Pool report for Promotor Published: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:04 by Tiger == Promotor's Proposal Pool Report == Date of this report: Tue 27 Oct 2009 Date of last report: Sun 27 Sep 2009 Pool last ratified: 21 Oct, ratified on 26 Oct Number of Proposals: 45 Distributable proposals: More Voting Fun All others are undistributable. Proposals currently in the Pool: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: A Terrible Proposal Author: ais523 AI: 1.0 II: 3 Chamber: Green Create a rule with the following text: {{{ Any set of persons who between them have at least 10 instances of the patent title Champion can create arbitrary instruments (which need not be rules or proposals) by unanimous consent, followed by announcement of the fact to a public forum. Such instruments are authorised to change the rules. }}} ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: R101 Safety Net Author: c. AI: 3.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Enact a new Power=3 Rule reading: comex CAN cause this rule to amend itself by announcement, as long as e published the amendment for public review at least 24 hours ago. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: O RLY? Author: Darth Cliché chamber: ordinary AI: 1.0 II: 3 Chamber: Green ais523 wins. Rodlen wins. Every player who voted FOR on this Proposal wins. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: null Author: c. AI: 3.0 II: 0 Chamber: Green Create a Power-3 rule with text: {{{ c. CAN cause this rule to amend itself with support. }}} ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: No to No Author: ais523 AI: 1.7 II: 1 Chamber: Green For each Rest in ais523's possession, destroy that Rest and create 1 Rest in ehird's possession. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Registration is not dependent Author: Murphy AI: 2.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Amend Rule 869 (How to Join and Leave Agora) by replacing this text: A first-class person CAN (unless explicitly forbidden or prevented by the rules) register by publishing a message that indicates reasonably clearly and reasonably unambiguously that e intends to become a player. with this text: A first-class person CAN (unless explicitly forbidden or prevented by the rules) register by publishing a message that indicates reasonably clearly and reasonably unambiguously that e intends to become a player at that time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Judicial fix Author: Murphy AI: 2.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Amend Rule 1868 (Judge Assignment Generally) by replacing this text: The entities qualified to be assigned as judge of a judicial case are the active players, with this text: The entities qualified to be assigned as judge of a judicial case are the active players who have not previously been recused from it, [Currently, recused judges are not actually disqualified from being reassigned to the same case, which may have caused a few inadvertently illegal rotations of the bench.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Rest Reform Author: Walker AI: 2.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green [ Allows the judge to specify any number of Rest less than 15 when judging SILENCE, and when the judgement remains in effect for a continuous week, any player can create the rests in the possession of the ninny. I've kept Class-N Crimes in though, as there may still be cases in which the defendant admits guilt and creates the Rests straight-away. ] Amend Rule 1504 (Criminal Cases) by replacing * SILENCE, a number of Rests, equal to the defined Class of the Crime or (if the breach is not a defined crime) the power of the breached Rule, rounded to the nearest integer with ties broken by rounding up, are created in the possession of the Ninny. The judge CAN, with 2 Support, set the fine at a different integral level between one half and double that amount, and SHOULD attempt to do so if necessary to ensure that the correlation between the fine and the severity of the breach is appropriate, or to account for the faith (good or bad) shown by the Ninny in contesting the notice or in aiding or obstructing the course of justice. with: * SILENCE with a positive number less than 15 (X). If a judgement of SILENCE has been in effect continuously for one week (or longer), any player CAN create a number of Rests equal to X in the possession of the ninny, by announcement. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: No Rest Multiplication Author: Wooble AI: 2.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green {{ In Rule 2262, replace: * Stool Pigeon - Indicate a player who has not been indicated for this card within the last 72 hours. A Rest is created in that player's possession. with: * Stool Pigeon - Indicate a first-class player who has not been indicated for this card within the last 72 hours. A Rest is created in that player's possession. }} ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Fix Ambassador Duties Author: Walker AI: 1.0 II: 0 Chamber: Green In Rule 2185, replace Recognition is a foreign nomic switch, tracked by the Ambassador, with values Unknown (default), Protected, Friendly, Neutral, Sanctioned, Hostile, and Abandoned. with: Recognition is a foreign nomic switch, tracked by the Ambassador (in eir monthly report), with values Unknown (default), Protected, Friendly, Neutral, Sanctioned, Hostile, and Abandoned. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Self- Ratifying Census Author: Walker AI: 2.