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WP is supposed to reflect secondary sources, not lead. By not capitalising the common names of birds (or insects or flowers), WP is misleading the reader. The seasoned naturalist knows that bird names should take caps but the busy student or journalist might quickly Google, for example, "Golden
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Eagle" and will be presented with the WP text "The golden eagle is ...". This is incorrect but will be reproduced in countless essays and articles until it becomes the norm. People won't bother to check because they will have absorbed the incorrect WP style and assumed it is correct.
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editors by the MOS gang. Below is a statement of my concern about MOS issues. I have reactivated this account but will not be editing wildlife in the
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I stopped editing in July 2014 over the issue of capitalisation of common names. I don't intend to start editing again but I wish to make some observations.
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I had been editing WP almost daily from 2003, mostly in bird and insect articles. I quit because of the small-minded and ignorant bullying of the
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I own a very large collection of print reference books on birds, insects and plants. The only wildlife references I own that do
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capitalise common names are some (but not all) of my mammal books. The major bird works HBW and BWP use caps as does
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WP should not be leading a change in style. It should be reflecting the secondary sources.
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I doubt if anything can be done about this but I thought I should register my concern.
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