Taxacom: Minimalist revision of Mesochorus Gravenhorst, 1829

[Richard Pyle]

Two things:

1) I didn't see Thomas Pape's reply along the lines of Art. 15.1 before sending my missive, but I'm happy to see we agree on how to interpret that Article (though I do acknowledge there is a potentially legitimate alternative interpretation)

2) My SINCERE apologies to those who read the Digest version of this list!  I will try to be better about trimming the superfluous "fat" of quoted and re-quoted prior messages when I respond to threads like this.

Aloha,
Rich

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Pyle <deepreef at bishopmuseum.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2023 7:09 AM
> To: 'Stephen Thorpe' <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>; 'Marco Uliana'
> <marco.uliana.1 at gmail.com>
> Cc: 'Taxa com' <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>; 'Carlos Alberto Martínez
> Muñoz' <biotemail at gmail.com>
> Subject: RE: Taxacom: Minimalist revision of Mesochorus Gravenhorst, 1829
> 
> > My personal view on this situation is to simply chose a justifiable
> > interpretation of the Code and run with it.
> 
> I always advocate that, when there is obvious doubt or acknowledged
> ambiguity in the Code, one should always err on the side of "assuming it's
> available unless there is a clear and explicit reason why it fails to fulfill some
> criterion of the Code".