[texbirds] Re: common-names capitalization
- From: "Harvey Laas" <hlaas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 22:16:13 -0500
In regards to capitalizing common names there seems to be a long way to go
before this is close to standardized. One of my activities is coaching a
4-H contest for youth called the Wildlife Habitat Education Program. This
is not the place for all the details. Go to www.whep.org if interested;
however, part of the contest since a 2007 revision is a wildlife
identification quiz. Contestants have to identify a variety of birds,
mammals, and herps. Spelling counts, and that includes capitalization. The
rules state that caps are only for proper names, etc. The contest was
designed by a bunch of PhD's by the way.
Although I agree the capitalization of common names makes sense, I think the
rule needs to be adopted across all animals and plants- not just birds.
Otherwise it just confuses us regular folk. The majority of people who have
some interest in the natural world, but aren't as focused hard core
birders/ornithologists don't need that nit picked unless everything is
standardized.
Harvey Laas
10 miles N of Brookshire
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