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green In Rule 2139 (The Registrar) replace a) Information sufficient to identify and contact each player. with: a) A list of all players, including information sufficient to identify and contact each player. Append the following to Rule 2139 (The Registrar): The portion of a public message purporting to be a Registrar's report that lists each player implies that no players other than those listed exist and is self-ratifying. Mutate Rule 2139 to Power 2. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Breaking the Presto picking Loop Author: ais523 AI: 2.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green {{{{ In rule 2262, replace {{{ * Discard Picking - Indicate a type of Exploit card where at least one card of that type was destroyed in the past 72 hours; a card of that type is created in your possession. }}} with {{{ * Discard Picking - Indicate a type of Exploit card, other than Presto!, where at least one card of that type was destroyed in the past 72 hours; a card of that type is created in your possession. }}} [Because otherwise, you can use a Presto! to destroy everyone else's Discard Pickings.] }}}} ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Lighten the Sentence Author: BobTHJ AI: 1.7 II: 0 Chamber: Green { Upon the adoption of this proposal one half (rounded down) of ais523's rests are destroyed. } ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Remove Stupid Report Author: Walker AI: 1.1 II: 1 Chamber: Green {{ In Rule 2216 (The Repeal-o-Matic), remove The Anarchist's monthly report includes a list of the titles and texts of the proposals e submitted as part of eir weekly duties in the preceding month. }} ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy Proposal: Protect intent AI: 1.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Amend Rule 2215 (Truthiness) by appending this text: The above notwithstanding, a person stating that e intends to perform an action in the future does not thereby violate this rule, as such a statement is often a requirement to keep eir options open. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Ratification of disclaimered documents Author: Murphy AI: 3 II: 1 Chamber: Green Amend Rule 1551 (Ratification) by replacing "the gamestate is modified" with "the gamestate is minimally modified". [If e.g. a report saying "X has either Y or Z widgets" is ratified, then if X had Y widgets, then e still does; if X had Z widgets, then e still does; if X had neither Y nor Z widgets, then that needs to be sorted out by other means, but that's no worse than the present situation. Also pre-empts any retarded-monkey claims that ratification performs and/or ambiguates unrelated portions of gamestate.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Without Objection Pool Removal Author: Walker AI: 3.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Append the following to Rule 1607 (The Promotor): The Promotor CAN, without objection, remove a specified proposal from the proposal pool. Mutate Rule 1607 (The Promotor) to Power 3. [Pool removal is secured by R106.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Power Play Author: Walker AI: 3.1 II: 1 Chamber: Green Set the Power of the following Rules to the following values: ID Number Title Power 101 The Rights of Agorans 3.1 2240 No Cretans Need Apply 3.05 217 Interpreting the Rules 3.05 1698 Agora is a Nomic 3.05 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Dependent Actions During Lull Author: Walker AI: 3.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green In Rule 1728 (Dependent Actions) replace A rule or contract which purports to allow a person (the performer) to perform an action by a set of one or more of the following methods (N is 1 unless otherwise specified): 1) Without N Objections, where N is a positive integer no greater than 8. 2) With N Supporters, where N is a positive integer. 3) With N Agoran Consent, where N is an integer multiple of 0.1 with a minimum of 1. 4) With Notice. with: A rule or contract which purports to allow a person (the performer) to perform an action by a set of one or more of the following methods: 1) Without N Objections, where N is a positive integer no greater than 8. 2) With N Supporters, where N is a positive integer. 3) With N Agoran Consent, where N is an integer multiple of 0.1 with a minimum of 1. 4) With Notice. (In the above, N is 1 unless otherwise specified. While the number of active players is less than 5, N is always 1, Rules to the contrary notwithstanding.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Clarify emergency distribution Author: Murphy AI: 3.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Amend Rule 106 (Adopting Proposals) by replacing this text: If the Rules do not otherwise permit at least one current active player to distribute a Proposal, then any player may do so Without 3 Objections. with this text: If it is not otherwise POSSIBLE for at least one current active player to distribute a given proposal, then any player CAN do so without 3 objections. