Talk:Red panda
I think more information is required in the above subject.
Perhaps some sort of discussion should be held about this capitalization. Some suggestions: make it so article titles are not case sensitive! What good does it do that there could be one page on the "Red Panda" and one page on the "Red panda"? And, as far as it goes, it seems to me that it would spare a lot of agony if we simply capitalized all article titles as though they are, you know, titles. Capitalize all major words, don't capitalize prepositions and articles. That way there won't have to be arguments over these things. john 04:23 2 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Even if all titles are rendered in caps, for purposes of linking it's useful to distinguish them (see Blackberry and BlackBerry for an example). In this case, we'd still have to argue over whether to capitalise them in running text -- the capitalisers argue for their position because it should be "Red Panda" everywhere in their opinion. See Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (fauna) for more. (If you respond here, then I at least probably won't see it.) -- Toby Bartels 19:05 8 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Ursidae or Procyonidae?
Wilson and Reeder put the Red Panda in Ursidae. see here and here for their reasons. Dsmdgold 22:48, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
At the wikipedia, this page, and Procyonidae page has the red panda in ursidae. The ursidae page and the main mammal page places them in Procyonidae. It seems they are disowned by both pages. I'm going to have a go a bit of a sort out. dont change here without changing the other pages. Zeimusu
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Some Chinese sources using 火狐 for the Red Panda:
Gaolingong Nature Reserve administration website [1] [2] [3] [4]
Content from the red panda. Charles Matthews 07:54, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
The Red Panda is almost extinct in China because of housing development and illegal hunting. HoHung Min, a chinese mother said, "...We can't let this happen to our pandas...There are many other places to build homes, and their coats are not necessary, they are just wanted by many...If we don't do something, the entire population will die..." A construction worker who wishes to remain annonymous claims, "...If the pandas must be sacrificed, it is a small price to pay for good housing...What's more important, the animals, or us?..."