[Taxacom] Open review as a wiki

Paul van Rijckevorsel dipteryx at freeler.nl
Fri Apr 4 03:54:27 CDT 2008


From: <Don.Colless at csiro.au>> I have always (i.e. for 60 years) understood 
the citation of author and date to be just that: the author's name and the 
year of publication - a guide to the publication, but by no means a formal 
citation. In the fields where I have worked, perhaps I've been lucky; but 
when I want the original reference, I then go to a catalogue (or, at worst, 
the Zoo. Rec.)

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Yes, I agree. The author's name and the year of publication are important 
for purposes of homonymy and priority, respectively. Not particularly useful 
for bibliography.

If a citation is to be included in a list of references it would be more 
useful to include the author whose circumscription is being used, although 
even that publication is not all that likely to be less than two years old.

Paul 






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