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Re: Ardea herodias in BOU list

Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 appears in the hierarchy of the BOU list outside and at the same level as Aves, not in the Ardea container where I would expect it.  It appears to be an error.

Past experience suggests I am as likely to become Prime Minister than get a response here from anyone in the dictionary team, but the weather is dreadful and I am just waiting for the rugby to start - and who knows? - maybe some answers will appear in time for Xmas ...

M.

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Re: Ardea herodias in BOU list

Come on Charles - please answer some of the postings in this section - even if only to say that due to work load they will be some time in the addressing !!

Cheers.

Steve

Steve J. McWilliam
www.rECOrd-LRC.co.uk
www.stevemcwilliam.co.uk/guitar/

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Re: Ardea herodias in BOU list

Hi Murdo, Steve,
Just to let you know that Charles has been working on checking through the dictionary to address known issues which have been causing issues for Recorder and other users. This will also serve to produce a list of preferred names with which we can build a table containing a definitive species hierachy. This work is expected to continue for a few more weeks and the additions of species names are likely to be a secondary priority until then and possibly longer - there is some additional checking and dictionary work scheduled after this.
It is still useful to post species additions as they will create a log, although they are unlikely to be addressed or monitored for a while.
Best wishes, Mary

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Re: Ardea herodias in BOU list

Thanks for that Mary - appreciated !!  Now we at least know what the issue is and that effort is being re-directed (currently) to improving teh overall situation.  Thank you and Charles too.

Steve

Steve J. McWilliam
www.rECOrd-LRC.co.uk
www.stevemcwilliam.co.uk/guitar/

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Re: Ardea herodias in BOU list

There are several examples of the same A. herodias-type error in the Symphyta hierarchy.  Again, I am not searching for these - they present themselves in the course of doing other routine stuff - so I imagine these are not the only two lists affected.

M.

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Re: Ardea herodias in BOU list

On the subject of Ardea herodias - I have traced the problem to a missing 'parent' field value. I will correct this when I am back in the office.

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)

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Re: Ardea herodias in BOU list

This has now been fixed.

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)

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Thanks, Chris.  And I am still not PM! ;-)

M.