[Taxacom] Important note Re: two names online published - one new species

Stephen Thorpe stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz
Sun Jan 24 18:18:16 CST 2016


BTW, Mike, you accuse me of a "personal attack" against you (for merely pointing out that you asked something that I had already answered!), and then you accuse me of having a (your words) "conspiracy fetish"! There is a word beginning with H which describes you (and possibly words starting with other letters too!) There is no conspiracy, just a common or garden case of COI, plain for all the world to see.

Stephen

--------------------------------------------
On Mon, 25/1/16, Michael A. Ivie <mivie at montana.edu> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Important note Re: two names online published - one new species
 To: "Stephen Thorpe" <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>, taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
 Received: Monday, 25 January, 2016, 1:06 PM
 
 Stephen,
 
 Again, you try to distract us with a personal attack,
 claiming I am not 
 doing something "properly."  Do try to stick to the
 topic.
 Zootaxa dates to before the amendment but was not compliant
 with the 
 amendment before the Amendment was proposed, so your straw
 man is just 
 smoke and mirrors to cover your conspiracy fetish. 
 Because Zootaxa was 
 compliant with the Amendment after the amendment was
 adopted, but by the 
 time it was in force, sensibly taking advantage of the long
 announced 
 period between being advertized and going into force, is
 simply the 
 actions of a good editor trying to work within the needs of
 Zoological 
 Nomenclature and our community.
 
 Your argument is like saying cow udders were designed to
 optimized the 
 profits of those who make milking machines.
 
