[Taxacom] Wikispecies is not a database: part 3 (after thinking about it!)

[Jim Croft]

Thought there would be a bite to this, to which I will pour oil onto
the flames and opine  that wikipedia-like 'compilers' are the
anonymous disk jockeys of taxonomy, sometimes creating a harmonious
and recognizable mix and sometimes... not...

Depends on whether you are the sort of person who prefers to create
and work with the original score or play with the added studio
interpretation.

All part of the rich tapestry of taxonomy....

jim

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Stephen Thorpe<s.thorpe at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
>> and taxonomists to build your data
>
> No, taxonomists to create your data (i.e., manufacture the bricks), data
> compilers (people who understand both the general principles of taxonomy,
> nomenclature, and database structure), and IT people to build the databases
> (as distinct from the data it contains)
>
> Quoting Jim Croft <jim.croft at gmail.com>:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Mike Sadka<M.Sadka at nhm.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> You need IT people to build your databases.  ;-)
>>
>> ... and taxonomists to build your data.
>>
>> jim
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