Silver Whiskers and Natural Shade as traits

[Ivy Norsk]

Methinks that Eleanor is talking about gamesmanship in the Great Game of Traiting Cats to 9T.
Methinks that Tad is talking about strict rules of nomenclature.
Methinks they are both correct.

Except that we do have a community standard as to what we count as 9T and what we don't. And the CSRs repeat it to new breeders in chat.
I can understand that Tad is coming from a desire to use terms consistently which could make it easier to explain to new breeders.
But we can't really count them if you want to "count them and if you don't, don't" without some upheaval. But it's likely Tad was speaking casually off the cuff as a matter of individual attitude rather than making a radical suggestion.
We can however choose to revalue the dominant traits for aesthetic worth.