A lot of it was done on a term-by-term basis, leaning away from capitalization. It's quite common, it seems, for the initial rule that defines something to do so inconsistently, and most other rules referencing it to use lowercase. Cards were probably the most significant exception here; I standardized those to uppercase. But by and large, most of the terms I'm suggesting switching to lowercase are ones whose predominant use is already lowercase.
On Fri, 16 Feb 2018 at 13:18, Gaelan Steele <g...@canishe.com> wrote: > 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. > >> > >> > >
