[Taxacom] GENERAL CALL TO BATTLE

Wed Feb 10 11:23:59 CST 2021

Sorry, but this inflammatory rhetoric is inappropriate and reminds me of 
Pro-Trump "stop the steal" people.  Please refrain from over-the-top 
incendiary speech aimed at inflaming passion instead of engaging discussion.

The discussion should be "can we move to a more efficient model of 
getting understudied taxa described in a revolutionary way" vs "should 
we modify time-tested methods of the last 250 years to achieve the same 
goal instead?"

Keep the discussion productive and positive, PLEASE!  I do not have a 
dog in this fight, and think the discussion is needed, but not in a 
"call to battle."

Mike Ivie

On 2/10/2021 9:33 AM, Carlos Alberto Martínez Muñoz via Taxacom wrote:
>   ***GENERAL CALL TO BATTLE***
> Calling all Zoological Taxonomists to Battle!
> Dear friends and colleagues,
> We are going to need as much help as possible to fight the attempts of
> Michael Sharkey, Daniel Janzen, Paul Herbert, and others to override the
> ZooCode and to overwrite 250+ years of Zoological Taxonomy.
> If you are willing to contribute your arguments and expertise to a response
> paper, please contact me.
> Those of you who might not be aware of this serious issue, please check:
> 1) Meierotto et al. (2019): A revolutionary protocol to describe
> understudied hyperdiverse taxa and overcome the taxonomic impediment.
> Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 66 (2): 119-145.
> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.3897%2Fdez.66.34683&data=04%7C01%7Cmivie%40montana.edu%7C318842696058488d3a8508d8cde62989%7C324aa97a03a644fc91e43846fbced113%7C0%7C0%7C637485735705034168%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=0eIOYdugLYcssYfmUBc5P3jqzYw%2BC0PtpfSuObpS8X4%3D&reserved=0
> 2) Sharkey et al. (2021): Minimalist revision and description of 403 new
> species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps,
> including host records for 219 species. ZooKeys, 1013: 1-665.
> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.3897%2Fzookeys.1013.55600&data=04%7C01%7Cmivie%40montana.edu%7C318842696058488d3a8508d8cde62989%7C324aa97a03a644fc91e43846fbced113%7C0%7C0%7C637485735705034168%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=6f%2FhiG4ADc4S6k3ZrWX2kP5cf5Xphc6mQzzCaqOECTU%3D&reserved=0
> See also a reply to Meierotto et al. (2019):
> 3) Zamani et al. (2021): The omission of critical data in the pursuit of
> ‘revolutionary’ methods to accelerate the description of species.
> Systematic Entomology, 46: 1-4. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1111%2Fsyen.12444&data=04%7C01%7Cmivie%40montana.edu%7C318842696058488d3a8508d8cde62989%7C324aa97a03a644fc91e43846fbced113%7C0%7C0%7C637485735705034168%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=LzY07PoVN0st%2BD13qRz5aMDchufQsg2TLp2FGwz9ZXU%3D&reserved=0
> We need as much help as possible! Please, share widely and invite others to
> contribute! Let this be the hour when we draw swords together!
>
> Carlos A. Martínez Muñoz
> Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit
> FI-20014 University of Turku
> Finland
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