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 Definition:  Changes to the DNA sequence that cause new genetic variation. [d] [e]
 Workgroup category:  Biology Workgroup [Categories OK]
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Why is this article title plural? Is there a policy on this? (On Wikipedia, the plural would be incorrect unless there's some special reason for it.) Michael Hardy 19:29, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

... and now I've entered "mutation" in the search box and there's not even a redirect to this title. Michael Hardy 19:30, 21 June 2007 (CDT)
... and now I've moved it. If that's a problem, I presume it can just be moved back. Michael Hardy 19:43, 21 June 2007 (CDT)
... and now, clicking on "what links here", I find that most of the links were to the singular. All of those were red links, although this article existed. That's one of several reasons why it's usefull to have a convention that everybody knows and follows. Over at Wikipedia, if I were to create an article on mutations, I'd use the singular and create a redirect page from the plural title, and also from any commonplace misspellings or miscapitalizations. Over here, I'm not as sure what the conventions call for or even whether there are any conventions yet. Michael Hardy 19:49, 21 June 2007 (CDT)
Well, you can either ask questions, if you don't know, or hunt through CZ:Content Policy and the pages linked from there. The convention to use the singular is known and followed by most of the regulars here. --Larry Sanger 19:52, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

... and now I've created a page called genetic mutations that redirects to mutation and---lo and behold---there was already an existing article, breast cancer, that had a link to it. Michael Hardy 20:03, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

Now I've created these redirect pages:

No pages link to them, yet. If anyone ever does link to one of those, they'll now find this page. There should be an explicit convention that one ought to try to create as many redirects from synonyms, including nomenclature that is erroneous, whether because of misspelling, neglect of Citizendium's conventions, or misunderstanding of the subject matter, as one reasonably can. Michael Hardy 20:05, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

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