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Invade! Author: Walker AI: 2 II: 1 Chamber: Green WHEREAS B Nomic is a noble and esteemed nomic which is deservedly the only nomic which Agora recognizes as 'Friendly', and WHEREAS Agora deems itself as the superpower of nomics, with an inherent responsibility to lead the nomic world, and WHEREAS Agora desires to encourage growth and promotion of the nomic community, and WHEREAS B Nomic is, as per usual, in a lull, and WHEREAS B Nomic historically has been revitalized not by the addition of gameplay to its Rules, nor the creation of dictatorships, but by Agora getting involved: The Recognition of B Nomic is hereby flipped to Hostile, and a Power 2 Rule with the following text is hereby enacted: For the purposes of this Rule, a Potential Invasion Participant (PIP) is a player who was active at the time this Rule was enacted. As soon as possible after the enactment of this Rule, each PIP SHALL ensure e is an active player of B Nomic, and the Admiral of the Navy SHALL submit a proposal to B Nomic which, if enacted, would make B Nomic eligible to be a protectorate of Agora. When this proposal is distributed, each PIP SHALL vote FOR it a number of times equal to eir voting limit on the decision, and SHALL NOT retract these votes. As soon as possible after this proposal is ADOPTED, the Ambassador CAN and SHALL make B Nomic a protectorate by announcement. If B Nomic is a protectorate of Agora, any player CAN cause this Rule to repeal itself by announcement. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: This gets on my nerves Author: ais523 AI: 3.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green {{{{ [Attaches SHOULD requirements to actual people, not to inanimate objects, so that the MMI definition works.] In rule 2247 ("The Janitor"), replace {{{ These proposals SHOULD NOT modify any substantive aspect of the meaning of the rules. }}} with {{{ The Janitor SHOULD ensure the proposals e submits do not modify any substantive aspect of the meaning of the rules. }}} In rule 2170 ("Who Am I?"), replace {{{ the judge SHALL as soon as possible publish a judicial declaration that the Sock Puppet was a person during one or more time periods, which SHOULD correspond to general belief prior to that finding. }}} with {{{ the judge SHALL as soon as possible publish a judicial declaration that the Sock Puppet was a person during one or more time periods, and SHOULD ensure that it corresponds to general belief prior to that finding. }}} In rule 754 ("Definition Definitions"), replace {{{ The following clauses, where X and Y are both nouns or noun phrases, SHOULD be interpreted as "X is/are defined as Y": }}} with {{{ The following clauses, where X and Y are both nouns or noun phrases, mean "X is/are defined as Y" unless they obviously have a different meaning: }}} [This is a substantive change; the previous version of the rule didn't actually change the meanings of rules, just caused people to act if they were different; that's pretty much deliberately forcing the platonic and pragmatic gamestates to diverge!] In rule 754 ("Definition Definitions"), replace {{{ In determining the ordinary-language meaning of a term, definitions contained in lower-powered Rules, followed by definitions used in contracts or other Agoran legal documents, SHOULD be used for guidance. }}} with {{{ In determining the ordinary-language meaning of a term, definitions contained in lower-powered Rules, followed by definitions used in contracts or other Agoran legal documents, are relevant and may provide guidance in helping to determine the meaning of a rule, but are not binding (especially if they differ greatly from the definitions that would be used otherwise). }}} [Likewise.] In rule 2152 ("Mother, May I?"), replace {{{ The following terms are defined. These definitions are used when a rule includes a term in all caps, and SHOULD be used when a rule includes a term otherwise. Earlier definitions take precedence over later ones. If a rule specifies one or more persons in connection with a term, then the term applies only to the specified person(s). }}} with {{{ The following terms are defined. These definitions are used when a rule includes a term in all caps, and provide guidance in determining the ordinary-language meaning of a term when a rule includes a term otherwise. Earlier definitions take precedence over later ones. If a rule specifies one or more persons in connection with a term, then the term applies only to the specified person(s). }}} [For the same reason as the R754 fixes, and also to avoid some weird recursion.] In rule 2152 ("Mother, May I?"), replace {{{ 7. SHOULD, ENCOURAGED, RECOMMENDED: Before failing to perform the described action, the full implications of failing to perform it should be understood and carefully weighed. }}} with {{{ 7. SHOULD, ENCOURAGED, RECOMMENDED: Before failing to perform the described action, the full implications of failing to perform it should (in the ordinary-language sense) be understood and carefully weighed. }}} [Let's settle this old argument legislatively. Besides, SHOULD in the passive makes little sense with the MMI definition; the ordinary-language definition is the one that is clearly intended here.] In rule 2153 ("Interest Index"), replace {{{ An entity's interest index is an integer from 0 to 3, default value 1. An entity's interest index SHOULD be proportional to its complexity. }}} with {{{ An entity's interest index is an integer from 0 to 3, default value 1. When altering an entity's interest index, a person SHOULD try to pick a new value which reflects the complexity of that entity. }}} In rule 106, replace {{{ A proposal SHOULD outline changes to be made to Agora, including enacting, repealing, or amending rules, or making other explicit changes to the gamestate. }}} with {{{ When creating proposals, the person who creates them SHOULD ensure that the proposal outlines changes to be made to Agora, such as enacting, repealing, or amending rules, or making other explicit changes to the gamestate. When a proposal that includes