User talk:Stupefaction

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AfD nomination of DNS (Did Not Start)
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Proposed deletion of DNS (Did Not Start)
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Phytoplankton
Hi Stupefaction. I've reverted one of your edits over at phytoplankton, but wanted to explain why properly (edit summary boxes being rather small). Using "category" isn't quite the language I'd use, and I've something of a professional interest in plankton. I'd use "component" in the sense that the plankton community is composed of a number of distinct trophic groups. Also, "category" suggests that phytoplankton, zooplankton, bacterioplankton are somelike like different flavours of the same thing, which underplays the important differences between them. It's a marginal thing, but category just grates on me. Cheers, --P LUMBAGO 09:06, 20 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I sincerely thank you for enlightening me about your preference for the word "component", although I continue to feel that the original phrasing is wrong. It certainly confused me when I, a layman, first read this sentence, for it made me imagine phytoplankton as a component of plankton in the same way that a flagellum is a component of a bacterium. Perhaps an expert like you would not be confused, but then an expert would not rely on this article for guidance in the first place. Now that you have mentioned that one can think of phytoplankton as part of the larger plankton community, I understand your perspective a little better. I have now edited the sentence so that it conveys your meaning without totally confusing the reader. I think it would be better yet if there were some additional wording in the article to explain the place of phytoplankton in the plankton community, or just pointing the reader to a more complete explanation. Without the addition of such material, perhaps the word "component" should be replaced altogether with "group" or "functional group". Regards, Stupefaction (talk) 18:03, 20 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Nice one. That's best of all.  Best regards, --P LUMBAGO  21:05, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

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