Talk:Ailanthus webworm

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Thanks Seglea for the format improvements. But why are you calling it parasitic? I don't think it fits the definition.

I also wish Wikipedia would standardize on using taxonomic nomenclature for the primary page, with redirects from common names. It's less confusing that way. Pollinator 07:14, 19 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Pollinator-- I think you're right about parasitic - it was the mention of the host tree that made me use the word, but thinking about it, we wouldn't usually call an animal that feeds on a plant parasitic (bit of a metaphysical distinction in a way if you think about it, but let's not try to start a campaign). I'll change it back.

I don't have strong feelings whether the common name should redirect to the systematic name or vice versa, and I am not sure that standardisation is appropriate - to some extent it should vary depending which is the more often used. I wouldn't be happy with cat redirecting to Felis catus, for example - not least because in some cases the common name is actually more stable than the systematic name. But I didn't do it that way with the webworm on principle, I just wanted to set up the redirect, and the fastest way was to move the page. We could change it round if you like, it's just a matter of copying the content to the page that's currently a redirect. seglea 07:29, 19 Jan 2004 (UTC)