The only problem I can see with this policy (which is that in titles the proper name in English of a species is capitalized) is that links from text, to link directly, would have to also be capitalized in that text. This is contrary to the usual usage, as species names are not proper nouns and ought not to be capitalized in text.
Fred
From: JFrost8401@aol.com
Reply-To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 06:27:51 EDT
To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] naming convention for birds and others
In a message dated 04/06/03 11:24:31 GMT Daylight Time, fredbaud@ctelco.net writes:
"There has been a compromise reached" JFrost8401@aol.com
I have not read all these. Could you set forth simply what that is?
Fred
The current policy is at
Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (fauna) <http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(capitalization)> ; and may also be at
Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (capitalization) <http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(capitalization)> ; unless it has been recently moved
Jim