Zefram wrote:
Ed Murphy wrote:
Activity is a player switch with values Active (syn. "Off Hold")
and Inactive (syn. "On Hold"), tracked by the Registrar.
I see no benefit in bringing back the "Hold" synonyms.
Some players want to use them.
Orientation is a player switch with values Standing, Sitting,
and Lying Down (default), tracked by the Clerk of the Courts.
"Posture", not "orientation".
Okay.
Also, while you're fiddling with that rule,
may as well change the awkward "Lying Down" to "Supine".
Did the UK version of WLIIA not do "Standing, Sitting, Lying Down"?
Citizenship is a person switch with values Unregistered and
Registered, tracked by the Registrar. A player is a person
whose citizenship is Registered.
So if a player ceases to be a person, e automatically ceases to be
a player. That's less pragmatic than the current last paragraph of R869.
I was considering a general "what to do when an entity becomes a
type of entity with one or more switches" clause. How about:
When an entity becomes a type of entity with one or more
switches, all of eir switches for that type are set to their
default values.
When an entity ceases to be a type of entity with one or
more switches, all of eir switches for that type are retained
and CANNOT be changed except as explicitly described by the
rules.
You should also retain definitions for the terms defined in the current
(post-P5011) first paragraph.
I prefer to rely on Rule 754 (1) and (2) rather than explicitly
listing such seemingly-trivial synonyms, especially since their
intended application to e.g. a CFJ "Goethe is registered" is
confusing at best. (Granted you could instead CFJ "Goethe is a
player", or "Goethe registered on or about <date>".)
