Talk:Myrmecology

Notable Myrmecologists
Merge List of notable myrmecologists with this article? --Hemanshu 06:35, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)


 * Sounds like a good idea to me. -- stillnotelf   has a talk page  03:32, 23 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Sounds good. And, I think I'm going to do a proper write-up for this article. I'm a big amateur myrmecologist, and my local library has lots of good books on it. I could at least do a couple of paragraphs about the history of the field. Word. Zanturaeon 02:30, 17 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I am suggesting that a line or two about what each Notable Myrmecologist did to make them notable should be added to this page. See the list of notable Apiologists on the Apiology entry for an example. This is especially important for the Myrmecologists who don't have their own entry. A contribution to the field should be definable. Just being interested in ants is not enough to make you notable. -- AJseagull1 (talk) 00:02, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * User: Wloveral, you added a lot of mymecologists to the list that don't have their own page. please at least include a line or two about what makes each one notable. Thanks, AJseagull1 (talk) 21:23, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Why isn't Brian Fisher on this list? Anonymous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.211.222.211 (talk) 05:59, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Early Examples of human attempts to understand ant society
This is just a list of ancient references to ants. These statements don't imply any attempt to understand or study ant society. I think this section needs to be heavily modified or removed. AJseagull1 01:21, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Later studies duplucate
There is a duplicate of "Later Studies" under "List of notable Myrmecologists." I will delete it.--&#91;color=purple&#93;Chykka207&#91;color&#93; (talk) 05:14, 15 December 2007 (UTC)


 * What does "Later studies" mean? Studies to come later? Studies from later in myrmecological history? What? Thmazing (talk) 00:56, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Junior High Book Report
Dear god, that opening paragraph is terrible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.93.40.145 (talk) 19:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, I tried to clean up the opening paragraph. I agree, it needed some work. It still does, but I think it is better than it was. In the future, there is no need to leave sarcastic comments like "Junior High Book Report". If you see something that needs to be fixed, please point it out, but please do not insult someone's contribution. AJseagull1 (talk) 21:40, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Fergus O'Rourke
The only scientific references I can find to Fergus O'Rourke are about fish. Please clarify what he did to make him a notable Myrmecologist.Or he will be deleted. AJseagull1 (talk) 00:07, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

FERGUS J. O'ROURKE is my father. Born in 1923, his first scientific interest was in ants, and wrote several papers on them, starting in the 1930s and probably ending in the late 1970s. He also wrote on archaeology and epidemiology inter multa alia. He is a medical doctor as well as a Ph.D. and was head of the Zoology Department at University College Cork until c.1980. He is retired and infirm, but in "good form".194.46.245.135 (talk) 08:47, 3 April 2008 (UTC) J F O'Rourke www.irish-lawyer.com


 * I'm Still not clear on what FJ O'Rourke did to be notable. Can you give an example of an area of myrmecology he worked on, or at least an example of a peer reviewed journal article? Thanks -- AJseagull1 (talk) 00:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Here are some peer reviewed ant-related articles of FJ O'Rourke (who also wrote on Fish,Human-Animal disease interactions and other matters)

O'Rourke, F. J. (1945). 'A Further Extension of the Range of Myrmica Schenki, Emery', Entomologist's Record, VII, pp. 85-86. O'Rourke, F. J. (1948). 'The Distribution and General Ecology of the Irish Formicidae', Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section B: Biological, Geological, and Chemical Science, 52, pp. 383-410. O'Rourke, F. J. (1950). 'Myrmecological notes from Narvik, northern Norway', Norsk Entomologisk Tidsskrift, 8, pp. 47-50. O'Rourke, F. J. (1952). 'A preliminary ecological classification of ant communities in Ireland', Entomologist's Gazette, 3, pp. 69-72. O'Rourke, F. J. (1955). 'Arthropods and human health ', Irish Journal of Medical Science, 30, pp. 78-82. O'Rourke, F. J. (1956). 'The medical and veterinary importance of the formicidae', Insectes Sociaux, 3, pp. 107-118. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.46.181.97 (talk) 14:32, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Point? What's your point?
What's the purpose of this article? I read it, and all it is is a few sentences on what it is, some useless information on old opinions of ants, and a long list of myrmecologists. In short, there's really no notable information on this page. Kevin (talk) 06:14, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Termites
Does the study of termites, which belong to a separate order, also fall under "myrmecology". Wapondaponda (talk) 23:37, 20 July 2010 (UTC)