It is indeed part of Agoran culture, however I feel like these changes are necessary since we are inconsistent with our capitalization habits. It makes sense to standardize it.
On Feb 16, 2018 10:57, "Gaelan Steele" <g...@canishe.com> wrote: > I feel like the capitalization of certain terms is part of the Agoran > dialect, and that culture is something worth maintaining. I’m not objecting > yet in case everyone disagrees with me, but I feel that it merits further > discussion. > > Gaelan > > > On Feb 15, 2018, at 5:00 PM, Alexis Hunt <aler...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > For each of the case-sensitive changes indicated below, I intend, without > > objection, to clean the indicated rule as specified (unless otherwise > > indicated, the changes are to text only, and not title). Under penalty of > > violation of Rule 2471, I state that there are no scams contained within > > the below, nor intentional changes in interpretation or gameplay, and > they > > are all purely an attempt on my part to clean up the rules. > > > > Some general notes: Based on what seem to be conventions, switch names > are > > not capitalized, but values are. Other capitalization conventions I've > > tried to regularize, going by which is more frequent in the rules but > > leaning towards lowercase (historically, the Capitalization of Nouns was > at > > one Point common in English. Since Law remains from that Period, written > > with those Conventions, it seems to have snuck into Rule writing. Since > > that is based on History and not on current Grammar, I leaned towards the > > modern Approach). I picked "judgement" to standardize on. List > formatting, > > where the list occurs as part of a sentence, is being standardized with > no > > colon preceding the list, semicolons separating entries, and an "and" or > > "or" at the end of the second-to-last item. In general, the idea is that > > the list should read as a valid sentence if the list bullets are removed. > > In cases where the grammar is particularly difficult to reconcile (Rule > > 1728, I'm looking at you). > > > > #1, in Rule 101 (The Game of Agora): Change each occurrence of "Persons", > > "Rules", "Actions", or "Fora" to lowercase. > > > > #2, in Rule 1698 (Agora is a Nomic): Change the spelling of the word > > "inseperable" to "inseparable". > > > > #3, in Rule 869 (How to Join and Leave Agora), change the second > occurrence > > of "Citizenship" to lowercase. > > > > #4, in Rule 478 (Fora), change each occurrence of "Imperial", "Player", > or > > "Fora" to lowercase. > > > > #5, in Rule 2139 (The Registrar) > > a) in the first numbered list, change the "." at the end of entry 1 to > ";", > > and change the "." at the end of entry 2 to "; and"; > > b) in the unnumbered list, change the "." at the end of the first entry > to > > "; and"; > > c) in all lists, change the first letter of each entry to lowercase; and > > d) delete the colons occurring immediately before each list. > > > > #6, in Rule 1789 (Cantus Cygneus), change "Player" to lowercase. > > > > #7, in Rule 2532 (Zombies), delete the comma in "any player, and Agora" > and > > change the occurrence of "Zombie" to lowercase. > > > > #8, in Rule 1885 (Zombie Auctions), change "Shinies" to lowercase. > > > > #9, in Rule 2514 (Emotions), change each occurrence of "Emotion", except > > the first, to lowercase. > > > > #10, in Rule 1688 (Power), change each occurrence of "Power", > "Threshold", > > "Rules", or "Rule" to lowercase, except for the word "Power" at the start > > of the third paragraph. > > > > #11, in Rule 2140 (Power Controls Mutability), change the "." at the end > of > > the first list entry to ";", and change the "." at the end of the second > > list entry to "; or". > > > > #12, in Rule 1030 (Precedence between Rules), > > a) change each occurrence of "Power", "Rule", "Ruleset", or "Rules" to > > lowercase; and > > b) change the first letter of each list entry except for the first to > > lowercase. > > > > #13, in Rule 105 (Rule Changes), delete the hyphen in each occurrence of > > "re-enacting", "re-enacted", or "re-enactment". > > > > #14, in Rule 2493 (Regulations), change each occurrence of "Regulation" > or > > "Promulgator" to lowercase. > > > > #15, in Rule 2494 (The Regkeepor), change the first two occurrences of > > "Regulations" to lowercase. > > > > #16, in Rule 1681 (The Logical Rulesets), > > a) change the first letter of each list entry to lowercase; > > b) replace the "." at the end of the first two list entries with ";" > > c) replace the "." at the end of the third list entry with "; and" > > > > #17, in Rule 2125 (Regulated Actions), change each instance of "Rules", > > "Restricted", or "Action" to lowercase. > > > > #18, in Rule 1023 (Agoran Time), > > a) change the word "till" to "until"; and > > b) replace the ";" at the end of the list nested in the third entry of > the > > outer list with "; or" > > > > #19, in Rule 2124 (Agoran Satisfaction) > > a) change each occurrence of "Supporter" or "Objector" to lowercase > > b) change each occurrence of "satisfied" to uppwercase. > > c) in the second list entry, replace the "; and" at the end with ";" > > d) in the third list entry, replace the "." at the end with "; and" > > > > #20, in Rule 2445 (How to Pend a Proposal), change each occurrence of > > "Official" or "Rules", as well as each occurrence of "Proposal" except > the > > first, to