[Taxacom] Taxonomy and nomenclature deliberately confused to further an agenda

[Barry OConnor]

As I recall, this issue was discussed ad nauseum some time back, with the
general conclusion being just as you say: if everyone ignores the names,
they will go away, acceptance of the Code being voluntary after all.
All the best! - Barry

On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 7:48 PM, Michael A. Ivie <mivie at montana.edu> wrote:

> Stephen,
>
> While your horrified tone it totally justified, and your interpretation
> spot on, this is a great example for my class of the fact that the Code is
> only followed voluntarily, and anyone is actually free to just go off on
> their own direction.
>
> This Hoser thing needs to be dealt with, it is festering badly as it is.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 8/21/2016 3:52 PM, Stephen Thorpe wrote:
>
>> This is disturbingly unfortunate:
>>
>> Bucklitsch, Y.; Böhme, W.; Koch, A. 2016: Scale morphology and
>> micro-structure of monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and
>> their allies: implications for systematics, ecology, and conservation.
>> Zootaxa, 4153(1): 1-192. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4153.1.1
>>
>> See p. 38: [Quote]Due to several severe shortcomings of Hoser’s (2013)
>> descriptions, we follow the opinion and recommendation by Kaiser et al.
>> (2013) and consider the genus name proposed by Hoser (2013) for the V.
>> prasinus species group unscientific and unavailable.[unquote]
>>
>> So, if an author considers (for whatever reason) that a previous author's
>> description is inadequate in some (unspecified) way(s), then the new name
>> can be considered to be unavailable, ignored and renamed as new! I must
>> have missed that in the Code!!
>>
>> Yuck,
>>
>> Stephen
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Barry M. OConnor
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