Talk:Filovirus
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Kiwima in topic RFV discussion: April–June 2022
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With capital F, in English? Why? It's not a genus. Equinox ◑ 19:42, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
- It used to be a genus. See e.g. w:Ebolavirus#Classification. 70.172.194.25 00:54, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- I'm not finding very much at Google Scholar for either the genus (which should be capitalized and italicized) or for Filovirus as an alternative form of filovirus. What cites I have found are now at Filovirus#English, but the italicized ones are arguably for the taxonomic name, though they appear in seeming medical articles, not virology articles. I believe that the ICTV nomenclature rules were not widely accepted until the last years of the last millennium. DCDuring (talk) 01:24, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- The modest volume of usage of the capitalized term, which use often seems erroneous in form or reference (eg, family Filovirus), makes me disinclined to search further for support for the English term. The cites that show italicized, capitalized usage should be in the Translingual section. DCDuring (talk) 01:46, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- I'm not finding very much at Google Scholar for either the genus (which should be capitalized and italicized) or for Filovirus as an alternative form of filovirus. What cites I have found are now at Filovirus#English, but the italicized ones are arguably for the taxonomic name, though they appear in seeming medical articles, not virology articles. I believe that the ICTV nomenclature rules were not widely accepted until the last years of the last millennium. DCDuring (talk) 01:24, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- If it used to be a genus, we should probably convert this to Translingual and define it as the historical genus, yes? (I see DCDuring has added a Translingual section. Thanks.) Equinox ◑ 18:45, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
RFV-resolved. Deleted in favor of the translingual entry. Kiwima (talk) 23:12, 19 June 2022 (UTC)