Well, in order for a cleaning to be valid, it must be a "correction". If
there is nothing to correct, then the cleaning can nowise be effective.
Rule 2429 ("Bleach") states that "[r]eplacing a non-zero amount of
whitespace with a different non-zero amount of whitespace is generally
_insignificant_, except for paragraph breaks." This seems to disqualify
spacing issues as corrections, as they are "insignificant."
On 5/22/19 11:20 PM, Owen Jacobson wrote:
I’m relying more heavily on rule 2221 (“Cleanliness”) for mechanism. It
provides:
Any player CAN clean a rule without objection by specifying one or more
corrections to spelling, grammar, capitalization, formatting, and/or dialect,
or to whether a synonym or abbreviation is used in place of a word or phrase,
in the rule's text and/or title; the rule is amended by this rule as specified
by that person.
I’ll admit that respecifying the entire rule is not the _ideal_ way of
specitying “one or more corrections to … formatting,” but it appears to meet
all the other elements of this rule as I understand it, and my message is
intended to meet the form requirements for a dependent action (in this case
“[cleaning] a rule without objection”).
I’m only relying on rule 2429 for policy, not mechanism. I agree with your
interpretation of how it otherwise applies in isolation.
What have I missed?
-o
On May 23, 2019, at 1:14 AM, Reuben Staley <[email protected]> wrote:
You are mistaken as to how the Bleach rule works. It does not mean any player
can change the spacing by way of cleaning, it means that I can format rules
using whatever spacing I want, as long as I respect paragraph breaks.
If the Bleach rule did work that way, then every rule would be wrapped several
different ways because it seems everyone submits proposals using different
wrapping standards. All I generally do is wrap the ruleset to 72 characters.
This mistake is understandable, however. For future reference, what you can do
instead of attempt a cleaning is inform me that I have messed up the spacing
somewhere and I will remedy it in the next draft.
--
Trigon