 Mike
 
 
 On 1/24/2016 4:37 PM, Stephen Thorpe wrote:
 > If you had read my posts properly, Mike, you would
 already know the answer to that! Which came first? Zootaxa
 or Amendment?
 >
 > Stephen
 >
 >
 > --------------------------------------------
 > On Mon, 25/1/16, Michael A. Ivie <mivie at montana.edu>
 wrote:
 >
 >   Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Important note
 Re: two names online published - one new species
 >   To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
 >   Received: Monday, 25 January, 2016,
 12:23 PM
 >   
 >   Stephen,
 >   
 >   Why is it not more likely, in the face
 of first person
 >   testimony from
 >   those present, that Zootaxa was
 optimized TO THE AMENDMENT,
 >   and not the
 >   other way around, which you cling to
 as a drowning man to a
 >   piece of
 >   styrofoam?  Seems to me that a
 publisher that looks at
 >   the amendment,
 >   and sets their journal to conform to
 it should be put up on
 >   a pedestal
 >   as an example to the world, not
 accused of nefarious insider
 >   trading.
 >   
 >   Mike
 >   
 >   On 1/24/2016 2:26 PM, Stephen Thorpe
 wrote:
 >   > Other publishers were no doubt
 consulted to some
 >   extent, yes. Neverthless, we have
 ended up in a situation
 >   whereby the electronic amendment is
 optimised to the Zootaxa
 >   publishing model, and many other
 publishers fall into a
 >   messy and indeterminate basket. Note
 that the Zootaxa
 >   publishing model wasn't created so as
 to be fully Code
 >   compliant with the electronic
 amendment. The Zootaxa model
 >   predates the amendment by several
 years. At the very least,
 >   Zhang had inside knowledge of what was
 going to result from
 >   the amendment well ahead of time, and
 thereby had an
 >   advantage over other publishers.
 >   >
 >   > These are facts Frank. I cannot
 be wrong. Not unless
 >   you can offer a convincing alternative
 explanation as to why
 >   the electronic amendment fits Zootaxa
 hand in glove, while
 >   other publishers are left in a gray
 zone. Well?
 >   >
 >   > Stephen
 >   >
 >   >
 --------------------------------------------
 >   > On Mon, 25/1/16, Frank T. Krell
 <Frank.Krell at dmns.org>
 >   wrote:
 >   >
 >   >   Subject: RE:
 [Taxacom] Important note
 >   Re: two names online published -
 one    new
 >   species
 >   >   To: "Stephen
 Thorpe" <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>,
 >   "deepreef at bishopmuseum.org"
 >   <deepreef at bishopmuseum.org>,
 >   "taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu"
 >   <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>,
 >   "'Doug Yanega'" <dyanega at ucr.edu>
 >   >   Cc: "'engel'"
 <msengel at ku.edu>
 >   >   Received:
 Monday, 25 January, 2016,
 >   10:16 AM
 >   >
 >   >   To you. But you
 are
 >   >   wrong. You won't
 be convinced
 >   otherwise, so it is
 >   >   useless to
 repeat that other
 >   publishers were consulted
 >   >   etc.
 >   >   You believe what
 you want anyway.
 >   >   Frank
 >   >
 >   >   -----Original
 Message-----
 >   >   From: Stephen
 Thorpe [mailto:stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz]
 >   >
 >   >   Sent: Sunday,
 January 24, 2016 2:11
 >   PM
 >   >   To: Stephen
 Thorpe <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>;
 >   >   deepreef at bishopmuseum.org;
 >   >   taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu;
 >   >   'Doug Yanega'
 <dyanega at ucr.edu>;
 >   >   Frank T. Krell
 <Frank.Krell at dmns.org>
 >   >   Cc: 'engel'
 <msengel at ku.edu>
 >   >   Subject: RE:
 [Taxacom] Important note
 >   Re: two
 >   >   names online
 published - one new
 >   species
 >   >
 >   >   Frank,
 >   >
 >   >   Zootaxa
 >   >   is very relevant
 to this whole thread
 >   and wider
 >   >   discussion.
 >   >
 >   >   Fact (1): there
 >   >   are significant
 problems with the
 >   electronic amendment (no,
 >   >   the sky isn't
 falling down, people
 >   aren't running
 >   >   for the hills in
 droves, etc., but in
 >   the context of
 >   >   zoological
 nomenclature there are
 >   significant problems),
 >   >   none of which
 affect the Zootaxa
 >   publishing model.
 >   >
 >   >   Fact (2): the
 owner of Zootaxa
 >   >   is a prominent
 member of the ICZN who
 >   had a significant part
 >   >   to play in the
 development of the
 >   electronic amendment.
 >   >
 >   >   Now, you can
 claim, if you
 >   >   really want to,
 that facts (1) and (2)
 >   are independent,
 >   >   coincidence, or
 whatever, but to me it
 >   looks like a classic
