[Taxacom] Wikipedia, taxonomy, Taxacom, et les crevettes

[Lyn.Craven at csiro.au]

Come on, Jim, why are you coming the raw prawn about Wikipedians?

At least Wikipedia gives one the ability of putting up an alternative view of, for example, a classification of, again for example, Syzygium.    

Once the acronyms have pronounced upon Syzygium, if in fact they ever get to realise that this modest genus of 1200 to 1500 species exists, you just try and put up an alternative view.    Acronyms, par excellence, are "introverts closed to new ideas", comme vous connaissez bien.

 Amicalement,  Lyn   (aka M. Syzygium)



-----Original Message-----
From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Croft
Sent: Monday, 10 August 2009 4:40 PM
To: TaxaCom
Subject: [Taxacom] Wikipedia, taxonomy, and Taxacom

With all the chatter on the topic of taxonomy and its intersection with Wikipedia on Taxonomy, a recent article describes Wikipedians as egocentric, disagreeable, socially awkward, introverts closed to new
ideas: http://bit.ly/b7K9P

Pretty difficult suppress dark thoughts of common origins, convergence and coevolution...  :)

jim (trying on the shoe for size)
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