[meteorite-list] Giving credit where (official) credit is due

[WAHLPERRY at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/11/2007 12:34:22 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
bolidechaser at yahoo.com writes:

But  that's all I'm asking of
Sonny; to get the "credit" he deserves by securing  it
with provisional names and numbers.

Otherwise, some other person  could make another find
from his "study area" unknowingly, and go ahead of  him
with getting that area named and 001 number approved,
and worse, get  published before Sonny could get proper
credit.

That's only one of  many good reasons,
Bob V. 



Hi Bob,
 
I appreciate your concern. But lets try this one more time! The reason  I do 
not wish to get a provisional number or name until all of the of the field  
work is complete is for this reason. Because of the loop hole you figured out  
many years ago! Not to say you that would do this. Example; Lets say a  
meteorite hunter has been working an area for a few years with many finds and  
received provisional numbers on all of his finds.  Another is curious about  this 
location. All he would have to do is say he found a couple meteorites from  that 
location and request provisional numbers. The Nomenclature may  reply " Ok 
Bob,your provisional numbers will be 35 and 36"! Bob never  hunted this 
location, has just found out that  34 meteorites were recovered  from this location. 
What a better resource for gaining information  regarding a new location.
 
This is a problem we have to address as a meteorite hunting community. I do  
not know the answer. We should come up with an idea on how to solve this  
problem. What the current system in place does is give confirmation of first  
meteorite found and credit to the finder. Unfortunately it can also be a source  
of information to someone digging for data. It is not the fault of the  
Nomenclature but a system that is in place. This is the reason I choose to wait  on 
submitting information. 
 
Sonny



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