Talk:Enhydriodon dikikae

Merger discussion
Although it was proposed in October 2018 that Enhydriodon dikikae should be merged into Enhydriodon, no discussion was initiated.
 * Oppose I oppose this merger as it is contrary to the general policy that allows a species to have its own page unless the genus is a monotypic taxon, which is not the case with Enhydriodon. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:32, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Cwmhiraeth, who states our guidelines correctly. Rlendog (talk) 20:56, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Closed; no merge. Klbrain (talk) 01:28, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Enhydriodon Page
It has been 5 years since the first merger has been initiated, and now it's time to initiate a 2nd (hopefully successful) one. E. dikikae as a page isn't necessary as a page since it's somewhat outdated, isn't popular as an individual species to warrant its own page (barely much views according to the pageviews), and has its job already done by the Enhydriodon genus page ever since it was heavily expanded (and will continue to be so soon). As was said sometimes, it is not at all necessary to create/maintain pages for individual species of polytypic genera because not all are well-researched or popular individually, E. dikikae being one of those pages. I think it's about time to retire it now. PrimalMustelid (talk) 00:35, 14 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Tagging Project Palaeontology member @FunkMonk for some input on a "merge" of E. dikikae to Enhydriodon, though it's technically more a delete since the latter includes all relevant information about E. dikikae and more already. PrimalMustelid (talk) 00:45, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 * It should be noted that none of the opposers above are members of WP:paleontology or regular paleo editors, and that species stubs are discouraged by the project's guidelines. So I think a new request with input of paleo editors would be needed. FunkMonk (talk) 11:08, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Support merge, very few fossil species have enough known information to warrant their own articles separate from the genus article, and this isn't one of them. Happy editing. SilverTiger12 (talk) 15:23, 14 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Support - per above and WP:paleontology guidelines. FunkMonk (talk) 15:35, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Pinging Feel free to merge any information that needs to be transferred, and create a redirect from the blanked species article to this one. Joyous! Noise! 17:14, 14 March 2023 (UTC)