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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:29:08 +0200 (MEST)
From: [unknown]
To: dinosaur@usc.edu, phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Re: Multiple definitions? was Re: Stormbergia dangershoeki
> > Priority will begin with the first definition validly registered = and > > published after "January 1, 200n". None of the currently publishe= d > > definitions for any clade _exists_ according to the PhyloCode. >=20 > Indeed. However, that merely delays the problem, doesn't solve it! I do think that people are learning. On average, newly published=20 definitions are getting better -- you have contributed to this --, so= I=20 think there is hope that delaying the problem will partly solve it. > > This first and only PhyloCode-valid definition will _HOPEFULLY_ b= e > > _very_ carefully thought out. This is not as difficult as it soun= ds > > (as a few published names and definitions show), but it will > > necessitate, in most cases, large committees of authors for each > > name. >=20 > That's your solution? We'll all just Get It Right This Time? This is the idea behind the Companion Volume. :-| I don't have a bett= er=20 idea... > OK, let's accept for the sake of argument that the Companion Volume > will be good. Really, that is one percent of the problem. That depends on the size of the Volume. It is meant to include the "w= idely=20 used" names... I don't know if the three editors have made a decision= on=20 what exactly that will mean. > The code > is quite clear that _anyone_ can publish a clade name-definition pa= ir, > and it sticks. Please don't try to tell me that everyone who feels > the clade they're working on merits a name is going to convene a > committee to discuss it? Certainly not when the name is new. As for converted names, I hope th= ose=20 will end up in the Companion Volume... --=20 NEU: Telefon-Flatrate f=FCrs dt. Festnetz! GMX Phone_Flat: 9,99 Euro/= Mon.* F=FCr DSL-Nutzer. Ohne Providerwechsel! http://www.gmx.net/de/go/tele= fonie