Don't worry H S, we have several intelligent members on the group who can understand what link is to be trusted and what not. We work on this forum on frank discussion and ultimately agreeing on what seems reasonable. Let us spread trust on this group and not mistrust.
-- 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 Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 1:30 PM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: > Totally agree with Sirji, but i am so sorry that i dont have time to scan > my books and post on the site.... people here dont have time to check the > link for photos???.. > > i also believe like Dr. Gurucharanji that first reply always has > privilege,, but at the same time misleading the members without background > is also not a good idea.. and putting the link of some photos of some > group.... which cannot be trusted for species identification. > > regards, > > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear friends >> Through last few years we have developed a culture on this group, that has >> been found to be most useful. Although there have often been suggestions >> that people should give identification only if 100 sure, but if we follow >> this, only 5 per cent of plants on this group would have been identified. >> Thanks to the broad minded approach of some of our experts like Vijayasankar >> ji, Pankaj ji, Dinesh ji, Prashant ji, Satish ji, Ritesh ji, Tanay, Balkar >> ji and many others, we never hesitate to given a wild guess, if we do not >> know identifications. This sets the ball rolling for more than 90 percent of >> the uploads for identification. In fact the person giving the first reply >> has all privileges, he/she can let imagine run wild to suggest any thing >> near. Once that is done, it prompts many who may think this identification >> to be wrong and come up with a more suitable match, but with limitations >> that he/she has to give reasons for his conclusion and negating the previous >> one. The subsequent replies have to be even more careful and give reasons >> and evidence for their conclusions. This procedure has been found most >> successful in this group, and luckily many on this group are ready to be >> convinced with reason. >> At the same time it sometimes creates confusion when an odd comment >> comes in between without any supportive evidence, but then fortunately our >> group is well equipped to sail through and reach conclusion. But then I >> would request that all subsequent replies should be backed up with some >> evidence that they are able to gather. This helps a lot in reaching >> conclusion. >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> > > > -- > - H.S. > > A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of > stone > >
