spoon-business: RFJ

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I had might as well get this over with, since Schroeder seems to be 
pressing on this issue.

I submit the following RFJ:

The Player Joel is not in violation of R350/0.

My analysis:

R350 does not require me to Randal. The first sentence states "The Player 
known as Joel Uckelman is ordered to Randal once within 10 days after this 
rule takes effect." There hasn't been a Player known as Joel Uckelman since 
16 February, and R350 did not exist prior to 19 February. Though the 
Proposal existed before I changed my name, it was not updated to reflect 
that change, so in the form it was adopted it simply does not refer to me. 
Moreover, I cannot possibly be held accountable for the proposer's 
negligence in failing to alter the Proposal as a result of my name change, 
as the contents of unadopted Proposals are not binding. Nor are Rule 
titles, for that matter: Though the Rule title contains my name, Rule 
titles do not have the force of Rule.

Also, it should be noted that the only other such naming instance in the 
Rules is in R208/1, which actually does refer to me, as "the Player whose 
real name is Joel Uckelman". Clearly this refers, as there exists a Player, 
namely Joel, whose real name is Joel Uckelman. For contrast, a quick check 
of the Roster will verify that there does not exist a Player known as Joel 
Uckelman.

-- 
J.