User:Sbp/rules - Revision history

Sbp: Clarification from Morbus on IRC.

2004-09-14T03:34:55Z

Clarification from Morbus on IRC.

Sbp: Added a style guide and made some other mild changes.

2004-09-14T03:24:01Z

Added a style guide and made some other mild changes.

Sbp: A couple of rules that have been under debate.

2004-09-14T03:10:36Z

A couple of rules that have been under debate.

Sbp: More rules, mainly to do with housekeeping.

2004-09-14T03:05:38Z

More rules, mainly to do with housekeeping.

Sbp: More fiddling with the rules.

2004-09-14T02:59:09Z

More fiddling with the rules.

Sbp: Added a couple of rules, and reformatted slightly.

2004-09-14T02:52:42Z

Added a couple of rules, and reformatted slightly.

Sbp: Moved my draft of the rules here.

2004-09-03T21:59:21Z

Moved my draft of the rules here.

New page

==It's the law!==

The idea of drafting a set of rules that are extremely concise and extremely to-the-point is a commendable one, but I think we've overdone it by a huge margin. Here I'd like to explore some alternative methods that I can then propose to Morbus and the other players, in the hope that we can come up with something a little more inclusive of all the house styles etc.

==Those That Are Rules of Ghyll==

The playing of the game of Ghyll consists of a set of augmentations over time to an Encyclopaedia describing the Ghyll world. There may be other, related, canonical activities, but these rules define play only as it concerns the Encyclopaedia.

(@@ Currently draughting this as a set of "truths", i.e. statements of rules that are as atomic as possible. Hopefully then some structure can be discerned.)

Definitions:

# The '''Encyclopaedia''' is the Ghyll Encyclopaedia hosted on this, the gamegrene.com wiki.
# The '''game''' shall be taken to mean the game of Ghyll as regards the Encyclopaedia.
# A '''phantom''' is an entry which has been cited but not yet written.
# A '''dib''' is the process of reserving a phantom with a short statement expressing the intention of creating that entry, in the place where the entry is to be created.

Rules:

* Turns:
*# A game consists of a series of turns.
*# The turns of the game start with "A", progress through the English alphabet to "Z", and restart at "A".
*# New players may join on any turn, at any point in the turn.
*# Turns progress according to the calendar maintained by the administrators of the game, which should be agreeable to player consensus.
* Entries:
*# Scholars shall dib, and then write, one entry per turn.
*# Scholars that have dibbed entries must write those entries before the end of the turn.
*# Scholars may write, and revise, their entries at any point in the turn.
*# Each entry written by a scholar must have a title beginning with the current turn's letter.
*# Each entry written by a scholar shall cite two phantom entries.
*# Each entry written by a scholar after the first turn of the game shall cite at least one existing entry.
*# Scholars shall neither cite themselves, nor write phantoms they cited first.
*# All phantoms for a letter shall be written before new entries are created for that letter.

@@ Morbus text: "Neither of these three citations can be terms you've created or written." - dubious. What's the difference between linking and citing again?

@@ However, if you've properly met these requirements, your entry can certainly refer to other terms in the Ghyll encyclopedia, including those you've personally written. These "other terms", however, MUST have been previously defined or created.

@@ Stuff from IRC, general mumblings of Morbus. Really, rule creating for Ghyll is somewhat of a Morbus observation activity since he seems to be pretty certain about what the rules should be (and with good reason since this is his idea, and he's read all of the initial rules and done the legwork in finding out how previous lexicons have done); the rest of us need to be just as certain as well.

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 * A '''phantom''' is an entry which has been cited but not yet written.
 * A '''dib''' is the process of reserving a phantom ''in situ'' with a short statement expressing the intention of creating that entry.
 '''Turns''':
@@ Line 23: / Line 24: @@
 # Each entry written by a scholar shall cite two phantom entries. Each cited phantom may have already been cited by an existing entry.
 # Each entry written by a scholar after the first turn of the game shall cite at least one existing entry.
-# Each entry written by a scholar may, in the main body of the text, link to an unlimited number of existing entries and phantoms.
+# Each entry written by a scholar may, in the main body of the text, refer to an unlimited number of any existing entries and phantoms.
 # Scholars shall cite neither entries they have written, nor phantoms they have created.
 # Scholars shall not write phantoms that they initiated by citing first.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ==The Rules==
-Definitions:
+'''Definitions''':
 * The '''Encyclopaedia''' is the Ghyll Encyclopaedia hosted on this, the gamegrene.com wiki.
 * The '''game''' shall be taken to mean the game of Ghyll as regards the Encyclopaedia.
 * A '''phantom''' is an entry which has been cited but not yet written.
-* A '''dib''' is the process of reserving a phantom with a short statement expressing the intention of creating that entry, in the place where the entry is to be created.
+* A '''dib''' is the process of reserving a phantom ''in situ'' with a short statement expressing the intention of creating that entry.
-Turns:
+'''Turns''':
 # A game consists of a series of turns.
-# The turns of the game start with "A", progress through the English alphabet to "Z", and restart at "A".
+# A game's turns start at "A", progress through the English alphabet to "Z", and restart at "A".
 # New players may join on any turn, at any point in the turn.
-# Turns progress according to the calendar maintained by the administrators of the game, which should be agreeable to player consensus.
+# Turn deadlines shall be decided by administrators, based on player consensus.
-Entries:
+'''Entries''':
 # Scholars shall dib, and then write, one entry per turn.
@@ Line 26: / Line 26: @@
 # Scholars shall cite neither entries they have written, nor phantoms they have created.
 # Scholars shall not write phantoms that they initiated by citing first.
-# All phantoms for a letter shall be written before new entries are created for that letter.
+# All phantoms for a letter shall be written before new entries are created for that letter, though not at the cost of self-citation.
-# @@ If a new phantom for the letter of the current term is created, players may choose to ignore the phantom.
+# If a new phantom is created under the current turn's letter, players may ignore the phantom until the next round (@@ discuss!).
-Canonality, and Miscellanea:
+'''Miscellanea''', including Canonality:
 # Only entries are canonical.
@@ Line 37: / Line 36: @@
 # User pages shall not cite new phantoms.
-Housekeeping:
+'''Housekeeping''', for the admins:
 # All dates mentioned in the game shall be added to the timeline.
@@ Line 46: / Line 43: @@
 # All entries and phantoms shall be tracked on an index.
 # A summary of each entry shall be posted in a report after each turn.
 ==Discussion of the Rules==

