[Nomic] Summary

[John-Joseph Wilks]

The following have been added to the ruleset, and should be updated onto the 
website ASAP:

All text after the word 'world' should be removed from Rule 3, List of 
Voters.

The first 4 Rules should be updated to the format 'Rule X, Y'

'Rule 5, The Rule of Handles' should be added, with the following text:
There shall be a list of {real name, pseudonym} pairs; with one entry for 
each member of the List of Voters.  Initially the pseudonym entry in each 
pair will be unset.  At any time a player with an unset
pseudonym may set their pseudonym to any legal string, provided that that 
string isn't lexically equivalent to any game entity, player's real name or 
player's pseudonym.  If a player has a non-null pseudonym set then their 
pseudonym and their real name may be used interchangably
within the context of the game. This List shall be called the List of 
Handles.

'Rule 6, The Rule of Structured Names' should be added, with the following 
text:
Each rule shall have a name that is a string of the form 'Rule X, Y'. In 
this string, X stands for an integer which is assigned to the rule when it 
is added to the ruleset and is one greater than the largest integer
currently assigned to any rule. Y shall stand for any string of alphanumeric 
characters, spaces and punctuation which is distinct up to changes to case 
and spacing from the Y of any other rule in the
rules.
X is assigned only when a rule is added to the rules; Y must be specified 
along with the text of the rule when it is first proposed. All rules, when 
referring to other rules, must use the full name of the rule in question, 
excepting the following case: Where a rule is still a proposal, it may be 
referred to only by its alphanumeric designator Y. If that rule is then 
adopted, the gamestate shall be modified so that all references to that rule 
reference the full name instead. When this rule is brought into effect, the 
names of all existing rules shall be modified to bring them into line with 
this format.

Alter the text of Rule 4, Concensus of Opinion from:
A Consensus of Opinion on a particular change to the rules exists when one 
entity named on the List of Voters proposes the change to all other entities 
named on the List of Voters and obtains unambiguous consent to that change 
from each such entity.
to:
A Consensus of Opinion on a particular issue exists when one entity named on 
the List of Voters makes a proposal describing the issue to all other 
entities named on the List of Voters, obtains unambiguous consent to that 
proposal from each such entity and then posts a public Notice of Consensus 
to the other members detailing the issue upon which Consensus of Opinion has 
been reached.

Therefore, the following proposals have received unanimous support and are 
awaiting Notice of Consensus before they can be passed into the ruleset:

>12: Create a rule named The Rule of Conflict with the following text:
>If a Judgement Procedure as defined by the rules determines that two or 
>more rules are in conflict and that it it not clear from the rules which of 
>them should take precedence, the entity which initiated that Judgement 
>Procedure may create and publically present a Conflict Resolution Roadmap.
>  A Conflict Resolution Roadmap is a document which describes changes to 
>the rules intended solely to remove the conflict in question. Once a CRR 
>has been presented, the changes it describes will take effect on the rules. 
>Any changes described by a Conflict Resolution Roadmap which have effects 
>other than to resolve the conflict the Roadmap was created to address will 
>not be applied and the creator of the Roadmap will be guilty of the crime 
>of Deviousness.

>
>13: Create a rule named And There Shall Be No Lizardmen, with the following 
>text:
>Any entity which is a member of the List of Voters may cause itself to be 
>immediately removed from the List of Voters by publically announcing itself 
>to be a lizardman from Antares IV. The entity in question is encouraged to 
>use this opportunity to mock the puny humans for their pathetic inability 
>to see the truth until it was too late.
>
>Ayes: JJ, dok, adam, Mike, Stumo, Martin
>

I believe those are both adam's proposals.



