User:Mike Rosoft/drafts

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Current revision as of 19:42, 9 December 2006

Please comment on these drafts on the talk page.

Core rules and Rules convention

This is a draft of a rule intended to address the same problem as the failed proposal 341.

Rule 1:

1. Some rules may be designated core rules. A page Core rules shall be created to keep track of them.
2. Initially, the set of core rules all includes all immutable rules, this rule, and - upon its passage - Rule 2.
3. Whenever a rule becomes immutable, it is added to core rules immediately. It retains that status, even if it is transmuted to become mutable again.
4. Proposals to change the set of core rules may be made on the page Talk:Core rules (or elsewhere?), and are to be published on the main page.
   1. An unanimous vote is needed to remove an immutable rule from the core rules.
   2. A simple majority is needed to re-add an immutable rule to the core rules.
   3. A supermajority is needed to add a mutable rule to the core rules.
   4. A supermajority (or a simple majority? or a supermajority during a rules convention, and a simple majority otherwise?) is needed to remove a mutable rule from the core rules.
5. A proposal may combine addition and/or removal of multiple rules to/from the core rules; in that case, the rule needing the greatest majority determines the votes needed to pass the proposal.
6. If Rule 2 fails to pass, this rule is repealed.

Rule 2:

1. If a round of play is terminated due to application of the rule 317, a Rules Convention will start immediately.
2. If a round of play is terminated for any other reason, a Rules Convention may be started on a proposal made within 24 hours from its conclusion. This requires a supermajority vote. (Remove?)
3. As long as a Rules Convention is in progress, all non-core rules are suspended. This takes precedence over any non-core rules.
4. As long as a Rules Convention is in progress, rules may be added or removed from Core rules as provided by Rule 1. This takes precedence over any rules.
5. A proposal to end the Rules Convention may be passed on a simple majority vote. A Rules Convention will end if no changes have been made to the set of core rules and no rule has been passed, amended, repealed, or transmuted for a week.
6. If Rule 1 fails to pass, this rule is repealed.

I intend to transmute rule 2 to an immutable rule, in order to resolve a situation when further play becomes impossible because of an immutable rule.

Of course, the wording needs to be refined, the proper procedures described, etc.

Update of references

Proposal to address problem mentioned on Game-direction (rule referencing an amended or transmuted rule), and also the concern of Talk:348.

If a rule has been amended, transmuted, or re-enacted:

1. All references to its old number in the ruleset existing at the time of change shall be interpreted as if they had referred to its new number. This does not apply to clauses that modify that rule, nor to references to an event involving that rule that has taken place before or at that time.
2. Upon passage of any proposal that was up for debate or voting at the time of change, all references to the rule's old number in it shall be interpreted as if they had referred to its new number. This does not apply to references to an event involving that rule that has taken place before or at the time of passage.