species-examples-quantitative - Revision history

Tantek: Reverted edits by AmeerDawood (Talk) to last version by AndyMabbett

2008-11-18T19:05:13Z

Reverted edits by AmeerDawood (Talk) to last version by AndyMabbett

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	*[http://www.discoverlife.org/ Discover Life] - "contains '''306,553''' species. The Polistes Foundation and its scientific partners plan to add high-quality identification guides, maps, images, and text for '''a million species''' by 2012. [...] Each month Discover Life serves approximately 3 million pages and images to 70,000 IP addresses"		*[http://www.discoverlife.org/ Discover Life] - "contains '''306,553''' species. The Polistes Foundation and its scientific partners plan to add high-quality identification guides, maps, images, and text for '''a million species''' by 2012. [...] Each month Discover Life serves approximately 3 million pages and images to 70,000 IP addresses"

	*[http://www.record-lrc.co.uk/ rECOrd] (the Local Biological Records ~~Center~~ serving the Cheshire region of England) - '''1.6 million''' species records available online for the public to search and map		*[http://www.record-lrc.co.uk/ rECOrd] (the Local Biological Records Centre serving the Cheshire region of England) - '''1.6 million''' species records available online for the public to search and map

	*[http://www.dnabarcoding.ca/ Canadian ~~Center~~ for DNA Barcoding ] multiple sites, covering over '''11,000''' species ('''134,990''' records; target 55,000+ species.		*[http://www.dnabarcoding.ca/ Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding ] multiple sites, covering over '''11,000''' species ('''134,990''' records; target 55,000+ species.
	**[http://www.barcodinglife.org/ Barcode of Life Data Systems] "BOLD-ECS provides web developers and bioinformaticians the ability to build tools and workflows that can be integrated with the BOLD framework. We welcome the addition of new analytical modules."		**[http://www.barcodinglife.org/ Barcode of Life Data Systems] "BOLD-ECS provides web developers and bioinformaticians the ability to build tools and workflows that can be integrated with the BOLD framework. We welcome the addition of new analytical modules."

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	*[[User:AndyMabbett\|Andy Mabbett]] (proponent)		*[[User:AndyMabbett\|Andy Mabbett]] (proponent)
	*Malcolm Storey (per e-mail)		*Malcolm Storey (per e-mail)
	*[[User:SXBRC\|Charles Roper]], [http://www.sxbrc.org.uk/ Sussex Biodiversity Record ~~Center~~] (proponent)		*[[User:SXBRC\|Charles Roper]], [http://www.sxbrc.org.uk/ Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre] (proponent)

	==See also==		==See also==
	{{species}}		{{species}}

AmeerDawood: /* Contributors */

2008-11-18T00:11:00Z

Contributors

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	*[[User:AndyMabbett\|Andy Mabbett]] (proponent)		*[[User:AndyMabbett\|Andy Mabbett]] (proponent)
	*Malcolm Storey (per e-mail)		*Malcolm Storey (per e-mail)
	*[[User:SXBRC\|Charles Roper]], [http://www.sxbrc.org.uk/ Sussex Biodiversity Record ~~Centre~~] (proponent)		*[[User:SXBRC\|Charles Roper]], [http://www.sxbrc.org.uk/ Sussex Biodiversity Record Center] (proponent)

	==See also==		==See also==
	{{species}}		{{species}}

AmeerDawood: /* Evidence */

2008-11-18T00:10:35Z

Evidence

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	*[http://www.discoverlife.org/ Discover Life] - "contains '''306,553''' species. The Polistes Foundation and its scientific partners plan to add high-quality identification guides, maps, images, and text for '''a million species''' by 2012. [...] Each month Discover Life serves approximately 3 million pages and images to 70,000 IP addresses"		*[http://www.discoverlife.org/ Discover Life] - "contains '''306,553''' species. The Polistes Foundation and its scientific partners plan to add high-quality identification guides, maps, images, and text for '''a million species''' by 2012. [...] Each month Discover Life serves approximately 3 million pages and images to 70,000 IP addresses"

	*[http://www.record-lrc.co.uk/ rECOrd] (the Local Biological Records ~~Centre~~ serving the Cheshire region of England) - '''1.6 million''' species records available online for the public to search and map		*[http://www.record-lrc.co.uk/ rECOrd] (the Local Biological Records Center serving the Cheshire region of England) - '''1.6 million''' species records available online for the public to search and map

	*[http://www.dnabarcoding.ca/ Canadian ~~Centre~~ for DNA Barcoding ] multiple sites, covering over '''11,000''' species ('''134,990''' records; target 55,000+ species.		*[http://www.dnabarcoding.ca/ Canadian Center for DNA Barcoding ] multiple sites, covering over '''11,000''' species ('''134,990''' records; target 55,000+ species.
	**[http://www.barcodinglife.org/ Barcode of Life Data Systems] "BOLD-ECS provides web developers and bioinformaticians the ability to build tools and workflows that can be integrated with the BOLD framework. We welcome the addition of new analytical modules."		**[http://www.barcodinglife.org/ Barcode of Life Data Systems] "BOLD-ECS provides web developers and bioinformaticians the ability to build tools and workflows that can be integrated with the BOLD framework. We welcome the addition of new analytical modules."

