Below is a protoproposal that is meant to address the bug that Gaelan
identified. I also noticed what might be another bug--I believe,
under the current first paragraph (1), an intent might fail if the
player ever announced that same intent more than 15 days prior. So,
arguably, if Gaelan ever announced intent to declare apathy more than
14 days ago, then eir current declaration of apathy failed under the
first paragraph (1). I also think the current dependent action rule
is very very difficult to parse, so I made some modifications to
improve readability. I think part of the reason the bug was able to
slip through was that the formatting of the rule makes it hard to
parse.
Comments welcome. I won't be offended if people say that they don't
want to reformat the rule, but I do think it's currently very hard to
read.
Title: Dependent Action Cleanup Act
Author: D Margaux
Co-author: Gaelan
AI: 3
Amend Rule 1728 to replace its entire text with the following:
{
(a) The following methods of taking actions are known as "dependent
actions" (N is 1 unless otherwise specified):
1. Without N Objections, where N is a positive integer no greater
than 8 ("Without Objection" is shorthand for this method with
N = 1);
2. With N Support, where N is a positive integer ("With
Support" is shorthand for this method with N = 1);
3. With N Agoran Consent, where N is an integer multiple of 0.1
with a minimum of 1;
4. With Notice; or
5. With T Notice, where T is a time period.
(b) A rule that purports to allow a person (the performer) to perform
an action by a set of one or more dependent actions defined above in
section (a) thereby allows em to perform the action by announcement if
all of the following are true:
1. A person (the initiator) published an announcement of intent to
perform the action within the 14 days preceding the action;
2. The initiator published an announcement of intent to perform
the action between 4 and 14 days preceding the action, if
the action is to be performed Without N Objections, With N
Agoran Consent, or With Notice;
3. The initiator published an announcement of intent to perform
the action between T and 14 days preceding the action,
if the action is to be performed With T Notice;
4. Any announcement of intent relied upon to meet any
applicable requirements of paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(2), or
(b)(3) unambiguously, clearly, conspicuously, and without
obfuscation specified the action intended to be taken
and method(s) to be used (including the value of
N and/or T for each method);
5. At least one of the following is true:
A. The performer is the initiator;
B. The initiator was authorized to perform the action
due to holding a rule-defined position now held by the
performer; or
C. The initiator is authorized to perform the action,
the action depends on support, the performer has
supported the intent, and the rule authorizing the
performance does not explicitly prohibit supporters from
performing it,
6. Agora is Satisfied with the announced intent, as defined
by other rules; and
7. The conditions are met, if any conditions were stated in
the announcement of intent relied upon to meet any
applicable requirements of paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(2), or
(b)(3).
(c) The actor SHOULD publish a list of supporters if the action
depends on support, and a list of objectors if it depends on
objections.
}
