Here's my own attempt at making dependent actions read more simply and
naturally, or at least with fewer sentences with lists in the middle.
Proto: Explain dependent actions more clearly
(AI = 3, co-author = Gaelan)
Amend Rule 1728 (Dependent Actions) to read:
The following are methods of dependent action. A document
authorizing someone (the performer) to perform an action by one
of these methods thereby authorizes them to perform the action by
announcement if all associated conditions are true. (If a
condition is false, e may still be authorized by other means.)
1. With T Notice, where T is a time period (syn. "With Notice"
for T = 4 days).
2. Without N Objections, where N is a positive integer (syn.
"Without Objection" for N = 1).
3. With N Support, where N is a positive integer (syn. "With
Support" for N = 1).
4. With N Agoran Consent, where N is an integer multiple of 0.1
with a minimum of 1 (syn. "With Agoran Consent" for N = 1).
Conditions:
1. A person (the initiator) conspicuously and without obfuscation
announced intent to perform the action, unambiguously and
clearly specifying the action and method(s) (including the
value of N and/or T for each method).
2. The delay between initiation and performance is at most 14
days. If the action is With T Notice, or depends on objections
(T = same as With Notice), the delay is at least T.
3. If the performer is not the initiator, at least one of the
following is true:
a. The initiator was authorized to perform the action due to
holding a rule-defined position now held by the performer.
b. The initiator is authorized to perform the action, the
action depends on support, the performer has supported the
intent, and the rule authorizing the performance does not
explicitly prohibit supporters from performing it.
4. Agora is Satisfied with the announced intent, as defined by
other rules.
5. If a set of conditions for the performance of the action was
given in the announcement of intent to perform the action, all
those conditions are met.
The performer SHOULD publish a list of supporters if the action
depends on support, and a list of objectors if it depends on
objections.
Amend Rule 2124 (Agoran Satisfaction) to read:
A Supporter of a dependent action is an eligible entity who has
publicly posted (and not withdrawn) support (syn. "consent") for
an announcement of intent to perform the action. An Objector to a
dependent action is an eligible entity who has publicly posted
(and not withdrawn) an objection to the announcement of intent to
perform the action.
The entities eligible to support or object to a dependent action
are, by default, all players, subject to modification by the
document authorizing the dependent action. However, the previous
sentence notwithstanding, the initiator of the intent is not
eligible to support it.
Agora is Satisfied with an intent to perform a specific action if
and only if:
1. If the action is to be performed Without N Objections, it has
fewer than N objectors.
2. If the action is to be performed With N support, it has at
least N supporters.
3. If the action is to be performed with N Agoran Consent, the
ratio of supporters to objectors is greater than N, or it has
at least one supporter and no objectors.
4. If the action depends on objections, no objection to it has
been withdrawn within the past 24 hours.
5. The Speaker has not objected to it within the past 48 hours.
A person CANNOT support or object to an announcement of intent
before the intent is announced, or after e has withdrawn the same
type of response.
