Here's a draft. While I obviously can't declare a deadline under the
current rules, it would be highly appreciated if people could refrain
from changing things for the next 24 hours or so.
-Aris
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I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating the Agoran
Decision of whether to adopt it, and removing it from the proposal
pool. For this decision, the vote collector is the Assessor, the
quorum is 9, the voting method is AI-majority, and the valid
options are FOR and AGAINST (PRESENT is also a valid vote, as are
conditional votes).
ID Author(s) AI Title
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8235 Jason Cobb 3.0 Unified fine creation syntax
8236 Jason Cobb, Aris 3.0 Definition de-capitalization
8237 Jacob Arduino, [1] 1.0 Repairing Defeated Spaceships v3
8238 Jacob Arduino, twg, G. 3.0 Cancelling Proposals (arr. for violin)
8239 Jason Cobb, [2] 1.0 The Editor (v2.0.1)
8240 Jason Cobb 3.0 Regulation clarification
8241 Falsifian 3.0 Secured switches (v2.0)
8242 Falsifian 3.0 Let the dead rest
[1] twg, Jason Cobb
[2] G., Aris, Trigon
The full text of the aforementioned proposal(s) is included below.
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ID: 8235
Title: Unified fine creation syntax
Adoption index: 3.0
Author: Jason Cobb
Co-authors:
Amend Rule 2555 ("Blots") by replacing the text "To Levy a Fine" with
the text "To levy a fine".
Amend Rule 2451 ("Executive Orders") by replacing the sentence
The Prime Minister levies a 2 Blot fine on a specified player.
with the sentence
The Prime Minister levies a fine of 2 on a specified player.
Amend Rule 2479 ("Official Justice") by replacing the text "levying a
fine of up to 2 blots on em" with the text "levying a fine of (a value
not exceeding 2) on em".
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ID: 8236
Title: Definition de-capitalization
Adoption index: 3.0
Author: Jason Cobb
Co-authors: Aris
Amend Rule 1728 to read, in whole:
The following methods of taking actions are known as "dependent
actions":
1. without N objections, where N is a positive integer no greater
than 8 ("without objection" is shorthand for this method with N = 1);
2. with N support, where N is a positive integer ("with support" is
shorthand for this method with N = 1);
3. with N Agoran consent, where N is an integer multiple of 0.1 with
a minimum of 1 ("With Agoran consent" is shorthand for this method
with N = 1);
4. with notice; or
5. with T notice, where T is a time period.
N is 1 unless otherwise specified.
Amend Rule 2595 as follows:
In the first sub-bullet under item 2 of the only list, replace the
text "with T Notice" with the text "with T notice".
In the second sub-bullet under item 2 of the only list, replace the
text "Without N Objections, With N Support, or With N Agoran
Consent" with the text "without N objections, with N support, or
with N Agoran Consent".
In the first sub-bullet under item 3 of the only list, replace the
text "With N Support" with the text "with N support".
In the second sub-bullet under item 3 of the only list, replace the
text "Without N Objections, With N Agoran Consent, or With Notice"
with the text "without N objections, with N Agoran consent, or with
notice".
In the third sub-bullet under item 3 of the only list, replace the
text "With T Notice" with the text "with T notice".
In the final paragraph, replace the text "with N Agoran Consent"
with the text "with N Agoran consent".
Amend the only list in Rule 2124 ("Agoran Satisfaction") to read:
1. The action is to be performed Without N objections, and there are
at least N Objectors to that intent.
2. The action is to be performed With N support, and there are fewer
than than N Supporters of that intent.
3. The action is to be performed with N Agoran consent, and the
number of Supporters of the intent is less than or equal to N times
the number of Objectors to the intent.
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ID: 8237
Title: Repairing Defeated Spaceships v3
Adoption index: 3.0
Author: Jason Cobb
Co-authors: twg, Jason Cobb
Amend Rule 2595 by replacing the text "Any player CAN, by
announcement, spend a coin to increase the Armour of a Pilotable
Spaceship e owns by 1." with the text "Any player CAN pay a fee of 1
coin to increase the Armour of a Pilotable Spaceship in eir possession
by 1 or pay a fee of 3 coins to increase the Armour of a Defeated
Spaceship by 1."
[Comment: Right now, Defeated Spaceships are effectively dead forever.
If a player goes all out and kills the other person's Spaceship, they
are effectively banished from the subgame forever. To solve this, a
slight penalty is added for repairing a Defeated spaceship. The number
of coins remains small because it is just a subgame.]
Amend Rule 2591 by replacing the text "Spaceships are a class of fixed
asset" with "Spaceships are a class of fixed indestructible asset".
[Change from the original: "pay... 1 coin increase" -> "pay... 1 coin to
increase"]
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ID: 8238
Title: Cancelling Proposals (arr. for violin)
Adoption index: 3.0
Author: Jacob Arduino
Co-authors: twg, G.
