Silly and/or Illegal GA Proposals. zOMG! - Q&A split

[Sionis Prioratus]

Maybe not the appropriate thread to ask this, but would it be legal to submit an otherwise legal draft in Olde English or Ebonics?

[Ardchoille]

Maybe not the appropriate thread to ask this, but would it be legal to submit an otherwise legal draft in Olde English or Ebonics?

From the Proposal Rules:

Format Remember where I mentioned needing more than rhetoric? Yeah, this is what I'm talking about. This also includes ... Proposals that are just too incomprehensible to make sense of ...<snip> ... if I have to spend a good chunk of time trying to figure out what's going on, it'll be nuked.

Proposals written entirely in other languages are out, too.

From that, I'd say that the test is whether it's generally understandable. Probably "flavour" text, rather than full-on accurate versions, would have more chance -- think TV-show, stage-play level. Neither ruling it out nor ruling it in; it'd depend on the individual proposal.

[Flibbleites]

Maybe not the appropriate thread to ask this, but would it be legal to submit an otherwise legal draft in Olde English or Ebonics?

From the Proposal Rules:

Format Remember where I mentioned needing more than rhetoric? Yeah, this is what I'm talking about. This also includes ... Proposals that are just too incomprehensible to make sense of ...<snip> ... if I have to spend a good chunk of time trying to figure out what's going on, it'll be nuked.

Proposals written entirely in other languages are out, too.

From that, I'd say that the test is whether it's generally understandable. Probably "flavour" text, rather than full-on accurate versions, would have more chance -- think TV-show, stage-play level. Neither ruling it out nor ruling it in; it'd depend on the individual proposal.

It should be noted that if you do go that route and it's legal, you'll have an uphill fight during the debate. Just check out the debate over Repeal "Rights of Minorities and Women".

[Omigodtheykilledkenny]

Could a new topic possibly be created for members to ask questions about the rules, like the one we had on Jolt?

...or do we already have a thread like that here?

[Kryozerkia]

Now we do. There is a sticky for this at the top of the forum.

[Pwnedbynoob]

I understand that this question has probably been asked thousands of times but maybe someone can at least point me in the right direction. What kind of format should I have for a proposal in the WA for the General Assembly?

[Kryozerkia]

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=30

You can view prior resolutions there. There is no preset template for any resolution, but people tend to follow certain conventions. One of those conventions is posting the draft of their proposal for peer review, critique and comments on this forum.

[Linux and the X]

One of those conventions is posting the draft of their proposal for praise and sucking up.

That's more like it. Sadly.

[Kryozerkia]

One of those conventions is posting the draft of their proposal for praise and sucking up.

That's more like it. Sadly.

How dare you make my statement more accurate!

[Omigodtheykilledkenny]

Um, gravedig lock, perhaps? We already have the sticky for questions as these.