Synteny - who is right?

PZ Myers outlines synteny. RPM says he's kind of wrong. Check out the definition in Wikipedia. Since RPM came down on me for confusion on this term I knew he would bring this up. I don't really care much about which definition is "correct," but I thought I'd point interested readers to the debate.....

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