Phal Kua Moon Yin

[FairyInTheFlowers]

Originally Posted by RosieC

I've edited the thread title. Ray is right, I opened this one thinking it was some chemical you were going to ask about for use with orchids. The name is much more meaningful.

I'm siding with Mervin on this one, and I don't think it should have been changed at all, and at the least without him knowing. Countless of times he has posted in the Phalaenopsis hybrids section with just the catalogue number, and nothing happened then. But now, one person complains, and you answer so heavy handedly?

Addition to original post: I also wanted to add that for most members here, there would be no difference between having the nursery product code or the hybrid name for the thread title. First off, Mervin always posts these threads with the product number as the title into the Hybrids section, so I find it hard to see how this one could have been mistaken as a chemical. Secondly, I am sure there are few here that would really understand the parent names as opposed to a number. I myself have looked up the pedigree of several of these crosses posted by Mervin, so I have a decent idea of what some of these hybrids would look like based on the parents, but I highly doubt there are others who do the same. This is even more unlikely as these Asian crosses are even more unfamiliar to most of the members here.

[RosieC]

I apologies if my action was seen as disrespectful, my intention was to help rather than to be heavy handed or disrespectful. I agree that I should have let you know Mervin. I apologise for not doing that.

Cody, your comment that it is in the Phal Hybrid forum so must be a plant does not follow for people like me who don't read the forum in sections, I read (as many others do) by 'Latest Posts' and often do not have a clue what section a post I'm reading is in. That being the case a meaningful title is VERY important, and that's why when you make a new post there is guidance on making a meaningful thread title.

A meaningful title is likely to draw people to the post who are interested in it. While not everyone understands plant names and a code is just as meaningful to them, many folks here do. What is better a title meaningful to some, or a title meaningful to no-one

Most people don't read everything here, just pick out what looks interesting and a code is misleading as to what it's about and I was hoping to increase the number of people who saw it and were interested in it by changing the name. Just as I would move a post that was definitely in the wrong place to help the poster get maximum views they can. We don't tell people off for wrong titles or posting in the wrong place like many forums do, but we do try to aid posters by making changes when we think their post is not being seen by the right people as a result of one of these things.

I've not noticed others, not to say I've not read them but I've not noticed them and had not noticed Mervin that you always posted that way. Could I perhaps ask in the future that you put the code AND the name in the title, just as you did at the top of the post. That will aid some poor folks like me who can't read everything every-time I'm here but want to pick out the nice orchid pictures to view

Again my apologies for offending you and for not informing you what had happened.

[Mervin]

Rosie you do have your rational for doing what you did and I have not quarrel with that.

My point is that one shouldn't just change someone else post without informing that person concerned.

Anyway the reason why I sometimes used Numbers or Codes because in Asia that's how most if not all breeders 'Name' their plants.

To me a number/code would arouse more interest then just names.
It got yours, wondering if its some chemical or a plant, didn't it.

As both of us have said our piece and explained our actions, I guess we should move on.
I have noted what you said and I assure you that all future post will have the plant names as the title.

So Rosie, we are good ?

[RosieC]

All good