Proposal: Core Fix
Self-killed to be on the safe side, given unexplained concerns which may turn out to be serious. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 17 Jan 2013 10:26:35 UTC
Replace “Each Believer may cast one Vote on a Votable Matter by making a comment to the Official Post that comprises that Votable Matter using a voting icon of FOR, AGAINST, or DEFERENTIAL. Additional voting icons may be permitted in some cases by other rules. A valid Vote is, except when otherwise specified, a Vote of FOR or AGAINST. A Believer’s Vote on a Votable Matter is the last valid voting icon that they have used in any comment on that Votable Matter. Additionally, if the author of a Votable Matter has not used a valid voting icon in a comment to the post, then the author’s Vote is FOR. A non-Believer never has a Vote, even if they were a Believer previously and had cast a valid Vote.” with:-
A Believer’s cast Vote on a Votable Matter is the last valid voting icon that they have used in any comment on that Votable Matter. Valid voting icons are FOR, AGAINST and DEFERENTIAL. If the author of a Votable Matter has not used a valid voting icon in a comment to the post, then the author’s Vote is FOR. A non-Believer never has a Vote, even if they were a Believer previously and had cast a valid Vote.
Replace “When a Believer casts an explicit vote AGAINST their own Proposal, this renders the Proposal Self-Killed, even if the author later changes their Vote. The Auspex may use VETO as a voting icon to cast a Vote on a proposal; when the Auspex casts a vote of VETO on a Proposal, this renders the Proposal Vetoed, even if the Auspex later changes their Vote. ” with:-
If a Believer’s vote on their own Proposal is AGAINST, this renders the Proposal Self-Killed, even if the author later changes their Vote. VETO is a valid voting icon only available to the Auspex. If the Auspex’s Vote on a Proposal is VETO, this renders the Proposal Vetoed, even if the Auspex later changes their Vote.
Replace “If a Believer other than the Auspex casts a vote of DEFERENTIAL on a Proposal, then the Vote of DEFERENTIAL is an indication of confidence in the Auspex.” with:-
A Vote of DEFERENTIAL may be used to defer to the Auspex.
Addressing a minor core rule problem mentioned on the laundry list; the current voting system gets unnecessarily blurry when an idle player makes a vote-icon comment and then unidles (“the last valid voting icon that they have used” means that the vote is counted, yet this vote was never “cast”).
Comments from idle players welcome.
Cpt_Koen:
“A Believer’s cast Vote on a Votable Matter is the last valid voting icon that they have used in any comment on that Votable Matter.”
Couldn’t that be interpreted as “A Believer may choose any comment they made to a Vottable Matter, and their cast Vote is the last valid voting icon of that comment.”?