[ This has bugged me for a while (no pun intended): if a broken proposal makes
it to its voting period, even if the error is then discovered, it tends not
to percolate through to everyone doing the voting, and the proposal gets
adopted anyway. I've been trying to get around this by just endorsing the
proposal's author, on the basis that e's the most likely to notice if there
is a problem and can then change eir vote to AGAINST, but that has its own
problems. I feel this is a fairly neat solution with enough safeguards to
stop it being abused. ]
[ This second version removes reliance on the Assessor to support the action,
and adds protection against the Speaker's delay (which would function here
as a veto). ]
Enact a new rule, "Cancelling Erroneous Proposals", Power=3.0, with the
following text:
During the voting period of an Agoran decision determining whether or not
to adopt a proposal, its author CAN with support cancel the decision.
It is RECOMMENDED that this ability only be used if the proposal contains
a textual error preventing it from having the effect its author intended.
The Speaker is not eligible to object to an announcement of intent to
perform an action permitted by this rule.
Amend Rule 955, "Determining the Will of Agora", by adding the following list
item to the unnumbered list in between the two previously existing items:
- If the decision has been cancelled, as permitted by rules of power 3 or
greater, the outcome is instead CANCELLED.
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ID: 8239
Title: The Editor (v2.0.1)
Adoption index: 1.0
Author: Jason Cobb
Co-authors: G., Aris, Trigon
[Comment: Creates a new role, the Editor, who is the same person as the
Rulekeepor and which is responsible for promulgating regulations
(Editorial Guidelines) about non-substantive elements of the Ruleset.
Currently, guidelines are not written down anywhere official, which
probably contributes to the inconsistency arising in the first place.]
Enact a new Rule with power 1, title "The Editor", and text as follows:
The Editor is the same person, if any, as the Rulekeepor.
The Editor CAN, with Agoran consent, enact regulations, collectively
called "Editorial Guidelines". The Editor CAN, with Agoran consent,
repeal and amend Editorial Guidelines. The Editor is the Promulgator
for all Editorial Guidelines.
Editorial Guidelines SHOULD pertain only to matters that affect
non-substantive aspects of the Rules, e.g. capitalization or
spelling. Editorial Guidelines CANNOT place any enforceable
requirements upon any player and CANNOT cause any changes to the
gamestate. Whether or not the text of a textual entity conforms to
the Editorial Guidelines SHOULD NOT affect the interpretation of
that entity.
When writing proposals and enacting or amending regulations, players
SHOULD follow all reasonable directives that are set out in the
Editorial Guidelines.
Causing an Editorial Guideline to be inconsistent with any other
Editorial Guideline is the Class 1 Crime of Editorial Hypocrisy.
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ID: 8240
Title: Regulation clarification
Adoption index: 3.0
Author: Jason Cobb
Co-authors:
[Comment: Currently, R2493 reads as if any person who happens to be
Promulgator can enact/amend/repeal _any_ regulation (without otherwise
specified rules) with 2 Agoran Consent. While not the most serious bug,
it's probably not what was intended.]
Amend Rule 2493 ("Regulations") as follows:
Replace the sentence beginning "By default" with the sentence
By default, a person CAN, with 2 Agoran consent, enact, amend,
or repeal a regulation for which e is the Promulgator.
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ID: 8241
Title: Secured switches (v2.0)
Adoption index: 3.0
Author: Falsifian
Co-authors:
[Comment: define what it means for switches to be "secured", then use
that definition. This works with default power thresholds since it isn't
R2162 that designates the changes as secured, the Rule that defines the
switch is defined as designating the changes as secured.]
Amend Rule 2162 by appending the following sentence to the paragraph
beginning "At any given time":
A Rule that designates a switch as "secured" (at a given power
level) designates changes to the properties of that type of switch
as secured (at that power level) and designates changes to the value
of each instance of the switch as secured (at that power level).
Amend Rule 1950 as follows:
Delete the text "Adoption index is secured with a power threshold of
2.".
Replace the text
Adoption index (AI) is an untracked switch possessed by Agoran
decisions and proposals.
with the text
Adoption index (AI) is an untracked switch possessed by Agoran
decisions and proposals, secured at power 2.
Amend Rule 2480 as follows:
Delete the text "Changes to Festivity are secured.".
Replace the text "Festivity is a singleton switch" with the text
"Festivity is a secured singleton switch".
Amend Rule 869 as follows:
Delete the text "Changes to citizenship are secured.".
Replace the text "Citizenship is a person switch" with the text
"Citizenship is a secured person switch".
Amend Rule 478 as follows:
Delete the text "Changes to publicity are secured.".
Replace the text "Publicity is a forum switch" with the text
"Publicity is a secured forum switch.".
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ID: 8242
Title: Let the dead rest
Adoption index: 3.0
Author: Falsifian
Co-authors:
If Hālian is a zombie, then deregister em.
[Comment: eir resale value was 0 before R. Lee deregistered, so e was
due to be deregistered.]
Append the following sentence to the end of the first paragraph of
Rule 2532 (Zombies):
When a zombie's master ceases to be a player, the value of the zombie's
master switch is set to Agora.
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