[Taxacom] [iczn-list] Misleading website on scientific names

[Frederick W. Schueler]

On 3/5/2012 9:42 AM, Denis Brothers wrote:
> I'd second that. If one were to try to follow up on all of the garbage
> out there you'd never do anything else.

* the site does ask for comments. One of us who maintains a website 
about nomenclature could write to them and ask if they could include a 
link to the site as an example of all the possible kinds of 
misunderstandings of scientific nomenclature. The list of "animals" 
certainly included a plethora of *kinds* of errors, though the list of 
trees was obviously just blocked and copied from some real list somewhere.

fred.
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>
>>>> Mike Taylor<mike at indexdata.com>  2012/03/05 04:06 PM>>>
> Can I recommend ... ignoring it?
>
> -- Mike.
>
>
> On 5 March 2012 13:48, iczn-em<iczn-em at nhm.ac.uk>  wrote:
>> A sharp-eyed colleague found this website of “scientific” names
> of organisms
>> compiled by two web designers:
>> http://www.scientificname.net/animals/
>>
>> What does the list consider the best approach to eliminating such
> misleading
>> nonsense? (As I think everyone on here knows, the ICZN does not have
> any
>> kind of enforcement mandate, so it will need to be a community
> action, if
>> anything).
>>
>> Thanks for your suggestions...
>>
>> Ellinor
>>

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fred
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