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Change link from Stegocephalia to Stegocephali as that is the article name Lavalizard101 (talk) 23:00, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In the article, Stegocephali, the first sentence tells us, "Stegocephali (often spelled Stegocephalia) is a group..." So in this case it would seem that either spelling is okay and correct. Otherwise, this taxonomy page would have to be renamed to Template:Taxonomy/Stegocephali. Is that what you want? If so, then it would require the building of consensus in a well-watched venue such as the taxonomy talk page, WT:TOL. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 06:54, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes as that is the correct original name for the group thus has priority over the alternate spelling (per ICZN principal of priority). Lavalizard101 (talk) 20:01, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The principle of priority doesn't apply to names for ranks above the family group. Plantdrew (talk) 16:44, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've just reread article 23 on the iczn website (https://code.iczn.org/validity-of-names-and-nomenclatural-acts/article-23-principle-of-priority/?frame=1), and you are correct, I must've misread it the first time. Although I feel that we should at least pipe the link to prevent a circular redirect on the Stegocephali article. Lavalizard101 (talk) 21:33, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

To editor Lavalizard101: there is no need to change from the redirect – per the WP:NOTBROKEN editing guideline. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 21:53, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

To editor Lavalizard101: was able to make the small change so that the self-link in the taxobox in the Stegocephali article has been changed to a bold non-link. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 18:54, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]