Talk:Curio

Disambiguation

This page needs to become a disambiguation page.--Rockero 06:13, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

(This page has become a disambiguation page.) -A876 (talk) 17:09, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Botanical entry

Although the genus Curio is not yet mentioned in the List of Asteraceae genera, it appears to be synonymous with the genus Senecio, also in the Asteraceae family. Here are some sources for this information:

• The Plant List – Curio
• World of Succulents – Curio
• World of Succulents – Curio radicans (Senecio radicans) – String of Bananas

 What's in your palette? Paine  12:13, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

It looks like all Curio species are not "accepted" names; they are deemed (in those places or other places) to be mere synonyms (no equality or interchangeability implied - the "synonym" is lesser), with the "accepted" name having genus Senecio in place of genus Curio. See LLIFLE: Curio

I found the link to Asteraceae (which does not mention Curio) quite useless. I updated it to actually mention (and link to) Senecio instead. -A876 (talk) 17:09, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Objects

I thought that these would be helpful additions to the Objects section:

• Novelty items
• Souvenirs or memorabilia
• Collectables
• Tchotchkes
• "Indian" arts and crafts
• Antiquities
• Minerals
• Fossils

• Curio shops, or curiosity shops, are gift shops, souvenir shops, etc.

Though there is no article "curio shop" or "curiosity shop", places that sell curios might have some idea what curios are. A Wikipedia search on "curio shop" or "curiosity shop" finds some named places and other info - I wanted to also link to such a search.

History:
• I imagine that people look here to (uh) find what they are looking for. This section does not direct to what curios really are, or things that can be curios.
• So, one fine day I [tried to] add links to things that are curios. I didn't stumble upon a definitive definition (WP:RS...). But "curio" has common uses, so it is probably difficult to find good and agreeing opinions on what is (or is not) a curio. Adding valid examples might get us closer to knowing.
• They were removed, edit comment "one blue link per entry". But the unhelpful edit didn't break up the entry, it deleted the additions.
• So I put them in again, on multiple lines, edit comment "'Include exactly one navigable (blue) link' per entry. okay." (I acknowledged the previous edit comment (only), quoting the rule from WP:wherever)
• They were removed again, edit comment "cleanup, remove items where curio is not mentioned in linked article". Oh, so that must be the "criterion" to survive. It looks like strictness wins over usefulness. (Form over function.) (WP:BREAKNORULES)
• Maybe there is a useful way to include these things as curios. (Without having to, for ugly example, edit the "Tchotchke" article to mention that tchotchkes can be curios or curios can be tchotchkes.)

This [preexisting, weak but innocuous] line also got removed:

Curios, or curiosities, are strange or interesting objects that evoke curiosity.

Here is what is the section links (at the moment):

Objects

• Bric-à-brac, lesser objets d'art for display
• Cabinet of curiosities, a room-sized collection or exhibit of curios or curiosities
• Collectables
• Curio cabinet, a cabinet constructed for the display of curios

-A876 (talk) 17:09, 15 December 2017 (UTC)