Re: DIS: [Revised Proto] Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant

[Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion]

> On Aug 30, 2020, at 03:28, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion 
> <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> 
> Here's a revised version of Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant. I first
> protoed this back at the end of June. I've made a few changes here and
> there, such as rolling the notion of unconcealment into the idea of
> clarity, in line with more recent precedent.
> 
> -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, clearly, and without
>  obfuscation all information which the rules require that type of notice to
>  contain to be valid. A notice must be public, unless a recipient is
>  specified by the enabling rule. If someone accomplishes an action by
>  sending a notice, e accomplishes that action "by notification".
> 
I’m not sure how I feel about this new method because it reads clumsily in 
practice below.

>  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 and does not occur.
> 
> 
> Retitle Rule 2518 from "Determinacy" to "Don't Even Think About It".
> 
> Amend Rule 2518, "Don't Even Think About It", by changing it to read in full:
> 
> The following terms are defined:
> 
>  1.  If something is reasonably obvious (especially, as applicable, by
>      being reasonably visible and easy to understand), it is clear, otherwise
>      it is unclear.
>  2.  If something has multiple reasonable interpretations that are
>      substantively different and non-trivial to select between,
>      it is ambiguous, otherwise it is unambiguous.
>  3.  If a text stands out so as to be visible with little effort, it is
>      conspicuous, otherwise it is inconspicuous.
>  4.  If a text has been rendered hard to understand at a glance,
>      it is obfuscated, otherwise it is unobfuscated.
>  5.  If a value CANNOT be reasonably determined (without circularity or
Should this be lowercased?
>      paradox) from information reasonably available, or if it
>      alternates indefinitely between values, then the value is
>      considered to be indeterminate, otherwise it is determinate.
> 
For this rule (above), I’m concerned by the defaulting towards clear, 
determinate, etc. I think it would be better to flip each of these definitions 
to avoid a situation where we can’t document that something is indeterminate 
under this rule, but it still is.
> 
> 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 EFFECTIVE, such an attempt
>  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 notification. 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,
>  the notice of resolution 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, one must: