Talk:Folk taxonomy

message: Is there any folk taxonomy effectively based in phenotypes, in convergent evolution in regards to morphology? Where eels, worms and snakes would belong together, bats with pteranodons and birds and so on... Tazmanian devils with canines, and so forth... Any knowledge of this? I think it would maek the best example of what folk taxonomy can be... made at face value and all... Herle King 04:37, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I risk to say... Phenetics do this? I know I'm answering my own question... In a way, but... Am I right? 20:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Some examples:  saber-toothed cat and ungulate.  --Una Smith (talk) 05:22, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Based in apperance/convergent evolution

message: Firstly, I'd like to say that suggesting a page is Merged without even providing any reason is dubious behaviour.
As the originator of the Folk Taxonomy page, I would like to strongly resist the suggestion that the page be merged with the Folksonomy page.
Folk Taxonomy is a term for a vernacular Taxonomy. Many anthropologists have studied folk taxonomies. Many folk taxonomies are very effective embedded systems of knowledge. There is a reason that the term folk taxonomy exists - it is to differentiate them from scientific taxonomies.
Folksonomies is a recently invented word for something like the mass creation of meta-referents. Folksonomies is a very interesting concept and may turn out to be an important part of our lives and studies. On the other hand, it may not. 
Both these terms exist for very clear reasons. Just because they are similar is no reason to merge them. 
If you want to merge something, you could merge Folk Taxonomy with Taxonomy, though I would be against it.
And you _could_ merge Tag with Folksonomy. 
But a suggestion that we merge Folk Taxonomy with Folksonomy betrays a total misunderstanding of what the terms actually mean.
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I disagree with the merge. If anything Folksonomy should be merged into Folk Taxonomy. Folk Taxonomy is a "folk" type of taxonomy. To me this is far more readily understandable than "Folksonomy". Then again I'm not even sure I know what Folksonomies are.. errr... what Folksonomy is. I'd say, if they are the same, merge here, and if they are different somehow don't merge. --Ben 20:49, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree with the merge as well. At best, folksonomy is a portmanteau of folk taxonomy, which should be the main article. I suggest we reditect folksonomy here and mention the term on this page as a variant. Jokestress 21:00, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Yes, folk taxonomy is a term with a much longer tradition. I disagree with the merge as well. Hirzel 13:52, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: MERGE OR NOT

message: The last phrase of the article that I see:
"...and can tend to refer to generalized rather than quantitatively informative traits in an organism."
Although a layman, I am generally interested in taxonomic issues. I've read a couple of books on the subject, and (for example) I know the difference between Linnaean taxonomy and cladism. Yet I have no idea what "quantitatively informative" is supposed to mean. Something to do with genetics, perhaps? It's probably a jargon term that some scientists would understand, but I suggest a more understandable term or phrase would be better here.
:… qualitatively? The user who added it is not around to ask, but it may have an attempt to make a point that leveraged their contributions on topics where science confronts reactionary views (race, creationism, etc.). It seems to skirt the primary reason why authorities, 'scientists[!]', avoid folk taxonomy and present it as a 'generally' unproblematic system. Unless I am missing something, the whole sentence could be removed. cygnis insignis 07:40, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "quantitatively informative" unclear 

message: I raised an issue on Talk:Ethnotaxonomy about "folk taxonomy" as a synonym of "ethnotaxonomy" (with examples), and whether a merge proposal would be in order. If not, it would be helpful for the articles in question to explain what differences justify separate treatment. --A12n (talk) 01:31, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Folk taxonomy" as synonym for "ethnotaxonomy"? 

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