[CPN] Art. 1.1 and the term "taxon" in the PhyloCode; PLEASE VOTE

[James Doyle]

Hello Phil et al.,

I've finally looked over all these documents, and I approve of Kevin 
and Phil's final version.  I didn't know about the difference between 
botanical and zoological definitions of "taxon" - my natural 
inclination (maybe due to subliminal botanical indoctrination) would 
be to balk at the idea of an unnamed taxon, but I can see it could be 
useful to extend the term to an entity one was considering how to 
name!  Assuming that's the point...

Phil, concerning your comment last week that "The last thing I want 
to do is be heavy handed in running the CPN" - "heavy handed" is 
indeed one of the last terms I would think of applying to you!

Jim

>Reminder: Please vote on these code change proposals.  Tomorrow is 
>the t to you!arget date to complete the voting.  So far, 7 of 12 
>members have voted.
>Thank you.
>
>Phil
>
>
>On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Cantino, Philip wrote:
>
>>Dear CPN members,
>>
>>Kevin de Q. and I also both like Michel's changes, and I have noted 
>>the font size mismatch that Michel pointed out.  Since no one else 
>>has spoken up in opposition to them or brought up any other issues, 
>>I am now going to call a vote on the entire package of changes. 
>>The set we are now voting on includes Michel's two changes.  I have 
>>attached the revised documents to this message.
>>
>>Please send your vote to the listserv by Friday.  Thank you.
>>(Michel, there is no need to vote again.  I am counting your vote 
>>as a Yes since you already told us that you agree with the proposal 
>>including your two wording changes.)
>>
>>Phil
>>
>>
>>On Feb 23, 2013, at 5:46 PM, Kevin Padian wrote:
>>
>>>  If Phil and Kevin are okay with Michel's changes, I'd support them.  As to
>>>  "Division I: Principles", I am happy for clarification of the roles of
>>>  "taxon" and "clade" in specific instances, whenever users would benefit
>>>  from differentiating between (or including) names of entitites and the
>>>  entities themselves.  -- kp
>>>
>>>
>>>>  Dear colleagues,
>>>>
>>>>      I agree with the changes, but I propose two minor wording changes
>>>>  (pp. 4 and 28), and I found a minor format (font size) problem on p. 85.
>>>>  These are tracked and appear in a different color than Phil's changes.
>>>>
>>>>      Cheers,
>>>>
>>>>      Michel
>>>>
>>>>  On 21/02/13 20:06, Philip Cantino wrote:
>>>>>  Dear CPN members,
>>>>>
>>>>>  Another left over from last year's discussions is use of the term
>>>>>  "taxon" in the PhyloCode.  In a Sept. 29 message, David M. suggested
>>>>>  that "taxon" be defined differently than it currently is.  He also
>>>>>  suggested that many of the uses of "taxon" and "taxa" in the code could
>>>>>  be omitted or replaced with "clade" and "clades".  Kevin and I agree
>>>>>  with David's suggestion in general but not in every particular.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I have attached two files to this message.  The one that I encourage you
>>>>>  to read first is "Taxon and Art. 1.1.docx", which provides the current
>>>>>  wordings of Art. 1.1 and the glossary definition of "taxon", and and our
>>>>>  proposed new wordings.  The new wordings will bring the article and the
>>>>>  glossary entry into full agreement, which is not currently the case.
>>>>>  The new wording also makes it clearer that the term "taxon" has a
>>>>>  general meaning in systematics that extends beyond this code.
>>>>>
>>>>>  The file called "Taxon"-related changes.doc includes the entire code
>>>>>  (vers. 4c) with scattered minor wording changes, most of which relate to
>>>>>  the word "taxon".  You will need to turn on the Track Changes function
>>>>>  of Word to see the changes in this document.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Please look these two documents over soon and send your comments to the
>>>>>  listserv.   Let's tentatively set Feb. 26 (next Tuesday) as a target
>>>>>  date to call a vote unless substantial discussion develops before then.
>>>>>  If anyone would like more time, please let me know.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>  >>> Phil

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James A. Doyle
Department of Evolution and Ecology
University of California
Davis, CA 95616, USA
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