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{{Quote|I did what I did because, in a scientific name, specific names ''aren't'' capitalized, only generic names. Everyone with even a ''modicum'' of scientific knowledge knows this. Properly speaking, it's ''T-rex'' and ''V-rex''; no capital "R".}} | {{Quote|I did what I did because, in a scientific name, specific names ''aren't'' capitalized, only generic names. Everyone with even a ''modicum'' of scientific knowledge knows this. Properly speaking, it's ''T-rex'' and ''V-rex''; no capital "R".}} | ||
This is simply not true. If you had a "modicum" of scientific knowledge, you'd know the abbreviated form of '' | This is simply not true. If you had a "modicum" of scientific knowledge, you'd know the abbreviated form of ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' is "''T. rex''" with a period and lower-case R. "T-Rex" is common parlance that doesn't strictly follow binomial naming conventions, so the R ''is'' often capitalized. It's even written that way in the Wikipedia article for the species. You could confirm this if you took two seconds to Google it, but you would rather sass me and flaunt your bloated sense of self-importance. Not to mention that we're talking about a fictional dinosaur, whose name should be dictated by the people that created it. There are quotes in the article where it is clearly spelled "V-Rex." | ||
{{Quote|And another thing: it ''was'' a "family group of three ''V-rex''es", so why change that? No one in the scientific world calls a young animal a "youth", it ''would'' be a "young one" (the term "youth" is only used for people), Skull Island reptiles#Unnamed carnivore ''is'' capitalized because that's the way it is in the list itself (just look it up and you'll see it is) and what's wrong with "the official tie-in game to the 2005 film"? One wouldn't know that by looking at it the way it's written now.}} | {{Quote|And another thing: it ''was'' a "family group of three ''V-rex''es", so why change that? No one in the scientific world calls a young animal a "youth", it ''would'' be a "young one" (the term "youth" is only used for people), Skull Island reptiles#Unnamed carnivore ''is'' capitalized because that's the way it is in the list itself (just look it up and you'll see it is) and what's wrong with "the official tie-in game to the 2005 film"? One wouldn't know that by looking at it the way it's written now.}} | ||
