{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Canadensys/vascan-data/issues/1070","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Canadensys/vascan-data/issues/1070/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Canadensys/vascan-data/issues/1070/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Canadensys/vascan-data/issues/1070/events","html_url":"https://github.com/Canadensys/vascan-data/issues/1070","id":67714874,"number":1070,"title":"inappropriate accepted common name","user":{"login":"sjmeades","id":11757179,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11757179?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjmeades","html_url":"https://github.com/sjmeades","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjmeades/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjmeades/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjmeades/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjmeades/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjmeades/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjmeades/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjmeades/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjmeades/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjmeades/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-04-11T01:05:43Z","updated_at":"2015-04-11T01:05:43Z","closed_at":null,"body":"[Originally posted on GoogleCode (id 884) on 2011-12-15]\n\n<b>(This is the template to report a data issue for Vascan. If you want to</b>\n<b>report another issue, please change the template above.)</b>\n\r\n<b>What is the URL of the page where the problem occurs?</b>\nhttp://data.canadensys.net/vascan/taxon/7196\r\n\r\n<b>What data are incorrect or missing?</b>\nScotch pine\r\n\r\n<b>What data are you expecting instead?</b>\nScots pine as accepted English common name\r\n\r\n<b>If applicable, please provide an authoritative source.</b>\nScotch is an alcoholic drink, not a common name for Scottish (in this case Scots) plants.  I know it's in FNA and non-technical websites, but it's continued use is inappropriate and considered inoffensive to Scottish people.\r\n\r\nNote what GRIN says about 'Scotch pine' (Source: Trees US [but this adjective is best avoided, may cause offence in Scotland]) \r\n\r\nSee: \r\nhttp://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_sylvestris.php\r\nhttp://www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.scpine.html\r\nhttp://na.fs.fed.us/fhp/invasive_plants/weeds/scots-pine.pdf\r\n\r\n"}}