@@ Line 27: / Line 27: @@
 # Scholars shall not write phantoms that they initiated by citing first.
 # All phantoms for a letter shall be written before new entries are created for that letter.
 Canonality, and Miscellanea:

@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 # Each entry written by a scholar shall cite two phantom entries. Each cited phantom may have already been cited by an existing entry.
 # Each entry written by a scholar after the first turn of the game shall cite at least one existing entry.
-# Scholars shall neither cite themselves, nor write phantoms they cited first.
+# Each entry written by a scholar may, in the main body of the text, link to an unlimited number of existing entries and phantoms.
 # All phantoms for a letter shall be written before new entries are created for that letter.
@@ Line 32: / Line 34: @@
 # Scholar comments on entries, and scholar sections of user pages, may influence future canonical prose if they are consistent.
 # User pages shall not cite new phantoms.
 ==Discussion of the Rules==
@@ Line 40: / Line 52: @@
 (@@ Currently draughting this as a set of "truths", i.e. statements of rules that are as atomic as possible. Hopefully then some structure can be discerned.)
 @@ However, if you've properly met these requirements, your entry can certainly refer to other terms in the Ghyll encyclopedia, including those you've personally written. These "other terms", however, MUST have been previously defined or created.
 @@ Stuff from IRC, general mumblings of Morbus. Really, rule creating for Ghyll is somewhat of a Morbus observation activity since he seems to be pretty certain about what the rules should be (and with good reason since this is his idea, and he's read all of the initial rules and done the legwork in finding out how previous lexicons have done); the rest of us need to be just as certain as well.

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 Definitions:
-# The '''Encyclopaedia''' is the Ghyll Encyclopaedia hosted on this, the gamegrene.com wiki.
+* The '''Encyclopaedia''' is the Ghyll Encyclopaedia hosted on this, the gamegrene.com wiki.
-# The '''game''' shall be taken to mean the game of Ghyll as regards the Encyclopaedia.
+* The '''game''' shall be taken to mean the game of Ghyll as regards the Encyclopaedia.
-# A '''phantom''' is an entry which has been cited but not yet written.
+* A '''phantom''' is an entry which has been cited but not yet written.
-# A '''dib''' is the process of reserving a phantom with a short statement expressing the intention of creating that entry, in the place where the entry is to be created.
+* A '''dib''' is the process of reserving a phantom with a short statement expressing the intention of creating that entry, in the place where the entry is to be created.
-Rules:
+Turns:
-* Turns:
+# A game consists of a series of turns.
-*# A game consists of a series of turns.
+# The turns of the game start with "A", progress through the English alphabet to "Z", and restart at "A".
-*# The turns of the game start with "A", progress through the English alphabet to "Z", and restart at "A".
+# New players may join on any turn, at any point in the turn.
-*# New players may join on any turn, at any point in the turn.
+# Turns progress according to the calendar maintained by the administrators of the game, which should be agreeable to player consensus.
-*# Turns progress according to the calendar maintained by the administrators of the game, which should be agreeable to player consensus.
-* Entries:
+Entries:
-*# Scholars shall dib, and then write, one entry per turn.
-*# Scholars that have dibbed entries must write those entries before the end of the turn.
+# Scholars shall dib, and then write, one entry per turn.
-*# Scholars may write, and revise, their entries at any point in the turn.
+# Scholars that have dibbed entries must write those entries before the end of the turn.
-*# Each entry written by a scholar must have a title beginning with the current turn's letter.
+# Scholars may write, and revise, their entries at any point in the turn.
-*# Each entry written by a scholar shall cite two phantom entries. Each cited phantom may have already been cited by an existing entry.
+# Each entry written by a scholar must have a title beginning with the current turn's letter.
-*# Each entry written by a scholar after the first turn of the game shall cite at least one existing entry.
+# Each entry written by a scholar shall cite two phantom entries. Each cited phantom may have already been cited by an existing entry.
-*# Scholars shall neither cite themselves, nor write phantoms they cited first.
+# Each entry written by a scholar after the first turn of the game shall cite at least one existing entry.
-*# All phantoms for a letter shall be written before new entries are created for that letter.
+# Scholars shall neither cite themselves, nor write phantoms they cited first.
-* Miscellaneous:
+# All phantoms for a letter shall be written before new entries are created for that letter.
-*# User pages shall not cite new phantoms.
 ==Discussion of the Rules==