[Nomic] (proposal) we need this

[Stuart Moore]

Adam Biltcliffe wrote:

> I would like to propose some more rules, since we're getting to the 
> point where it would be really nice to be able to resolve disputes. Here 
> are four separate new-rule proposals, since people might want to 
> plug-and-play with parts of this:
> 
> ----------
> Clerk of the Vatican
> 
> The Ministry shall contain a post called the Clerk of the Vatican. The 
> duties of the Clerk of the Vatican shall include maintaining and making 
> publically available a list of entities who are willing to judge 
> disputes over the interpretation of the rules or gamestate. ----------
> 
> ----------
> Judgement Procedure
> 
> If a member of the List of Voters wishes to assert the validity of a 
> claim which refers solely to the rules or gamestate, that entity make 
> invoke the Judgement Procedure by publically claiming to be invoking the 
> Judgement of the Pope and supplying the statement whose validity is 
> under question. The invoking entity may also present an argument 
> suporting the statement. ----------
> 
> ----------
> White Smoke
> 
> When an entity invokes the Judgement of the Pope, it shall be the duty 
> of the Clerk of the Vatican to select an entity to act as Pope in the 
> resolution of that claim. This selection shall be performed by uniform 
> random selection from the set of all entities which:
>  a) have informed the Clerk of the Vatican that they are willing to act 
> as Pope, and not subsequently retracted that statement
>  b) are not considered to be lizardmen from Antares IV
>  c) are not the entity invoking the Judgement of the Pope If this set is 
> empty, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Vatican to cause it to 
> cease being so. ----------
> 

a) allows me to say I'm willing to act as pope, then retract, but not to 
then say I'm willing again. I'm generally happy with the concept, but 
being picky is what the game is about

> ----------
> Papal Edicts
> 
> When the Judgement of the Pope has been invoked and the Clerk of the 
> Vatican has selected an entity to act as Pope, the Pope may pass 
> judgement on the claim.
> 
> Legal judgements shall be:
> TRUE if the Pope believes the claim to be true with respect to all 
> aspects of the current state of the game
> FALSE if the Pope believes the claim not to be true with respect to all 
> aspects of the current state of the game
> Either TRUE or FALSE if the Pope believes the claim to be ambiguous with 
> respect to all aspects of the current state of the game, depending on 
> the Pope's beliefs about the original intent of the rules and the 
> entities which have acted on the game, which interpretation makes more 
> sense and which interpretation will lead to a more enjoyable game
> AN OFFENCE AGAINST GOD if the Pope believes that the invocation of 
> judgement was not correctly made or that it would be otherwise 
> inappropriate to pass judgement
> 
> When the Pope rules a claim TRUE or FALSE, that ruling shall be used to 
> determine future interpretations of the rules and gamestate. ----------
> 
> adam
> 
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