I remember reading something in the FLR saying it wasn't. I'm not sure if it
was a CFJ or a rule, but registration is special anyway.
Gaelan
> On May 19, 2017, at 1:41 PM, Quazie <quazieno...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Valid - I was unsure if subject line only information was considered valid
> (and should've included that in my arguments/question and at least for
> registration it does seem valid.
>
>> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 12:56 PM Alex Smith <ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk> wrote:
>> On Fri, 2017-05-19 at 20:50 +0100, Alex Smith wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2017-05-19 at 19:46 +0000, Quazie wrote:
>> > > I CFJ on the statement Gaelan is a player.
>> >
>> > This is CFJ 3501. I assign it to myself.
>>
>> The relevant excerpt from rule 869:
>> {{{
>> 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.
>> }}}
>>
>> The original message had a subject line of "BUS: Registration", and
>> nothing in the message body contradicts the initial impression (that
>> most players would get upon seeing a message with that subject from a
>> nonplayer) that the message was indeed an attempt to register. Gaelan
>> has been a player before, and is likely aware of Agoran customs related
>> to registration; I think it's reasonably clear that Gaelan expected to
>> become a player as a result of the message, which in turn implies that
>> e intended to become a player (otherwise e would not have sent it).
>> The other possible interpretations would involve the message being a
>> discussion of, or otherwise comment on, registration, but those don't
>> seem to be compatible with its content.
>>
>> It's worth noting that registration intentionally has a lower standard
>> for ambiguity/clarity than most other actions; an action such as
>> registering with a suggestive subject line works when restricted to
>> registration, but would likely fail for any of our wide range of by-
>> announcement actions.
>>
>> I judge CFJ 3501 TRUE.
>>
>> --
>> ais523
>> Judge, CFJ 3501