 >   >   case of a COI.
 The best interests of
 >   zoological nomenclature
 >   >   as a whole are
 not necessarily the
 >   best interests of Zootaxa
 >   >   in particular.
 You make yourself look
 >   foolish if you refuse
 >   >   to acknowledge
 the problem here. You
 >   might claim that the
 >   >   COI is
 outweighed by other more
 >   important factors (like,
 >   >   maybe, keeping
 the ICZN viable and
 >   running), but it is
 >   >   really
 self-evident that the
 >   electronic amendment was
 >   >   optimised for
 the Zootaxa publishing
 >   model and to hell with
 >   >   any other
 alternative. There is no
 >   room for doubt regarding
 >   >   the Code
 compliance of Zootaxa
 >   articles, but articles from
 >   >   many other
 publishers are very much in
 >   the "how liberal
 >   >   do you feel"
 bucket, and it isn't
 >   going to be long
 >   >   before
 taxonomists start renaming taxa
 >   already named by
 >   >   others in these
 dubiously valid
 >   publications (just like
 >   >   Scott Thomson
 renames taxa from
 >   Australasian Journal of
 >   >   Herpetology).
 All this is not good! It
 >   isn't a corrupt
 >   >   conspiracy, or
 anything of the sort.
 >   It is just not good for
 >   >   zoological
 nomenclature, not good for
 >   taxonomy, and not good
 >   >   for science.
 >   >
 >   >   Stephen
 >   >
 >   >   --------------------------------------------
 >   >   On Mon, 25/1/16,
 Frank T. Krell <Frank.Krell at dmns.org>
 >   >   wrote:
 >   >
 >   >    Subject: RE:
 >   >   [Taxacom]
 Important note Re: two names
 >   online published -
 >   >   one   
 new species
 >   >    To: "Stephen
 >   >   Thorpe" <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>,
 >   >   "deepreef at bishopmuseum.org"
 >   >   <deepreef at bishopmuseum.org>,
 >   >   "taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu"
 >   >   <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>,
 >   >   "'Doug Yanega'"
 <dyanega at ucr.edu>
 >   >    Cc: "'engel'" <msengel at ku.edu>
 >   >    Received: Monday, 25
 January, 2016, 9:40
 >   AM
 >   >
 >   >    As expected.
 >   >    Still being
 pragmatic.
 >   >    And
 >   >    Zootaxa again, out
 of context, but in
 >   your
 >   >   mind all
 the  time.
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >   Frank
 >   >
 >   >    -----Original
 >   >   Message-----
 >   >    From: Stephen
 Thorpe
 >   >   [mailto:stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz]
 >   >
 >   >    Sent: Sunday,
 January 24,
 >   >   2016 1:37 PM
 >   >    To: deepreef at bishopmuseum.org;
 >   >    'Stephen Thorpe'
 <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>;
 >   >   taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu;
 >   >   'Doug Yanega'
 <dyanega at ucr.edu>;
 >   >   Frank T. Krell
 <Frank.Krell at dmns.org>
 >   >    Cc: 'engel' <msengel at ku.edu>
 >   >    Subject: RE:
 [Taxacom] Important note Re:
 >   >   two  names
 online published - one
 >   new species
 >   >
 >   >    Frank,
 >   >
 >   >    That is
 >   >    a pretty darn
 liberal
 >   >   reinterpretation
 of:
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >   8.5.3.1. The
 entry in the
 >   >    Official Register
 >   >   of Zoological
 Nomenclature must give
 >   the  name and Internet
 >   >   address of an
 organization other than
 >   the  publisher that
 >   >   is intended to
 permanently archive the
 >   work  in a manner
 >   >   that preserves
 the content and layout,
 >   and is  capable of
 >   >   doing so. This
 information is not
 >   required to  appear in
 >   >   the work
 itself.
 >   >
 >   >    If we
 >   >   allow such
 dizzying levels of
 >   liberality,  then it is
 >   >   pretty much
 "anything goes"!
 >   Besides,  publishing
 >   >   with a publisher
 that still prints
 >   hard copies  effectively
 >   >   IS archiving,
 but the Code is clearly
 >   not  concerned with
 >   >   "effectively",
 and it just opens
 >   up  a huge scope
 >   >   for everyone to
 disagree on the
 >   interpretation  of the
 >   >   Code, thereby
 causing instability and
 >   nomenclatural  chaos
 >   >   (none of which
 affects Zootaxa...)
 >   >
 >   >    Cheers,
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >   Stephen
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >   --------------------------------------------
 >   >    On Mon, 25/1/16,
 Frank T. Krell <Frank.Krell at dmns.org>
 >   >    wrote:
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >   Subject: RE:
 >   >    [Taxacom] Important
