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Note, we also have
Mating of gastropods, which has an almost identical title. Thus it might be prudent to combine both articles into a single article that describes mating and the organs involved. I don't believe the increased size or article length would be too large to accommodate.
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18:35, 10 November 2014 (UTC)reply
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A move back to "Reproductive system of gastropods" seems like a good idea. Gastropod genitalia are very often the best or only means to identify species; from the point of view of those concerned mainly with identification, the important thing is to be able to recognise the structure, not even to know what it does. (I am not proposing that the article ignores function, just saying that this might be the less important aspect to deal with.) When contributing to species articles where I want to list the identification characters, it certainly would be desirable to link to a page that prominently and plainly explains the organs concerned. One could imagine a separate article about "Gastropod reproduction" which takes the morphology as given (because that is dealt with under the "Reproductive system of gastropods") but rather talks about hermaphrodite/gonochorist, egg-laying/viviparity, life cycles, sperm and egg production and storage, sexual conflict, etc. That still leaves the topic of "
Mating of gastropods" for a third article dealing with behavioural aspects.
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10:52, 24 January 2015 (UTC)reply
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Appears to duplicate scope, so am proposing we merge the two articles, merging to "Gastropod reproduction", as this is consisted with other "Animal reproduction" articles
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05:50, 15 November 2014 (UTC)reply
Oppose. At present I don't see much duplication. The article on gastropod mating is quite long (and there is further relevant material that could be added), so I think that incorporating it into the article on gastropod reproduction would produce something undesirably long and unwieldy. It would seem neater for the mating article to refer to the reproduction article where convenient (e.g. to explain the anatomy). Consider this analogy: rather than a single article on feeding, it might be advantageous to hive off one article dealing with foraging behaviour and one article dealing with nutrition and digestion. (Note: I research in this area, but have not contributed to either article)
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19:25, 22 December 2014 (UTC)reply