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This deletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive. You can read the deletion policy or ask a question at the Village pump. If the circumstances surrounding this file have changed in a notable manner, you may re-nominate this file or ask for it to be undeleted. Category:Carl von Linné The most famous botanical systematist of all time was given the name Carl Linnaeus at birth, and published under that name or the Latinised equivalent Carolus Linnaeus. He adopted the name Carl von Linné after his ennoblement in 1761, and presumably went by that name thereafter. In this day and age, every botanist, and indeed a great many non-botanists, are familiar with the name Linneaus, but most of them wouldn't have a clue who this von Linné chap was. Therefore I propose a move to Category:Carl Linnaeus. Hesperian 02:15, 9 July 2008 (UTC) Concur with Hesperian. - Jmabel ! talk 03:52, 9 July 2008 (UTC) Keep, I don't agree with a change, the man is known mainly as Carl von Linné now. --ŠJů (talk) 13:02, 9 July 2008 (UTC) Googlefight: "von Linne": 500,000 hits; "Linnaeus": 5,000,000 hits. Hesperian 13:14, 9 July 2008 (UTC) I was given these findings from Google: "Linnaeus" 4,310,000 "Carl Linneaeus" 154,000 "Carolus Linnaeus" 140,000 "Linné" 1,630,000 "von Linné" 506,000 "Carl von Linné" 360,000 Also "Carl von Linné" has more hits as "Carl Linneaeus" and "Carolus Linnaeus" together. A more detailed analyse is needed, by context and by country. --ŠJů (talk) 14:58, 9 July 2008 (UTC) Google doesn't distinguish between "Linné" and "Linne", and the latter is also a town. The message here is that "Linnaeus" overwhelmingly defeats any other name, which is the point I am trying to make. Hesperian 02:29, 10 July 2008 (UTC) Close The ghits have supported the nominators rationale, rather than the assertion about the current title, his surname is the most widely recognised and cited. No reason has been proposed to keep it this adopted title. Cygnis insignis (talk) 20:43, 8 November 2008 (UTC) Move to Category:Carl Linnaeus.