 note Re:
 >   >   two names online
 published -
 >   one    new species
 >   >     To: "deepreef at bishopmuseum.org"
 >   >    <deepreef at bishopmuseum.org>,
 >   >    "'Stephen Thorpe'"
 <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>,
 >   >   "taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu"
 >   >    <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>,
 >   >    "'Doug Yanega'"
 <dyanega at ucr.edu>
 >   >     Cc:
 "'engel'" <msengel at ku.edu>
 >   >     Received:
 Monday, 25 January,
 >   2016, 9:31
 >   >   AM
 >   >
 >   >     I would
 see the
 >   >   criteria
 >   >     for
 availability more
 >   liberally.
 >   >   Publishing 
 with a
 >   publisher  that archives all its
 >   >   publications
 anyway  is an
 >   intention to  archive.
 >   >     Being
 >   >    pragmatic.
 >   >
 >   >     Frank
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >     Dr Frank
 >   >    T. Krell
 >   >     Curator
 of
 >   >   Entomology
 >   > 
    Commissioner, International
 >   >   Commission
 on  Zoological
 >   Nomenclature  Chair, ICZN
 >   >   ZooBank 
 Committee
 >   Department of Zoology  Denver
 Museum
 >   >   of Nature
 &  Science
 >   >     2001
 Colorado
 >   >   Boulevard
 >   >     Denver,
 CO 80205-5798 USA
 >   >     Frank.Krell at dmns.org
 >   >
 >   >     Phone:
 (+1) (303)
 >   >    370-8244
 >   >     Fax: (+1)
 (303)
 >   >   331-6492
 >   >     http://www.dmns.org/science/museum-scientists/frank-krell
 >   >     lab page:
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 >   >
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >   -----Original
 >   >    Message-----
 >   >     From:
 Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu]
 >   >     On Behalf
 Of Richard Pyle
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >    Sent: Sunday,
 >   >     January
 >   >   24, 2016 12:42
 PM
 >   >     To:
 'Stephen
 >   >     Thorpe'
 >   >    <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>;
 >   >     taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu;
 >   >     'Doug
 Yanega' <dyanega at ucr.edu>
 >   >     Cc:
 'engel' <msengel at ku.edu>
 >   >     Subject:
 Re: [Taxacom]
 >   Important note Re:
 >   >    two  names
 online published - one
 >   new
 >   >   species
 >   >
 >   >     I can
 confirm
 >   >   that the
 >   >    Archive was added
 to  this record
 >   >   at 2016-01-23
 >   >    12:21:46.330 UTC, by
 the
 >   >   same  login
 account that
 >   created  the original
 >   >   registration. 
 Following the
 >   principle that  the work
 >   >   becomes
 available when  all
 >   requirements are  fulfilled
 >   >   (see my previous
 email reply  to
 >   Laurent on this  list),
 >   >   and assuming all
 other
 >   requirements for publication 
 are
 >   >   met, my
 interpretation  would be
 >   that the date of
 >   >   publication for
 purposes of
 >   priority should be 23
 >   >   January 
 2016. If numerous copies
 >   of  the paper edition
 >   >   were 
 simultaneously obtainable
 >   prior to  this date, and
 >   >   if the 
 paper edition is in
 >   compliance with  the Code for
 >   >   published 
 works printed on
 >   paper, then the date  of
 >   >   publication
 for  purposes of
 >   priority should be
 >   >   interpreted as
 the date on  which
 >   numerous copies of the
 >   >   printed edition
 were
 >   simultaneously obtainable (see
 >   >   Art.
 >   >
 >   >    21.9).
 >   >
 >   >     What is,
 or is
 >   >    not
 >   >     visible
 through the
 >   >   ZooBank website
 is  irrelevant.
 >   The Code  makes reference
 >   >   to content in
 the  Official
 >   Register of  Zoological
 >   >   Nomenclature,
 only a  subset of
 >   which is visible  on the
 >   >   website
 itself.  Future
 >   versions of the ZooBank  website
 >   >   (pending
 development
 >   >    support) will
 include
 >   >   more 
 robust and publicly
 >   visible  documentation of when
 >   >   specific 
 items were added
 >   or  amended.
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >     Aloha,
 >   >     Rich
 >   >
 >   >     >
 >   >
 >   >   -----Original
 Message-----
 >   >     >
 From:
 >   >    Stephen Thorpe
 [mailto:stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz]
 >   >     >
 Sent: Sunday, January 24,
 >   2016 9:25
 >   >   AM  >
 To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu;
 >   >   Doug
 Yanega  > Cc: deepreef at bishopmuseum.org;
 >   >   engel  >
 Subject: Re:
 >   [Taxacom] Important  note Re:
 >   >   two  names
 online published
