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Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 21:07:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>
To: dinosaur@usc.edu, phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Cc: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Subject: Some PhyloCode Considerations
[ I have a few posts to reply to (to Ken, Philidor, et al.) but felt I should reply to this one now ... will try to get my replies out as soon as I can, work is busy and I'm training someone plus looking for a new place to live -- Saturday was a boom-day for me :) ] T. Mike Keesey (tmk@dinosauricon.com ) wrote: <<I think this will be a fairly automated process. And it's a *great* idea -- no more accidental usage of preoccupied names.>> George Olshevsky (Dinogeorge@aol.com) wrote: <No, it's a lousy idea. The way things are set up now, one occasionally petitions the ICZN to >remove< a name; imagine instead having to petition to >add< a name every time you need one. This is a clear loss of freedom to name taxa.> This is not how the PhyloCode has suggested the petition process. It would be a simple matter of publishing the description, sending a copy to the IPN [not established], and sitting back. Petition works as in ICZN, when a name or definition is in conflict, and needs a board of revue. I see this as a process that adds a means of recording information upon publication instead of "oh, there was a paper that came out first, and the idea behind the new name is better than the old, one..." ===== Jaime A. Headden Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhr-gen-ti-na Where the Wind Comes Sweeping Down the Pampas!!!! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/