[Zoobank-list] Registration and quality control, plus a concern

[Spies, Martin]

>I had written:
>
>>In a scenario involving submission for registration of not only a name,
>>but also of the content of a new taxon description, that colleague is
>>afraid that others more involved and versed in day-to-day science could
>>then publish on the same taxon faster than he could, thus securing the
>>name and type material for themselves. Apparently, this concern does not
>>stem from paranoid imagination, but from bad personal experience.
>>
Rich Pyle asked:

>Why is this not already a problem? The taxonomic "thief" can already easily
>self-publish new names at any time, in compliance with the current Code.
>
But he could not gain senior synonymy or the like over the competing 
proposal unless he sees the latter prior to its publication, which under 
the current system normally he does not. This is where wide-open review 
prior to approval of registration and availability would make a 
significant difference.

Regards

-- 
Martin Spies
c/o Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen
Germany

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