Talk:Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

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I can provide you with at least 166 names of plants relating to descriptions by Rafinesque. They are mainly cacti and succulents as they have my fancy. GerardM 18:12, 11 May 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for your offer. But wouldn't this be a bit too exhaustive ? Rafinesque named more than a thousand species, many of them now considered invalid. Maybe this is a good idea for starting a new article : Species named by Rafinesque. When you look in ITIS you will find lots of them. On the other hand, wouldn't you consider contributing to the WikiProject:Gastropods ? I could use some help, especially from someone with wide interests. JoJan 18:24, 11 May 2004 (UTC)

Rafinesque-Schmaltz incorrect

It is true that Rafinesque may have occasionally used the name Rafinesque-Schmaltz, but this is not correct in a reference of this type. His name should be Rafinesque, and that is the name he used in virtually all of his publications. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Avihathor (talk • contribs) 5 December 2006.

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The result of the debate was PAGE MOVED per discussion below. -GTBacchus^(talk) 00:34, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Requested move

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz → Constantine Samuel Rafinesque — per the above, this figure is far more commonly known simply as Rafinesque (unhyphenated), both in his own works and when cited by others. Article should be at this most common name, this WP:RM raised since the move is obstructed (target has non-trivial edit history) and needs admin action to effect. cjllw | TALK 05:37, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

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• Support, as and per nomination.--cjllw | TALK 05:39, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
• Support ANB so spells. Septentrionalis 06:47, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
• Support - I wrote the original article in May 2004 under the title "Constantine Samuel Rafinesque" as Rafinesque is his most common name. This was later altered by another user in "Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz". JoJan 09:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Discussion

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As an admin I can make this move easily, but the considerable number of double redirects will be a pain in the neck. JoJan 09:41, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

If you are game to go ahead with the move then pls do so, happy to help out with the redirects.--cjllw | TALK 09:44, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

It was only while living in Sicily (1805-1815) that Rafinesque added his mother's maiden name in an effort to conceal his French ancestry, because Sicily (then controlled by the British) was under threat of invasion by the French. As a consequence, his publications during that period (including the very important Analyse de la Nature) appeared under the name Rafinesque-Schmaltz. These are his publications most likely to be held by European libraries, where his name has habitually been given in the hyphenated form. He never published under that form in the United States, however. So here he has been known habitually as Rafinesque. C.Boewe 03:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

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