Talk:Festive ecology

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Neologism[edit]

This is an interesting subject, but the title appears to be a neologism - all of 7 Google hits for "festive ecology", of which only one is relevant - a 2002 UK report that cites the first reference given here. It seems that John Box's terminology hasn't caught on. Perhaps someone could suggest a sensible merge target? (Human ecology sounds plausible, although that article needs expansion.) Opabinia regalis 19:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All words have to start somewhere - and this phrase goes back to 1995 which is quite a long time. Ecologists are fairly conservative about matters that are on the borders of their discipline - but the topic is being dealt with scientifically and has good references. A merge with human ecology is not the right place as festive ecology is more to do with animals and plants than humans. John Box 22:22, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest merging with ethnobotany, although that article can also use some work. It definitely needs to be merged with something. Speaking as an ecologist, no one uses the term "festive ecology", so leaving the information here under this heading just guarantees it will never be seen. Justinleif 23:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnobotany deals with plants - festive ecology includes animals as well as plants. All new terms take time to be accepted - especially when they cross disciplines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by John Box (talk • contribs) 22:04, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Black Poplar[edit]

It seems to me that much of the discussion of the black poplar tree is (though perhaps interesting, and certainly appreciated) irrelevant to festivity, which is ostensibly the point of the page. Maybe it could be moved to the Black Poplar page? I may also question the notability of a specific tree taking up so much of this general page, but I defer to more experienced editors on this front. Novedevo (talk) 01:45, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]