AndyMabbett: 30 million distinct species

2008-01-24T16:47:29Z

30 million distinct species

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	==Evidence==		==Evidence==

			:'''There are perhaps 30 million distinct species in the world today.''' [http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/dawkins/WorldOfDawkins-archive/Dawkins/Work/Articles/1996-11-12dimbleby.shtml]

	For earlier evidence of quantitative use of species' and other taxonomic names, see		For earlier evidence of quantitative use of species' and other taxonomic names, see

AndyMabbett: revise potential names

2008-01-11T14:21:50Z

revise potential names

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	Quantitative examples of common and scientific names of living things, which could be marked up with a "'''[[species]]'''" (or similar) microformat.		Quantitative examples of common and scientific names of living things, which could be marked up with a "'''[[species]]'''" (or similar) microformat.

	:'''Note: the original name of the proposed microformat, "species", is likely to change, probably to "~~biota~~" or "~~taxon~~". The former has been retained here, to avoid having to make many repetitive and perhaps redundant edits'''		:'''Note: the original name of the proposed microformat, "species", is likely to change, probably to "hbiota" or "htaxon". The former has been retained here, to avoid having to make many repetitive and perhaps redundant edits'''

	'''If you find a link which is no longer working, please replace it with a suitable alternative, rather than simply deleting it. Thank you.'''		'''If you find a link which is no longer working, please replace it with a suitable alternative, rather than simply deleting it. Thank you.'''
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	*[http://nbn.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/ UK National Biodiversity Network's Species Dictionary] - "'''more than 196,000''' versions of taxonomic names", e.g. ''[http://nbn.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/bin/nbntaxa.dll/taxon_details?taxon_key=NBNSYS0000042001 Phalacrocorax carbo subsp. sinensis]''		*[http://nbn.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/ UK National Biodiversity Network's Species Dictionary] - "'''more than 196,000''' versions of taxonomic names", e.g. ''[http://nbn.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/bin/nbntaxa.dll/taxon_details?taxon_key=NBNSYS0000042001 Phalacrocorax carbo subsp. sinensis]''



	*[http://www.searchnbn.net/ UK National Biodiversity Network Gateway] - '''20 million+''' species records		*[http://www.searchnbn.net/ UK National Biodiversity Network Gateway] - '''20 million+''' species records
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	*Malcolm Storey (per e-mail)		*Malcolm Storey (per e-mail)
	*[[User:SXBRC\|Charles Roper]], [http://www.sxbrc.org.uk/ Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre] (proponent)		*[[User:SXBRC\|Charles Roper]], [http://www.sxbrc.org.uk/ Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre] (proponent)


	==See also==		==See also==
	{{species}}		{{species}}

AndyMabbett: /* Evidence */ add detail

2008-01-11T14:19:12Z

Evidence: add detail

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	[http://www.bacterio.net List of Prokaryotic Names (formerly List of Bacterial Names)] - 2,032 files*; '''10,268''' published names (to 2006-09-07)		[http://www.bacterio.net List of Prokaryotic Names (formerly List of Bacterial Names)] - 2,032 files*; '''10,268''' published names (to 2006-09-07)

	*[http://nbn.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/ UK National Biodiversity Network's Species Dictionary]		*[http://nbn.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/ UK National Biodiversity Network's Species Dictionary] - "'''more than 196,000''' versions of taxonomic names", e.g. ''[http://nbn.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/bin/nbntaxa.dll/taxon_details?taxon_key=NBNSYS0000042001 Phalacrocorax carbo subsp. sinensis]''



	*[http://www.searchnbn.net/ UK National Biodiversity Network Gateway] - '''20 million+''' species records		*[http://www.searchnbn.net/ UK National Biodiversity Network Gateway] - '''20 million+''' species records

AndyMabbett: More examples of multiple uses

2008-01-11T14:18:20Z

More examples of multiple uses

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	***e.g. [http://johnmartin.photos.gb.com/c1113758.html Martin's Photo Images]		***e.g. [http://johnmartin.photos.gb.com/c1113758.html Martin's Photo Images]
	**etc.		**etc.

			* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/biodiversity/nature-navigator/ Nature Navigator]: "information on '''more than 8,000''' of the best-known species that occur in Britain", e.g. [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jobj/runjava.jobj?java=ctol.CTOLServer&method=printNamePage&accountref=987&NAMEID=2384 Eurasian jay]

	===Planned sites===		===Planned sites===
	*[http://herbariaunited.org/atHome/ Herbaria United] (part of The website of the Botanical Collection Managers Group (BCMG), a special ist group of the Linnean Society of London) - "The UK has the world's largest and oldest collections of herbarium specimens held in trust by museums and universities. A new project is just getting underway to put all this online."		*[http://herbariaunited.org/atHome/ Herbaria United] (part of The website of the Botanical Collection Managers Group (BCMG), a special ist group of the Linnean Society of London) - "The UK has the world's largest and oldest collections of herbarium specimens held in trust by museums and universities. A new project is just getting underway to put all this online."
	**Update (2007-02-28) - work has started, and the first pages are available to view.		**Update (2007-02-28) - work has started, and the first pages are available to view.


	===Misc===		===Misc===

AndyMabbett: /* Evidence */ +Grassbase: 72K more - enough, yet? (& defeat stupid spam filter)

2007-07-23T16:22:23Z

Evidence: +Grassbase: 72K more - enough, yet? (& defeat stupid spam filter)

AndyMabbett: /* Evidence */ Birds Wiki (still waiting for an answer - is there enough evidence, yet?)

2007-05-20T23:17:59Z

Evidence: Birds Wiki (still waiting for an answer - is there enough evidence, yet?)

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	** and so on, for '''every other rank'''		** and so on, for '''every other rank'''
	** '''Every''' image (e.g. [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Charadrius_hiaticula_He.jpg Charadrius hiaticula He.jpg]		** '''Every''' image (e.g. [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Charadrius_hiaticula_He.jpg Charadrius hiaticula He.jpg]

			*Birds Wiki (new)
			** e.g. [http://birds.wikia.com/wiki/American_Goldfinch American Goldfinch]

	*Wikibooks		*Wikibooks

Tantek: Reverted edit of Gazza, changed back to last version by AndyMabbett

2007-05-01T22:54:16Z

Reverted edit of Gazza, changed back to last version by AndyMabbett

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	==See also==		==See also==
	{{species}}		{{species}}