 >   -  >  one new species
 >   >   > 
 >  Doug,
 >   >  > I'm not  sure
 that
 >   >   this was 
 at all helpful! The
 >   addition of the  archive
 >   >   > info 
 isn't date
 >   stamped  (at least not for
 >   >   public view).
 Now  the
 >   record  > misleadingly looks
 >   >   like valid
 online  first
 >   publication on 4 January
 >   >   2016:
 >   >     >
 >   >    http://zoobank.org/References/07554C01-DEC3-4080-A337-B1F46BC9070F
 >   >     >
 >   >     > As
 far as I
 >   >    know,
 >   >     the print
 edition may
 >   >   not be
 >   >    published yet (all
 we  > know is
 >   >   that it is the
 January
 >   >    2016 print 
 issue,
 >   >   which could
 be  > published
 >   in  February for all we
 >   >   know). So there
 may be no way to
 >   >  determine the true
 >   >   date of
 availability  for the new
 >   names.
 >   >
 >   >   Even if we 
 > can get  a
 >   definitive date on the hard
 >   >   copy, this
 doesn't help  much,
 >   unless it is on or
 >   >   before 4 January
 2016.
 >   >     >
 >   >     >
 Stephen
 >   >     >
 >   >     >
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >   --------------------------------------------
 >   >     > On
 Sun, 24/1/16, Doug
 >   Yanega <dyanega at ucr.edu>
 >   >     wrote:
 >   >     >
 >   >
 >   >    >  Subject:
 >   >     [Taxacom]
 Important note
 >   >
 >   >   Re: two names
 online published -
 >   >
 >   >     > one
 new species
 >   >
 >   >   >
 >   >     To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu,
 >   >     "engel"
 <msengel at ku.edu>
 >   > 
    >  Received: Sunday, 24
 >   January,
 >   >   2016,
 >   >    7:34  PM 
 >  >
 >   I sent a
 >   >   note to the
 authors of  the
 >   >  Kinzelbachilla paper
 >   >   (who had
 not  >
 >   been  CCed before as Mike Engel
 had),
 >   >   and they said
 they  have
 >   fixed  > the ZooBank record
 >   >   so it  now
 includes the
 >   archive. Accordingly,  for
 >   >   > the 
 public record, if
 >   we follow the  guideline as
 >   >   Rich
 suggested,  all
 >   >  of  the  criteria
 for
 >   >   availability
 have now been
 >   fulfilled  for  the 
 name in
 >   >   their 
 work.
 >   >     >
 >   >
 >   >   >  Most
 interesting of all,
 >   however, if  that they
 >   >   disagree 
 regarding  >
 >   these  two papers 
 describing
 >   >   the same taxon,
 despite both
 >   being  from  >
 >   >   essentially the
 same type of
 >   amber deposit:
 >   >     >
 >   >     >
 >   >
 >   >    "By the way, it is
 not
 >   >   the same thing,
 the eyes, for
 >   instance, are  >
 >   >   strikingly 
 different."
 >   >     >
 >   > 
    >  In other words,
 >   >    this
 >   >   may not be a
 matter  of competing
 >   for  priority,  >
 >   >   after  all,
 as Hans had
 >   originally supposed.
 >   >     >
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >   >
 >   >    Peace,
 >   >     >
 >   > 
    >  --
 >   > 
    >  Doug
 >   >   Yanega
 >   >
 >   >    Dept. of
 >   >   Entomology
 >   >     >
 >   >
 >   >   
    Entomology Research
 >   Museum
 >   >     >
 >   >    Univ. of
 California,
 >   >   Riverside, CA
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >   92521-0314
 >   >     >
 >      skype:
 >   >     dyanega
 >   > 
    >  phone:
 >   >   (951)
 >   >    827-4315
 >   >
 >   >   (disclaimer:
 opinions are mine,
 >   >    not
 >   >     >
 >   >     UCR's)
 >   >     >
 >           http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html
 >   >     >
 >      "There are some
 >   > 
    enterprises in which a
 >   careful
 >   >    disorderliness 
 >
 >          is the
 >   >   true 
 method" -  >
 >   Herman Melville, Moby  Dick,
 >   >   Chap.
 >   >    82  > 
 >
 >   >
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 >   Michael A. Ivie, Ph.D., F.R.E.S.
 >   
 >   US Post Office Address:
 >   Montana Entomology Collection
 >   Marsh Labs, Room 50
 >   1911 West Lincoln Street
 >   Montana State University
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 -- 
 __________________________________________________
 
 Michael A. Ivie, Ph.D., F.R.E.S.
 
 US Post Office Address:
 Montana Entomology Collection
 Marsh Labs, Room 50
 1911 West Lincoln Street
 Montana State University
 Bozeman, MT 59717
 USA
 
 UPS, FedEx, DHL Address:
 Montana Entomology Collection
 Marsh Labs, Room 50
 1911 West Lincoln Street
 Montana State University
 Bozeman, MT 59718
 USA
 
 
 (406) 994-4610 (voice)
 (406) 994-6029 (FAX)
 mivie at montana.edu
 



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