Talk:British Birds Rarities Committee/to do

Still to do


 * 1) Expand the material explaining respective roles of BBRC v BOURC
 * 2) Explain BBRC's structure/processes in more detail
 * 3) Include a potted history of the committee
 * 4) Improve lead further - current version is a bit of a first pass
 * 5) Review Dean 2007 & Wallace 2005 and include any relevant material
 * 6) Mention limited assessment of origin e.g. some individuals classed as escapes
 * 7) Mention stats & Naylor as pre-1950 source
 * 8) Add a flowchart of the steps that the committee take to classify a report
 * 9) Add histograms of bird numbers and throughputs year by year
 * 10) Add a chart of the hierarchy of the committee and associated subcommittees
 * 11) Update comments in "Problematic records" section on Wilson's Snipe, which has now been accepted (1998 individual)
 * 12) Add references to the Essex Hermit Thrush section

Done


 * 1) State BBRC's purpose more clearly
 * 2) Complete the list of BBRC reports
 * 3) Reinstate demographics section
 * 4) Find dates & references for all other former BB rarities (includes Red-crested Pochard, Kentish Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper and Melodious, Icterine and Yellow-browed Warblers)
 * 5) Add a note about the Selsey Gull-billed Terns and the decision not to review them
 * 6) Make mention of BOURC
 * 7) Create a stub for bird rarities committees
 * 8) Flesh out criticism section - single observers covered well; need more on seabirds; any other areas?
 * 9) Mention rejection rates somewhere - Lansdown 1987 p489 quotes 85%
 * 10) Work criticism into main text instead, as per suggested practice at WP:Criticism
 * 11) Describe format of report
 * 12) Mention taxonomic scope i.e. mainly species but some subspecies and some either/or