Taxacom Listserv Archives: Electronic publication of new taxa

[Leonard Krishtalka]

        What I meant is quite simple and not at all what you thought.  Peer
review and publication of articles in which new taxa are named and
nomenclatural priorities established should not require print publication
for these names and priorities to be considered valid.  Rather, the code
should evolve to grant validity to names and priorities published
electronically under the peer review system.


At 09:38 AM 03/11/1996 -0700, Joe Laferriere wrote:
>On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Leonard Krishtalka wrote:
>
>> > Time to emend those priority rules to allow peer review and
>> nomenclatural authority for electronic publications.
>>
>
>Sorry, but it is not at all clear to me what you are proposing under the
>label "peer review." If you are suggesting the entire priority system be
>scrapped and replaced by a committee deciding which names should or should
>not be accepted, I disapprove. The priority system may cause a few
>headaches on occasion, but at least it is clear and apolitical.
>
>

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Leonard Krishtalka
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