On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 2:56 PM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > Proto: dating standards > > Amend Rule 478 (Fora) by replacing: > performed at the time date-stamped on that message > with: > performed at the earliest credible time date-stamped on that message > > ["earliest" because that's closest to hitting the send key, "credible" to > make it clear that it's a matter of evidence not logic. In practice, this > means go with the Date: field unless there's evidence that it's not > credible in some way, in which case go with the next earliest - likely the > first forum stamp]. >
I'd prefer to leave this more open. I do agree that "the time date-stamped on that message" is actively confusing, and should be changed. However, I don't think the right solution is to legislate a standard for something that game custom can (IMO) just do a better chance of handling. Here are a few alternatives that preserve our current way of handling this: "performed at exactly one of the times date-stamped on that message" "performed at exactly one of the times date-stamped on that message; selecting which one is a matter of game custom" The first one may prompt questions from new players, but is perhaps stylistically cleaner. The later one is a nearly verbatim copy of the current rule annotation. -Aspen
