User:Sbp/notepad

In this notepad currently are a couple of experiments: firstly, I round up all of the normative bits of information that collectively make up the spoken and unspoken rules of Ghyll; secondly, I read the current entries and try to extract the facts and links between them.

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.

What Goes On? - As I said in the Lexicon discussion, it'd be nice if once per turn we could issue a canonical summary of what's been going on in the definitionry. Once per round we could have a really large summary, but in any case, it'd be nice for me personally to go through and really understand what's been defined so far.

Those That Are Rules of Ghyll

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Scholars shall dib (reserve), and then write, one entry per turn. Turns loop from A to Z.

Entries shall cite two phantom (unwritten) entries and, after the first turn, 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.

If there is a specific phantom you'd like to write, wait until the proper turn occurs (ie. waiting for the "R" turn to dib phantom "Rancor") and then edit the phantom to just include a statement of dibbing ("MIIine! ALlL MiIInnE!") and your name/signature.

Naturally, the intent of dibbing an entry is so that you actually write it - if you don't during that turn, your dib expires.

Each turn after the first, you're required to cite two phantom entries and one existing entry. Neither of these three citations can be terms you've created or written.

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.

See the Ghyll Index for a complete list of in-play terms.

@@ 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.

Those That Are Summaries of Ghyll

The first turn consists of at least the following eight entries: [Agony uncle], [Alezan], [Alarius], [Altox bulb], [Andelphracian Lights], [Aquentravalkeration], [Avazian Box], [Quezlarian numerals]. Note that [Quezlarian numerals] has been included as the initial test entry, but is irregular with the rules as they stand (equity).

@@ Styles of the entries, time systems, the geography, characters, inventions, themes.

--Sean B. Palmer 19:11, 1 Sep 2004 (EDT)