Talk:Megamouth shark

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[edit] Capitalization discussion

Why the capitalization in the article's title? I wouldn't go in and move it myself, as I'm not much aware of biology, so I just thought I should comment in order to attract the attention of someone who knows better than I. - Vague Rant 07:53, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)

Because it is policy to capitalize the names of species. This has been controversial for several years, but I think the correct conclusion was reached. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Tree of Life and its archive. Pcb21| Pete 09:27, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Ahem, no such consensus reached, although some have tried to represent it that way. In particular, capitalization of fish species continues to be argued among specialists in the field, and it's not Wikipedia's place to make the decision for them. I haven't reverted all the fish articles because I don't want to misrepresent the situation, which is undecided. Stan 15:19, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I apologize. You are right that the pro-capitalisation birding lobby, whose own specialists are generally in agreement, didn't so much build a consensus as cared so long and hard on the mailing list that their preferred grammar won the day, and spread to most of the rest of the animal kingdom. Today the status quo seems to be that there is a tendency for old-timers to convert to capitals for most species (fish often excepted), and for newcomers to be bewildered by it :). The specialists in my own area of interest, cetaceans, are also split down the middle and couldn't be used to make a definite judgement one way or the other. Pcb21| Pete 15:50, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Bioluminescence

I, of course, may be mistaken, but I could have sworn from my Biology classes having learned that the megamouth's distinctive fleshy lips were (at least faintly) bioluminescent. It is not mentioned in this article. --Ngorongoro 28/3/06