After discussing this with a few users at various locations, I've proposed a significant amendment to the "Common Names" naming convention.

Please jump in the new discussion here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_...

To sum it up in a gist, basically the amendment comes down to solving an age-old debate about "accuracy" versus "popularity"

Regards, Christopher D. Thieme User:ExplorerCDT cdthieme@gmail.com

P.S. if anyone wants to transport this discussion in part to the mailing list, go right ahead.