Edward wrote:<br>"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."<br><br><br>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.<br>
<br>best wishes,<br>Nancy<br><br>Nancy J. Maciolek, Ph.D.<br><span>
Polychaete Editor, Zootaxa<br><a href="http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/index.html" target="_blank">
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/index.html</a></span><br>
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