Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amanita muscaria var. formosa


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  18:19, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Amanita muscaria var. formosa

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This is the wrong/outdated species name. Some old field guides and many websites still use it but the new more accepted name by mycologists is Amanita muscaria var. guessowii, which there is already a more developed article for. Even one of the sources on the formosa article uses guessowii for the species name. Sources: --Dejitarob (talk) 23:15, 17 August 2013 (UTC)  Withdrawn by nominator I withdraw my nomination for deletion. See below. --Dejitarob (talk) 04:42, 24 August 2013 (UTC) 
 * http://www.mushroomexpert.com/amanita_muscaria_guessowii.html
 * http://www.amanitaceae.org/?Amanita+muscaria+var.+guessowii
 * http://mushroomobserver.org/8571
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organisms-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 23:04, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 23:04, 17 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirect to the good name. N.B. A. muscaria is the species name, not formosa or guessowii. Lady  of  Shalott  23:41, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Changing to keep: the featured article, Amanita muscaria indicates that these are two extant varieties (although it does sound like there is some taxonomic disagreement). Lady  of  Shalott  00:11, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  D u s t i *Let's talk!* 00:02, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

 
 * Redirect to Amanita muscaria var. guessowii. The var. formosa article contains no unique information that would be lost. All of it plus more is already contained in the var. guessowii article. It appears to be the more developed version of the two. I know of no taxonomist who has proposed var. formosa over var. guessowii. Jenkins in 1986 is cited as the only taxonomist using var. formosa in the Amanita muscaria article. --Dejitarob (talk) 04:34, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:08, 1 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep - from what I can tell on the main article, the species has multiple subspecies, formosa and guessowii among them. There's no reason to delete or redirect if they're accepted as such, even if the exact definition is at times disputed. Ansh666 22:52, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Many subspecies will have similar information. It's hard to understand the delete rationale, but two different subspecies can be two different articles, certainly not a redirect from one to the other. --(AfadsBad (talk) 18:15, 9 September 2013 (UTC))
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.