[Taxacom] [iczn-list] provisions to the Code

[Stephen Thorpe]

Good! Note that this would be a vote about a publication/publisher, and not a judgement about taxonomy/taxonomists per se, but would have the desired result! The journal Calodema also needs to go, though one or two more "bona fide" taxonomists have for some strange reason published one or two papers in it.
Cheers,
Stephen


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From: Doug Yanega <dyanega at ucr.edu>
To: "taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> 
Sent: Wednesday, 16 April 2014 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] [iczn-list] provisions to the Code


On 4/15/14 3:24 PM, Stephen Thorpe wrote:
> Yes, Neal is correct. I note that it is perhaps a softer option for 
> some commissioners to try to impose pragmatic interpretations on the 
> existing vague Code, than it is to draft a new and far less vague Code
Drafting a new code is not something we can do on a lazy weekend, so 
yes, it is a lot more practical to interpret the Code "on the fly" than 
to re-write it several times a month. You apparently have an 
idiosyncratic definition of "pragmatic".
> I have no objection, however, to an official Opinion which deems 
> Australasian Journal of Herpetology to be an invalid publication, if 
> the ICZN isn't convinced that it is really being published in a Code 
> compliant manner, or something like that.
>
Then you might get your wish, since an application appeared in this 
month's BZN to declare exactly that, meaning that there will be a vote 
in the future. 


Sincerely,

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