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George Olshevsky's " Dinosaur Genera List" is used as the primary source for the names/entries on this page, especially for new taxa, as the other sources only cover until 1993, 1995, or 2004. However, Olshevsky's list has not been updated since June of 2021, and most likely will not continue to be updated as he sadly passed away recently.
I assume all of the taxa described since June (and going forward) should be cited individually?
As a side note, I archived all of the previous conversations here. The last archive was in 2008(!). - SlvrHwk ( talk) 03:23, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
A few months ago, I replaced the page's illustrations of Herrerasaurus and Yi with those of Heterodontosaurus and Yinlong. My reasoning was that Herrerasaurus could be a non-avian dinosauriform and that Yi could be an avialan, which would bring them outside the scope of "non-avian dinosaurs" as defined by the rules of the list. However, just yesterday, an IP (who I assume to be the same person as the other IP's in the page history who care so much about the diversity of the images) reverted me on the basis of herrerasaurids and scansoriopterygids not being otherwise represented in the images. I for once believe that the list is diverse enough,and the addition of possible non-dinosaurs could be confusing, so I temporarily reverted the IP. But I'd like to hear your thoughts on the matter. Atlantis536 ( talk) 00:28, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
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What's stated in the article lead, which is fairly lax, doesn't jell with recent history. I see for instance Oculudentavis was removed for now not being considered a dinosaur, when the paper coining the name asserted it was a dinosaur, avian or otherwise. I'd think then that, as far as inclusion goes, a team of experts in the field publishing their research on a high impact journal is fairly noteworthy as a primary source. What happened afterward doesn't really enter into whether the name makes the cut, though it certainly should be commented upon. Unless the idea is to update the criteria to be more strict, but that should be reflected on the lead and not just happen as a matter of editors weeding the list regardless. Dracontes ( talk) 21:26, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
List of dinosaur genera is a featured list, which means it has been identified as one of the best lists produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so. | ||||||||||||||||
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George Olshevsky's " Dinosaur Genera List" is used as the primary source for the names/entries on this page, especially for new taxa, as the other sources only cover until 1993, 1995, or 2004. However, Olshevsky's list has not been updated since June of 2021, and most likely will not continue to be updated as he sadly passed away recently.
I assume all of the taxa described since June (and going forward) should be cited individually?
As a side note, I archived all of the previous conversations here. The last archive was in 2008(!). - SlvrHwk ( talk) 03:23, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
A few months ago, I replaced the page's illustrations of Herrerasaurus and Yi with those of Heterodontosaurus and Yinlong. My reasoning was that Herrerasaurus could be a non-avian dinosauriform and that Yi could be an avialan, which would bring them outside the scope of "non-avian dinosaurs" as defined by the rules of the list. However, just yesterday, an IP (who I assume to be the same person as the other IP's in the page history who care so much about the diversity of the images) reverted me on the basis of herrerasaurids and scansoriopterygids not being otherwise represented in the images. I for once believe that the list is diverse enough,and the addition of possible non-dinosaurs could be confusing, so I temporarily reverted the IP. But I'd like to hear your thoughts on the matter. Atlantis536 ( talk) 00:28, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion:
You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 05:52, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
What's stated in the article lead, which is fairly lax, doesn't jell with recent history. I see for instance Oculudentavis was removed for now not being considered a dinosaur, when the paper coining the name asserted it was a dinosaur, avian or otherwise. I'd think then that, as far as inclusion goes, a team of experts in the field publishing their research on a high impact journal is fairly noteworthy as a primary source. What happened afterward doesn't really enter into whether the name makes the cut, though it certainly should be commented upon. Unless the idea is to update the criteria to be more strict, but that should be reflected on the lead and not just happen as a matter of editors weeding the list regardless. Dracontes ( talk) 21:26, 9 May 2024 (UTC)