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_(capitaliza tion) ; and may also be at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (capitalization) http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(capitaliza tion) ; unless it has been recently moved

Jim