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Generic terms vs Species/Taxon terms

Confused as to what goes in each section. For Generic terms, under Leporidae (rabbits/hares), for male is has jack. Does that mean both rabbits & hares can use this term? Or, does it mean only 1 can use this term, but the Generic table is to include ALL terms for all animals in that category? Sunandshade (talk) 07:02, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think it should be the first interpretation, that the term can be used for any animal in that category. If it was the second, the table would be much longer and redundant with the "specific species or taxon" table. Justin Kunimune (talk) 12:06, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense. On a related note, some cells have "-" & some have "?". It seems they should be the same. While they might have slightly different meanings (not sure vs unknown), I really don't think that was intended. Would it be a good idea to make them the same? I'm partial to "-". I'm not that proficient in html, but looking at the code, it doesn't seem too complicated. It would be nice to have a find/replace action but I can't find one for the html code. Is there one? Sunandshade (talk) 17:05, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch. I agree that "–" is better. The web editor has no find/replace feature as far as I know, but one can paste the code into a text editor, find/replace there, and paste it back into the browser. I just made that change. Justin Kunimune (talk) 13:13, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"List of gender names" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect List of gender names has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 November 26 § List of gender names until a consensus is reached. –CopperyMarrow15 (talk | edits) Feel free to ping me! 19:49, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Human young

I see the following listed among the young of humans: baby, boy (male), child, girl (female), and infant. I was always under the impression that kid was another of the accepted terms for human young. Is this a misconception? Is there a reason why kid is not listed? allixpeeke (talk) 04:21, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Though widely used, "kid" is still a slang term for a human child, not a scientific one. This being an encyclopedia, we do not intermix scientific and slang terms in our articles. General Ization ^Talk 04:24, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vultures

There are three different collective nouns for vultures (kettle, committee, and wake) listed on the wiki page for vultures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture), including a footnote for the source ([6] Hamilton, S.L. (2014). "Sky Burials").

I am sure the source is correct, but I cannot provide a second source. I had encountered those collective nouns elsewhere, but I forget where other than it was a website about word usage.

I am too inexperienced with wiki editing to know how to add a new line to the matrix for vultures. Rendel B. Moshe (talk) 22:58, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Call

An idea for another column would be for animals' calls or cries e.g. "donkey" "braying". 93.195.235.128 (talk) 13:41, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See this article: List of animal sounds. That might be what you're looking for. GoldRomean (talk) 00:25, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I feel like it wouldn't be appropriate for this article, because "braying" isn't really a name for a donkey. It's a good idea, though, and that's why that article exists. GoldRomean (talk) 00:26, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Completeness

I don't fully understand the intention of this (List) article, given the nature of it's gross incompleteness. I can't imagine how such a very large and diverse collection of animal terms could ever be, or want to be, maintained as a wiki page. N.B. Approximately 8.7 million species of animals on the planet. SquashEngineer (talk) 14:42, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]