On 10/26/25 18:22, Cosmo via agora-business wrote:
>> Note that, under R1607, only distributed proposals have ID numbers.
> Honestly not sure how I didn't notice the fact that I seem to have
> forgotten that when I wrote my automation, thanks for pointing it out.
>
> I CFJ: "The promotor MAY assign IDs to proposals that have not been
> distributed."
>
> Arguments for TRUE:
> Nowhere in the rules does it prohibit giving proposals in the pool IDs
> (as far as I can tell).
>
> Arguments for FALSE:
> R1607, 5th paragraph ("Distibuted proposals have...")
>
>
> [Either way I'll change my report a bit, how exactly will probably
> depend on the ruling of this CFJ]
>
I don't think there's anything *prohibiting* you from referring to
undistributed proposals with a number, but I do agree with Mischief that
it's not great policy. (And, regardless of anything, there are *years*
of precedent for not doing it; there should be an *extremely* good
reason for breaking with that.)
--
Janet Cobb
Assessor, Rulekeepor