>4. The Law of Lizardmen. This is a pair of linked suggestions taking one 
>the following form:
>The Rule of Autoadoption:
>
>Any entities which are elegible to be members of the List of Voters
>may join the game providing that the following conditions are satisfied:
>1) They have subscribed to the mailing list (if there is one).
>2) They are not already in the List of Voters.
>3) They have made a post to the mailing list declaring that:
>a) All of 1-3 are satisfied.
>b) They are not a lizardman from Antares IV.
>c) They wish to join the game.
>Once these events have happened then they are added to the List of
>Voters, and are deemed to have joined the game.  Their consent is not
>needed on any issues that require consent that are under consideration
>at the time of their joining the game.
>
>A Planet? Where Lizards evolved from Men?
>All entities eligible to be members of the List Of Voters (Which shall be 
>all living extranomic entities of the species Homo Sapiens Sapiens) shall 
>be considered to be lizardmen from Antares IV until a member of the List Of 
>Voters states "I do not believe <name of entity> is a lizardman from
>Antares IV", where "<name of entity>" is to be replaced with the name of 
>the entity in question. No existing member of the List Of Voters is a 
>lizardman from Antares IV.
>
>Ayes: Martin, adam, Maz, JJ, Carrie, Madeleine, dok
>
>
>5. The Rule of Assumed Consent
>The current form of this is as follows:
>A player shall be considered to have given their consent to a proposal if 
>the following are true:
>The proposal was suggested more than 72 hours ago, and they haven't 
>explicitly expressed a lack of consent.
>Ayes: Maz, JJ, Carrie, dok
>
>6: The Law of Lexicography (reworded
There shall be a dictionary, called the Definitions Dictionary.  The
definitions given in the Definitions Dictionary superceed the usual
English meaning of terms for the purposes of the game; but are
overriden by explicit rules wording.
>
>Ayes: Maz, Mike, Madeleine, Stumo, Martin, JJ
>Not yet responded to the change: adam, Carrie, dok
>
>7:The Existence of the Council
>There shall exist the Great Council of the Elder Turtles, which shall 
>contain a number of Posts. Each Post shall consist of a Title, which can be 
>assigned a member of the List of Voters, and a list of duties which the 
>member holding that Post should perform. Failure on the part of that member 
>to perform these duties shall make them guilty of the crime of Uselessness
>
>(This proposal has been reworded to remove some of the objections)
>
>Aye: JJ, dok, Carrie
>Withheld: Maz, Stumo, Martin, Madeleine
>
>8: The 'Exception that proves the' Rule:
>A rule may override another rule if and only if it mentions that rule by
>name. The only exception is this rule, which overrides all others,
>except those which mention it by name.
>
>Ayes: Maz, JJ, Martin, adam, dok, Madeleine
Withheld: Carrie (based on uncertainty about the matter of rules merely 
referencing others rather than explicitly overriding them)
>

>
>10: Create a rule as follows, called the Rule of Girls:
>Notices of Consensus are considered to be printed on coloured paper. Any 
>electronic document purporting to be a Notice of Consensus is only deemed 
>to be so if it clearly describes what colour paper it is printed on.
>
>Ayes: dok, JJ, adam, Mike, Martin, Maz, Carrie, Madeleine
>
>11: The Rule of Self-Image
>The game shall have a name, which shall be "Terrapin Nomic".
>
>Ayes: JJ, adam, dok, Mike, Martin, Madeleine, Maz
Nay: Carrie
>
>

>14: The Law of Total Annihilation
>"Should thirteen paradoxes in the rules be discovered to exist 
>simultaneously, the nomic game ends, and the voters must lament having 
>destroyed the universe by trying to be too clever."
>
>Ayes: dok, Carrie, Madeleine
>Nay: JJ (pending description of how a paradox is actually defined)
>
>
>15: Create a rule named Keeping Up With the Nomeses, with the following 
>text:
>There shall be a role entitled "Data Integrity Consultant" to be filled by 
>a member of the List of Voters, who is to investigate an automatic on-line 
>method of storing and cataloguing Proposals, Counter-Proposals and 
>Consent.  This role can later be incorporated into a Committee post if such 
>a body is created.
>
>Ayes: JJ, Mike, Stumo, dok, Carrie, Madeleine, Maz
>
>
>16: I'm Not a Window Cleaner
>The entity Mike Cripps shall be the first holder of the role of Data 
>Integrity Consultant, and shall be immediately appointed to that role if it 
>exists when this rule is passed, assuming in both cases that the entity 
>Mike Cripps is a member of the List of Voters
>
>Ayes: JJ, Mike, Stumo, dok, Carrie, Madeleine, Maz
>
>17: I propose that I just lost "The Game"
>Ayes: Stumo, Maz, JJ, Carrie, Madeleine
>

18: A lemon? Already?
The member of the List of Voters "Carrie Oliver" shall redefine the meanings 
of "aye" and "nay" as she sees fit at midnight each day. Members of the List 
of Voters have the right to request the meanings of "yay" and "nay" from 
Carrie Oliver, and in return, she has the right to set simple tasks (such as 
"deliver this plank") that must be accomplished before said information is 
given. Should Carrie Olvier give contradictory information to different 
members of the List of Voters, she shall be guilty of the crime of "Extreme 
Naughtiness" for 24 hours starting at the point of discovery of the 
deception.

(note: Voters do not, of course, need to use these particular words to vote 
unambiguously, and may instead use "urk" and "whoopee!" or any other such 
words, so long as their intent is clear.)

Proposer: dok
Aye: JJ
Nay: Mike

19: The Feathers rule.
Any player found quilty of the crime of "Extreme Naughtiness" is punishable 
by the punishment of tickling, and may be punished by any member of the List 
of Voters. The punishment may be administered at any time during the period 
that the person guilty of extreme naughtiness is defined to be guilty for. 
No member of the List of Voters may punish the guilty party more than once 
during the same period of guilt.

Proposer: dok
Aye: JJ
Nay: Mike

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