taxon Diptera - effectively bypassing its talk page, where several concerns were expressed about doing so. See my comments below. Roy Bateman (talk) 02:58, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
So one editor, working under a pseudonym, took it upon himself to turn the contents of the Diptera page into a redirect in spite of concerns expressed on its talk page. One obvious one, that also occurred to me, is what about mosquitos and gnats: hardly trivial, but not even mentioned in the first paragraph here (at the time of writing). Cwmhiraeth has made some good observations on size of cladograms, etc.: is there any reason why the Diptera page shouldn't be reinstated, to cover the taxonomy, basic biology, etc. of this important insect order?
At the heart of this is the dumbed-down inference that "Diptera means flies" and I am beginning to think that WP policy is flawed (also see Talk:grasshopper and Talk:Caelifera). Botanists do not have this problem because the guidance is different. Roy Bateman (talk) 02:58, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
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Many edits have recently been made to the GA-reviewed text of the lead section. These may or may not be desirable; it would be best before going much further if the approach, clearly different from that of the GAN process, could be discussed here. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:31, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
Currently, the image in the infobox is that of a Syrphus ribesii, a hoverfly with alternating yellow and black stripes on its body. Now, to a complete ignoramus like me, this looks like a wasp 'Do wasps belong to this order?', I found myself wondering, and I wasn't helped by the mention of the very large number of species there ('Around a million? Probably half of all insects I know of are there!'). I had to look at the image for some time and carefully read the article's text before I was able to conclude for myself that wasps do not, after all, belong to Diptera. Isn't there a way to use an image of an insect that will have less resemblance to the stereotypical member of another insect order? – Uanfala (talk) 12:27, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
Re: Eslin P & Doury G. "The fly Drosophila subobscura: A natural case of innate immunity deficiency". Retrieved 30 September 2019. This reference lacks the source, and lacks a link, without which it is difficult to trace. Macdonald-ross (talk) 16:42, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
This is a WP:BRD discussion. I have restored the relevant portion of the article to its post-revert state, where it should remain while this discussion is in progress.
See this unrevert which I have just undone, the edit summary of which says Undid revision 982660692 by Wtmitchell (talk) It is important for users to know what is currently going on with the fly on Pence's head situation.
, see the lead sentence of this article and MOS:FIRST, see WP:UNDUE. This is undue weight for the relevant material, considering the topic of this article. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 17:38, 9 October 2020 (UTC)the topic of this article.
Most images violate WP:SANDWICH. Do we really need all of them? Could we at least remove some unnecessary ones that are already mentioned as text in the article, or simply ones with trivial facts already mentioned? Thanks. Wretchskull (talk) 09:34, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
we have the red link to Trichoscelididae? Can anyone have ideas about this suspicious family?--Estopedist1 (talk) 12:01, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
we have a red link Darwinomya? Can someone solve it?--Estopedist1 (talk) 19:18, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
Flies are also aware of there environment, specifically what is around them, they can anticipate vibrations or more specifically movement towards them, for instance, if a fly sits on your computer screen and you move your mouse cursor on the screen towards them they won't move an inch, if its sits on a clear glass and you touch it the glass towards the fly, it will anticipate your movement and will fly away, which suggests that flies can Differentiate between artificial light and light. 102.182.190.8 (talk) 01:23, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
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Change the link under the heading External Links Anatomy Fly: Anatomical Atlas at CSIRO from Way Back Machine to https://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/fly/fly.php AnnieLeeW (talk) 21:51, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
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