Edward wrote:
"While we are very restrictive on who we give edit rights to the taxonomic
information, anyone can upload pictures, and put a name on it; and the
picture would automatically appear on the authoritative page of the species,
thus confounding very rigorously controlled edited content with something
over which we have no control at all."
Why not restrict the posting of pictures in the same way that you restrict
editing of text? Alternatively, put the pictures in a moderation queue so
that they do not appear automatically, but only after they have been
approved. There is no advantage to building a pictorial database quickly if
it contains errors, whether small or egregious.
best wishes,
Nancy
Nancy J. Maciolek, Ph.D.
Polychaete Editor, Zootaxa
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/index.html
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