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Originally Posted by Chris Yeates  I also think that it's a good idea but no way would I be so arrogant as to give a 'yea or nay' to any sites . . . . for example, I use the FRDBI daily at the moment as I am updating my work on the Yorkshire rust fungi, but it has its fair share of slips, duplicate records etc. - it's up to individual users to work through the records and come to their own conclusions
we can all comment on sites, photo's on the web etc. as we wish ...
cheers
Chris |
I think in my mind I envisaged something very concise, web address and brief detail of what it covers, so it would be very easy to just scan down and find what you are looking for, rather than getting lost in a lot of comment .... That being said, the comment would be very interesting, but it could do with being a click away, so that it didn't all just become a tangled thread. But not sure how you would achieve that given the way this website works.
Also having come across some websites out there that are more about personal vanity rather than accuracy - these at first glance can seem as if they know what they are on about, or you may need a good knowledge of the area they are covering to recognise the extent of their limitations. Those of you who have been looking at fungi for many years will probably know/recognise the authors or group/institution of the good ones anyway, whereas novices like myself would not. And no-one is infallible, so there are bound to be some slip-ups even in the most carefully researched websites, and certainly some bits that have been superceded by newer knowledge.
I have to admit I get annoyed when certain information (usually produced by government departments) can only be bought ... like radon maps of Britain, details of Building Regulations, British Standards etc etc ... ok, not fungi here, so I'm digressing ... so I'm always very impressed by hard-working individuals who produce very high quality websites for free access under the Creative Commons banner, and there are certainly quite a few mycologists who are doing that, rather than only doing it for the money... I do know people have to make an honest living too though ....
Melanie