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It looks like there's a minor edit issue going on with the species of bear with reversions from Syrian Brown Bear to Iranian Brown Bear to Persian Brown Bear. This hints at a typical Wikipedia culture war in the offing. In the interest of furthering the article, I am going to revert the article to what appears to be the last canonical version of the popular name of the species to Syrian Brown Bear. I suspect changing the contested name to "Iranian" or "Persian" is a misunderstanding between the popular name of the species in English, and the nationality of the bear (if bears, indeed, can said to have a "nationality."). The article on Syrian Brown Bear does mention Wojtek as being FROM Iran, but the popular name of the species isn't affected. For example, a Canadian Goose doesn't have to be actually from Canada (I speak from experience as we have several native non-migrating flocks of Canadian Geese near where I live in the US). So one wouldn't change the species of Canadian Goose to Mexican Goose if that bird happened to be born, and live, in Mexico.
I recommend that any future changes of Wojtek's species be discussed here so that we can come up with a consensus. Also, any experts on popular species names (in English - this is the English language Wikipedia) can also weigh in here. -- Quartermaster ( talk) 17:52, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
What sources say it was Syrian Brown Bear (U. arctos Syriacus) though? As opposed to a Eurasian Brown bear (U.arctos arctos).
Kenosha Forever (
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He Ate The Cigarettes? That's Sounds Weird Vibhuwastaken ( talk) 08:42, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
May I know the reasoning behind giving the name triple brackets, when it's already in bold. 122.11.212.42 ( talk) 02:11, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
This reads weird. Like the bear left on its volition. It’s a bear. It will go with the cigarettes and honey Whup66 ( talk) 15:59, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
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It looks like there's a minor edit issue going on with the species of bear with reversions from Syrian Brown Bear to Iranian Brown Bear to Persian Brown Bear. This hints at a typical Wikipedia culture war in the offing. In the interest of furthering the article, I am going to revert the article to what appears to be the last canonical version of the popular name of the species to Syrian Brown Bear. I suspect changing the contested name to "Iranian" or "Persian" is a misunderstanding between the popular name of the species in English, and the nationality of the bear (if bears, indeed, can said to have a "nationality."). The article on Syrian Brown Bear does mention Wojtek as being FROM Iran, but the popular name of the species isn't affected. For example, a Canadian Goose doesn't have to be actually from Canada (I speak from experience as we have several native non-migrating flocks of Canadian Geese near where I live in the US). So one wouldn't change the species of Canadian Goose to Mexican Goose if that bird happened to be born, and live, in Mexico.
I recommend that any future changes of Wojtek's species be discussed here so that we can come up with a consensus. Also, any experts on popular species names (in English - this is the English language Wikipedia) can also weigh in here. -- Quartermaster ( talk) 17:52, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
What sources say it was Syrian Brown Bear (U. arctos Syriacus) though? As opposed to a Eurasian Brown bear (U.arctos arctos).
Kenosha Forever (
talk) 18:58, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
He Ate The Cigarettes? That's Sounds Weird Vibhuwastaken ( talk) 08:42, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
May I know the reasoning behind giving the name triple brackets, when it's already in bold. 122.11.212.42 ( talk) 02:11, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
This reads weird. Like the bear left on its volition. It’s a bear. It will go with the cigarettes and honey Whup66 ( talk) 15:59, 27 November 2022 (UTC)