Talk:Moonlight gourami

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Photo request[edit]

Dragonbite 03:22, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Picture[edit]

Photo is on page. Doo-dle-doo 17:51, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:11, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Moonlight gourami → Trichopodus microlepis – Currently, the page is under moonlight gourami. I propose that it is moved to Trichopodus microlepis with moonlight gourami as a redirect as per WikiProject Fishes naming guidelines because there are at least 2 common names, both of which I come across equally regularly when communicating with fellow hobbyists:

moonlight gourami (47,300 Google results)
moonbeam gourami (12,400 Google results)
platinum gourami (uncommon, but can be mistaken because of colour; also used for T. leerii and T. trichopterus)

While the number of results in themselves indicate that moonlight gourami may be more common, out of the first 20 search results for Trichopodus microlepis, only 5 mention "moonlight gourami" in the title and only 2 mention "moonbeam gourami", with the other 13 using only the scientific name or the scientific name and a non-English common name. (Note that Google search results are to some extent customised to each individual, so you are unlikely to see identical results.)
Your thoughts on the move would be appreciated (please preface with Support, Oppose or Comment).
Kat (talk) 11:43, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose as per my comments at Talk:Pearl gourami#Requested move. -- Yzx (talk) 18:36, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. What matters is the name that our readers will use to look for the article. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:26, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.