Valid - I was unsure if subject line only information was considered valid
(and should've included that in my arguments/question and at least for
registration it does seem valid.
On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 12:56 PM Alex Smith <ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk>
wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-05-19 at 20:50 +0100, Alex Smith wrote:
> > On Fri, 2017-05-19 at 19:46 +0000, Quazie wrote:
> > > I CFJ on the statement Gaelan is a player.
> >
> > This is CFJ 3501. I assign it to myself.
>
> The relevant excerpt from rule 869:
> {{{
> A 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.
> }}}
>
> The original message had a subject line of "BUS: Registration", and
> nothing in the message body contradicts the initial impression (that
> most players would get upon seeing a message with that subject from a
> nonplayer) that the message was indeed an attempt to register. Gaelan
> has been a player before, and is likely aware of Agoran customs related
> to registration; I think it's reasonably clear that Gaelan expected to
> become a player as a result of the message, which in turn implies that
> e intended to become a player (otherwise e would not have sent it).
> The other possible interpretations would involve the message being a
> discussion of, or otherwise comment on, registration, but those don't
> seem to be compatible with its content.
>
> It's worth noting that registration intentionally has a lower standard
> for ambiguity/clarity than most other actions; an action such as
> registering with a suggestive subject line works when restricted to
> registration, but would likely fail for any of our wide range of by-
> announcement actions.
>
> I judge CFJ 3501 TRUE.
>
> --
> ais523
> Judge, CFJ 3501
>
