This seems to me like the most important consideration in accepting jargon, really. Whether it's close enough to what it means such that it's easily accepted/nearly unambiguous
On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 5:13 AM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > On 5/15/2020 10:13 AM, James Cook wrote: > > On Thu, 14 May 2020 at 19:40, Aris Merchant wrote: > >> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 12:18 PM Aris Merchant wrote: > >>> > >>> Definition: To refer a proposal to a chamber is to set its chamber > >>> switch to that chamber. > >> > >> > >> I CFJ "In a generic Agoran context, to refer a proposal to a chamber > >> is to set its chamber switch to that chamber." > >> > >> Arguments: > >> > >> I've been putting "Definition: To refer a proposal to a chamber is to > >> set its chamber switch to that chamber." at the top of my referral > >> messages since February. My hope is that people have seen it enough by > >> now that the average Agoran knows what it means without needing to see > >> the definition. > >> > >> -Aris > > > > I think it would be good to keep repeating the definition. Otherwise, > > even if current players now understand it, as new players join I don't > > see how they're supposed to figure it out except by guessing. With > > some Agoran jargon, guessing might be enough, but for a word that only > > appears once a week and only in one context, I don't think that gives > > enough information for people to be really confident in their guess > > about what it means. > > > > - Falsifian > > > > Well e's not using a random strange word like Quang, either. To "refer" a > proposal to chamber" seems similar enough to me (in common usage terms of > refer) to "set the chamber of a proposal" in R2607 (and there's not really > any other possible rules-interpretations), such that anyone who takes the > time to learn what a "chamber" is would likely figure it out... > > -G. > > -- >From R. Lee
