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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Jobling" data-source="post: 4049437" data-attributes="member: 106805">I was always impressed by Alain Dubois's, 2011, 'The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature must be drastically improved before it is too late,' Bionomina, 2, 1-104, and his plea for euphony and imagination in coining new names, "Many taxonomists seem to lack imagination and to be prisoners of academic traditions   ...  Taxonomists should feel free to use their imagination and good taste to coin unprecedented nomina rather than always using the same old terms."His listing of over fifty "nym" terms is rather overwhelming (my favourite is "schizeurydiaphonym"), but the creation of the Linz Zoocode is worthy of consideration (see A. Dubois et al., 2019, 'The Linz Zoocode project: a set of new proposals regarding the terminology, the Principles and Rules of zoological nomenclature. First report of activities (2014-2019),' Bionomina, 17, 1-111).</blockquote>