Comment on Xiaotingia zhengi OLD by yoult
I think there can't be a sharp line between Dinosaurs and Birds, the borders are fluxionary.
If the name is either Archaeopteryformes or Deinonychosauria isn't much of a concern I think because nearly related families have always to wear the name of the other (like Megalosaurus in the Spinosauroidea-group).
I also wasn't surprised that Archaeopteryx is nearly related to the Deinonychosauria, it was obviously all the time.
You're right with the subjective naming.
We should hope that the Xiaotingia won't become to prominent by laypeople and creationists, they simply don't understand the mechanisms od evolution and the grades of relation. The name maybe helps, because Xiaotingia is way stranger for western speakers than Archaeopteryx.
If the name is either Archaeopteryformes or Deinonychosauria isn't much of a concern I think because nearly related families have always to wear the name of the other (like Megalosaurus in the Spinosauroidea-group).
I also wasn't surprised that Archaeopteryx is nearly related to the Deinonychosauria, it was obviously all the time.
You're right with the subjective naming.
We should hope that the Xiaotingia won't become to prominent by laypeople and creationists, they simply don't understand the mechanisms od evolution and the grades of relation. The name maybe helps, because Xiaotingia is way stranger for western speakers than Archaeopteryx.
Megalosaurus is a Megalosauroid, Spinosauroidea is a junior synonim of Megalosauroidea. 
And the problem with this, is that the paper went on and said that Archeo is not a bird, but a Deinonychosaur. Despite the fact that Deinonychosauria is all animals closer to Deinonychus that to Archaeopteryx or Passer. Cue news sites claiming Archaeopteryx was discovered to not be a bird, but a dinosaur, and flying excrements will happen.
And the problem with this, is that the paper went on and said that Archeo is not a bird, but a Deinonychosaur. Despite the fact that Deinonychosauria is all animals closer to Deinonychus that to Archaeopteryx or Passer. Cue news sites claiming Archaeopteryx was discovered to not be a bird, but a dinosaur, and flying excrements will happen.