Law - Revision history

Trillian: /* Current Petition */

2010-04-07T15:58:58Z

Current Petition

2010-03-02T16:09:51Z

Removed duplicate paragraph

2009-07-15T07:26:47Z

Current Petition

2009-07-15T07:14:03Z

Current Petition

2009-06-16T02:38:50Z

2009-01-17T23:46:10Z

2009-01-16T03:04:09Z

Help writing laws

2009-01-16T02:47:35Z

Help writing laws

2009-01-16T02:45:34Z

The Steps of Creating A Law

2009-01-16T02:44:05Z

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 =Current Petition=
 *[[law/Petitions | Public Mine and Raeli Oven Facilitation Act]]
 *(law names go here)

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 ==Governments Cannot Conjure Knowledge Out Of Thin Air==
-Imagine if the US Government were to pass a law stating that from now on, all Americans shall have the knowledge of any terrorists in their vicinity. Nothing would happen - governments cannot magically grant knowledge to their subjects. Here is a proposal that violates this rule
+Imagine if the US Government were to pass a law stating that from now on, all Americans shall have the knowledge of any terrorists in their vicinity. Nothing would happen - governments cannot magically grant knowledge to their subjects. Here is a proposal that violates this rule.
 Since this proposal grants people knowledge, it is a feature request.

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 =Current Petition=
 *[[law/Petitions | Public Mine and Raeli Oven Facilitation Act]]
 *(law names go here)

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 =Current Petition=
 *[[law/Petitions | Public Mine and Raeli Oven Facilitation Act]]
 *(law names go here)

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 =Current Petition=
-* (law names go here)
+*[[law/Petitions | Public Mine and Raeli Oven Facilitation Act]]
 =Passed Laws=

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 == Help writing laws ==
-If you want assistance in writing a law that is likely to pass, post a draft copy of it to the forum "Laws - Lois - Gesetze" on the ATITD Forums (see the links menu at the left).  People will offer help and criticism about important details that you might want to consider to make the best possible law.  If your law is unclear, ambiguous, or is based upon false assumptions about the game, it has less chance of passing.
+If you want assistance in writing a law that is likely to pass, post a draft copy of it to the forum "Laws - Lois - Gesetze" on the ATITD Forums (see the links menu at the left).  People will offer help and criticism about important details that you might want to consider to make the best possible law.  Some developers read these boards, and their advice is always very helpful.  If your law is unclear, ambiguous, or is based upon false assumptions about the game, it has less chance of passing.  If you consult with many people and take their advice; if your law is brief, concise, and respectful; if you work to understand criticisms and re-write your law to address them; and if you get advice from people who have been playing the game for longer than you have, your law will have a good chance of passing.
 ==The Signature-Gathering Process==

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 # If it is a feature request, the developers will put it into the feature request manager on atitd.info.
 # If it is a petition for a law, it will appear at the voting booth in the game. Players will begin voting on it.
-# After the voting, if the players achieve the necessary number of votes, the petition will become a law.
+# After the voting, the petition with the most yes votes will become a law, as long as the yes votes were more than 50% of the total votes.
 # After a petition becomes a law, the developers reprogram the game to enforce the law.

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 A good way to start is to go to a voting booth and view all the laws that have already been written. You can view the law library by clicking on the booth and selecting the "Law Library" option. The laws are classified according to whether they passed or not.
 ==The Signature-Gathering Process==
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 Laws in Egypt are just like laws in the real world - it's a way for you to limit the behavior of other people. For example, if you say that "nobody may cut down trees in the lakeshore region," that's a law. If you say "nobody may use the university unless they first pay their taxes," that's a law.
 =Current Petition=