[Taxacom] ordering of species in lists

[Barry OConnor]

Probably better to use the style of the US military, e.g. "meal, ready to
eat". - Barry


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb at istar.ca> wrote:

> Taxacomers,
>
> I don't suppose there's anything any of us can do about this, but I
> wonder if others have thoughts about the tendency, at least in Canada,
> to list species in the most irrational possible order, given the way
> adjectives precede the the noun in English. I've seen situations like
> having the Adolphan Chorus Frog and Zealandan Chorus Frog at opposite
> ends of a list, despite their being only doubtfully distinct species.
>
> fred schueler.
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Fwd: [GA List] FW: Updated SAR in Ottawa list
> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:47:44 -0400
> From: Fred Schueler <bckcdb at istar.ca>
>
> Quoting Owen Clarkin <wrecsvp at gmail.com>:
>
> >  Species within each taxonomic group are now listed in
> > alphabetical order by common name, in keeping with the typical approach
> > used on the provincial and federal SAR [Species at Risk] web pages.
>
> * let's find out whose idea this was...
>
> fred.
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