Proposal: [Core] Abdication paperwork
Timed out 2 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 21 Dec 2019 16:26:09 UTC
Amend rule 1.7 (“Victory and Ascension”) as follows.
Move the second paragraph (beginning “If there is a pending DoV…”) to after the third paragraph.
In the fourth paragraph, in the sentence “A Pending DoV may be Enacted by any Admin if any of the following is true:”, for “is true” substitute “are true”.
Divide the seventh paragraph into two new paragraphs, the first ending “…if they wish.” and the second beginning “The Hiatus continues…”. Between these paragraphs, place the penultimate paragraph (beginning “A DoV may not be started…”).
For the aforementioned first new paragraph—
When a DoV is enacted, all other pending DoVs are failed, and a new Dynasty begins with the Person who made the DoV as its Bookman. That Person may pass this role to another Person at this point by making a post to that effect, if they wish.
substitute—
When a DoV is enacted, all other pending DoVs are failed, and a new Dynasty begins in which the Person who made the DoV becomes the Bookman. If that Person does not wish to retain their new status, they may pass the role of Bookman to another Person by making a post to that effect, provided they haven’t yet made an Ascension Address for the new Dynasty.
In the aforementioned second new paragraph: for “category - this should” substitute “category. This should”; before “may optionally” insert “it”; after “and/or” insert “list”; for “Upon posting such an Ascension Address” substitute “When such an Ascension Address is posted”.
I’ve been planning some textual improvements to this rule, so I might as well propose them now: some have a role facilitating my next proposal, though all stand on their own. (For example, the current third paragraph begins “Every Person may cast Votes on that DoV”, referring directly to the first, so I’d rather have them be adjacent no matter what.)
More important is the rewording of the part on passing along the Imperial crown before the Ascension Address, where the intention of “at this point” seems clear but the wording is not actually very specific.
(The current rule seems to allow only the DoV winner to pass the mantle to someone else, and not that someone else to do the same; I’ve been careful to retain the same apparent restriction in my proposed rewording, but I’d like to know whether it was intentional.)
The Duke of Waltham: he/him
Actually, the new wording still has a couple of ambiguities… A better version would be this: “If that Person does not wish to retain the role of Bookman, they may pass it to another Person by making a post to that effect, so long as no Ascension Address has been made yet for the new Dynasty.” If commenters like it and this proposal passes, I’ll introduce it in my next proposal.