Rob Speer on 30 Dec 2001 18:44:25 -0000


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spoon-business: Elimination of Boilerplate


<proposal title="Elimination of Boilerplate">
Create a rule entitled "Elimination of Boilerplate" containing the
following text delimited by tags:
<rule>

  To "propose a rule" is defined to mean making a proposal which
  contains one Action, which is to create a Rule. The Proposal is given
  the same title as the Rule. The Proposal and the Rule need not be
  introduced separately.

  To "propose [multiple] rules" is defined to mean making a proposal
  which contains a number of actions, each of which creates a Rule. When
  proposing multiple rules, it is only necessary that the beginning of
  each rule be marked in some obvious way (such as "This is a new rule
  whose title is 'Title Goes Here':" ) If the Proposal is not given a
  title, it gets the title of the first Rule it proposes.

  In each case, either the end of the last rule or the end of the
  proposal as a whole should be marked. If the end is not marked, the
  last rule proposed continues until the end of the Forum message.

</rule>

[[ So, to make a proposal that proposes the creation of one rule named
"Foo Bar", you need only to introduce it with "I propose the following
rule entitled 'Foo Bar':" ]]

</proposal>
-- 
Rob Speer