Monday, June 23, 2025

Proposal: Setting the Pace

If “More tracking, less clutter hunting” was not enacted, enact it.

In the rule “Scoring”, replace the text “If the oldest Open Backronym was posted at least 48 hours ago, the Puzzler should perform a Resolving on that Backronym. A Resolving is an atomic action with the following steps:” with the following:

If the oldest Open Backronym was posted at least 48 hours ago, or if the oldest Open Backronym has a Scoring posted to it from every active Wordsmith, it may be resolved as a Votable Matter by the Puzzler. Resolving a Backronym is an atomic action with the following steps, in which any voting icons on that Backronym are considered flavor text:

In the same rule, add the following bullet point as the last step in resolving a Backroynm:

* Mark that Backronym as Enacted

In the same rule, replace the text “Once the Puzzler has performed a Resolving on a Backronym, that Backronym is Closed.” with “Once the Puzzler has resolved a Backronym, that Backronym is Closed. Any illegal Backronym may be resolved by any admin by marking it as illegal.”

Tidying up the idea of Backronyms being Votable Matters and allowing them to be resolved sooner if everyone has posted a Scoring on them.

Comments

JonathanDark: Puzzler he/him

23-06-2025 14:14:04 UTC

I honestly don’t know if this is even necessary or not, since everyone is participating so far, but I thought an incentive to continue to do so would be good, plus it might get folks to Score earlier so they don’t miss out.

JonathanDark: Puzzler he/him

23-06-2025 14:33:46 UTC

Ignore my previous comment. I completely replaced my proposal with something else that I think needs more attention.

JonathanDark: Puzzler he/him

23-06-2025 14:49:50 UTC

And I just found a problem. “every active Wordsmith” should be “every active Wordsmith other than the author”

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