Monday, March 31, 2025

Proposal: No Self-Laddering

Popular, 7-0. Enacted by JonathanDark.

Adminned at 31 Mar 2025 22:38:51 UTC

In the rule Ladder Combo, reword the second paragraph to:

As a daily action, a Nomicer may claim a Ladder Combo by spending a Disc and then (within an hour) posting a Proposal, here referred to as a Claim Proposal, that contains a Ladder Word. In the comments to that proposal they should highlight the specific word that they are claiming as the target of their Ladder Combo. They then gain the value of the claimed Ladder Word as Equity and make the claimed Ladder Word a Sin. A Claim Proposal cannot be posted by a Nomicer if the proposal immediately prior to it is also authored by that Nomicer.

I know that Josh has said he’ll trash any proposal that’s blatantly attempting to score ladder combos, but this adds some extra insurance to it.
EDIT: Typo fix as discussed in the comments. If anyone objects, let me know and I’ll re-propose.

Comments

Josh: Imperator he/they

31-03-2025 08:36:20 UTC

I think it’s okay to try to score ladder proposals, just not to have that be the only and overt purpose of a proposal with no other virtues.

Kevan: he/him

31-03-2025 13:26:47 UTC

for

Josh: Imperator he/they

31-03-2025 13:40:00 UTC

for

SingularByte: he/him

31-03-2025 13:53:58 UTC

I’ve just spotted a typo in my proposal; that should be “authored”, not authorised. Hopefully that counts as an obvious typo so it can be corrected?

Josh: Imperator he/they

31-03-2025 14:21:54 UTC

Yeah I think so

JonathanDark: he/him

31-03-2025 14:46:30 UTC

for

ais523:

31-03-2025 16:45:16 UTC

for

DoomedIdeas: he/him

31-03-2025 17:09:27 UTC

for

Raven1207: he/they

31-03-2025 17:24:40 UTC

for