Yeah—I think I’d prefer standardizing some of this to uppercase. I’ll take a closer look tonight or this weekend.
> On Feb 16, 2018, at 10:13 AM, Reuben Staley <reuben.sta...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. >> >>
