[As pointed out on a-d, my original distribution contained incorrect
text, rendering it invalid. I'm afraid everyone's going to have to
re-cast their votes. Sorry about the mix-up.]
I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating the Agoran
Decision of whether to adopt it, and removing it from the proposal
pool. For this decision, the vote collector is the Assessor, and the
valid options are FOR and AGAINST (PRESENT is also a valid vote).
ID Author(s) AI Title
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7823+ Alexis 3.0 Vigilante Justice
Legend: <ID>* : Proposal is pending
<ID>+ : By publishing this report, I pend the marked proposal
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ID: 7823
Title: Vigilante Justice
Adoption index: 3.0
Author: Alexis
Co-author(s):
[This is a proposal to factor out Cards into a number of pieces and
implement a slightly more fleshed-out justice system.]
Mutate rule 2426 (Cards)'s power to 2, then amend it to read as follows:
A Card is a recognition of a specific violation of the rules or
other manner of infraction that is awarded to the violator in order to
draw attention to eir disregard for the rule of law and, depending
on the type of Card, to impose a penalty.
Cards CANNOT be issued except by players by announcement. Any
attempt to issue a Card, or any intent for a dependent action to issue
a Card, is INEFFECTIVE if it does not include the following
information:
- The type of Card being issued,
- The person to whom the Card is being issued (the bad sport), and
- The specific action, inaction of the bad sport giving rise to
the Card (the reason).
Issuing Cards is secured with power threshold 1.7.
The types of Card are defined by the rules. A type of Card may have
a defined set of circumstances for which it is appropriate, as well as
a penalty which takes effect when a Card of that type is issued.
Unless otherwise specified by the rule defining a type of Card, that
Card type's penalty and circumstances for which it is appropriate are
secured at the power threshold of that rule.
A person SHALL NOT issue a Card unless:
- the reason is appropriate for the type of Card being issued;
- there has not already been a Card issued for that reason; and
- the reason occurred within the 14 days preceding the issuance of
the Card or, when the Card arises out of any manner of official
proceeding, the initiation of that proceeding.
[The main takeaways here are:
- Issuing a card must be explicit.
- It's now illegal to issue an incorrect Card or timed-out Card, or
multiple Cards for the same offense.
The requirement that Cards be issued by announcement and by players is
mostly a safety valve, but also to ensure that a Card always has a
reason attached. Note also that dependent actions are still performed
in the end by announcement, so this prohibition does not prevent
dependently issuing a card. ]
Amend Rule 2451 (Executive Orders) by replacing:
- Dive (Referee): The Prime Minister issues a specified Card to a
specified player. In doing so, the Prime Minister SHOULD cite a
specific grievance against that player, not necessarily a violation of
a rule.
with:
- Dive (Referee): The Prime Minister issues a specified Card to a
specified player. The reason for the card MAY be any grievance held by
the Prime Minister, not necessarily a violation of the rules, against
the person to whom the Card is issued.
[Clarify the interaction of this rule with Cards.]
Create a new rule with power 0.5 entitled "Green Cards" and reading as follows:
A Green Card is a type of Card that is appropriate for minor,
accidental, and/or inconsequential infraction. A Green Card is also
appropriate for any infraction for which no other type of Card is
appropriate. When a person is issued a Green Card, they are ENCOURAGED
to travel to the United States.
[Breaking each type of card into its own rule, mainly to allow for cards
to be defined at different powers without the gymnatics that Red Card
currently has.]
Mutate Rule 2427 (Red Cards) to power 2, retitle it to "Yellow Cards",
and then amend it to read as follows:
A Yellow Card is a type of Card that is appropriate either for
infractions that have a significant, though small, impact on gameplay
or for infractions for which a Green Card has already been issued.
When a Yellow Card is issued, the bad sport SHOULD publish a formal
apology of at least 200 words explaining eir error, shame, remorse,
and ardent desire for self-improvement. A player issuing a Yellow Card
MAY, when doing so, additionally specify up to 10 words to be included
in the apology. Until e publishes such an apology, as a penalty, the
bad sport's voting strength on all Agoran decisions initiated within
30 days of the Card's issuance is set to 0 after modifiers.
[A couple changes here. First, renaming red cards to yellow cards to
make room for a more severe red card. Second, the penalty is now
imposed by voting strength, to avoid having to go to power 3. Third,
to make it easier to recordkeep and to make it actually work on voting
strength, it applies to decisions started within 30 days, rather than
votes made within 30 days.]
Amend Rule 2462 (Bankruptcy) by replacing "Red Card" with "Yellow Card".
