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On 19 July 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from MERS-CoV to MERS-related coronavirus. The result of the discussion was moved. |
Under 'Taxonomy', 'Virus hosts', 'Swine' is referenced as #36, but I see nothing at that reference about swine; reference #37, however, does mention swine.
I removed the false statement that this was initially called 2012-nCov, as inserted by User 67.70.33.184, on 06:52, 26 January 2020. The 20XX-nCoV naming format should not be retrospectively applied, unsupported by references. The longer '2012 novel coronavirus' is also a subsequent invention.
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The result of the move request was: Moved. Although there is only a weak consensus, the article should have the same punctuation as the other article. In future both should be discussed in the same RM. ( non-admin closure) ( t · c) buidhe 08:36, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus → Middle East respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus – Per MOS:SUFFIXDASH and the recent RM at Talk:Severe acute respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus (closed as "Consensus to move" on 19 June 2020. Also see the Chicago Manual of Style recommendation here. — BarrelProof ( talk) 21:44, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
I think the natural reservoir section is currently too long and verbose. It contains seven paragraphs which in my opinion can be trimmed so that essential facts remains, such as: what is the the natural reservoir species, how do scientists know that it is the reservoir (i.e. presence of antibodies in many camels sampled), and what are the main evolutionary relationships between MERS-CoV and MERSr-CoVs. Forich ( talk) 05:47, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 00:35, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. As uncontested despite two relists. ( closed by non-admin page mover) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mello hi! ( 投稿) 14:58, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
MERS-CoV → MERS-related coronavirus – Please see the similar just-closed RM at Talk:SARS-related coronavirus#Requested move 9 July 2022. This article was recently renamed (from a title different from what I am suggesting here). However, I suggest that this proposed name would be more WP:RECOGNIZEable for most readers. I made this suggestion in the recent RM at Talk:SARS-CoV-2#Requested move 21 June 2022, but there was no reaction to my suggestion at the time, as the focus of that discussion was about whether to abbreviate MERS or not. I think the current title is now overly abbreviated to a degree that makes it difficult for readers to recognize. — BarrelProof ( talk) 07:59, 19 July 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mello hi! ( 投稿) 04:22, 27 July 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. CollectiveSolidarity ( talk) 15:20, 3 August 2022 (UTC)