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Question regarding taxonomy
Hi. As a professional taxonomist and entomologist, a fair number of WP articles come to my attention when there are controversies regarding classification. I see that you are pretty much single-handedly editing the Attacus atlas article, but there is something very important that is entirely unclear, and potentially a source of conflict with other WP articles. Specifically, none of the works cited are taxonomic studies, and - presumably because of this - you give neither a list of recognized synonyms, nor a list of recognized subspecies. There has been a fair bit of inconsistency in how atlas has been treated historically by moth taxonomists, and if you are not listing either the synonyms or subspecies, or linking to any taxonomic research papers, it is impossible for readers to tell whether the information you are presenting pertains to one species, one subspecies, or multiple taxa. For example, the taxon Attacus taprobanis is recognized as a valid species by many researchers, while others consider it a synonym or subspecies of atlas - yet it has its own listing and article in WP, which therefore may potentially conflict with the article on atlas. It can be very important, then, to try to establish and follow the present consensus view on taxonomy (assuming there IS a consensus): that is, if the consensus is that taprobanis is a synonym, then it needs to be listed as a synonym on the atlas page, have its name completely removed from the Attacus article, have its existing page turned into a redirect, and have the information from its old page incorporated into the atlas article. If it's a subspecies, then its page can still exist, but has to be renamed and edited accordingly. If it's a valid species, then any information on the atlas page that refers to taprobanis needs to be removed, and pasted into the taprobanis article instead. If you feel it would be helpful, I can send a message to one of the taxonomists who studies Attacus and solicit their input. Dyanega (talk) 16:35, 11 April 2018 (UTC)