On 2015-10-06 23:36, John Smith wrote: > Welcome! You can become a player 'by announcement' - that is, it happens > when you say it happens. And without further delay, I'll introduce you to > one of Agora's old traditions. > > I initiate a CfJ on the statement "Michael Housser is a player". > Evidence: He recently sent a message to agora-business with the subject "Some > one help me in starting to play i want to join". > > Arguments:It's clear that he can legally register by announcement. I believe > precedent has it that subjects are considered part of the message, but I'm > not certain about that. > However, he didn't say "I join". He asked for help; this could mean he > thinks his message is not itself sufficient to register him. Instead of > intending to register immediately, he might instead intend to register after > some short delay.
As for the second point, the rule in question doesn't actually need announcement, but rather a message which indicates intent. IMO "i want to join" is a clear demonstration of eir intent to join. > A person CAN (unless explicitly forbidden or prevented by the > rules) register by publishing a message that indicates > reasonably clearly and reasonably unambiguously that e intends > to become a player at that time. -- Sprocklem
