Talk:Tubifex tubifex

Taxobox trouble
It seems that in the taxobox, the class Clitellata is referred to as an order, while the subclassis Oligochaeta is referred to as a class. I know there are many rearrangements in taxonomy that I fail to keep up with, such as joining the Clitellata and the Oligochaeta into one single group, so I hesitate to change on my own, but surely it must be a mistake to present Oligochaeta as an higher-order grouping than Clitellata?--Sannab 17:07, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Peacocking and NNPOV/COI in "Controversy"
I've just rewritten the "Controversy" section such that it retains the citations and spirit of the meaning, but without the extensive peacocking (see PEACOCK) that promoted a video and fringe theory rather than the subject of the article. It seems quite likely that the editor who introduced this section, Special:Contributions/Studiomacleod is one and the same as Ryan Morris aka Ryan Macleod Morris, who would clearly have a COI regarding the controversy and be unlikely to maintain NPOV without exceptional effort. I'm also going to ask for administrator comment because, as another editor pointed out, we don't usually link to YouTube and I'm not sure how to handle that. Hananekosan (talk) 00:12, 9 September 2009 (UTC)


 * re Peacocking and NNPOV/COI in "Controversy" - Thanks, Hananekosan. I am Ryan, and was only trying to clarify.. I'm definitely not trying to present info under a COV or to self promote. Still getting the hang of the tutorials. Studiomacleod (talk) 00:12, 9 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Ryan. Yeah, I figured you were one and the same and I wanted to try to let you know about some of the policies before you had put a lot of work into things, only to find your work undone or yourself banned. To be honest, I don't think the hoax/controversy/confusion (depending on POV, I guess) belongs in this article as this article should remain about the Tubifex tubifex itself, and not so much events related to them. Now, it's possible the hoax/controversy/confusion itself is notable enough that it could warrant its own article, judging by the notabilty requirement for articles, although I am not sure it would be considered encyclopedic enough. If you feel strongly about it (and think you can avoid COI and can maintain a NPOV, which are challenges for anyone when writing about something they have personal interest or involvement in) you might consider writing a draft article in your userspace (not the main Wikipedia space) and asking for comment on it befor eyou publish it to the mainspace. Like i said, I don't know if it will cut it in the encyclopedic arena, but notability is notabilty and I believe the incident was notable enough to quality in the notabilty arena. ;) I'm just one lowly wikipedia editor though, so who knows. I can assure you I do have a NPOV about the incident as well as tubiflex "worms" and friends. If you need any additional help or want to bounce any ideas related to this subject off me, feel free to post here. For unrelated questions/discussion, you can post on my talk page. Thanks, Hananekosan (talk) 01:14, 26 September 2009 (UTC)


 * the sources don't justify the word "controversy", and youtube links are discouraged. Rd232 talk 14:53, 9 September 2009 (UTC)


 * If it helps, there's a video quite clearly showing that those were tubifex worms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrWRpobA3DM 69.132.79.61 (talk) 00:41, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

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