Proposal: Vote early and often
Self-killed. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 06 May 2010 03:14:30 UTC
Part 1:
Rename Rule 1.5 (presently entitled “Enactment”) to “Resolution of Proposals”. In that rule, change the phrase “passed or failed” to “enacted or failed”
Part 2:
In Rule 3.1 “Keywords”, add the following two definitions:
Vote
The word “Vote”, used as a noun, means a Vote that is cast in accordance with Rule 1.4 “Voting”. The word “Vote”, used as a verb, means the act of casting such a Vote.
Resolve/Resolution
The world “Resolve” means to perform the act, as an Admin, of enacting or failing a Proposal, a Call for Judgment or a Declaration of Victory. The world “Resolution” means the act of doing so.
Part 3:
In the definition of “Effective Vote Comment (EVC)” in Rule 3.1 (“Keywords”), replace the word “Adminned” with “Resolved”.
Part 4:
In Rule 1.6 (“Calls for Judgment”), replace the sentence:
All Voters may add votes of agreement or disagreement in comments to this entry, using appropriate voting icons (a Voter’s later votes overriding their earlier ones).
with the sentence:
All Voters may cast Votes on that CfJ to indicate agreement or disagreement with the position taken in that CfJ by using the process described in Rule 1.4 (“Voting”) as modified by this Rule 1.6, except that only FOR and AGAINST Votes may be cast.
and replace the sentence:
After this time, if more than half of the cast votes are in favour, the Gameset and Ruleset shall be amended as was specified
with the sentence:
After this time, if more than half the cast Votes are FOR Votes, the CfJ may be enacted by any Admin by updating or correcting the Gamestate and Ruleset as specified.
Part 5:
In rule 1.9 (“Victory and Ascension”), replace the word “passed” with “enacted”, the word “passes” with the phrase “is enacted”, and the phrase “a passing DoV” with the phrase “an enacted DoV” wherever they appear, and replace the sentence:
Every Voter may respond to an active DoV saying whether or not he believes the poster has achieved victory in the current Dynasty (using the FOR and AGAINST icons).
with the sentence:
Every Voter may cast Votes on that DoV to indicate agreement or disagreement with the proposition that the poster has achieved victory in the current Dynasty by using the process described in Rule 1.4 (“Voting”) as modified by this Rule 1.9, except that only FOR and AGAINST Votes may be cast.
Part 6:
Throughout the ruleset, capitalize all instances of the words “Vote”, “Voted” and “Votes”
Because all the cool kids are doing core ruleset cleanups.
This proposal cleans up some inconsistent terminology. The current ruleset uses the word “Vote” as both a noun and a verb, implicitly defining the noun in Rule 1.4 but not really defining the verb. The ruleset also uses inconsistent terminology to refer to the concept of enacting or failing a Proposal, CfJ or DoV—this proposal mandates the use of the terminology “Enact/Fail” in each of the three instances, and defines “Resolution/Resolved” as the act of either enacting or failing.
Per Keba - Rule 1.4 still only talks about votes being cast on proposals (“Any Voter may cast his Vote on a Pending Proposal”, “If a Voter uses more than one Voting Icon in comments on a Pending Proposal”, etc.).
Keba:
Nice idea, but this would disallow voting on CjJs and DoVs (or at least complicate the Ruleset):
very Voter may cast Votes on that [DoV] to indicate agreement or disagreement with the proposition that the poster has achieved victory in the current Dynasty by using the process described in Rule 1.4 (CjF similar)
Rule 1.4 does not describe a process of voting for DoVs (and CfJs), only for Proposals.
Besides, this would allow self-killing, and many Players don’t want DoVs having the ability of self-killing.