Talk:Green-head ant

Images
This section is dedicated to discussing images in the article. I have recommended it on Live Chat that the current infobox image is kept and the rest is added as desired, possibly creating a Gallery section if the article length is not sufficient for cosy layout otherwise. ☺ Gryllida (talk) 05:59, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

I have no interest in pursuing an edit war, especially with someone who has a history of engaging in such behaviour... But I feel that reverting it back to this was only appropriate because in reverting the edit, mark was removing some information I had added to the article to fill it out. I'm fine with discussing this but I'm sure we can all agree removing that information is not acceptable. Steroid Maximus (talk) 06:41, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Steroid Maximus User:Mark Marathon I have modified the article, leaving a new image in the infobox to address the issues of it being clear (one large-scale ant got to be more clear), that of a single insect (for the purposes of infobox display), and not cropped (Mark's original concern). Please let me know if you're okay with the current revision. ☺ Gryllida (talk) 08:06, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I think that's an excellent solution. I do hope you agree Mark. Thank you very much Gryllida. Steroid Maximus (talk) 07:50, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
 * @Mark Marathon: Please follow-up: does the current revision appear to be reasonable? Gryllida (talk) 03:30, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Expansion
Whether I have the time or not, I will do research into this ant and expand its article to a considerable large size if I can. Depending on how big and how much quality the article will contain it's possible it will be GA-nominated. Burklemore1 (talk) 11:28, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Oops...
So I forgot to expand this and nominate it for GA. Looks like I'll begin shortly then! Burklemore1 (talk) 13:29, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Article name
Currently we have the title "Green-head ant", but the opening notes that there are three other names also the "vernacular" ones "green ant" and "metallic pony ant", plus the binomial Rhytidoponera metallica. of the four, is "Green-head ant" the most commonly used in all reliable sources? (I often find that the binomial is truly the one that is most commonly)-- Kev min  § 04:48, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Google hits (the usual caveats apply): "green-head ant" 1,790 results vs. "rhytidoponera metallica" 5,780 results. In insects, the scientific name usually coincides with WP:COMMONNAME/WP:NCFAUNA, and I prefer it in almost all cases. Another candidate: "lasius niger" 202,000 results vs. "black garden ant" 21,600 results. jonkerz ♠talk 18:29, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Upon researching about this ant, I noticed a few journals used the common name along with its binomial name. Same goes with museums and other reliable websites. I don't believe the name should be changed due to its recognizability and naturalness. Just about everyone in Australia knows this ant by its common name (and btw, for some odd reason I got over 1 million hits with green-head ant). Burklemore1 (talk) 10:31, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
 * The thing is Wiki is an international encyclopedia, and as WP:COMMONNAME/WP:NCFAUNA note the most commonly used name of any type in literature is what should be used. As seen by the results, there are multiple different vernacular names but only one current binomial, that is used in the lit.-- Kev  min  § 14:47, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
 * That's a good point. If that's the case I'm not sure what I'd do with this one. Perhaps this issue should have been dealt with years ago. :P Burklemore1 (talk) 04:42, 23 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I'd put in a request move with one of the admins citing this discussion lol.-- Kev min  § 17:53, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Perhaps, but I will wait until my copyedit request has been fulfilled. Burklemore1 (talk) 08:32, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

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how long do they live for?
how old do the ant be? 2403:5806:B551:0:F11C:7CAE:893F:9359 (talk) 23:27, 13 March 2023 (UTC)