[s-b] [Imperial Decree] Quite possibly a horrible idea.

[Geoffrey Spear <wooble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I change the Power of Rule 4 to 3.2

I create a new Power 3.1 entitled "Emergency Free-for-all" with the
following text:
{{
Any person CAN cause this rule to amend one or more other rules by
editing the text of http://b.nomic.net/index.php/Rules and then
announcing that e amends the rules to match the current state of the
wiki.
}}

(Rule 4 blocks changes to the Cenobiarch rule, the Emergency Rule, and
Rule 4 itself.  These are reproduced below in case it becomes hard to
recover them in the wiki after particularly, err, creative use of this
power):

Rule 123/0 (Power=4)
Emergencies

      The entities, procedures, and definitions used in this Rule
      SHOULD generally be interpreted to be as they are defined by
      other Rules, except if the definitions used in other Rules are
      generally considered to be 'broken', 'scammable' or if it would
      not be in the best interests of the game to use the said
      definitions. In such cases, this Rule SHOULD be interpreted
      using judicial findings, game custom, common sense, and
      consideration of the best interests of the game.

      For the purposes of this Rule, a Potential Emergency Participant
      (PEP) is an entity defined elsewhere in the Rules as a player,
      except if there is ambiguity or reasonable dispute over which
      entities are players, in which case a PEP is any entity which
      was generally considered to be a player before such ambiguity or
      dispute arose.

      A PEP CAN, with the Consent of B, initiate an Emergency. When an
      Emergency is initiated, the following steps occur in sequence:

        1) The quorum of all Decisions currently in their voting period
           becomes N/1.5, where N is the number of active PEPs.

        2) Refresh Proposals are submitted. A Refresh Proposal is a
           fixed body of text clearly marked as a Refresh Proposal and
           submitted to a Public Forum by a PEP. The author of a
           Refresh Proposal CAN destroy it by announcement, except
           during an Emergency Decision.

        3) The Emergency Decision is initiated. If any of the
           following are true, any PEP CAN initiate the Emergency
           Decision (as described elsewhere):

           a) Every active PEP has submitted a Refresh Proposal.

           b) Every PEP has publicly consented to the initiation of
              the Emergency Decision.

           c) 4 or more days have passed since the initiation of the
              Emergency.

           If allowed elsewhere in this Rule, a PEP CAN initiate the
           Emergency Decision by publicly stating:

           a) That e initiates the Emergency Decision.

           b) The text, title and author of each Refresh Proposal.

        4) The people vote. After an Emergency Decision has been
           initiated, a PEP CAN vote on that Decision by publishing a
           valid ballot indicating which Refresh Proposal e selects. A
           valid ballot:

           a) is submitted less than four days after the initiation of
              the Emergency Decision.

           b) clearly identifies the Refresh Proposal selected.

           c) and has not been publicly retracted by the voter less
              than four days after the initiation of the Decision.

           An ordered list of multiple choices constitutes a
           conditional vote for the first choice if it could be the
           outcome, otherwise the second choice if it could be the
           outcome, and so forth.

        5) The Decision is resolved. If every active PEP has published
           a valid ballot on the decision and/or the Decision was
           initiated more than four days ago, any PEP CAN resolve the
           Emergency Decision by publicly stating:

           a) that e resolves the Emergency Decision.

           b) Which PEPs voted for which Refresh Proposal, and the
              total number of votes for each Refresh Proposal.

      When the Emergency Decision is validly resolved, the Refresh
      Proposal which received the highest number of votes (or if there
      is a tie, the Refresh Proposal with the highest number of votes
      which was submitted earliest) is adopted, its power is set to
      four, and it then takes effect. The Emergency is then ended.

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Rule 4/0 (Power=3.2)
Power Controls Mutability

      No entity with power below the power of this rule can

      (a) cause an entity to have power greater than its own.

      (b) adjust the power of an instrument with power greater than
          its own.

      (c) modify any other substantive aspect of an instrument with
          power greater than its own.  A "substantive" aspect of
          an instrument is any aspect that affects the instrument's
          operation.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Rule 126/0 (Power = 4)
The Cenobiarch

      The Cenobiarch is an imposed office, held by Wooble.

      The Cenobiarch CAN cause this rule to make any arbitrary change
      to the gamestate, including changing the rules, by announcement.
      E SHOULD do so benevolently.  Questioning eir benevolence is the
      Class 7 Crime of Heresy.


-- 
Wooble
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