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[Taxacom] Dealing with the morally reprehensible act of plagiarisation

Raymond Hoser Snakeman Snakebusters Reptile Parties viper007 at live.com.au
Wed May 29 08:35:44 CDT 2013 

Wulf, 
 
Sorry to shatter your lies, but before you throw insults, please specify exactly what you allege I have got wrong and I shall rebut it - just as I did for your (Wuster's) rant, that was unable to even quote the rules of the Zoological Code properly.
 
I also note your recent comment on a German language forum that you hadn't bothered to read any of the papers in AJH issues 13-15 before you put your name to "Wuster et al".
 
All the best


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> From: webmaster at leiopython.de
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 08:10:35 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Dealing with the morally reprehensible act of	plagiarisation
> 
> Hoser,
> 
> By all means, think before you  write something! I've been following your
> postings on this list and the accusations you made against me. Absolutely
> ridiculous!
> 
> Cheers,
> Wulf
> 
> 
> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] Im Auftrag von Raymond Hoser
> Snakeman Snakebusters Reptile Parties
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Mai 2013 05:23
> An: Ken Kinman; taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Betreff: Re: [Taxacom] Dealing with the morally reprehensible act of
> plagiarisation
> 
> " I'm wondering why you are accusing Schleip (2008) of plagiarism.  He even
> mentions your 2000 paper in the title:  "Revision of the Genus Leiopython
> Hubrecht 1879 (Serpentes: Pythonidae) with the Redescription of Taxa
> Recently Described by Hoser (2000) and the Description of New Species." 
>  
> In the title yes - in the body of the paper "no". in fact he attacks me
> first before using my data without attribution - as in he masquerades it as
> his own!
>  
> Also check out the plagiarization he does in his "Leiopython" wikipedia
> page, including some versions where he says he "described" L. hoserae!
>  
> Also of note is that for 8 years Schleip claimed L. hoserae was a
> melanaistic L. albertisi (I've never heard such rot, noting the obvious
> physical differences between the snakes) before he did and without apology,
> publish that he had described L. hoserae on wikipedia - on the same page
> he'd actively edited for 8 years to deny existence of the said species!
>  
> All the best
>  
> 
> Snakebusters? - Australia's best reptiles?
> 
> The only hands-on reptiles? shows that lets people hold the animals?.
> 
> Reptile parties?, events, courses
> Phones: 9812 3322
> 
> 0412 777 211
> 
>  
> From: kinman at hotmail.com
> To: viper007 at live.com.au; taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: RE: [Taxacom] Dealing with the morally reprehensible act of
> plagiarisation
> Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 14:59:34 +0000
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Raymond,
> 
>  
> 
>      I'm wondering why you are accusing Schleip (2008) of plagiarism.  He
> even mentions your 2000 paper in the title:  "Revision of the Genus
> Leiopython Hubrecht 1879 (Serpentes: Pythonidae) with the Redescription of
> Taxa Recently Described by Hoser (2000) and the Description of New Species."
> 
> 
>  
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------------------
> 
>  
> 
> > From: viper007 at live.com.au
> > To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 00:28:14 +1030
> > Subject: [Taxacom] Dealing with the morally reprehensible act of 
> > plagiarisation
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > I am sure I am not the only one here to have had their work 
> > plagiarized by one or more others.(This being the act of using a person's
> work and not citing or correctly attributing the data).
> > 
> > Examples in terms of my own work and papers include serial offences by 
> > the Wuster et al. (Kaiser et
> > al.) gang of thieves, a few of many examples of which I list below:
> > 
> > ?
> > Hoser
> > 1998a/repeated in Hoser 2002b Acanthophis taxonomy (confirmed by Aplin 
> > and Donnellan 1999, Wells 2002d), (also see support from Starkey 2008 
> > dating back many years), then plagiarized by Fry et al. 2002 
> > (including W?ster) and W?ster et al. (2005):
> > 
> > ?
> > Hoser
> > 2000b/2003e/2004a Python Taxonomy (confirmed by Rawlings and Donnellan 
> > 2003 (?Chondropython? - Hoser 2000), confirmed by Wells 2005 
> > (?Morelia? Carpet Pythons), Rawlings, et al. 2008 (?Broghammerus? and 
> > other genera - Hoser 2003/4)); then plagiarized by O?Shea 2007 
> > (?Leiopython?); also then plagiarized by Schleip
> > 2008 (?Leiopython hoserae? and other from Hoser 2000):
> > 
> > ?
> > Hoser
> > 1998b/2000b/2001 ?Pseudechis? group
> > taxonomy (confirmed by Kuch et al. 2005), then plagiarized by W?ster 
> > et. al. (2005):
> > 
> > ?
> > Hoser 2002a Oxyuranus
> > taxonomy, plagiarized
> > by W?ster et. al. (2005):
> > 
> > ?
> > Hoser
> > 2003a Pseudonaja taxonomy, plagiarized by David Williams et al. 
> > (including W?ster and O?Shea) (2008).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Of course others have plagiarized my work, particularly many of my 
> > papers on breeding snakes from the 1980?s and 1990?s, but I?ll save 
> > listing them as this would include dozens of entries and this is after 
> > all a taxonomy/nomenclature forum.
> > 
> > While plagiarization is a reprehensible and morally repugnant act, 
> > what sort of actions do you suggest are best to combat this scourge, 
> > both before and after the fact?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any ideas.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Snakebusters? - Australia's best reptiles?
> > 
> > The only hands-on reptiles? shows that lets people hold the animals?.
> > 
> > Reptile parties?, events, courses
> > Phones: 9812 3322
> > 
> > 0412 777 211
> > 
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