User talk:GerryLowry1947

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Again, welcome! —Internoob (Disc•Cont) 17:04, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

homo sapien
What you added to this entry was already covered at Homo sapien, which this entry is an alternative form of. Additionally, please structure what you add in a manner consistent with our formatting guidelines, e.g. using headers for usage notes. —Internoob (Disc•Cont) 17:04, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Hello Internoob: thank you for welcoming me. I appreciate your gesture.

that it is covered under Homo sapien is not relevant imo unless there is a redirect to the capitalized version.

Otherwise, it's somewhat like eating at a restaurant where the waiters deliberately do not mention that desert is included because they are hoping that you will not order it.

Basically, because far to many people are for whatever reason unlikely to go to the capitalized version, unfortunately, such people are likely to help perpetuate the incorrect usage as well as influence others who are ignorant of this spelling error.

Now that I know that it was explained further at "Homo sapien", I should have indicated that.

Thank you for pointing the connection out to me. See my changes to "homo sapien" ... I hope you will approve.

When I try to edit, I do not see "(plural, home sapiens)" ... I only see this (plus some markup):

en-noun|sg=homo sapien

I'm guessing that the plural is auto generated.

gerry 705-250-0112

P.S.: i'm still learning how to edit here ... please cut me some slack because i've just lost my job and getting work is my main focus.
 * Okay. I see your concern, and usage notes at homo sapien can't hurt, although IMO users would be likely to follow the link to Homo sapien and see the same there. The way it is now is much better: usage notes are under a ====Usage notes==== heading. The WT:ELE in a nutshell is that information usually goes under the relevant header at the right level, instead of being stray in the entry. Cheers, —Internoob (Disc•Cont) 23:42, 20 September 2010 (UTC)