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Bird names on wikipedia

To: 'Andy Burton' <>, Carl Clifford <>
Subject: Bird names on wikipedia
From: Peter Shute <>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 14:11:42 +1000
This topic has been covered many times here, so it's probably worth a browse 
through the archives before commenting further. 

I recall in a previous conversation that someone posted a link to an article 
discussing the pros and cons of using capitals vs lowercase, but I can't find 
it. If someone knows of it then please post it here, as I think it covered 
prety much everything.

Peter Shute

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus 
>  On Behalf Of Andy Burton
> Sent: Friday, 9 May 2014 1:43 PM
> To: Carl Clifford
> Cc: <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Bird names on wikipedia
> 
> 
> Hmmm, having just read this news I came upon the following 
> description of what I presume is a bird species; namely, a 
> black-throated gray warbler. 
> 
> I have no idea what this bird is and seek help to ascertain 
> its identification.
> 
> Is it possibly a black-throated, gray Warbler, a 
> black-throated Gray Warbler, a Black-throated Gray Warbler, 
> or is it a songbird, the Black-throated Gray warbler?
> 
> Wish people would leave useful grammatical rules alone  :-)
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 8 May 2014, at 10:11 pm, Carl Clifford 
> <> wrote:
> 
> > Cas,
> > 
> > Why am I not surprised. Another cause for a cry of sic 
> transit etc. i liked the way you have typed Wikipedia in lower case.
> > 
> > Carl Clifford
> > 
> >> On 8 May 2014, at 21:09, "Cas Liber" <> wrote:
> >> 
> >> If anyone is interested/amused,
> >> A several year standoff ended on Wikipedia last month regarding 
> >> capitalization of bird names. Several regulars (including me) who 
> >> write on birds had kept around 9000 articles with 
> capitalized names 
> >> (as per IOC), however a group of editors who are interested in 
> >> guidelines and conformity pushed for lower case renditions of bird 
> >> names. A poll held fell firmly in favour of lower case 
> names and the 
> >> articles are all being rapidly de-capitalised...
> >> 
> >> Cas
> >> 
> >> 
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