User talk:Fedor
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Hey Fedor :) I hope you like the place and choose to stay.
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Keep contributing, and don't forget to have fun :) Dysprosia 11:30, 30 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Kenneth Alan
Your comments would be very much appreciated at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Kenneth Alan. Thank you. -- Decumanus | Talk 16:42, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Strepsirhini -> Strepsirrhini
Actually, both spellings are correct. However, the single 'r' spelling is about 8 times more common than the double 'rr' spelling. Google give 2410 hits for 'r' and only 354 hits for 'rr'. So I'm reverting your changes. - UtherSRG 13:04, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Dear UtherSRG,
- I am not sure how much you know about taxonomy, but there can only be one proper spelling of a given taxon-name and that is the one originally used in the describing publication. Google can therefore not be the arbiter in this only the original description. And as it happens to be, 'Strepsirrhini' is the correct spelling according to Systema Naturae 2000 (http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/109304.htm) which is directly based on the authoritative work of McKenna and Bell.
- I assume you are going to re-revert your changes again?
- Cheers, Fedor 21:15, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- I contacted Tree-of-Life about the incorrect spelling of this group on their website and this is the reply I got:
Dear Fedor Steeman, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We were following the spelling in Walker's Mammals of the World, which is generally a reliable source for mammalian nomenclature. In fact, Strepsirhini with one "r" is more commonly used in the primatological literature than Saint- Hilaire's original spelling. However, there doesn't seem to be a petition before the ICZN to adopt the more common spelling, so it looks like Strepsirrhini is still the valid name for the group. I have corrected the name on the relevant Tree of Life pages. However, I do not expect this to have much of an effect on the spelling on other web sites. Several other web sites which are more commonly used as sources of information on mammals use the single "r" spelling, and most people still turn to print references as the final taxonomic authority. Thanks for your interest in the Tree of Life project. Katja Schulz
You can see the result on: Tree of Life: Strepsirrhini (http://www.tolweb.org/tree?group=Primates&contgroup=Eutheria)
Cheers, Fedor 07:51, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Kenneth Alan
Kenneth Alan's case is now in arbitration. See Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Kenneth Alan. You may wish to add comment to Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Kenneth Alan/Evidence Mintguy (T) 14:11, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)