Talk:Festive ecology

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[edit] Neologism

This is an interesting subject, but the title appears to be a neologism - all of 7 Google hits for "festive ecology", of which only one is relevant - a 2002 UK report that cites the first reference given here. It seems that John Box's terminology hasn't caught on. Perhaps someone could suggest a sensible merge target? (Human ecology sounds plausible, although that article needs expansion.) Opabinia regalis 19:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

All words have to start somewhere - and this phrase goes back to 1995 which is quite a long time. Ecologists are fairly conservative about matters that are on the borders of their discipline - but the topic is being dealt with scientifically and has good references. A merge with human ecology is not the right place as festive ecology is more to do with animals and plants than humans. John Box 22:22, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

I would suggest merging with ethnobotany, although that article can also use some work. It definitely needs to be merged with something. Speaking as an ecologist, no one uses the term "festive ecology", so leaving the information here under this heading just guarantees it will never be seen. Justinleif 23:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)