[Zoobank-list] ZooBank

[Arie W. Janssen]

Well, gentlemen .... and ladies of course (if there were any),

I've been reading the discussion, so far. There's been a lot of idealism, a lot of discussion on details, on format etc. etc. 

I just wonder .... if we really want to build a ZooBank as seems to be needed ... who the heck is going to pay the more than a thousand (qualified) clerks/typists we will  need to actually DO the job, within 20 or more years ? Idealism is nice, but for heaven's sake, let's be practical .... vernacular names ???? Why, why, why ??  Do you really want the 'tractorwieltje' (wordlwide known as Armiger cristata) included in ZooBank ? Or similar ridiculous names in Dutch or other languages ?

I, for my sake, I am happy with the ICZN rulings and lists .... everything additional might be nice, but again ... who's going to do the job ? Not me, for sure ! Are we going to make something like Wikipedia, where everybody is allowed to improve somebody else's input ? Where's the value then ? What we need is authority, and THAT's exactly what ICZN provides us with ! Everything else to me seems superfluous, and confusing !

Best regards from a small Mediterranean island !


Arie W. Janssen, Gozo, Malta
ariewjanssen at waldonet.net.mt

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