Disputatio:Patella vulgata

Nexus

The link to en: takes readers to the article Limpet, which isn't at all coordinate with the article Patella (Patella) vulgata. In this case (and any analogous ones that have crept into Vicipaedia), wouldn't it be better to give the link within the article, perhaps in a section headed "Vide"? IacobusAmor 13:16, 23 Octobris 2007 (UTC)

• I've copied the list with interwiki's from the dutch, not all links get you to the same article, that's because, not all projects have articles about every group like genus or family, the english link "Limpet" shoud direct you to our article Docoglossa - Limpet is the English name for all species in that group, i correct that, Hendricus 13:31, 23 Octobris 2007 (UTC)

Parenthesis

Could the article explain why the name Patella is repeated as a parenthesis? To a nonbiologist, that's a mystery! IacobusAmor 13:16, 23 Octobris 2007 (UTC)

• Well, that's a mystery indeed, that's why they call it science - i suppose, i realy don't know, it makes a great subject to write a article about - even a whole book, i just copy the names from publications as i added within the referencia, i don't make them up, Hendricus 13:21, 23 Octobris 2007 (UTC)

Well, that's honest! The answer is that zoologists fancied dividing up the genus Patella into subgenera. In such a case, the first-defined subgenus was properly called "Patella (subgenus Patella)". However, a binomial name like Patella vulgata is just as official (perhaps more official) that Patella (Patella) vulgata. More people use it, it is not in any way ambiguous, and it is easier to type. Before you get any further, Hendricus, maybe you might consider using the straight binomials (like Patella vulgata) as titles. If you wanted to add the extra parenthesis in the text, to make clear which subgenus we're talking about, that would work fine, I think. What's your view? Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 13:34, 23 Octobris 2007 (UTC)

Wow! That was fast! I hope you don't mind, Hendrice, I also moved Patella (Patellidae) to Patella (genus): this happens to be the way we usually handle it if a genus name is synonymous with a word of a different meaning. OK? I also therefore made a page Patella (discretiva), and added links to it at the top of the two "Patella" pages. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 13:48, 23 Octobris 2007 (UTC)

The discretiva looks fine and explains everything. I was wondering where kneecaps came into the picture! IacobusAmor 13:49, 23 Octobris 2007 (UTC)

Looks great to me this way, place some comment within the tekst, and place a redirect about the names, shoul work out fine - like that, maybe it's possible to place the discretiva within somekind of border, to make sure it's not a part of the article's tekst (ok, future tekst), Hendricus 13:55, 23 Octobris 2007 (UTC)

I like that idea, yes. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 13:58, 23 Octobris 2007 (UTC)