On 01/13/2010 05:27 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote:
Another question: Is it a bug that the base ratification rule (R1551) doesn't actually claim precedence over rules it would override (e.g. over power-3 rules of lower number)? In particular, ratification doesn't claim any kind of precedence over Agoran Decision base rules, while Rule 208 "takes precedence over any rule that would provide another mechanism by which an Agoran decision may be resolved."? Rule 2034 doesn't help, as the self-ratification part of it doesn't do any precedence claiming, either. -G.
I don't think so, because Rule 208, while taking precedence, doesn't actually contradict the self-ratification rules in any way. Note in particular that it doesn't preclude other methods of resolution. If something tried to ratify something directly contradictory to 208, it would fail, but as far as I tell, there is no contradiction.
More interesting is that ratifaction may not actually be able to effect more than one change to the Ruleset due to the requirement that they be sequential.
-coppro
