Talk:thaumarchaeota

RFV discussion: December 2020

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thaumarchaeota

As a common noun. DTLHS (talk) 22:22, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

cited Kiwima (talk) 22:52, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

The cites are fine, but they're really just careless lack of capitalisation. I think they still count as a proper noun, rather than a plural common noun. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 08:47, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 21:34, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

• @Kiwima, DCDuring: I note that this is still listed as a noun. What do you think about my point above? —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 20:34, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

@Metaknowledge:: When I read the citations, the first two could read as a proper noun, but the second two are clearly using the term as a noun. I'm inclined to let it stand as a noun. If you like, I can dig up another noun-like use so that we have three clearly noun uses. Kiwima (talk) 21:34, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

I think all of the cites (now six) are consistent with the word class being 'common noun'. I take the position in practice that all uncapitalized names for organisms may as well be deemed common nouns. DCDuring (talk) 22:57, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Second 2012 cite shows usage referring not the members of the phylum but members of a genus that is a component of the phylum

2014 has modification by an adjective

2016 has modification by a quantifier (few)

2019 had modification by "1.1c"

2020 has usage as part of a compound noun (=AOA)

These kinds usage are much more typical of a common noun than of a proper noun. DCDuring (talk) 23:32, 1 January 2021 (UTC)