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Re: Use of abbr for the scientiifc equivalent of a vernacular name

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From: Steve Green
Date: Apr 30, 2008 8:40AM


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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Use of abbr for the scientiifc equivalent of a
vernacular name

On Wed, April 30, 2008 14:22, Steve Green wrote:

Please don't top-post.

> The Latin name ought to be in the page text at least once.

That's a rather sweeping statement; surely it depends on the context?

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Andy Mabbett
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I'm all for taking the context into consideration. Can you suggest a context
in which an author should arbitrarily decide that information will be made
available to some users and not others?

Steve