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The link associated with 'Miquelia' on the 'Icacinaceae' page leads to the page 'Garnotia', not 'Miquelia' (it appears that a page for Miquelia doesn't exist). Garnotia is a genus not even in the same order as Miquelia and so a link to it is clearly inappropriate. How do I delete this link?

Mitality (talk) 00:44, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This is really a discussion that should happen either at

WP:RFD, but for the moment I've redirected Miquelia to Icacinaceae. Primefac (talk) 02:14, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply

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Update. I've reverted my decision; this source says it's a valid synonym. Further discussion really should take place at the Icacinaceae talk page. Primefac (talk) 02:18, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The link associated with 'Miquelia' on the 'Icacinaceae' page leads to the page 'Garnotia', not 'Miquelia' (it appears that a page for Miquelia doesn't exist). Garnotia is a genus not even in the same order as Miquelia and so a link to it is clearly inappropriate. When I requested help to change this link, the person responding refused to change it, citing the following source:

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Viewing this source suggests to me that the term 'Miquelia' has been used to name two different genera, one in Poaceae (Gramineae), and one in Icacinaceae. In addition to the Wikipedia Icacinaceae page, two sources indicating acceptance of the genus Miquelia in Icacinaceae are:

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and

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Thus it appears that (1) a disambiguation page for 'Miquelia' is required to distinguish between the two identically-named genera, (2) one link on this page needs to point to the Garnotia page, and (3) the second link needs to point either to a newly-created stub-page for Miquelia (Icacinaceae), or to the Icacinaceae page itself.

How does one accomplish these changes?

The person originally responding to this issue said my message really belonged on a 'Icacinaceae talk page' (as I recall). I'm sorry, but I assiduously attempted to put this message there without success.

Mitality (talk) 02:22, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Try asking at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Plants - you will find more like-minded people there. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 02:25, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that a disambiguation page is the way to go and have created one at Miquelia. The "Icacinaceae talk page" is at Talk:Icacinaceae; I have left a note there, too. Huon (talk) 12:15, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]