Dear colleagues,
if a wiki contains information originally published elsewhere, the
question arises how the updated wiki version of such information
should be properly cited.
The Species ID wiki (
http://www.species-id.net/ ) has recently, in
collaboration with the journals ZooKeys and PhytoKeys as well as the
Plazi repository, imported a number of taxonomic treatments as wiki
pages, and the above-mentioned issue was addressed by incorporating
the generic link to the wiki page into new journal publications, and
providing a suggested citation format on-wiki that includes the
original work along with a permalink to the most recent wiki version
and the wiki contributors until that version.
For some example pages, see
http://species-id.net/wiki/Neobidessodes_darwiniensis or
http://species-id.net/wiki/Sinocallipus_catba .
The publisher's news release on the matter is at
http://www.pensoft.net/news.php?n=53 , and I have commented in my blog
at
http://www.science3point0.com/evomri/2011/04/16/citing-versioned-papers-rob…
, touching upon the need for a tailored karma system.
Comments and suggestions very welcome.
With my best wishes,
Daniel
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