User talk:Averixus

15 February 2022

Re: Monstera adansonii

Hello. Just FYI you removed my edit, but in doing so propagated a common misconception. Monstera adansonii is not the swiss cheese plant. If you Google swiss cheese plant or Monstera deliciosa you will note that the incorrect plant is being displayed, due in part to this mistake in Wikipedia. Colinmcdermott (talk) 14:48, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Colinmcdermott:. I'm afraid yours is the misconception. Both M. deliciosa and M. adansonii are sometimes known by the name "swiss cheese plant", as shown in the cited source which you removed. It's not at all unusual for common names to be ambiguous or to refer to multiple species, and the disambiguation page for swiss cheese plant is sufficient to resolve that ambiguity. I will add a note to the Monstera adansonii page to directly address the potential confusion associated with the common name, to match that on the Monstera deliciosa page. Please don't remove sourced information simply because you don't agree with it. Averixus (talk) 15:02, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I see your points, and appreciate any work to correct. But are you not worried we are propagating misinformation? I am sure if you were to ask 99/100 plant experts they would agree that M. deliciosa should be returned for, and considered the primary example of said name? I think it is important here to consider that by feeding this information to Google Wikipedia is directly influencing the results and allowing many people to see incorrect information. Please do check Google if you haven't already it will illustrate my point well. Thanks Colinmcdermott (talk) 19:58, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Colinmcdermott:. I don't think this is misinformation at all. Lots of common names refer to multiple species, and although that can be annoying and confusing, it's not misinformation. A common name is any name which is used to refer to a species, so it's really not possible for a common name to be "incorrect". If it's a name people sometimes use to refer to the plant, then it's a real common name - and the source cited in the article is enough to demonstate that people sometimes use "Swiss cheese plant" for M. adansonii. Including all widely-used common names for a species is part of maintaining a neutral point of view - we can't just remove some names based on our own preference.

I think that intentionally removing the reference to a widely-used common name would be more damaging than including it. If someone gets an M. adansonii which is labelled "Swiss cheese plant" and searches to learn more, it would be really unhelpful if they were taken straight to M. deliciosa. Much better for them to be taken to a disambiguation where they can at least learn that the name is used for multiple species, and go on to determine the identity of their specific plant.

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