Friday, May 05, 2023

Proposal: A Jenga Block Under The Sofa

Reached quorum 8 votes to 2. Consider it! Enacted by Kevan.

Adminned at 06 May 2023 07:30:55 UTC

Consider the Third Dynasty of Misty to have ended, and for the current dynasty to be a separate dynasty, namely the Eleventh Metadynasty.

There’s some disagreement about how we should regard the current metadynasty, so here’s a vote.

Comments

Josh: Observer he/they

05-05-2023 07:55:35 UTC

against This way is funnier

redtara: they/them

05-05-2023 08:50:28 UTC

against

Kevan: he/him

05-05-2023 09:24:02 UTC

If there’s a consensus for the historical record that a metadynasty proposal failing to explicitly specify “and end the current dynasty” means that that dynasty didn’t end and we had an overlapping double dynasty instead, this would also apply to nearly all past metadynasties.

Josh: Observer he/they

05-05-2023 09:37:33 UTC

I’m not sure that I especially value consistency in this; I think that the historical record is always an artefact of the time that it’s produced rather than being a singular and fully objective document. In so many ways this game changes based on the nature of the people playing it in the specific moment. If we do want to critically revaluate the historical record for other metadynasties though then I’m okay with that.

Kevan: he/him

05-05-2023 11:36:10 UTC

I think the record is more useful if it’s written consistently. Unpicking that retroactively is difficult and seems unwise (you would lose both of your #100/#200 milestones!), but we can at least try to write it consistently as we go along.

Benbot: he/him

05-05-2023 12:46:26 UTC

for

JonathanDark: he/him

05-05-2023 12:57:34 UTC

for I know the saying about consistency and all of that, but I think we can both record this as a separate dynasty and document what happened to preserve the historical record. Those don’t seem to be mutually exclusive to me.

Brendan: he/him

05-05-2023 14:28:56 UTC

for

SingularByte: he/him

05-05-2023 15:18:24 UTC

for

Chiiika: she/her

05-05-2023 17:45:36 UTC

for

Bucky:

05-05-2023 19:45:39 UTC

for although I think this is a no-op.

summai:

05-05-2023 20:44:38 UTC

for