lowercase. > > > > #21, in Rule 106 (Adopting Proposals), change "propsal" to "proposal". > > > > #22, in Rule 1650 (Silliness), change "Official Proposal", as well as the > > occurrence of "Proposal" that is not in the phrases "Silly Proposal" or > > "Official Proposal", to lowercase. > > > > #23, in Rule 2528 (Voting Methods), > > a) change "; and" at the end of the second list entry to ";" > > b) change "." at the end of the third list entry to "; and" > > > > #24, in Rule 879 (Quorum), replace each occurrence of "Decision" with > > "decision". > > > > #25, for Rule 2168 (Extending the voting period), retitle it to > "Extending > > the Voting Period". > > > > #26, in Rule 2034 (Vote Protection and Cutoff for Challenges), replace > the > > "," in each of the first two list entries with ";" > > > > #27, in Rule 1006 (Offices), change "Supporters" to lowercase. > > > > #28, in Rule 2138 (The Associate Director of Personnel) by adding a "." > at > > the end of the second list entry. > > > > #29, in Rule 2154 (Election Procedure), > > a) change the "." at the end of the first entry of the first list to "; > or"; > > b) change the first letter of the second entry of the first list to > > lowercase; > > c) change "Vote Collector" to lowercase. > > > > #30, in Rule 2513 (Campaign Proposals), change "Official Proposal" to > > lowercase. > > > > #31, in Rule 1551 (Ratification), change "Power Threshold" to lowercase. > > > > #32, in Rule 2202 (Ratification Without Objection), change > "Indeterminate" > > to lowercase. > > > > #33, in Rule 991 (Calls for Judgement), > > a) replace "inquired into:" with "inquired into"; > > b) replace "Judgment" with "Judgement"; and > > c) replace ", OR" at the end of the first list items with "; or". > > > > #34, in Rule 591 (Delivering Judgements), add a "." at the end of each of > > the first three list items. > > > > #35, in Rule 2426 (Cards), change each occurrence of "card" to "Card". > > > > #36, in Rule 2478 (Vigilante Justice), > > a) delete the ":" at the end of the second paragraph; and > > b) change "Imposing" to lowercase. > > > > #37, in Rule 2479 (Official Justice), > > a) change "card" to "Card"; > > b) replace "Judgment" with "Judgement"; and > > b) add "." at the end of each paragraph. > > > > #38, in Rule 2531 (Imperial Accountability), add a "." at the end of each > > paragraph. > > > > #39, in Rule 2476 (Pink Slips), insert "." immediately after "personal > > gain". > > > > #40, in Rule 2449 (Winning the Game), replace "win the game; specifically > > they win" with "win the game. Specifically, they win". > > > > #41, in Rule 2452 (Trust Tokens), change each occurrence of "Decision" to > > lowercase. > > > > #42, in Rule 2510 (Such is Karma), > > a) change "Integer" to lowercase; > > b) change the first letter of each entry in the first list to lowercase; > and > > c) change "an instance of the Karma switch" to lowercase. > > > > #43, in Rule 2511 (Karmic Balance), > > a) change each occurrence of "Karma" to lowercase; and > > b) replace "For selection players" with "For selection of players". > > > > #44, in Rule 2553 (Win by Paradox), > > a) delete the first comma; and > > b) change "judgment" to "judgement". > > > > #45, in Rule 2415 (Badges), > > a) change "Badge" to lowercase; and > > b) change "patent title" to titlecase. > > > > #46, in Rule 1367 (Degrees), change "patent titles" to titlecase. > > > > #47, in Rule 2231 (Order of the Hero of Agora Nomic), change "patent > > titles" to titlecase. > > > > #48, in Rule 2423 (First Among Equals), replace "than a elections" with > > "than elections". > > > > #49, in Rule 2451 (Executive Orders), replace "card" (case-sensitive) > with > > "Card". > > > > #50, in Rule 2525 (Interpreting Contracts), > > a) replace "the rules: in particular," with "the rules. In particular,"; > and > > b) replace ";" or "; and" at the end of each list item in the second > list, > > except for the last item, with ".". > > > > #51, in Rule 2522 (Contract Lifecycle), > > a) replace "if e does not do so" with "if they do not do so"; and > > b) replace "more than Y times (where Y is the amendment limit limit) > > combined times" with "more than Y times (where Y is the amendment limit) > > combined". > > > > #52, in Rule 2523 (Contracts as Agreements), change "card" to "Card" > > wherever it occurs. > > > > #53, in Rule 2521 (Parties to Contracts), delete the first comma. > > > > #54, in Rule 2547 (The Auctioneer), change each occurrence of "Contract" > to > > lowercase. > > > > #55, in Rule 2548 (The Auction Announcer), change each occurrence of > > "Contract" to lowercase. > > > > #56, in Rule 2549 (Auction Initiation), > > a) change the "," at the end of the first four list items to ";" > > b) replace ", and" with "; and" in the fifth list item. > > > > #57, in Rule 2550 (Binding), change each occurrence of "Contract" to > > lowercase. > > > > #58, in Rule 2483 (Economics), > > a) change each occurrence of "Office" to lowercase; and > > b) change "Shiny" and "Shinies" in the last sentence to lowercase. > > > > #59, in Rule 2446 (The Agoran Newspaper), replace "rule 2143" with "Rule > > 2143.". > > > > #60, in Rule 2464 (Tournaments), > > a) change "Rules" to lowercase; > > b) change each occurrence of "Tournament" to lowercase; and > > c) replace "which have" with "which regulations have". > > > > #61, in Rule 2495 (The Birthday Tournament), change "Regulations" to > > lowercase. > >
