User talk:SiliconProphet/Archives/2020/November

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Happy editing! Epipelagic (talk) 12:05, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Geoplankton ?

Thank you for your contributions, including your diagrams. However, there are issues with the section you added to plankton about what you call "geoplankton". This term, to put it mildly, is more distinguished in the literature by its absence than its utility. It appears you may be promoting the use of a protologism. It is not our role as Wikipedia editors to try and pioneer innovative additions to the English language. There is another issue with the source you provided, since it does not mention "geoplankton". In fact, it is about pelagic plankton, and doesn't support anything you added. Still, your addition does seems useful and redeemable. Can you try and sort this out yourself. A special section for the addition does not seem warranted, but you could integrate it somewhere appropriately in the existing text of the article. You could replace the source with the article by Stout, and see if you can find another reliable source. I don't see any justification for using the term "geoplankton" at all, though you could perhaps refer to "terrestrial plankton" in passing, without unduly highlighting the term. Regards. — Epipelagic (talk) 12:10, 23 November 2020 (UTC)