Talk:Elephant shrew

message: pls note discrepancy/confusion in elephant shrew article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_shrew). Do they live in pairs, only associate for mating, or live close by and defend territory? Great article, including writing style.
Celebrateoften (talk) 05:58, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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message: Let me quote the world's most famous naturalist, David Attenborough on this issue. Quote from Attenborough: "It used to be called an elephant shrew, and now it's called by its African name of Sengi.YouTube video. Thanks, Lester 03:04, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you saying that David Attenborough has officially revoked or banned the use of the term "elephant shrew"?--Mr Fink (talk) 05:37, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not even the Queen can "ban" a word from being used. But you won't find much more of an authoritative source than Attenborough announcing on the BBC that the term has now changed.-124.149.160.161 (talk) 00:19, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the facts remain that "Elephant shrew" still remains slightly more common than "Sengi," and the consensus as of last week was to leave "Elephant shrew" at "Elephant shrew."  So, until David Attenborough is crowned Queen, I don't think there is much point in making a second move request so soon after the previous one.--Mr Fink (talk) 02:45, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

text: I agree that that's a pretty reliable source, and a useful data point. But the existence of one such source does not (to my mind) demonstrate that most such sources use the term. When they do, I think it will be time for a change.  Anaxial (talk) 23:11, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

text: For all we know, sengis might as well be a Bantu word for rat, so what is the purpose of introducing new terms? Do these biologists think laymen are all stupid and taxonomic nomenclature is irrelevant to laymen? Again, looks like they have non-neutral POV when it comes to common names, they are trying to sway us from using terms that might be misleading, as if one would think a starfish can copulate with a swordfish. --KaffirLemon (talk) 15:56, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: If anything, if we do need to move this page, we should move it to the scientific name, rather than play "duck duck goose" with which politically correct common name is currently in vogue.--Mr Fink (talk) 22:10, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
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message: On the side-bar, where you hav the same article in other languages; Spanish, Portuguese and French are missing. Likewise, when i was on the equivalent article in the Spanish, Portuguese, and French editions of Wikipedia, there was no link to this English-Wikipedia article, even tho' English is the de facto global lingua franca and the mostly widely used internet language, and the language with the most Wikipedia articles. I tried to fix this, starting with French Wikipedia article, but i couldn't. How do we fix this?--Solomonfromfinland (talk) 09:03, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
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message: The linked BBC article giving the claim about elephant shrew speed now seems to be broken. 135.180.99.89 (talk) 15:58, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  New reference for elephant shrew speed?