So, in going through the Ruleset, I found a bunch of really little things, all but one typographical, that needed fixing, and thought to put them together into a Proposal. In each case I attempt to make minimal changes. This Proposal accomplishes the following:

o defines what happens if we ever accidentally end up with too many of a given Role (currently the individual Rules only state that it can’t happen)
o cleans up the FOR/AGAINST wording in Quests so that Protagonists can use the standard voting icons
o deals with the “shall in some way inspire” text left-over by Salamander
o adds Glossary text to better define “should” (note that this doesn’t deviate from the English definition)
o normalizes the text in the Items Rule to use Hold/Held instead of carry/carried
o mostly standardizes the usage of bullet points and value tags among different rules

“o” is a bullet. “-o” is an indented bullet. and are shown as icons as I don’t know how to type them as literals (with the :s) as a Post.


Replace text of Rule 2.1 with:

Each subsection of this Rule defines a Role that may be assumed by Protagonists. Each Role has at least the following: Name, Maximum Number, and Description. If the Maximum Number of a Role is not defined, it is considered to be Infinite. A Protagonist may assume a maximum of one Role at any time. Protagonists’ Roles are denoted in the GNDT field “Role”. New Protagonists initially have no Role. If at any time the number of Protagonists with a specific Role exceeds that Role’s Maximum Number, a Representative of the HR Department will be Summoned.

Replace text of Rule 2.1.1, with:

o Maximum Number: 2
o Description: The classic monster. Eats fresh flesh, flees from light.

Modify Rules 2.1.2-3 and Rules 2.1.5-11, adding “o Description: ” before each’s text.

Replace text of Rule 2.1.4 with:

o Maximum Number: 1
o Description: Enforces building codes and prevents overcrowding.

Add a new subsection of Rule 2.1 entitled “Representative of the HR Department”:

o Description: Keeps track of payroll information for each assigned Role. Has the unenvied duty of handing out pink slips in times of resource shortage.

Rename Rule 2.2 to “Quests”.

Modify Rule 2.2, changing:

comment of AGAINST

to:

comment containing “:AGAINST:”

Modify Rule 2.2, changing:

comment of VETO

to:

comment containing “:VETO:”

Modify Rule 2.4, changing:

A Location’s Name and Description shall in some way inspire the imagination of those Protaganists that read it.

to:

A Location’s Name and Description should in some way inspire the imagination of those Protaganists that read it.

Replace text of Rule 2.6 with:

Each subsection of this Rule defines an Item that may be Held by protagonists. Each Item has at least the following: Name and Description. A Protagonist may Hold only one Item at a time. A GNDT field entitled “Item Held” stores the name of the Item currently Held by that Protagonist.  The “Item Held” field may only be changed as allowed by the Ruleset. Protagonists who are not currently holding an Item shall have their Item Held field set to “Fire Marshell Recruitment Flyer”.

Modify Rules 2.6.1-4, adding a bullet point before “Description:”.

Add a subsection entitled “IEEE” to Glossary 3, containing:

o The IEEE auxiliary verbs used in Blognomic are:
  -o Is required to: “shall”;
  -o Is recommended that: “should”;
  -o Is permitted to: “may”;
  -o Is able to: “can”.

 
Make AgentHH’s Role “Representative of the HR Department”. If over half the comments containing counted votes also contain the (case-insensitive) text “gotta earn it”, ignore the previous sentence.