status: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/#3744
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=============================== CFJ 3744 ===============================
There exists a proposal with the title 'It's caused enough trouble
already' and with a valid adoption index.
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Caller: Jason Cobb
Judge: D. Margaux
Judgement: TRUE
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History:
Called by Jason Cobb: 23 Jun 2019 22:07:24
Assigned to D. Margaux: 30 Jun 2019 20:01:57
Judged TRUE by D. Margaux: 01 Jul 2019 00:47:15
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Gratuitous Arguments by G.:
When you submit a proposal, it is "optional" to include an adoption index
(R2350). The default value in R1950 is "none" so that likely means the
result (if you submit without specifying at all) is a proposal with "AI =
none".
If you submit with an invalid (but optional) AI, I'm not at all sure
whether it invalidates the proposal creation or sets it at default.
For example, in the case of Rule Changes, if you say "Amend Rule XXXX
([Title])", including the [Title] is optional, but if you specify the
title incorrectly, precedent holds that it invalidates the whole rule
change as overly ambiguous, though that relies on the "Any ambiguity..."
clause in R105 specific to Rule Changes.
Falsifian specified an (invalid) AI of 0.5 when submitting the proposal
in question. So for more general by-announcement actions, does
specifying an invalid but optional parameter invalidate the whole process?
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Gratuitous Evidence by G.:
On 6/23/2019 9:08 AM, James Cook wrote to agora-business:
I create a proposal with the following attributes and text:
Title: It's caused enough trouble already
Adoption index: 0.5
Co-authors: none (empty list)
Text: Repeal Rule 2596 (The Ritual).
Rule 2350/11 (Power=3)
Proposals
A proposal is a type of entity consisting of a body of text and
other attributes. A player CAN create a proposal by announcement,
specifying its text and optionally specifying any of the following
attributes:
* An associated title.
* A list of co-authors (which must be persons other than the
author).
* An adoption index.
Creating a proposal adds it to the Proposal Pool. Once a proposal
is created, neither its text nor any of the aforementioned
attributes can be changed. [...]
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Judge D. Margaux's Arguments:
The question in both is, when a player attempts to create a proposal
with an invalid adoption index, does the attempt fail or does the AI
retain its default value?
I think it retains its default value.
A player can create a proposal "by announcement," if e specifies certain
mandatory attributes. The failure to state a valid adoption index does
not make the attempted proposal creation INEFFECTIVE, because that
attribute is an optional specification.
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