On Wed, 2025-01-01 at 21:02 -0500, Janet Cobb via agora-discussion
wrote:
> In any event, there's very clear game custom about this. [0] shows 83
> appearances of "quoted message" (as opposed to simply saying "this
> message" to refer to a quoted message), and picking a few old cases with
> "this message" in the statement uniformly shows them as meaning the
> message in which the CFJ was called, even if there was a quote in the
> body [1] [2] [3].
...as everyone would know, if they ever read the bloody Administrative
Regulations:
It is RECOMMENDED to phrase CFJ statements so that they are
possible to parse without outside context. For example, refer to a
proposal or rule by ID number, or to a message by distinguishing
features like its author and approximate timestamp, instead of
writing "this proposal" or "that message". (An exception is
self-references: "this CFJ", or "this message" meaning "the
message in which this CFJ is called", is unambiguous and in fact
traditional.)
Proto-proto-proposal: Officers CAN (and perhaps SHALL) issue Humiliating
Public Reminders when players violate SHOULDs in their Administrative
Regulations...
Also: Reports are going to be delayed this week as I recover from the
new year, sorry. Not going to bother succumbing because it's a R1769
Holiday but please don't count on my Agora-ing before Monday unless
explicitly requested.
~qenya
