Proposal: Instead of Edits
Enacted 8-0 with 3 resolved DEFs. -Zack
Adminned at 29 Mar 2025 02:04:25 UTC
Add a new dynastic rule, “Wording Fixes”:
This dynasty, the voting icons https://blognomic.com/images/vote/against.gif (the “cross” AGAINST icon) and https://blognomic.com/images/vote/arrow.gif (the “arrow” AGAINST icon) are both considered to be AGAINST voting icons. Nomicers are encouraged to use a cross AGAINST icon when voting against a proposal due to disagreement with the general idea behind the proposal; and to use an arrow AGAINST icon when voting against a proposal for which they agree with the general idea behind the proposal, but disagree with the details or with the exact wording.
If a proposal’s author withdraws it using an arrow AGAINST icon, and there were at least as many arrow AGAINST icons as cross AGAINST icons among the other (non-author) Nomicers’ Votes on that proposal at the time, then the proposal ceases to count against that author’s limit of 2 pending proposals and can be failed by any Admin, even if it is not the oldest pending proposal. The author should submit a corrected version. (If a proposal’s author is planning to withdraw a proposal, but not to submit a corrected version, they should withdraw it using a cross rather than arrow AGAINST icon.) Proposal authors are encouraged to wait at least 8 hours before withdrawing them and submitting a corrected version, in case more mistakes that need correction are discovered (although this is not a requirement).
If there is a rule “Golden Rule”, append the following sentence to the end of its only paragraph: “This Equity gain does not occur for proposals that were withdrawn with an arrow AGAINST icon (this does not prevent an Equity loss occurring).”
An edit window alternative I found lying around on my hard drive, and adapted to this dynasty – players can vote AGAINST proposals either on the principle or on the wording, and if the principle is popular but there are wording issues, the proposal can have its slot refunded and be resubmitted.
This might be a good Building Block if it works well, but I think it’s probably better to try it as a dynastic rule first.
I think I’d prefer a more normal edit window, but this is at least viable.
icon a different name
ais523:
And to give credit for this idea: this is a slightly adapted version of a mechanic from PerlNomic (a now-long-dead nomic where proposals were particularly difficult to write correctly as they were being written in computer code rather than in English). I don’t know (and/or can’t remember, if I once knew) who originally came up with it, but think it was in the PerlNomic core rules when I first started playing it.