Board Thread:Manual of Style/@comment-1187034-20151130020127/@comment-25238001-20151201230626

Collector1 wrote: Well, this discussion about whether or not Velociraptor was Deinonychus suddenly became a thread about if there were two subspecies of cloned Velociraptor.

I'm going to side with Bastion, MarkJira when it comes to the use of JPLegacy's species names. Our Manual of Style does say, and I quote, "On Park Pedia we do not use species names that JPLegacy uses, like Velociraptor antirrhopus nublaris and Pteranodon longiceps hippocratesi."

I find JPLegacy's belief of two Velociraptor subspecies very speculative. It's never been confirmed that there are two subspecies and I always thought of the different raptors as just being an example of genetic diversity. Take the spider genus  for instance, it has many varaitions, which each variation having a different color, pattern and abdomen size. These four spiders are all one species despite their differences. Look at our own species, Homo sapiens sapiens. Our species has a variety of skin colors, hair colors, and facial features and we are all in the same species.

Also, using "most people in the JP community will know what you're talking about" to prove your case is an fallacy and, as Bastion said, not every fan refers to them by this name. Just because this belief has been popular among a group fans for years doesn't mean it's the right belief.

That's my two cents. I don't want this thread to be sidetracked by debating the whole subspecies belief when it wasn't the purpose of this thread. I understand what you mean, and I agree to some extent. At least you're giving reasons, instead of Bastion's I'm-right-and-you're-wrong-because-I-said-so method. I was in the srong, I see. I'll just let the admins discuss this one...