I don't really understand the wiki the way Mary Sue and the other
managers of it do, but now that I know how to post pictures and edit the
genus pages, I guess I could work on a References page too. It would not
take as long as uploading pictures does (I live in the country and have
a slow phone connection). When you figure out what you want done, tell
me about it.

If we limit the references to books (no journal articles) the size
should remain manageable. The basic information needed is author(s) with
FULL NAMES, please (not just initials, you scientists), date of
publication, and full title (including subtitle). It also helps to have
the publisher's name, because some books are published by different
presses in different countries (known as copublication; typical example
is Timber Press in the USA and Batsford in the UK) and the ISBN number,
which is a quick way to order a book. All this information can normally
be found on the reverse of the title page.

Mary Sue's concern -- " So I'd suggest author and date as Jane
initially proposed as a possibility and hope that some of the more
prolific writers haven't published a lot in the same year" -- is
conventionally addressed by adding letters to the dates, e.g., 1981a,
1981b.

I think a BRIEF annotation would be helpful with the entries -- no more
than one sentence, and perhaps not even a full sentence. Examples:
"Standard work on the genus." "Color photos of 500 plants." "In Japanese
with English summary and Latin descriptions." "Outdated but
interesting." "Riddled with errors, but useful for color photos."

Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon, USA

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