On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 13:51 -0500, comex wrote:
> Proposal: Cruft (AI=2)
> {
> Amend Rule 1023 by removing item (b) and all text under it, and by
> renaming item (c) to item (b).
> }
> [Remove the "paragraph" definitions. While in theory they allow one
> to refer to the 'fifth paragraph' of a rule with bullets in it, in
> practice this capability is never used; besides, that could break if
> the rule is amended in the meantime, so identifying the paragraph by
> means of text in it is preferred. Other than that, they're just
> confusingly worded definitions of things that ought to be left
> implicit.]
Proposals refer to nth paragraphs quite a lot, IIRC. On the other hand,
I know I don't look at the paragraph definitions when trying to use
that. Probably they harm more than help.
--
ais523
