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  1. Farnboro John

    ACTION NEEDED: Capitalization of English names on Wikipedia

    Henceforth to be known on BF as wikipedia ;) John
  2. Farnboro John

    ACTION NEEDED: Capitalization of English names on Wikipedia

    But its simply not so: if you consult Duff and Lawson the mammal names are all capitalised in exactly the same way as we would birds' names. And I'd rather consult Duff and Lawson than wikipedia for a mammal name any day of the week. The Handbook of British Mammals (a scientific publication)...
  3. Farnboro John

    ACTION NEEDED: Capitalization of English names on Wikipedia

    I expect the worst of the common press, but species names should be capitalised. This is not just a birding community matter. Proper lists such as Howard and Moore and Duff and Lawson use the proper form of initial capital with subsequent capitals except for hyphenated words (e.g. Lesser...
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