	~~[[Category:Species]]~~

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	*Google		*Google
	**[http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&hs=dBU&client=firefox-a&~~rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=X&oi=spell~~&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=%22E+coli%22&spell=1 Google finds about '''37,600,000''' for "E coli"].		**[http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&hs=dBU&client=firefox-a&&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=%22E+coli%22&spell=1 Google finds about '''37,600,000''' for "E coli"].
	***[http://www.google.co.uk/search?hs=Apo&hl=en&client=firefox-a~~&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial~~&q=%22Escherichia+coli%22&btnG=Search&meta= Google finds about '''19,500,000''' for "Escherichia coli"]		***[http://www.google.co.uk/search?hs=Apo&hl=en&client=firefox-a&q=%22Escherichia+coli%22&btnG=Search&meta= Google finds about '''19,500,000''' for "Escherichia coli"]
	***[http://www.google.co.uk/search?hs=zqo&hl=en&client=firefox-a~~&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial~~&q=%22Ecoli%22&btnG=Search&meta= Google finds about '''722,000''' for "Ecoli"].		***[http://www.google.co.uk/search?hs=zqo&hl=en&client=firefox-a&q=%22Ecoli%22&btnG=Search&meta= Google finds about '''722,000''' for "Ecoli"].
	**[http://www.google.co.uk/search?hs=vWC&hl=en&client=firefox-a~~&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial~~&q=%22Homo+sapiens%22&btnG=Search&meta= Google finds about '''14,200,000''' for "Homo sapiens"]		**[http://www.google.co.uk/search?hs=vWC&hl=en&client=firefox-a&q=%22Homo+sapiens%22&btnG=Search&meta= Google finds about '''14,200,000''' for "Homo sapiens"]
	***[http://www.google.co.uk/search?hs=vWC&hl=en&client=firefox-a~~&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial~~&q=%22Homo+sapien%22+-sapiens&btnG=Search&meta= Google finds about '''273,000''' for the mis-spelling "Homo sapien" -sapiens.]		***[http://www.google.co.uk/search?hs=vWC&hl=en&client=firefox-a&q=%22Homo+sapien%22+-sapiens&btnG=Search&meta= Google finds about '''273,000''' for the mis-spelling "Homo sapien" -sapiens.]
	**[http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22%22Homo+erectus%22%22&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8~~&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official~~ Google finds about '''1,260,000''' for ""Homo erectus"]		**[http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22%22Homo+erectus%22%22&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 Google finds about '''1,260,000''' for ""Homo erectus"]
	**[http://www.google.com/search?svnum=10&as_scoring=r&hl=en&edition=us&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=1&as_minm=9&as_maxd=1&as_maxm=10&q=%22Clostridium+difficile%22&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=nw Google finds about '''1,380,000''' for "Clostridium difficile"].		**[http://www.google.com/search?svnum=10&as_scoring=r&hl=en&edition=us&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=1&as_minm=9&as_maxd=1&as_maxm=10&q=%22Clostridium+difficile%22&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=nw Google finds about '''1,380,000''' for "Clostridium difficile"].
	**[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&edition=us&q=%22Passer+domesticus%22&btnG=Search Google finds about '''841,000''' for "Passer domesticus"].		**[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&edition=us&q=%22Passer+domesticus%22&btnG=Search Google finds about '''841,000''' for "Passer domesticus"].
	***[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&edition=us&q=%22Passer%20domesticus%22&btnG=Search&sa=N&tab=wi Google images finds about '''3,140''' for "Passer domesticus"].		***[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&edition=us&q=%22Passer%20domesticus%22&btnG=Search&sa=N&tab=wi Google images finds about '''3,140''' for "Passer domesticus"].
	**[http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&hs=oEU&client=firefox-a~~&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official~~&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=%22Acer+palmatum%22&spell=1 Google finds about '''602,000''' for "Acer palmatum"]		**[http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&hs=oEU&client=firefox-a&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=%22Acer+palmatum%22&spell=1 Google finds about '''602,000''' for "Acer palmatum"]
	** At the time of writing, '''every single one''' of the first 20 [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Noctule+bat%22 Google results for "Noctule Bat"] also includes the scientific name ''Nyctalus noctula''.		** At the time of writing, '''every single one''' of the first 20 [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Noctule+bat%22 Google results for "Noctule Bat"] also includes the scientific name ''Nyctalus noctula''.
	*A [http://www.google.com/search?q=checklist+NEAR+species Google search for "checklist NEAR species"] finds about '''1,090,000''' - each checklist includes many species e.g. [http://www.earthlife.net/insects/mantchek.html], [http://www.kingsnake.com/dfw/checklist/species_checklist.htm], [http://www.taylor.edu/academics/acadDepts/ees/sedges/checklist.html]		*A [http://www.google.com/search?q=checklist+NEAR+species Google search for "checklist NEAR species"] finds about '''1,090,000''' - each checklist includes many species e.g. [http://www.earthlife.net/insects/mantchek.html], [http://www.kingsnake.com/dfw/checklist/species_checklist.htm], [http://www.taylor.edu/academics/acadDepts/ees/sedges/checklist.html]
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	* [http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/index.html List of Prokaryotic (Bacterial) names with Standing in Nomenclature] - '''2,212''' names of genera, species or subspecies (e.g. [http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/allnamesac.html A-C]), and '''124''' names of higher taxa ([http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/validsupragenerinames.html]]) (number cited seems on low side; note [http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/twothousand/twothousandsix.html 856 additions in 2006]).		* [http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/index.html List of Prokaryotic (Bacterial) names with Standing in Nomenclature] - '''2,212''' names of genera, species or subspecies (e.g. [http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/allnamesac.html A-C]), and '''124''' names of higher taxa ([http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/validsupragenerinames.html]]) (number cited seems on low side; note [http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/twothousand/twothousandsix.html 856 additions in 2006]).

			* [http://www.kew.org/data/grassbase/ Grassbase] - There are now '''61,141''' names within the nomenclature database and '''11,086''' accepted species with accompanying descriptions.

	*PhotoPic		*PhotoPic
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	===Planned sites===		===Planned sites===
	*[http://herbariaunited.org/atHome/ Herbaria United] (part of The website of the Botanical Collection Managers Group (BCMG), a ~~specialist~~ group of the Linnean Society of London) - "The UK has the world's largest and oldest collections of herbarium specimens held in trust by museums and universities. A new project is just getting underway to put all this online."		*[http://herbariaunited.org/atHome/ Herbaria United] (part of The website of the Botanical Collection Managers Group (BCMG), a special ist group of the Linnean Society of London) - "The UK has the world's largest and oldest collections of herbarium specimens held in trust by museums and universities. A new project is just getting underway to put all this online."
	**Update (2007-02-28) - work has started, and the first pages are available to view.		**Update (2007-02-28) - work has started, and the first pages are available to view.