Follow up

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  by Reaper89
  on 2021-12-02 21:55

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  by A Mischievous Dwarf
  on 2021-12-02 17:05

  Learned a new thing from this, and that's kind of the problem.

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  by A Revolutionary Skeleton
  on 2021-12-01 13:05

  Learned something new, but feel species is a much more user-friendly term.

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  by TheRaptorJesus
  on 2021-11-30 17:04

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  by Aelin Ninthalor
  on 2021-11-30 14:36

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  by A Adorable Mimic
  on 2021-11-29 13:06

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  by allyziemage
  on 2021-11-29 00:54

  I think Clade would be too unusual for people who don't already know the definition, and as a biologist, I'm not even familiar with it (granted, don't do bio-things that involve this terminology).

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  by Gamez
  on 2021-11-27 22:25

  Thank you for raising a suggestion and partaking in making WA a better place.   I am afraid although I understand the request, I, on this occasion, must disagree and feel species template is more accessible and supplier for those where perhaps English isn't their first language.  

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  by arty
  on 2021-11-26 17:32

  1. do you not have imagination? no one's holding you at gunpoint and forcing you to take the template name and fields literally.   2. you'll be shocked to find out that some of the different template buttons link to the same template. the reason for this is people complaining about semantics like you are doing right now   3. why do you hate ESL people? tho I'm actually convinced that 99% of native speakers wouldn't know what a cade is either

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  by A Glamorous T-Rex
  on 2021-11-26 03:16

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  by A Roaring Kitten
  on 2021-11-25 21:41

  Just no, I have nothing else to say other than this seems like you want to be petty because something isn't at your standards.

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  by eroki
  on 2021-11-25 11:07

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  by A Sneaky Bananafolk
  on 2021-11-25 03:10

  We get it, you think you're smart. You want to show off your science intellect. But we just need to bring the common sense back.

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  by Adcheryl
  on 2021-11-24 17:38

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  by YodaTactics
  on 2021-11-23 23:51

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  by DMStretch
  on 2021-11-23 06:08

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  by mws500
  on 2021-11-22 19:07

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  by Chrispy_0
  on 2021-11-22 17:32

  Not for or against, but I always figured species is just a name for the template. Use it how you want. I have species and genera articles using that template and by the end of WE I am planning to have entire families and orders of life as well.

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  by A Wild Dryad
  on 2021-11-22 08:45

  It's already confusing enough to figure out what makes species a species as non-native speaker, do we really need another term that majority has no clue about?

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  by Ian Eiriksson
  on 2021-11-21 20:37

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  by Athevra
  on 2021-11-21 20:32

  This is pedantic at best. The general user understands the intent of the template named "species" but would be confused by the term "clade," which is not a common term.

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  by Nick_Scryer
  on 2021-11-21 12:28

  No thanks

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  by Hutchy13
  on 2021-11-21 09:54

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  by gcjones216
  on 2021-11-21 05:19

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  by cow2face
  on 2021-11-19 00:53

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  by melior64
  on 2021-11-18 09:24

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  by A Goodhearted Dryad
  on 2021-11-17 13:55

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  by StrayArya
  on 2021-11-17 13:22

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  by mikeejimbo
  on 2021-11-17 13:14

  Dictionary.com has a couple definitions, and here are the first two: 1. a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.   2. Biology. the major subdivision of a genus or subgenus, regarded as the basic category of biological classification, composed of related individuals that resemble one another, are able to breed among themselves, but are not able to breed with members of another species.   The article template is using the first definition, rather than the second, more specific definition. As others have said, it is possible to make your own world more specific with custom templates for each rank.

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  by wolfoflight2003
  on 2021-11-17 06:34

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  by DColquitt42
  on 2021-11-16 16:38

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  by KajetanWrites
  on 2021-11-16 11:02

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  by A Lusty Dryad
  on 2021-11-16 10:28

  Species is what you'll see any usual English speaker using for a species like humans, dogs, flowers etc. Nobody's gonna use the specific term you found. This feels malicious and overly petty.

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  by Kaleidechse
  on 2021-11-16 10:11

  Although I'm aware of the complex taxonomy for lifeforms, I would need to look up what exactly "clade" refers to. I'm neither a biologist nor a native English speaker, so renaming the template would be very confusing for me.   I agree with CraniumBeaver - this does sound like a use case for custom templates.

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  by AuraGuard
  on 2021-11-16 00:17

  Much though I like the thought behind this, most people will not understand what a Clade is - currently, the best solution would be to use some manner of code override to make certain articles publicly call themselves a Clade article while technically being the Species template.   98% of people will have zero idea what a Clade is, and so an official rename of the article template would just result in most people never using it and asking for Species article templates without realizing one already exists.   Smol upvote because the intent behind this suggestion is good, it's just that the suggestion is likely to cause needless confusion to most folks if it were implemented.

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  by Bonus Action
  on 2021-11-15 22:51

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  by A Goodhearted Dryad
  on 2021-11-15 14:14

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  by JohanWq
  on 2021-11-15 12:49

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  by hoyer1066
  on 2021-11-15 10:46

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  by CraniumBeaver
  on 2021-11-15 07:16

  This will help some users but hinder some users. And the latter group is surely much bigger.   If you want to use the term "clade" instead of "species" in your world, you can make a custom article template based on the species-template and name the new template "clade". Or maybe make custom templates for everything: genus, family, phylum, etc. Sky's the limit!   See: https://blog.worldanvil.com/2019/12/07/custom-article-templates-what-are-they-and-how-can-they-help-you/

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  by A Glamorous Dragon
  on 2021-11-15 04:51

  Clade / Clada might be a correct scientific name, but this is not a university. Nobody will understand what is going on if this happens.

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  by A Lusty T-Rex
  on 2021-11-15 00:19

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  by Michael Chandra
  on 2021-11-14 22:09

  A what now?

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  by Uruschk
  on 2021-11-14 21:23