Talk:Leptotyphlops conjunctus

Requested move 14 January 2019

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The result of the move request was: move the page back to Leptotyphlops conjunctus at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 21:41, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Cape threadsnake → Cape thread snake – If this is going to be hosted at a vernacular name, it looks like having a space between "thread" and "snake" is more common. — Hyperik ⌜talk⌟ 01:25, 14 January 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. bd2412  T 21:33, 23 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Move to Leptotyphlops conjunctus Spaced "thread snake" does seem to be more common than "threadsnake", but the scientific name is even more commonly used than any variant of a vernacular name ("Cape blind snake" is another vernacular name for this species). Wikipedia does seem to be using unspaced "threadsnake" consistently for the handful of species that are at vernacular name titles (Peters's threadsnake, Sindh threadsnake, Long-tailed threadsnake), but Wikipedia is also using spaced "blind snake" consistently for vernacular name titles. Scientific names are always more CONSISTENT and PRECISE than vernacular names for titles. Scientific names are generally more NATURAL; incoming links for most species use scientific names more frequently than vernacular names, and scientific names avoid the need for parenthetical disambiguation when a single vernacular name is applied to multiple species. Scientific names are generally more CONCISE than vernacular names by word count, and are generally no less CONCISE by character count. For the vast majority of species that are utterly unfamiliar to laypeople, scientific names are no less recognizable than vernacular names invented by scientists. 22:02, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I'd also prefer that option. (I'm less familiar with the norms for sci vs. vernacular for animals than plants...) It's certainly not a species well known by its vernacular name, or well known by the public, or commonly observed, with a single observation on iNat and none at all on Herpmapper. —Hyperik ⌜talk⌟ 22:13, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
 * who did a move from Leptotyphlops conjunctus a few months ago. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 04:16, 23 January 2019 (UTC)


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