Amend Rule 2422 (Voting Strength) by replacing "1 and 5" with "0 and
5" and by appending, as a new paragraph:
When multiple rules set or modify an entity's voting strength on an
Agoran decision, it shall be determined by first applying the rule(s)
which set it to a specific value, using the ordinary precedence of
rules, and then applying the rules, other than this one, which modify
it, in numerical order by ID. Finally, if theresult of the calculation
is not an integer, it is rounded up, and then if it is outside the
allowable range of values for voting strength, it is set to the the
minimum value if it was less and the maximum value if it was more.
[Need to explicitly allow for 0 voting strength. While I'm here, add
an order of operations
Amend Rule 2423 (First Among Equalsh) by replacing the second paragraph with:
The holder of the office of Prime Minister's voting strength is
increased by 1 on all Agoran decisions to adopt proposals
or, if the proposal submitted by aranea on Oct 20 entitled "Prime
Minister Voting Strength" has been adopted, with:
The holder of the office of Prime Minister's voting strength
is increased by 1 on all Agoran decisions other than a elections of
the Prime Minister.
[Clean up the only current modifier to voting strength.]
Create a new rule with power 2 entitled "Red Cards" and reading as follows:
A Red Card is a type of Card that is appropriate for serious and
deliberate violations of the rules. A Red Card is also appropriate for
a person who appears to be part of an attempt in bad faith to swarm
Agora and outpower the regular players in voting strength.
When a Red Card is issued, as a penalty, within the next 7 days, any
player CAN once, with 2 Support, Throw the Book at the bad sport. When
the Book is Thrown at the bad sport, eir voting strength on all Agoran
decisions initiated during the first Agoran week which begins at least
four days after the issuance of the Card is reduced by 2.
[Provide a new serious penalty Card with a real consequence. The 2
Support valve is intended to prevent abuse, and worded generally to
avoid loopholes.
The timing of the penalty applying for an entire Agoran week is to
line it up more closely with the proposal cycle. The two day gap is a
scam valve to prevent someone from shutting down the proposal system
instantly; if they do this, then there is time for the rest of Agora
to fight back and issue Red Cards to the perpetrators. The result
would be a rather boring week, but better than leaving the loophole
alive.
Finally, note that unlike other cards, this is appropriate only for
rules violations or flood attempts, so the Prime Minister cannot
legally issue one for a personal grievance.
]
Create a new rule with power 1 entitled "Pink Slips" and reading as
follows:
A Pink Slip is a type of Card that is appropriate for abuses of
official power for personal gain. A Pink Slip CANNOT be issued unless
the reason indicates the specific office or offices whose power was
abused.
When a Pink Slip is issued, as a penalty, within the next 7 days, any
player CAN, with 2 Support, become the holder of one or more of those
offices still held by the bad sport.
[Black Card always felt sort of random, so this name is far more
appropriate I think.]
Create a new rule with power 1 entitled "The Referee" and reading as follows:
The Referee is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping
track of and adjudicating wrongdoing. The Referee's weekly report
includes a list of all Cards issued within the past 90 days and the
reasons therefor, as well as a list of all penalties due to Cards that
are still in effect.
The above notwithstanding, the Referee's report is not required to
include information about any Green Card issued before this rule was
enacted. Once 90 days have passed from this rule's enactment, any
player CAN, by announcement, cause this rule to amend itself by
deleting this paragraph.
[The report really should exist as long as outstanding effects can happen.]
Create a new rule with power 1.7 entitled "Vigilante Justice" and
reading as follows:
A player CAN by announcement, but subject to the provisions of this
rule, Point eir Finger at a player, citing an alleged violation of
the rules by that player.
When a player Points a Finger, the investigator SHALL investigate the
allegation and, in a timely fashion, SHALL conclude the investigation
by:
- issuing a Card to the pointed-at player by announcement whose
reason is rooted in the allegation;
- if e believes that no rules violation occurred or that it
would be ILLEGAL to issue a Card for it, announcing the Finger
Pointing to be Shenanigans.
The Referee is by default the investigator for all Finger Pointing.
When a Finger, other than the Arbitor's, is Pointed over an allegation
related to the official duties or powers of the Referee, then the
Arbitor CAN, by announcement, take over the investigation and thereby
become the investigator.
A player CANNOT point a finger more than twice per Agoran week, or
more than once per Agoran week at the same player.
[This creates a system by which players can submit allegations to the
Referee. The Referee is not barred from using the system so as to
provide scam-safety, but see below.]
Create a new rule with power 1.7 entitled "Official Justice" and
reading as follows:
The Referee CAN, subject to the provisions of this rule, impose
Summary Judgment on a player by issuing a card to em by announcement.
The Referee CANNOT Point eir Finger or impose Summary Judgment
more than five total times per week, or more than twice per week at or
on the same player.
As part of the Referee's weekly duties, e SHALL either impose
Summary Judgment on a player or truthfully announce that e believes
that there are no rules violations in the preceding Agoran week for
which a Card has not already been issued.
[This preserves the original system, with a higher limit for the
Referee to give em a little more power.]
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