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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I urge Dr. Shaw to continue his effort with
the activities of the network communication as before. Anything provided as
attachment by the sender along with the message will be his or her responsibility.
A disclaimer is needed to indicate this and also to indicate screening of
messages at the discretion of the webmaster. My suggestion about screening is not
to pass any scientific judgments, but to screen out junk mails or
unrelated/non-scientific topics.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>KP <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br [mailto:leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>jeffrey shaw<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, April 05, 2012
10:15 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Leish-L<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Leish-l] Leisjh-L and
Citability</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>KP raised a very important point in his reply <font
color=black><span style='color:black'>to Isra´s comment on the Madrid VL
outbreak</span></font></span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black'>by </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>saying that:<br>
<br>
" </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It is understood that such informal
communications do not constitute a formal scientific publication, but do help
spread the information more quickly to the scientific community." <br>
<br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>For the reasons given by KP Leish-L
communications <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>are not eligible as citations</span></b>
in formal publications. </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>The idea behind the messages is
simply to make people aware of recent breakthroughs and advances</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> and to encourage informal informal discussions on any subject
remotely related to leishmaniasis.<br>
<br>
This brings me to question the acceptability of web-links as sources of
information in dissertations, theses and papers. <br>
<br>
With best wishes<br>
<br>
Jeffrey </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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