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

[Aaron Coquet <farfromunique@xxxxxxxxx>]

I make very sure that I am active, and then amend the rules to match the
current state of the wiki. Change noted below:

Rule 127/0: Append the phrase "All users SHOULD do so only in such a way
that will cause Aaronc to win."

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Geoffrey Spear <wooble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 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.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> --
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