Talk:DNA barcoding

message: The tag for the criticism section - suggesting that the section should be merged into the main text did not seem to fit in with the aim of balancing the pros and cons of the technique, something that the separation. The current treatment in the article is definitely better than it used to be - but suggestions could go here. Shyamal (talk) 02:57, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Tag removed

message: Merge this article with Consortium for the Barcode of Life?
JmCor (talk) 05:26, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The article at Consortium for the Barcode of Life is short, and most of what is there duplicates what is here. Furthermore, I'm somewhat skeptical of having articles for every scientific consortium; there is, in general, little to say about them apart from the results of their research (which better fits in articles for the subject matter in question, not for the consortium). So I'd be fine with merging that article here (not the other way around, though, given the existence of various barcoding consortiums). Kingdon (talk) 20:59, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge? 

message: These are the questions for which I sought answers when I came to the article.  To my surprise, these obvious questions are not answered.  I remain curious. DrHow (talk) 22:00, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  How is it done?  Why call it "bar coding"? 

message: Is metabarcoding (sometimes called metagenetics, sometimes WRONGLY called metagenomics) a topic for this page or should it have its own page? Any thoughts? On one hand its very similar to DNA barcoding in the broad sense. On the other it employs a slightly different strategy where its not relating a sequence to the organism it came from, but rather estimating the species composition of a mixed (e.g. environmental) sample. Its becoming a widely used term and ought to be in wikipedia somewhere. If nobody replies I'll probably start a new page, though I don't have strong feelings. XCalPab (talk) 21:04, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd vote for making it a section on this page. It could be split out later as more variation in methods generates material to make a longer page. Although it is not usual to expect to be able to identify the organisms that the sequences come from, I believe that is the eventual aim of some workers. I doubt that metabarcoding will retain its emphasis on environmental chemistry divorced from taxonomy. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 22:51, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Metabarcoding 

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message: I have just finished a bit of a tidy up of this article with additional information and references, but one thing remains. In the "criticisms" section, I removed a paragraph commencing "The DNA barcoding debate resembles the phenetics debate of decades gone by..." since this is based on a 2005 reference, only 2 years on from Hebert's initial paper, and does not reflect the views of 2018 so far as I can ascertain. However the majority/all citations for this section date from the period 2004-2006, with nothing later than 2007. In any case I think the sentence ending "it may not be effective for the majority of known organisms." is misleading. I am sure this section could do with an update but need someone more familiar with the subject to do it. Tony 1212 (talk) 07:18, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I've had a go at this section - placed a historic context on some of the text, removed some inaccurate claims, and added a new paragraph with quote taken from on a comprehensive 2018 review I have found. Hopefully a bit better now - still room for input by others if desired :)  Regards Tony Tony 1212 (talk) 22:42, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

text: Also just added another quote and renamed the section concerned to "Initial criticism and current status" since the last portion now deals with the current status and leaves most of the criticism behind. Tony 1212 (talk) 05:38, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Criticisms" section 

message: I came to this page after seeing a presentation at Wikimania by User:Olle Terenius (UU) about his work with PhD students which I think is an excellent initiative. Just in case there is further work planned with students on this article, I suggest that you work on improving its readability. The value for readability of this article is currently rather low at only 29 (see here: http://www.readabilityofwikipedia.com/check/DNA%20barcoding). The higher the value the better with 100 being the theoretical maximum. Readability is important for the general public but also for future translations of this article. There are great tools out there that can help in improving readability. I really like the App Hemmingway (http://www.hemingwayapp.com/). Could be a great project for a "science communication" class in future... EMsmile (talk) 13:05, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible further work: improving readability

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