>I intend to award the title of Champion by Politics to Aris with 2 Support. >I intend to award the (new) title of Reformist Bug to Trigon with 2 Support.
I support the above intents On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 10:09 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > On Thu, 1 Mar 2018, Corona wrote: >> When I meant "do away", I meant by getting a report without them >> self-ratified, but it seems like at least you'd object, so nevermind. > > Someone last year (I forget who, sorry!) made a lovely post about how the > fundamental product of Agora is its History, reflected primarily in its > Herald's report. So yes I would very much object. Patent Titles are > (most times) permanent and should reflect our history. (If someone knows > where that post is - I can't remember the length/effort but the concept > was definitely thesis-worthy). > > >> It is >> my opinion that the Long Service awards should be rather indiscriminate >> about who "deserves" them. I mean, if someone deserves special recognition, >> that's what custom titles are for, no? > > Sure, definitely make one! That would be a new award. Those rewards (again, > history) were specifically granted to anyone who put the indicated amount of > time in, and the titles reflect that. As Herald, you can select a different > standard to name a different Title for "Good Service" and award it using the > existing method. Just don't delete the old ones. > > >> I have to ask, why would ADoP need to award titles directly? E can indeed >> just ask the Herald to award them, and if the Herald makes unpopular >> decisions about awarding titles etc., e won't be re-elected, or might even >> get deposed. > > First, it's a good and fun perk to add to offices that are a lot of gruntwork. > > Second, for a long time, the Herald wasn't allowed to make up eir own patent > titles. Only the defined ones could be awarded, and those were awarded by > different offices. It was quite fun to have a set of titles (like win > conditions) that were for set, specific things a person could aspire towards, > but weren't necessarily competitive in the way that "winning" is. > > Ribbons have soaked up some of those kinds of achievements, but aren't > particularly historical. > > The current system has ultimate flexibility, but it's entirely up to the > Herald's whim. That doesn't make it anything other than a random "here ya > go", and while that's been the case the Heralds haven't been consistent about > rewarding criteria and Patent Title awards in general have definitely become > less awarded and less awarding. > > I think trying out both methods at once would be nice. > > > -- >From V.J. Rada
