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Vernacular name capitalization
Hello, Calvinal! I've noticed your edits to Oeceoclades maculata and have reverted the minor change in capitalization. As I've noted in my edit summary, our manual of style section on organisms (MOS:LIFE) and most other external style guides state that vernacular names should be sentence case ("lower case") except for those parts of the name that refer to proper nouns, like "African" in "African spotted orchid." I know you haven't edited very much, so nothing to worry about -- just make sure if you encounter this situation again that you follow the style guide. Thanks! Cheers, Rkitko (talk) 02:43, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
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I attempted to add a reference to Coccothrinax Argentata. It should be [5]. I got permission from the author of the report to add a reference to the page. Calvinal (talk) 00:28, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- Fixed. See WP:Referencing for beginners on how to easily create nicely-formatted footnotes. Huon (talk) 00:51, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
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Please help me with... The scientific name Agama agama has been changed. The new name is Agama picticauda. The page Agama agama should be reviewed and changed if reviewed and found to be incorrect.
A reference follows:
From: "Jake Edwards" <Jake.Edwards@MyFWC.com>
To: "calvin lenhart" <calvin.lenhart@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 10:35:23 PM Subject: RE: Agama sighting Hi Mr. Lenhart,
In the last year or so, scientists have reclassified the Agama family. The lizards formally known as Agama agama down here are now known as Agama picticauda. Same lizards, different new name.