[Taxacom] Article 16.2 of the ICZN

[Bob Mesibov]

Dick Jensen wrote:

"How about this: reject any manuscripts that are not in compliance with the code.  Or, is that just too radical and idea?"

The predicate 'reject' is missing a subject there. If it were *my* journal, I wouldn't have let those invalid lectotypifications get published, and if it were Stephen Thorpe's journal, the new family wouldn't have been erected without a type genus designation. If we had been the reviewers, we would probably have insisted that changes be made to ensure Code-compliance, but papers do get published over the objections of reviewers... by the subjects of your predicate. There is no Code which regulates the behaviour of editors and publishers.
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Dr Robert Mesibov
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