The fact that I have to explain this is disappointing.

Your reply:

Firstly, "Round Hairy Beetle" is not a common name. That's just the description provided by the photographer. Secondly, it's not Edrotes barrowsi; it's the old favourite, E. ventricosus[1] . Lastly, genus is always capitalized.

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You start off by listing everything that you perceived as wrong by stating: Firstly, Secondly, Lastly. This tone is reserved for debate and a strong retort to an argument. Which did not exist at all.

NefastVoltaire stated that they could be wrong, but it may be something....followed with a reasonably correct attempt at identification, as well as several other related ID options....which included the correct ID to begin with.

You correcting NefastVoltaire when they had the correct ID in their original comment is nothing short of unnecessary one-upsmanship.

You finally followed with a very condescending tone of how genus is always capitalized....which is akin to having a grammar-nazi walk in on a casual and fun conversation, handing out capitalization citations to the group.

Your reply came off not as a person attempting to offer guidance or instruction nicely, it came off as a sharp chastising. The commentor had the correct ID in their origonal comment, they were not even close to being rude, and there was no argument....so sharply critiquing a persons comment that was already for the most part correct is simply a practice in annecessary authority.

There are no requirements for a mandatory correct ID in this subreddits guidelines, or even correct spelling....and to do so who several retard the participation of this community.

If you want to encourage people to relate and interact here, you need to remember that we are not (for the most part) children, and we do not take kindly to being treated so harshly.

Would you interact or take part in a sub where when you try and post a helpful reply, a person comes up and criticizes you like that?

For example, if you came into my sub, and a person was asking for the correct ID on a rare rooster like a Partridge Rock Cochin, and you ID it as a Partridge Rooster, or a Old English Game Cock....or you state if may be something similar to a Partridge like a Cochin.....

I come in as a Mod, lambasting you....stating:

Firstly, its name is not just a Partridge Rooster. That name is not common....although that is what everyone calls it.

Secondly, its ID is a Partridge Rock Cochin, the old favorite.

Thirdly, insert some grammar-nazi comment.

~~My reply to you does not come off helpful, or friendly. It would likely discourage you from participating, because I am Mod there, and everyone knows that if you have a disagreement with a Mod, it is likely they will usually practice their banning powers just to get rid of you, rather than work through the issue civilly.

You have had several people reply to NefastVoltaire that their comment was appropriate and fine, and several people openly raise voice to how you retorted to NefastVoltaire.

Do you think it is likely that with so many people taking offense to your comment, that we are simply being assholes for the fun of it? Or, do you simply not want to see the forest for the trees?

I see that you were attempting to provide instruction at the correct terminology, but your reply was poorly formed to be be social. It is also not likely people will listen to such advice when it is given that way.