[Taxacom] Taxonomic output study

[Curtis Clark]

On 5/27/2012 6:09 PM, Ken Kinman wrote:
> Such as the "ornithologist colleague" mentioned in the previous post saying that the "dinosaurs" which he studies are not extinct.

Ken, you don't even know the gentleman, and you're criticizing him. He 
is an ecologist who studies avian communities. He is a user of 
classifications, not a creator. Ultimately it matters little to him what 
the classifications look like (ornithologists don't even often use 
scientific names, preferring AOU/IOC names, and he avoids families in 
checklists), but he's perfectly comfortable with birds being dinosaurs.

It's probably not a good idea for the long-term viability of any 
classification system to disrespect users.

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