Talk:Ziegler's water rat

Shouldn't this be (deprecated template usage) Ziegler's water rat - if it is a type of (deprecated template usage) water rat? SemperBlotto 22:11, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Well this started because I saw this on a list of requested articles on wikipedia and I created it, and it was written in all caps there, when I did my research, the only source I found which was the IUCN red list was in all caps, so I figured since it was in all caps everywhere I encountered it I would leave it all caps. As far as it being a water rat, I'm not entirely sure if that is even a class of rats, I just assumed it was. So whatever you think is best, but I could not tell for sure and it is a very very little known/rare creature. So maybe an e-mail to the discoverers?Lucifer 23:09, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

We've discussed this before with reference to the names of certain birds, and the names of certain dog breeds. Sometimes the capitalised form is far more common. Equinox ◑ 23:15, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Je ne se pasLucifer 04:21, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

I moved it before reading this page. The normal form is Ziegler's water rat. Capitals are often used when referring to the species (rather than to individuals), but this is a general rule that capitals may be used in such a case, a rule similar to the use of capitals at the beginning of a sentence. Lmaltier 19:57, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

It seems that all caps is a grammatically correct possibility but I honestly don't care.Lucifer 21:47, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes, this is what I explain just above. And writng Yes is correct, but we don't include it~~