Talk:Beautiful Fruit Dove
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I don't see why this would be capitalized. I suggest it moved to beautiful fruit dove, in line with dove and fruit dove.--Leo Laursen – (talk · contribs) 08:06, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
- The Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus) (also called the Rose-fronted Pigeon, Rose-fronted Fruit Dove, and Crimson-capped Fruit Dove) is the name of a particular species of "fruit dove", it is not a just a "beautiful fruit dove". Compare the Wikipedia article on this species of fruit dove. That said, the online German-English English-German dictionary (<www.dict.cc>) does not usually capitalize the English names of the various fruit dove species, including the beautiful fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus). Hans-Friedrich Tamke 08:47, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
- They are common nouns, not proper nouns. I do realize that Wikipedia and bird enthusiasts treats names of taxonomic units as proper nouns, but the capitalized form is at best a variant form, if attestable.--Leo Laursen – (talk · contribs) 09:03, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
- The page is now a redirect to beautiful fruit dove.[1] Do we keep the redirect? or use
{{alternative form of}}on the page? or simply delete it?--Leo Laursen – (talk · contribs) 12:48, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
- The page is now a redirect to beautiful fruit dove.[1] Do we keep the redirect? or use
- They are common nouns, not proper nouns. I do realize that Wikipedia and bird enthusiasts treats names of taxonomic units as proper nouns, but the capitalized form is at best a variant form, if attestable.--Leo Laursen – (talk · contribs) 09:03, 18 June 2011 (UTC)