such explicit changes takes effect, those changes are applied to the gamestate. }}} [Hopefully not a substantive change. The definition of "takes effect" is added because it was a little unclear what it meant before, this clarification of the SHOULD unfortunately makes it even more unclear, and it's very very important that it has the meaning we want so as to make gamestate changes possible.] In rule 2224 ("Interest Index of Proposals"), replace {{{ A proposal SHOULD be disinterested if and only if its effects are limited to correcting errors and/or ambiguities. }}} with {{{ The submitter of a proposal SHOULD set its interest index to 0 if and only if the proposal's effects are limited to correcting errors and/or ambiguities. }}} In rule 591 ("Inquiry Cases"), replace {{{ The judgement of the question in an inquiry case, and the reasoning by which it was reached, SHOULD guide future play (including future judgements), but do not directly affect the veracity of the statement. }}} with {{{ Players SHOULD take the judgement of the question in an inquiry case, and the reasoning by which it was reached, into account when attempting to determine what is possible and/or legal in future play (including when making future judgements); but the judgement does not directly affect the veracity of the statement. }}} In rule 2169 ("Equity Cases"), replace {{{ the Appeals Court SHOULD assume }}} with {{{ the members of the relevant judicial panel SHOULD assume }}} In rule 2205 ("Judicial Arguments and Evidence"), replace {{{ Matters of legal interpretation SHOULD be classified as arguments; matters of fact SHOULD be classified as evidence. }}} with {{{ When submitting arguments and/or evidence, a player SHOULD classify matters of legal interpretation as arguments, and matters of fact as evidence. }}} In rule 911 ("Appeal Cases"), replace {{{ this judgement SHOULD be assigned if the }}} with {{{ the judge SHOULD assign this judgement if the }}} (in both places the sentence fragment in question occurs). In rule 911 ("Appeal Cases"), replace {{{ This Dissenting Opinion becomes a part of the record of the case, and SHOULD aid in interpreting the decision. }}} with {{{ This Dissenting Opinion becomes a part of the record of the case; it can be used as an aid to help interpret the decision. }}} In rule 2231 ("Order of the Hero of Agora Nomic"), replace {{{ Heroic titles SHOULD NOT be revoked. }}} with {{{ Players SHOULD NOT cause heroic titles to be revoked. }}} }}}} ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: More Separation of Powers Author: Walker AI: 2.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Append the following to Rule 1450 (Separation of Powers): Lest the entire economy fall under the control of a single entity, any change that would result in the holder of two or more of the dealer offices being entangled is canceled and does not occur, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. Each of the dealer offices hereby becomes vacant. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Anarchy Anarchy Author: Walker AI: 1.0 II:1 Chamber: Green Repeal Rule 2216 (The Repeal-o-matic). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Abduct the Aliens Author: Walker AI: 1.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green [ The word "Alien" appears only three times in Rule text. All three instances are in the Rule which defines the term. ] Repeal Rule 2174 (Aliens). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Invasion Alert Level Green Author: Walker AI: 2.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Repeal Rule 2177 (The Senate). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Holiday's Over Author: Walker AI: 3.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Repeal Rule 1769 (Holidays). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: End of the Accountor Author: Walker AI: 1.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green If proposal 6539 has not been adopted, this proposal has no effect. Repeal Rule 2181 (The Accountor). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Repeal Officer and Judge Proposals Author: Walker AI: 1.5 II: 1 Chamber: Green Repeal Rule 2250 (Officer's Proposals). Repeal Rule 2267 (Judge's Proposals). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Repeal Judicial Declarations Author: Walker AI: 1.7 II: 1 Chamber: Green [ The repeat is not a mistake, there are two instances to replace. Judicial declarations are used nowhere else in the Rules. ] Repeal Rule 2212 (Judicial Declarations). In Rule 2170 (Who Am I?) replace then the judge SHALL as soon as possible publish a judicial declaration with: then the judge CAN and SHALL as soon as possible publish a self- ratifying statement claiming In Rule 2170 (Who Am I?) replace the judge SHALL as soon as possible publish a judicial declaration with: then the judge CAN and SHALL as soon as possible publish a self- ratifying statement ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: InterNomic is Dead. Author: Walker AI: 1.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Repeal Rule 2251 (InterNomic Attitude). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Break the Glass Ceiling Author: coppro AI: 2.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Repeal Rule 2222. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Quorum Busted Author: coppro AI: 1.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Repeal Rule 2168. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Anjusty Author: coppro AI: 1.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Repeal Rule 2246. