Shrikant ji
Sorry for misunderstanding. In fact I did not misunderstand your mail, but
while replying to you my reference was to the NO Guesses (in bold) in the
next mail by Smita ji. Perhaps I read her wrongly.
I agree and as I wrote earlier also we should try to give distinguishing
characters if possible.
I am happy that our group is becoming professionally sound
progressively, with Punkaj ji giving it a solid backbone by providing
protologues and types.
--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 7:58 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar
<le...@rediffmail.com>wrote:
> Sirji, my words were 'unless its a guess', I have not said 'no
> guesses'. However the input formats are deceivingly full with only
> blank headings or 'as seen', hardly any useful information gets
> posted. In such situations only wild guesses are posiible. I do agree
> that a guess is an impetus (more so if it is wrong) for correct ID.
> But I don't get satisfied unless the expert explains to me why the
> posted plant is 'such and such' because you can see 'so and so'.
> Complete ID must follow the guess. I can not every time emphasize too
> strongly the need for information in complete format. Regards,
> Shrikant
>
> On Dec 7, 9:39 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes Shrikant ji, in fact I have been providing these in many cases.
> >
> > As far as "No guesses", I don't agree. In fact guesses, more so the wild
> > guesses (even if they are off the mark) get the ball rolling. If some of
> us
> > (incl. Dinesh ji, Tabish ji, Pankaj ji, Tanay) don't make wild guesses,
> not
> > half the identifications would be reached or touched. A wild guess is
> always
> > an impetus for others to find the correct identity, especially when the
> wild
> > guess if off the mark.
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> > Retired Associate Professor
> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > I agree with Shrikant ji
> >
> > > On 7 December 2010 21:12, Smita Raskar <smita.ras...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >> yes i agree with Shrikant ....*no guesses*...key characters with
> family
> > >> name should be added with identification
> > >> thats very nice suggestion:)::)
> >
> > >> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:54 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar <
> > >> le...@rediffmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >>> I feel that just family name is not enough. Justification of ID and
> > >>> key characters on which the ID is based also should be given unless
> it
> > >>> is just a guess. Regards, Shrikant
> >
> > >>> On Dec 7, 3:43 pm, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>> > I was thinking of the same last few months.....
> > >>> > Again it would be useful for searching the mails.
> > >>> > Dr Phadke
> >
> > >>> > On 7 December 2010 09:17, Mahadeswara <swamy.c...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >>> > > Dear all,
> > >>> > > This is a request. I suggest that whenever a plant species is
> > >>> > > identified , it is better to provide the family name also. Reason
> > >>> > > being only few are taxonomy experts in the group and a vast group
> of
> > >>> > > members are plant lovers.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > >>> > - Show quoted text -
> >
> > >> --
> > >> Smita raskar
> > >> M.Sc. (Botany)
> > >> Biology teacher
> > >> 308 Disha Residency,
> > >> Salaiwada,Sawantwadi
> > >> Phone (02363) 274153
> > >> Mob.9422379568- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
