Proposal: Empty Words
Reached quorum 14 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 05 May 2010 07:05:09 UTC
From Rule 1.1 (Ruleset and Gamestate), remove “Rules may be referred to by their type, entire number and name or type and name. (e.g. This Rule may be referred to as Rule 1.1 Ruleset and Gamestate or the Rule entitled “Ruleset and Gamestate”).” and “A typographical mistake is defined as “A mistake in printing, typesetting, or typing, especially one caused by striking an incorrect key on a keyboard.”“
Bit of housework while we’re between major dynasties. Insisting that rules can only be referred to as their “type, number and name” or “type and name” is both unhelpfully restrictive and actively ignored (there are six proposals by six different players on the front page alone that just refer to a rule as “Rule 2.X”). So long as it’s clear which rule is being referred to, it doesn’t matter how we identify it.
It also seems unnecessary to spell out the standard English meaning of the term “typographical mistake” - we don’t do the same for the term “spelling mistake”, nor any other term in the ruleset that uses the standard English meaning. (And it doesn’t help us make the term any less subjective and scam-proof, to say that a typographical mistake is a “mistake in [...] typing”.)
Josh: he/they