Talk:Moonlight gourami

Photo request
Dragonbite 03:22, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Picture
Photo is on page. Doo -  dle  -  doo  17:51, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:11, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Moonlight gourami → Trichopodus microlepis – Currently, the page is under moonlight gourami. I propose that it is moved to Trichopodus microlepis with moonlight gourami as a redirect as per WikiProject Fishes naming guidelines because there are at least 2 common names, both of which I come across equally regularly when communicating with fellow hobbyists: While the number of results in themselves indicate that moonlight gourami may be more common, out of the first 20 search results for Trichopodus microlepis, only 5 mention "moonlight gourami" in the title and only 2 mention "moonbeam gourami", with the other 13 using only the scientific name or the scientific name and a non-English common name. (Note that Google search results are to some extent customised to each individual, so you are unlikely to see identical results.)
 * moonlight gourami (47,300 Google results)
 * moonbeam gourami (12,400 Google results)
 * platinum gourami (uncommon, but can be mistaken because of colour; also used for T. leerii and T. trichopterus)

Your thoughts on the move would be appreciated (please preface with Support, Oppose or Comment).

Kat (talk) 11:43, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose as per my comments at Talk:Pearl gourami. -- Yzx (talk) 18:36, 13 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Oppose. What matters is the name that our readers will use to look for the article. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:26, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.