Taxacom: Anti-eponym publication

[José H. Leal]

David and colleagues,

Researchgate is ablaze with comments and rebuttals to said article, check
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Peace,

José
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On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 1:11 PM David Campbell via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> Guedes, P., Alves-Martins, F., Arribas, J.M. *et al.* Eponyms have no place
> in 21st-century biological nomenclature. *Nat Ecol Evol* (2023).
>
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> I haven't gotten full access to the text and thus can't assess their
> arguments overall, but I am doubtful that such a sweeping change is in fact
> the best way to solve the problem.  If you try, any name can be a cause for
> complaint.
>
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