Re: spoon-discuss: Changing votes

["Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/25/02 at 10:27 PM Wonko wrote:

>Quoth Glotmorf,
>
>> On 4/25/02 at 10:13 PM Wonko wrote:
>>
>>> Quoth Glotmorf,
>>>
>>>> Mithter A...Both Rob and Wonko thay Prop 5-8-8 uthed to have the wordth
>>> "I
>>>> propothe a rule" in it, yet Prop 5-8-8 didn't thow that it wath making
>a
>>> rule
>>>> that contained a rule.  Therefore my vote wath bathed on a prop with a
>>> typo in
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> Pleathe correct Prop 5-8-8.  My vote on the correct verthion of it ith
>>> "yeth".
>>>>
>>>> Glotmorf
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sorry, but you can't do that.
>>> --
>>> Wonko
>>
>> Thought it was worth a try.  After all, if I cast a vote on an incorrect
>> version of the proposal, the existentialists might argue my vote was
>cast on a
>> nonexistent proposal, and therefore my vote on that nonexistent proposal
>can't
>> exist either.  Certainly, if I cast my vote on a nonexistent proposal, I
>> didn't cast it on the actual, correct proposal.
>>
>> Gee...is existence a dimension?  And does it have values other than 0
>and 1?
>>
>> Glotmorf
>
>Actually, R4 - "Every modification to a revisable object that does not
>eliminate it from play creates a new version of it."
>
>OTOH, R19 - "Proposals may only be revised by their original author."
>suggests that the Admin may not be able to rectify things at all.
>
>--
>Wonko

What about r255, the typo rule?  One could argue that if a document has a typo in it, it's a nonexistent form taking up space until the new, typo-free form can come and take its place.  Hence, fixing a typo isn't a revision...it's a rectification.

						Glotmorf