I call for judgement on the statement {On 29 February 2004, root called
for (or attempted to call for) the appeal of the judgement of CFJ 1492.}
I call for judgement on the statement {The Speaker CAN publish an Honors
List.}Arguments (for both CFJs): These CFJs are about the Gregorian calendar (which rule 1023 implies is the one in use, at least for months; maybe for month naming too). You see, when the calendar in question was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, it was slightly different from what is commonly used nowadays; in particular, the year started on 25 March, and to introduce an extra day into leap years, leap years had an extra 24 February (as opposed to adding a nonexistent 29 February, as is commonly done today). The calendar has had that form through much of its history; for instance, the UK changed to officially starting years on 1 January in the year 1751/1752 (depending on which year-start date you choose to measure the changeover date in); so it took that form for about 169 years in the UK, and certainly for the rest of Pope Gregory's lifetime. A calendar that starts on January 1, or that has its leap year on February 29, thus cannot be properly considered Gregorian. Many countries have since changed to the 'modern' calendar, identical to the Gregorian except in terms of what months and days are called, and when they start; however, such a change was never made by Agora itself, and there is no reason it should be beholden to the laws of any given macronation. Therefore, it is plausible to conclude that 'Gregorian' references the original Gregorian calendar. In such a case, it is impossible to perform actions on February 29, because such a date never exists; and as today is June 25 (July 25?), we've just missed the start of a month, so the Speaker's too late to publish an Honours List. Oh, and just in case, I intend to deputise for the Speaker to publish prerogatives for July. -- ais523
