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Last Question, I promise--Filling out entry forms
John:
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Boy, that sounds like what I said when I got my 1998 (?) Standard. Now I have the 2010 version and it isn't much better. I've done enough printing to know a mistake or two can get thru even after proofing, but there is no excuse for the number of mistakes they have.
Note this topic from a few years ago...
http://ameraucana.org/forum/index.php?topic=1335.msg8371#msg8371
I recently noticed inconsistences in the APA show/meet report form and emailed the secretary. They refer to Guinea Fowl (or Guineafowl) Guinea, Guineas and Guinea Fowl on the form. I suggested they be consistent and correct by using the same name they use in their Standard..."Guinea Fowl". I didn't receive a reply.
Mike Gilbert:
Janet, which page did you find that particular error on? I can't find it in my 2010 Standard.
Janet:
Mike, it's on Page 395 in the index. Instead of an 'R' they typed a 'B.' That sequencing should be automatic with the editor. I wonder if they are hand setting this the way they did publications at the turn of the LAST century.
Yes, it is the 2010 version of the SOP.
More examples:
The index says LF Ameraucanas text is on P. 198, but Araucanas are on P. 198. For someone like me, a novice who couldn't figure out any rhyme or reason for where birds were placed in the SOP, I went looking page by page to find Ameraucanas are Page 200. Why are Ameraucanas after Araucanas???? Shouldn't AM--- be listed before AR----????
The Classes are set up really confusingly. Why wouldn't you put the breeds in the class in alphabetical order, you know, the way the rest of the world organizes things like that and are expecting things to be organized. I'm just new to poultry, but I shouldn't have so much trouble finding out what page the breed standard is that I want to read.
In the middle of the Class sections, describing each breed, they have on P. 173, past and current presidents and secretaries of APA. Out of the blue, right between the Continental Class and All Other Standard Breeds Class. Where is there any logic to that!
The type of the index is so small and the space so great between the word I'm looking up and the page number, I need a ruler to find the page number is associated with it. Even then, I have to double check a few times to be sure I've lined up with the right page number.
And why aren't Ameraucanas in the American Class? The first line of their standard reads: "This breed was developed in the 1970s in the United States." (P. 200, AMERICAN STANDARD OF PERFECTION 2010) If that isn't an American breed, I don't know what is.
I think a 5th Grader could organize this book better.
With my luck, the person in charge of the SOP is reading this and I will be forever punished. ;)
Mike Gilbert:
I believe they are working on yet another editon, or will be in the near future. They could probably use someone to volunteer to do some proof reading. Actually, it is pretty much all volunteer work except for the actual production and printing.
Janet:
Is that a nudge?
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