On 8/22/20 11:28 PM, Falsifian via agora-official wrote: > Archived at > https://github.com/AgoraNomic/Reportor/tree/master/weekly_summaries > > Below is the report for the week of 2020-08-10..16. > > > # Summary > > Welcome, Nathan! > > Get paid to write a weekly summary! The Agoran Press now exists, and > seeks Reportors to share in the telling of our glorious never-ending > story. Join the contract, claim the Weekly Assignment, and get 5 Coins > for summarizing a week. (The contract became publicly funded on April > 21, technically outside the time range covered by this document.)
Minor issue: I don't think that was in April. > > This week, a healthy batch of rule-changes was adopted, including the > gamification of Finger-Pointing. Agorans, don't let crime go unpunished > --- a missed punishment is a missed opportunity! > > Agorans love changing the rules, making contracts, moving assets around, > and that sort of thing. But one proposal adopted this week gives some > privileged players a new power to to do only things that are outside of > that list of run-of-the-mill things. Our first Rulebender, G., > demonstrates the first "Rulebending Form", which gives names to the five > Eastman weeks of each month. > > Some of this week's proposals seemed like minor refactors or fixes, but > were they? Murphy's "simpler ribbon switches" turns out to also get em a > Transparent Ribbon. > > Voting began on a pair of modest new proposals this week, and there is > some discussion of changing the way glitter works. > > CFJ 3873 is judged TRUE: it was Shelvacu's birthday on the day e > registered. Agorans continue to stir things with new experiments, > including a self-styled "Annoying Experiment" by Gaelan. > > This week, ATMunn became our new speaker, and Birthday Tournament > participants were awarded the Badge of Diplonomic. > > > # Players old and new > > * New player Nathan joins Agora. > > * Bayushi makes an appearance in the thread "Somewhat Annoying Experiment". > > > # Voting > > * The decisions on adopting Proposals 8478-8487 are resolved. > > * Only 8481 is rejected. It would have made non-pending Proposals > disappear instead of having the Promotor track them. The Promotor > felt it wasn't needed. > > * Adopted: > > * Make Finger-Pointing competitive. (8479) > > * Make the rewards higher for more "complex" offices. (8482) > > * Apply the effects of "THE MYSTERY DOCUMENT", published last week > by G., which it turns enacts a new rule allowing certain players > to publish "Rulebending Forms" (8483) > > * Clarify Rule 2576, about asset ownership. (In the past, there's been > confusion about whether assets are destroyed or go to the Lost and > Found department, when their owner deregisters, for example.) (8484) > > * Make it so a person never ceases to be a person. (For one thing, > this means that keeping correct records doesn't require knowing who > is still alive.) (8485) > > * Simplify how Ribbon ownership is defined. But also, it turns out, > make people eligible for Transparent Ribbons. (8487) > > * Various fixes. (8478, 8480, 8486) > > * Voting begins on Proposals 8488 and 8489: > > * Proposal 8488 is another tweak related to the fee-based action > rules. > > * Proposal 8489 adds a new mechanic to the officer card-granting > rules. > > > # Scams, rule questions, etc. > > * Can a Rulebending Form escape its limitations by explicitly taking > precedence over the rule that limits it? ais523 calls CFJ 3874 in the > thread "Resolution of Proposals 8478-8487". > > * Can a player be granted birthday gifts on the same day they register? > Yes. (CFJ 3873) > > * Trigon is annoyed because others agreed this wasn't a problem when e > came up with the original wording. Thread: "Forbes 485" > > * G. points out a zombie owner can bid in a zombie auction. Before a > recent auction overhaul, this was prohibited. Thread: "August zombie > auction" > > * G. publishes the first "Rulebending Form", which gives names to the > five Eastman weeks of each month. Thread: "The First Form" > > * Are hard-to-compute contract provisions effective? Gaelan tries an > experiment in the thread "Somewhat Annoying Experiment", calling CFJ > 3875. > > * Can multiple persons in the same body receive ribbons? ATMunn calls > CFJs in the thread "[Diplonomic 2020] BT3 Intent to Announce Winners, > Badge, and Clean-up". > > * When an officer's report includes a caveat, does the indicated > information still self-ratify if it's not separately CoE-ed? Thread: > "[Treasuror] [Weekly Report] Forbes 486" > > * Jason sends a message to the backup list that at first seems like it > might be an objection to an intent to Declare Apathy that nobody saw. > But it looks like e just manually added "Re:" to the start of the > subject line. Thread: "Re: BAK: Apathy Intent" > > * After eir Propsoal 8487 is adopted, Murphy grants emself a Transparent > Ribbon, because the proposal re-awarded em all eir ribbons. Was the > proposal a scam by Murphy from the start? (Other players follow suit.) > Thread: "Resolution of Proposals 8478-8487 (attn Tailor)" > > > # Offices, titles, etc > > * Prime Minister nix appoints ATMunn to the office of Speaker. > > * The Herald awards the Badge of Diplonomic to the Contestants in this > year's Birthday Tournament, as well as people who assisted them. > Thread: "[Diplonomic 2020] BT3 Intent to Announce Winners, Badge, and > Clean-up" > > > # Contracts > > * nix creates a contract allowing others to trade with em without em > needing to interact. Thread: "Contract: Automatable Exchange Machine" > > > # Agoran Press > > * Falsifian creates the Agoran Press contract as a way to allow players > to be rewarded for publishing weekly "Reportor" summaries. Thread: > "[Contract] Agoran Press" > > * The Notary announces intent to fund the contract as a charity. > Thread: "@Notary Donation Level Petition" > > * Falsifian calls for other players to write Reportor summaries. nix > says past reports recently helped em track down some past events. > Thread: "Call for Reportors. 5 Coins per summary!" > > > # Miscellaneous > > * There's discussion of emails not lining up the same way in all email > clients, related to format=flowed formatting. Thread: "Agoran > Directory" > > * The Tailor starts a discussion on changing the way glitter prices > work, in the thread "[Tailor] Rethinking Glitter Prices" > > -- ---- Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, Herald, Referee, Tailor, Pirate Champion, Badge of the Great Agoran Revival, Badge of the Salted Earth
