Talk:Lymantria dispar in the United States
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Should I remove unreferenced instructional text or convert it?
Much of the latter half of this article seems to be instructional text. Should I remove this completely or convert to another format? Most of it seems to be unreferenced. I've already converted some of it. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 15:50, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
- Done; text removed as part of copy-edit. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 16:21, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
- Oppose.
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- Gypsy moths in the United States → Spongy moths in the United States
- Gypsy moth in New Zealand → Spongy moth in New Zealand
– Per the official changing of the common name as adopted in March 2022. HapHaxion (talk / contribs) 15:28, 8 March 2022 (UTC) HapHaxion (talk / contribs) 15:28, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
- Comment There is no "official" list of common names for insects. Spongy moth is just the name that the Entomological Society of America put on their common name list, a list almost nobody knew existed until this gypsy moth renaming made the news. If you really want "official," the Canadian government decided it is the LDD moth, the initials for the subspecies name.
- In New Zealand, it is called the gypsy moth. I'm curious why the New Zealand page should be changed to a name not used in New Zealand. Bigwhitmer (talk) 19:37, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose Since I'm supposed to base arguments on article title policy, I'll quote it: "Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's "official" name as an article title; it generally prefers the name that is most commonly used."
- Based on that, neither article should be renamed. Gypsy moth will be the commonly used name for the foreseeable future. Bigwhitmer (talk) 21:44, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose Per WP:COMMONNAME, it will likely take a long time, if ever, for people to stop calling them "gypsy moths". ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 22:53, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
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