Category talk:Chickens

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Category:Chickens

see also Commons:Categories for discussion/2022/01/Category:Domesticated chickens in zoos

"Chickens" or "Gallus gallus domesticus"? Per the Universality Principle , we should use either one or the other, but while most categories use "chickens", several use "gallus gallus domesticus". I would recommend "Chickens" remain the parent category name and be applied to subs vs. the other way around, as it is almost universally referred to in common English usage as "chickens", not "g. g. domesticus", so this would be compliant with category naming policy . Josh (talk) 22:31, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Triplec85 has suggested using "gallus gallus domesticus" in the discussion at Commons:Categories for discussion/2022/01/Category:Domesticated chickens in zoos, thus I think that this should be resolved at the parent category level and consistently applied through the sub-categories. Josh (talk) 22:34, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

@AnRo0002: is well versed in species and genera. What do you mean? -- Triple C 85 ^{| User talk |} 07:28, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

 Keep I suggest to keep the category Chickens (general category: poultry) as we use for most of the domesticated animals the common names like cattle, horses, donkeys, pigs, rabbits, cats and dogs (see: mammals by common named groups). In the case of ducks and geese I would like to see a clearer differentiation between endemic, invasive and domesticated species. anro (talk) 11:47, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

@Joshbaumgartner and AnRo0002: - keep at Category:Chickens; as AnRo says, we use English names for domesticated animals. In particular, note that "Gallus gallus domesticus" is not a valid scientific taxon name, so it should not be used either for this category, or for any of its subcategories. Any subcategories that do use that, should be renamed. - MPF (talk) 23:16, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

@Triplec85: Are you okay with the suggestions above? If so, we can close this as resolved. Josh (talk) 15:31, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

@Joshbaumgartner: I'm ok with the suggestions above. Greets -- Triple C 85 ^{| User talk |} 00:17, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

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This category discussion has been closed.
Consensus	Resolved by consensus
Actions	Use "chickens" for category names of this and child categories
Participants	Triplec85 (talk · contribs) AnRo0002 (talk · contribs) MPF (talk · contribs)
Closed by	Josh (talk) 06:57, 21 January 2024 (UTC)