Rewrite rule entitled “Gadgets” to read as follows:

Each Agent may have a certain number of gadgets. The number of gadgets an Agent may have is tracked in a GNDT column called “Gadgets”. This number is 3 by default.

There also exists a page on the wiki called “List of Gadgets”, which contains a list of every Agent and the descriptions of the gadgets which the agent has. An agent is considered to be the Owner of all gadgets listed in eir section. Gadgets can only be used by their Owner unless otherwise specified in the gadget’s description.

There also exists a page on the wiki entitled “Gadget Requests”. An agent may make an entry in the page named “Gadget Requests” with the following format:

* (<STATUS>) Request: <Gadget Name> - ~~~~
** Description: <Description of gadget>”

This is called a “Gadget Request”, and the agent who posted it is called the “Requester”. The initial STATUS of each Gadget Request is “PENDING”. An agent may at any time have only one Gadget Request with “PENDING” status.

Any other Agent may submit eir vote on that Gadget Request, provided the STATUS of the Gadget Request is PENDING, by making an entry immediately under the original Gadget Request with the format “***I approve - <Comments> - ~~~~”, if e wishes to approve the request, or the format “***I disapprove - <Comments> - ~~~~”, if e wishes to deny the request. Only the most recently created vote entry by each agent will be considered for the purposes of this text.

The Mastermind may veto any Gadget Request by making an entry immediately under the original Gadget Request with the format “***Vetoed - <Comments> - ~~~~”.

If none the following are true after 48 hours from the original Gadget Request posting:

A) The Mastermind has vetoed the Gadget Request.
B) Three or more agents have denied the request.
C) Fewer than two other agents have approved the request.

Then the Requester may add the gadget to their list of gadgets on the wiki and change the STATUS portion of the Gadget Request post to “APPROVED”.
If any one of those three requirements is true, then the gadget is not added to the Requester’s list of gadgets and the STATUS portion of the Gadget Request post must be changed to “DENIED”.

The Requestor may at any time change the STATUS portion of eir Gadget Request to DENIED.

If an agent ever has more gadgets than allotted on the GNDT, any other agent, provided such an action would not leave eimself with too many gadgets, may claim one of the original agent’s gadgets by moving its location on the gadgets page to eir own section.

Gadgets may not grant any player victory, nor can they edit the ruleset in any way.

An agent may choose to remove any of eir gadgets at any time.

So, hopefully the bit about owners will end all the annoying squabble over who owns a gadget, while still allowing people to make non-owner usable gadgets if they want to… And yes, this does look a lot like the motions from last dynasty (for good reason… I stole a lot of the wording from the motions rules) but shouldn’t get bogged down nearly as much because there isn’t any stuff about discussions. It also allows people to cancel their own motions if they aren’t working out or if they have a better idea. Keep in mind, this is just version one…