User talk:Douglas Knapp

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Douglas Knapp (talk) 20:35, 8 August 2019 (UTC) I have a suggestion for correcting inconsistent scientific language with species' names. This is a general problem on thousands of WIKI pages. There is great inconsistency and error. Someone from WIKI needs to be taught/explained the format for scientific names for it is VERY specific and detailed. I can do that.Douglas Knapp (talk) 20:35, 8 August 2019 (UTC)


 * You give no example of inconsistent or erroneous species names, so it's hard to tell what you mean. You may want to discuss the issue at WT:WikiProject Tree of Life; there you will find editors interested in this issue. Huon (talk) 21:17, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

CORRECTION: When I said "scientific names" I meant English names. This is clear from other comments I have made on the topic. On the contrary, scientific names are VERY CONSISTENT and CORRECTLY DONE on WIKI. All I ask is that English names be treated the same way, especially for birds and mammals. With the tremendous upheaval in taxonomy due to advances in lab technology and both DNA structure and it's lab processing, English names are now more important than the Latin in scientific literature.

WIKI inadequacy
Dear Lay-Colleagues Who Presume to be Ornithologists,

I have never in my life heard so many laypersons try to tell me how to use language in my own area. A bacteriologist will not try to tell an astronomer how to name a planet. Well, of course not. So why are so many non-specialists trying to tell me/us how to use language in ornithology?

Clements Checklist from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology is the reference. THE reference.

Where is the debate with WIKI? I was chatting today with 4-6 people outside of their area trying to tell me my business! The references they spouted supported our view as ornithologists, not theirs.

If WIKI does not use the recognized world experts in a particular area, what would they use? Honestly! If the world authorities are not the experts, then why are they called "the world authorities"?

Those in this discussion of English name convention think I am spouting opinions. I am not!

Once again: Clements Checklist from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology is the reference.

Shame on WIKI! Shame on WIKI!

DK