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[edit] Notable Myrmecologists

Merge List of notable myrmecologists with this article? --Hemanshu 06:35, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)

  • Sounds good. And, I think I'm going to do a proper write-up for this article. I'm a big amateur myrmecologist, and my local library has lots of good books on it. I could at least do a couple of paragraphs about the history of the field. Word. Zanturaeon 02:30, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
  • I am suggesting that a line or two about what each Notable Myrmecologist did to make them notable should be added to this page. See the list of notable Apiologists on the Apiology entry for an example. This is especially important for the Myrmecologists who don't have their own entry. A contribution to the field should be definable. Just being interested in ants is not enough to make you notable. -- AJseagull1 (talk) 00:02, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Early Examples of human attempts to understand ant society

This is just a list of ancient references to ants. These statements don't imply any attempt to understand or study ant society. I think this section needs to be heavily modified or removed. AJseagull1 01:21, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Later studies duplucate

There is a duplicate of "Later Studies" under "List of notable Myrmecologists." I will delete it.--[color=purple]Chykka207[color] (talk) 05:14, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Junior High Book Report

Dear god, that opening paragraph is terrible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.93.40.145 (talk) 19:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

OK, I tried to clean up the opening paragraph. I agree, it needed some work. It still does, but I think it is better than it was. In the future, there is no need to leave sarcastic comments like "Junior High Book Report". If you see something that needs to be fixed, please point it out, but please do not insult someone's contribution. AJseagull1 (talk) 21:40, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fergus O'Rourke

The only scientific references I can find to Fergus O'Rourke are about fish. Please clarify what he did to make him a notable Myrmecologist.Or he will be deleted. AJseagull1 (talk) 00:07, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

FERGUS J. O'ROURKE is my father. Born in 1923, his first scientific interest was in ants, and wrote several papers on them, starting in the 1930s and probably ending in the late 1970s. He also wrote on archaeology and epidemiology inter multa alia. He is a medical doctor as well as a Ph.D. and was head of the Zoology Department at University College Cork until c.1980. He is retired and infirm, but in "good form".194.46.245.135 (talk) 08:47, 3 April 2008 (UTC) J F O'Rourke www.irish-lawyer.com

I'm Still not clear on what FJ O'Rourke did to be notable. Can you give an example of an area of myrmecology he worked on, or at least an example of a peer reviewed journal article? Thanks -- AJseagull1 (talk) 00:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)