My view is that these people trying to impose their non-capitalised
format into the naming of flora and fauna is just another example of a
few desperate beings with inflated egos endeavouring to get some
visibility , and perhaps notoriety, by bucking the system. Let's just
ignore them and let them disappear back to their populist burrows. And
as for "making wildlife names more accessible" - are the general public
unable to cope with capitals ? Nonsense.
Tony.
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On Behalf Of Rosemary Royle
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 10:19 PM
To: birding-aus
Subject: Publishing conventions re-bird names
The situation in the UK is confused - most birdwatching and wildlife
magazines and books do capitalize bird names (and also plant names and
sometimes other things such as mammals and amphibians).
However, BBC Wildlife (a magazine with a large circulation) and the RSPB
(membership 1 million) started to use non-capitalized names a few years
ago, and have persisted with it despite many objections. I am not even
sure of the reason for doing it - is it to make wildlife names "more
accessible" - whatever that might mean? It certainly seems to be the
more populist organisations which are keenest on non-capitalization.
Rosemary Royle
Wales, UK
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