On Thu, 1 Mar 2018, Corona wrote: > When I meant "do away", I meant by getting a report without them > self-ratified, but it seems like at least you'd object, so nevermind.
Someone last year (I forget who, sorry!) made a lovely post about how the fundamental product of Agora is its History, reflected primarily in its Herald's report. So yes I would very much object. Patent Titles are (most times) permanent and should reflect our history. (If someone knows where that post is - I can't remember the length/effort but the concept was definitely thesis-worthy). > It is > my opinion that the Long Service awards should be rather indiscriminate > about who "deserves" them. I mean, if someone deserves special recognition, > that's what custom titles are for, no? Sure, definitely make one! That would be a new award. Those rewards (again, history) were specifically granted to anyone who put the indicated amount of time in, and the titles reflect that. As Herald, you can select a different standard to name a different Title for "Good Service" and award it using the existing method. Just don't delete the old ones. > I have to ask, why would ADoP need to award titles directly? E can indeed > just ask the Herald to award them, and if the Herald makes unpopular > decisions about awarding titles etc., e won't be re-elected, or might even > get deposed. First, it's a good and fun perk to add to offices that are a lot of gruntwork. Second, for a long time, the Herald wasn't allowed to make up eir own patent titles. Only the defined ones could be awarded, and those were awarded by different offices. It was quite fun to have a set of titles (like win conditions) that were for set, specific things a person could aspire towards, but weren't necessarily competitive in the way that "winning" is. Ribbons have soaked up some of those kinds of achievements, but aren't particularly historical. The current system has ultimate flexibility, but it's entirely up to the Herald's whim. That doesn't make it anything other than a random "here ya go", and while that's been the case the Heralds haven't been consistent about rewarding criteria and Patent Title awards in general have definitely become less awarded and less awarding. I think trying out both methods at once would be nice.
