Talk:Cervalces scotti

message: I've searched for a public-domain picture to use on this article, but so far I haven't found any. (I've done Google Image searches on "Stag-moose" and "Cervalces scotti", which turned up excellent drawings like this one from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and this one from the American Museum of Natural History, but since neither of those is a US governmental entity, I don't believe the images are in the public domain. If any ambitious editor can find a drawing or picture that we can use, that would be an excellent addition.--HughGRex 11:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: On the one hand, that particular section was written under the assumption that the stag-moose behaved like modern deer, but, on the other hand, you make a very valid point about it being conjecture.  In my opinion, it should be excised entirely.--Mr Fink (talk) 16:12, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

text: Agreed, I actually popped in here to ask the same question. I'm surprised it still remains. This article is in dire need of a rewrite by a proper editor, I'd do it myself but am unsure how to go about it without being tagged a vandal. 2601:5C1:100:28BD:DDA0:40A9:213:98B9 (talk) 01:11, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Be bold.  Most editors will see that you're obviously not vandalizing.--Mr Fink (talk) 03:57, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
*Support I've moved it temporarily to the common name "Stag-moose", so that a separate genus page can be created. An alternative move could be to merge the two species articles into a genus article, which could then be one, comprehensive article. Such is often done with many other palaeontology genus articles, since there often isn't much to say about one fossil species of a genus that don't apply to the other. FunkMonk (talk) 13:09, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: If each species has an article, the genus usually gets an article as well. FunkMonk (talk) 08:17, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: If this particular Megafauna had a snout or muzzle similar to a modern deer or elk versus a moose, then why are we using an image that looks like a moose?  Why is this not going to be confusing to general readers?  Evenrød (talk) 19:02, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Image

message: The recent literature seems to give preference to the term "elk moose" over "stag-moose" for Cervalces scotti. Would it make sense to instead title this article "elk moose"?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbelknap (talk • contribs) 21:39, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I would think it would be better to simply name the article Cervalces scotti, and dispense with trying to figure out which common name is more common.--Mr Fink (talk) 22:06, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this. Also, this would fit the example for how wikipedia handles the other species in this genus, Cervalces latifrons (broad-fronted moose). For now, I created a redirect from "elk moose" to stag-moose. Lets see what other editors think.Sbelknap (talk) 01:11, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  stag-moose vs. elk-moose