Taxacom: MDPI diversity et al

[Douglas Yanega]

On 10/21/22 4:52 PM, Michael A. Ivie via Taxacom wrote:
> Keep it about the facts, not the people. 

Even that has its difficulties; MDPI is a proverbial myriapod, and it is 
pretty near impossible to judge any one "leg" because of problems with 
another. That is, while it is certainly a red flag when a large number 
of editors for a specific journal resign in protest, extrapolating from 
that to *other* MDPI journals, or the MDPI administration, requires more 
evidence? - you can certainly be suspicious, that's just being prudent, 
and some of the controversies have been pretty significant, but you 
can't just jump to the conclusion that there is something fundamentally 
and systematically wrong. That being said, what I find concerning is how 
the administration has responded in most of these controversies, because 
it has NOT generally demonstrated a firm grasp of accountability or 
responsibility. You can only downplay such things just so much before 
people start questioning your integrity.

These are good questions to ask, and good things to keep in mind, moving 
forward.

Peace,

-- 
Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314     skype: dyanega
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