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Ceterum censeo Elsevier esse delendum.



Wouldn't it be Elsevierum? You need an accusative, and –er nouns tend to be second declension iirc.


Yes, accusative, but I'm not sure how to decline it :-) (apparently it's a Dutch name of Arab/Moorish origin, also spelt Elzevir).


Just occurred to me: We could consider it neutral, and then nominative = accusative...


Beside Reed-Elsevier also Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis and Sage.


They're not great, but Elsevier deserves special opprobrium as far as I can tell; just see the longest section in their wikipedia article. They're just so antithetical to what science is about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsevier#Criticism_and_controv...


Delenda Carthago, delenda springer?




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