I have a question. If my distribution failed, did my first pend succeed, or do I need to re-pend?
-Aris On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 1:12 AM, Aris Merchant <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > [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 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 7823+ Alexis 3.0 Vigilante Justice > > > Legend: <ID>* : Proposal is pending > <ID>+ : By publishing this report, I pend the marked proposal > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > 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.] > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
