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.
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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”.
Kevan: he/him
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.