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Contests Should Reward Themselves Author: coppro AI: 1.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Repeal Rule 2234. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Patch sentencing bug Author: Murphy Co-author: woggle AI: 3.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Upon the adoption of this proposal, the gamestate becomes what it would have been if, each time a criminal case's question on culpability was rendered open again on appeal (except for CFJs 2107 and 2674), its question on sentencing was also rendered open again at the same time. [woggle pointed out in these cases that criminal appeals didn't work the way we thought they did. This proposal establishes a legal fiction that all the others actually did. I've already submitted a separate proposal to fix the relevant rule text.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Cruel and Unusual Punishment Author: coppro AI: 1.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green WHEREAS the Ruleset is so long that forcing someone to read it would be a cruel and unusual punishment. BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED THAT Rule 1750 be repealed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Repositioning Author: Murphy AI: 2.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Amend Rule 2254 (Position Cards) to read: If a card class has a position, then: a) If a player holds an instance of that card, then e holds that position, and has the powers and duties described by the rules for that position. b) Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, an instance of that class CANNOT be created if at least one already exists. If, despite this clause, more than one instance exists, then the Dealer for that class SHALL as soon as possible destroy a randomly selected instance of it. c) Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, an instance of that class CANNOT be destroyed except as described by this rule. d) If no instance of that class exists, or upon a judicial finding that the possessor of its instance(s) cannot be determined by reasonable effort, then the Dealer for that class SHALL as soon as possible destroy all instances of it and then create an instance in the possession of a randomly selected active player who bears the Patent Title Champion. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Fix Silence Author: BobTHJ AI: 2.0 II: 0 Chamber: Green In R1504 under the section "SILENCE" insert the word "once" after the following: {{ any player CAN }} Remove the last sentence of R1504 (destroying rests from appealed judgements, no longer necessary) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Stoma moats of atoms Author: Ehird AI: 2.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Create a new rule titled "Molting the Moats" (Power=2) with the text: {{ The End-Times are Near. Any player CAN elevate any rule by announcement that e has not elevated before. Seven days or later after the adoption of the proposal that created this rule, any player CAN Declare That the End-Times are Here by announcement. This causes the 20 rules elevated most often elevated to be repealed, not counting rules which have never been elevated. The End-Times then cease to be Here, and this rule repeals itself. }} ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Trophy Repeal Author: coppro AI: 3.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Repeal Rule 2105. Repeal Rule 2029. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Guaranteed to Fail Author: coppro AI: 3.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Repeal Rule 104. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Guaranteed to Pass Author: coppro AI: 3.0 II: 1 Chamber: Green Increase the Power of Rule 104 to 4. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Down with Distributability Author: copprob AI: 2.0 II: 1 Chamber: Red Amend Rule 1607 by doing the following: - Replacing the third paragraph with the follosing: In a given Agoran week, the Promotor CAN and SHALL, as part of eir weekly duties, distribute any proposal that was in the Proposal Pool at the beginning of that Agoran Week. The Promotor CAN but SHALL NOT distribute any other proposal in the Proposal Pool. - Deleting the second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and eighth paragraphs. [Note: without distributability, a Proposal Pool report is not helpful.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Law Conversion Course Author: ais523 AI: 1.7 II: 1 Chamber: Green Create 1 Rest in the possession of each of the following persons: Elde, Time Agent, Antimatter, Proglet, Macross, Vlad, Morendil, Beefurabi, elJefe, Ziggy, Evantine, pTang, Blaise, Syllepsis, neil, Blob, Magu, Peekee, Cainech, Wes, t, Pakaran. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: More Voting Fun (AI=2, II=0) Author: coppro AI: 2.0 II: 0 Chamber: Red In the fifth paragraph of Rule 2156, replace the second sentence with "The voting limit of a player on an ordinary decision is eir base voting limit on that decision (as defined elsewhere in the rules), plus one for each Extra Vote card e owns, minus one for each positive multiple of two Rests the player owns. This rule defers to other rules of equal power in the determination of voting limits." Create a new Power-2 Rule entitled "Base Voting Limits" with the same text as the last three paragraphs of Rule 2156, and delete those paragraphs from Rule 2156. -----------------------------------------------------------------------