Talk:Virology

Merger with Virus
I suggested way back in 2009 merging this neglected article with Virus. There is very little here that is not covered in Virus and it's progeny articles History of virology and Social history of viruses. Comments please on the Virus Talk Page . Graham Beards (talk) 11:34, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Following a discussion at Virus, I have withdrawn the suggestion and I have decided to improve the article. Graham Beards (talk) 14:45, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Obelisk - merger(s) would help?
Currently - seems there's several wikilinks to the purportedly newly discovered life form "obelisk" - "Obelisk (virology)" and "Obelisk (life form)" and "Obelisk (viroid)" - perhaps some merger(s) would help? - Comments Welcome - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 13:20, 31 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Done. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:05, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * At least two of these three names are a bit problematic:
 * Obelisk (life form): Many scientists don't consider viruses as life forms, for subviral agents it is even more doubtful.
 * Obelisk (viroid): The references consider obelisks as substantially different from known viroids, we should await the position of ICTV for both update of The International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature and updated and ratified ICTV Virus Taxonomy containing obelisks (to be mentioned: 1. there is no proposal yet for implementing obelisks, so it could pend some years; 2. the circular form of their RNA is similar to viroids, but obelisks contain genes that are unlike any discovered so far in other genoms, which may indicate a completely new realm).
 * Obelisk (virology) is O.K. due to Disambiguation, but the parenthetical disambiguation specifies the context to which the topic applies, not the generic class. The options could be Obelisk (viruslike entity) or Obelisk (viroid-like entity).
 * Petr Karel (talk) 15:57, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Or Obelisk (subviral agent)? Graham Beards (talk) 16:38, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Any of the above are fine by me, but please discuss on that article's talk page. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:52, 31 January 2024 (UTC)