User blog:Nichdel/PROPOSAL: Nommitia Sanity Part 1

Amend Rule 25 to read:
The 'ruleset' is an ordered list of all current rules that must be kept up to date.

Rules shall be listed with a) a unique title, b) the text of the rule, and c) a list of links to the results that have changed the rule. Nothing else should be listed with a rule.

At the time of passage of this rule change all current rules are listed in the new ruleset. The lower the rule's number, the earlier in the ruleset it is.

Amend Rule 7:
Replace "The lower a rule's number, the higher its precedence (101 > 102)." with "The earlier a rule is in the ruleset, the higher its precedence.

Amend Rule 4's section "Rule Changes" to read:
The following are rule changes:


 * Enacting a rule. By default, new rules shall be added to the end of the ruleset.


 * Repealing a rule. The rule shall be removed from the ruleset.
 * Moving a rule. The rule shall be moved from its current location in the ruleset to the one specified.


 * Amending a rule to read as specified.


 * Archiving a rule. The newest archived version of a rule shall be kept in a list of archived rules. This shall not affect the rule in the ruleset.


 * Reverting a rule. The current version of a rule shall be replaced with the archived version of the rule.

This is a more clean version of my original Implicit Numbering proposal.

As you can see this is the first part of a series, I also plan to:
 * Clarify the shall must may paradigm to be more effective.
 * Better organize rule changes, proposals, and related concepts
 * Probably clean up PAP a bit.
 * Maybe add one or two more safeguards
 * Find a usage for archiving/reverting or eliminate them completely.