Friday, March 06, 2015

Proposal: Big Things need small Fixes

Self-killed. Failed by Kevan.

Adminned at 06 Mar 2015 12:43:47 UTC

Dependant on The Big One.

In the rule workplaces, change

Then, the Townsperson who called the Day of Observance should post a blog entry announcing it, and mentioning the end of the current Season. Such posts are Nigh by default. If a blog post of this type is Nigh, any admin may update the Season in the sidebar (changing it to the Season listed immediately below the current Season in The Almanac, or returning to Spring if the current Season is Winter) and mention this in a comment on that blog post; upon doing so, the post ceases to be Nigh.

to

Then, the Townsperson who called the Day of Observance should post a blog entry announcing it, and mentioning the end of the current Season and the beginning of the new Season. The Season changes to the Season listed immediately below the current Season in The Almanac, or returning to Spring if the current Season is Winter. Such posts are Nigh by default. If a blog post of this type is Nigh, any admin may update the Season in the sidebar to the current Season. Upon doing so, the post ceases to be Nigh. He shall mention this in a comment on that blog post.

I think and hope this fixes the admin induced lag possible with “The Big One”.

Comments

Kevan: he/him

06-03-2015 11:23:58 UTC

against This just takes us back to the Season getting out of sync with the sidebar, by having its platonic value change automatically.

Reading this again, there might not even be a problem here - I wouldn’t say that somebody “mentioning the end of the current Season” in a blog post actually caused that Season to end.

mideg:

06-03-2015 11:43:25 UTC

Hm, true enough.

But then, does the season change by the admin changing the sidebar? In the rule it currently explicitly states that the sidebar can be inaccurate…

mideg:

06-03-2015 11:44:30 UTC

Also, is that really a big problem, especially if there’s a post stating the change?

Kevan: he/him

06-03-2015 11:55:42 UTC

The “If this item is inaccurate…” sidebar clause is repealed by the Big One proposal, so yes, changing the sidebar changes the Season.

mideg:

06-03-2015 12:34:24 UTC

against s/k per Kevan