tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028565150475419281.post1109173772119610961..comments2024-01-23T15:18:52.111-05:00Comments on Trichopterology: "By people who don't need them for people who can't use them."Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15709111344826156855noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028565150475419281.post-78405186717240920552014-01-09T11:56:05.780-05:002014-01-09T11:56:05.780-05:00Derek -
Thanks for your comments!It's cool yo...Derek -<br /><br />Thanks for your comments!It's cool you recognized the family, since the MND doesn't include them as a family separate from Mycetophilidae. Yet another reason to write a new key.<br /><br /> Yes, I'm in Ohio, but I'm not sure how much help I'll be for your millipede research; I don't know the myriapods at all.<br /><br />~KaiKaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15709111344826156855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028565150475419281.post-10134148343401132602014-01-09T03:04:34.438-05:002014-01-09T03:04:34.438-05:00Kai, glad to hear you're going to publish your...Kai, glad to hear you're going to publish your key. I'm happy to say I now recognize that family after coming across it when I was working on my fly collection last semester.<br /><br />Thanks for writing your post, I'm going through some of the same questions as I think about publishing some millipede keys. As far as worrying about stepping on anyone's toes: I don't think that should be a consideration at all, especially in your case. 30 years and still nothing published? Just go for it, it will be helpful to others.<br /><br />With regards to worrying about plagiarism, I think as long as you're properly citing things, it shouldn't be a concern. I've seen couplets and images recycled in keys, with the only reference being in the citations (though the previous work should have been acknowledged better). As long as you're up-front and transparent about how you put the key together, it shouldn't be a problem.<br /><br />It sounds like most of the work will come from museum visits and new illustrations, so keep at it and good luck! I'm trying to figure out a good work schedule for the stuff I want to do, so we should keep in touch as we both work on our publications. I can tell you more info about mine, and you might be able to help me out, since you're in Ohio. Good luck!Derek Hennenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542741480848941765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028565150475419281.post-23420083600948452072014-01-08T10:39:26.316-05:002014-01-08T10:39:26.316-05:00Thanks Ted, Michael - Now I'm convinced. There...Thanks Ted, Michael - Now I'm convinced. There will be a key, it could be a while. May check to see if a Sciaridae key should be published as well.Kaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15709111344826156855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028565150475419281.post-37888657904822793492014-01-08T08:11:46.140-05:002014-01-08T08:11:46.140-05:00It's not plagerism if you cite the keys you in...It's not plagerism if you cite the keys you incorporate. No one else is going to put out a key, and even if they do, great, because it's nice to have two.keys- you can double check your I'D or switch keys if you get stuck in one.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683751702376010127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028565150475419281.post-34388735464913606992014-01-08T00:25:02.139-05:002014-01-08T00:25:02.139-05:00I agree with your adviser and Chris - you should p...I agree with your adviser and Chris - you should publish the key. Put in the effort with illustrations to make it a solid and useful piece of work, which also eliminates any possibility somebody would think of it as plagiarism. New keys are always welcome, even by experts (at least in my universe)! The litmus test is whether the key is a material improvement over currently available - if so it should be published, if not set it aside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028565150475419281.post-3200750350601207712014-01-07T08:45:11.293-05:002014-01-07T08:45:11.293-05:00Gunner, Christopher - thanks for the advice! I wil...Gunner, Christopher - thanks for the advice! I will move it up from my someday/maybe list to my projects list. The illustrations may be tricky, but I think with some museum visits I could pull it off.<br /><br />~KaiKaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15709111344826156855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028565150475419281.post-3937738562805395492014-01-06T17:18:57.367-05:002014-01-06T17:18:57.367-05:00I agree with your supervisor, you really should pu...I agree with your supervisor, you really should publish that. I don't think it would count as plagiarism, so long as all sources are appropriately cited.<br /><br />I recently put out publications on Amphientomidae (barklice) and Caeculidae (mites) that both included keys compiled from the literature. In both these cases, previous keys were incomplete and not in English publications, so I think the need for them justified their publication.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028565150475419281.post-30299355214681037012014-01-06T10:02:20.144-05:002014-01-06T10:02:20.144-05:00Back when I prepared my revisionary work on Afrotr...Back when I prepared my revisionary work on Afrotropical Psychodidae I wrote many species-level keys based almost exclusively on the literature, none of which are likely to ever be released. I started briefly releasing them in a wiki project; one example is on http://psychodidae.wikinet.org/wiki/Mystropsychoda ;<br />but I don't think I would do such a thing if I was not a taxonomic specialist on the group.Gunnarhttp://naturhysteriskmuseum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com