On 6/30/20 8:45 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 2:09 PM Aris Merchant via agora-discussion > <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: >> >> I'm working on a proposal to deal with hidden actions (such a G.'s burried >> vote). It'll also handle cases where the identity of the player sending a >> message is unclear. I'm done drafting the core, but I need to handle some >> technical and confirming amendments; I should have a proto out in the next >> day or two. Just letting everyone know so we avoid duplication of effort. > > > A proto follows. Comments are, as always, welcome. > > -Aris > --- > Title: Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: Aris > Co-authors: nch, G., Jason > > > Amend Rule 2202, "Ratification Without Objection", by deleting: > > A public document is part (possibly all) of a public message. > > Amend Rule 478, "Fora", by changing the portion of the Rule from > "A public message is a message" to the end to read as follows: > > A public message is a message sent via a public forum, or sent to > all players and containing a clear designation of intent to be > public. A document is part (possibly all) of a message. To "publish" or > "announce" something is to send a public message whose body contains that > thing. To do something "publicly" is to do that thing within a public > message. > > Where the rules define an action that a person CAN perform "by > announcement", that person performs that action by specifying the > action and announcing that e performs it, all unambiguously, clearly, > and without concealment. > > A notice is a document specifying conspicuously and without obfuscation > all information which the rules require that type of notice to contain > to be valid. A notice must be public, unless otherwise specified by the > enabling rule. If someone accomplishes an action by sending > a notice, e accomplishes that action "by notice".
I think "by notice" may be too close to "with notice". > > Any action performed by sending a message is performed at the time > date-stamped on that message. Actions in messages (including their contained > documents) are performed in the order they appear in the message, unless > otherwise specified. If an action in a message is being taken by someone > who has been a player within the last month, it must be clear, either > from the message itself or from context, which person is performing the > action; if it is not, the action is canceled. This sees a bit problematic. For any new arbitrary person, we don't certainly know that they weren't previously a person, so this creates some uneeded ambiguity. > > > Retitle Rule 2518 from "Determinacy" to "Safeguards". > > Amend Rule 2518, "Safeguards", by changing it to read in full: > > 1. If something can be understood with reasonable effort, it is clear, > otherwise it is unclear. > 2. If something has multiple reasonable interpretations, it is ambiguous, > otherwise it is unambiguous. I think this may be too broad because sometimes there are multiple reasonable interpretation which may all agree or there may be clear reasons to select one among the rest. > 3. If something has been hidden in such a way that a reasonable player > would have difficultly locating it, it is concealed, otherwise it is > unconcealed. > 4. If something stands out so as to be visible with little effort, it is > conspicuous, otherwise it is inconspicuous. > 5. If something has been rendered hard to understand at a glance, > it is obfuscated, otherwise it is unobfuscated. > 6. If a value CANNOT be reasonably determined (without circularity or > paradox) from information reasonably available, or if it > alternates indefinitely between values, then the value is > considered to be indeterminate, otherwise it is determinate. > > > Amend Rule 208, "Resolving Agoran Decisions", by replacing: > > The vote collector for an unresolved Agoran decision CAN resolve > it by announcement, indicating the outcome. If it was required to > be initiated, then e SHALL resolve it in a timely fashion after > the end of the voting period. To be valid, this announcement must > satisfy the following conditions: > > 1. It is published after the voting period has ended. > > 2. It clearly identifies the matter to be resolved. > > 3. It specifies the number of voters (or a list of the voters). > For these purposes and for determining quorum, a "voter" is > someone who submitted a ballot on the decision that was valid > when it was submitted and also valid (i.e. not withdrawn or > otherwise invalidated) at the end of the voting period. > > 4. It specifies the outcome, as described elsewhere, and, if there > was more than one valid option, provides a tally of the voters' > valid ballots. > > > with: > > The vote collector for an unresolved Agoran decision CAN resolve > it by notice. If it was required to be initiated, then e SHALL resolve > it in a timely fashion after the end of the voting period. To be valid, > this notice must satisfy the following conditions: > > 1. It is published after the voting period has ended. > > 2. It clearly identifies the matter to be resolved. > > 3. It specifies the number of voters (or a list of the voters). > For these purposes and for determining quorum, a "voter" is > someone who submitted a ballot on the decision that was valid > when it was submitted and also valid (i.e. not withdrawn or > otherwise invalidated) at the end of the voting period. > > 4. If there was more than one valid option, it provides a tally of the > voters' valid ballots. > > 5. It specifies the outcome, as described elsewhere, and indicates that > it resolves the decision as having that outcome. > > Amend Rule 2510, "Such is Karma", by replacing: > A player CAN publish a Notice of Honour. For a Notice of Honour > to be valid, it must: > with: > A Notice of Honour is a type of notice, which any player CAN publish. To > be valid, it must: > Otherwise, I think that this is a good step forward. -- ---- Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, Herald, Referee, Tailor, Pirate Champion, Badge of the Great Agoran Revival, Badge of the Salted Earth
