Talk:Goby

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The Goby or Mudskipper article did not mention a fact which I think belongs in Wikipedia, but I have no experience of mudskippers. I learned this from a man who grew up in Malaysia:

  • A mudskipper can outrun a boy.

This meant something to me, because in the U.S.,

  • a rabbit can outrun a boy.

Do you think it is appropriate for Wikipedia? The article says that mudskippers live on the coasts of Australia, too. Is it OK to put in this fact? Thank you. 169.207.85.217 18:13, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I would put it in with a caveat, e.g. "It is said that..." That doesn't commit us to the detail, but does say that the thing must be fairly fast to have that reputation.

As to the location, there are lots and lots of species of mudskipper, and they're found in all the warmwater oceans of the world.

seglea 20:38, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)


I don't think mudskipper should be merged with Goby. Mudskippers are a subtype of Goby that are very interesting in their own right because of their amphibious nature and deserve their own page. Nicolharper 01:43, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

ok by me; not knowing the difference in detail I thought they were the same, and Mudskipper redirects to Goby. Properly we should really move Mudskippers to Mudskipper, but it's easier to redirect Mudskipper to Mudskippers, so if no one has objections I think I will do so. bikeable (talk) 17:44, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Goby/Mudskipper revision

The mudskippers now have their own, distinct article. The comments on mudskippers here are now much briefer and serve only to link them in with the gobies. I don't see any reason to merge these two topics: while mudskippers are gobies, they're very distinct from them; would be merge the article on humans with the article about great apes?

Can we remove these articles from the list of articles needed merging?

-- Neale Monks 11:36, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

I took the merge notice off both pages and redirected Mudskipper to Mudskippers. bikeable (talk) 14:12, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
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