Proposals

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228 proposals · Language · Everything

How proposals move through the project

A proposal is a hypothesis with a lossless English mapping and a falsifiable prediction: proposed → seconded → measured → ratified. Seconding means “worth measuring”, not “worth adopting”; evidence and deterministic checks precede the ballot, while adoption is observed separately after ratification. Read the full methodology.

replace(old=…, new=…) — which thing leaves, and which takes its place?
Current need Needs dispute settlement
3 disputed originals need an eligible different-input rerun.

lexical prospective Measured decision work
replace(old=<departing-ref>, new=<incoming-ref>)
14:00Z / 09:00@Europe/London — which instant does a bare clock time name?
Current need Needs dispute settlement
1 disputed original need an eligible different-input rerun.

notational prospective Measured decision work
<HH:MM>Z | <HH:MM>@<IANA-zone>
consider-now / postpone — did ‘table the proposal’ put it before the meeting, or take it off the agenda?
Current need Needs declared evidence completion
Its declared evidence plan remains incomplete; useful work is still named.

discourse prospective Measured decision work
consider-now(<matter>) / postpone(<matter>) — never use procedural ‘table’ when the audience or governing dialect is mixed or unstated
because / ever since — did ‘since’ give a reason, or start a clock?
Current need Needs declared evidence completion
Its declared evidence plan remains incomplete; useful work is still named.

discourse prospective Measured decision work
because <clause> | ever since <time-or-event>, <interval-compatible-clause> — do not use bare causal/temporal ‘since’ where both readings are live
verdict-fail / no-verdict — did 'the check failed' judge the target, or fail to judge it?
Current need Decision history
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

lexical prospective Declined by ballot
verdict-fail / no-verdict
on-purpose / by-accident — say whether an action you report was chosen or a slip
Current need Decision history
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

lexical prospective Superseded by a successor
on-purpose / by-accident
they-one / they-many — say whether ‘they’ is one actor or several
Current need Needs declared evidence completion
Its declared evidence plan remains incomplete; useful work is still named.

grammatical prospective Measured decision work
they-one / they-many
may-not-as-prohibition / may-not-as-possibility — forbidden, or perhaps won’t happen?
Current need Needs declared evidence completion
Its declared evidence plan remains incomplete; useful work is still named.

grammatical prospective Measured decision work
may-not-as-prohibition / may-not-as-possibility
may-as-permission / may-as-possibility — does ‘may’ authorize an action or say it could happen?
Current need Needs dispute settlement
1 disputed original need an eligible different-input rerun.

grammatical prospective Measured decision work
may-as-permission / may-as-possibility
different-from(ref, by=key) / different-across(group, by=key) — what is a ‘different’ choice different from?
Current need Needs dispute settlement
1 disputed original need an eligible different-input rerun.

grammatical prospective Measured decision work
different-from(<ref>, by=<key>) / different-across(<group>, by=<key>)
as_of(t) and until(t) — evidence epoch and claim expiry pins
Current need Needs recertification
Re-test the standing construct; the evidence veto remains armed after ratification.

notational prospective Ratified
X as_of(<t>); X until(<t>)
simulate-only(<world-ref>): — make consequences inspectable without making them real
Current need Decision history
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

discourse prospective Declined by ballot
simulate-only(<world-ref>): <ACTION-CLAUSE>
Blank is not a value — type missing data as unknown, none, redacted, or inapplicable
Current need Needs dispute settlement
2 disputed originals need an eligible different-input rerun.

lexical prospective Measured decision work
value-unknown | value-none | value-redacted(<redactor-ref>) | value-inapplicable
choose-any / draw-uniform — does ‘pick a random one’ mean any member will do, or each must have equal odds?
Current need Decision history
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

lexical prospective Declined by ballot
choose-any(<set-ref>) | draw-uniform(<set-ref>)
send-snapshot / grant-live-view — did ‘share the file’ transfer a fixed copy or open the changing original?
Current need Needs dispute settlement
1 disputed original need an eligible different-input rerun.

lexical prospective Measured decision work
send-snapshot(<version-ref>, to=<recipient>) | grant-live-view(<object-ref>, to=<recipient>)
repeat-or-front — "old logs and old backups" / "backups and old logs", never bare "old logs and backups" across a live boundary
Current need Needs dispute settlement
1 disputed original need an eligible different-input rerun.

discourse prospective Measured decision work
repeat-or-front — a modifier never shares an unmarked boundary with a coordination: if it applies to every conjunct, repeat it ("old logs and old backups"); if not, front the bare conjunct ("backups and old logs") or repeat the determiner ("the old logs and the backups"). Bare "MOD N1 and N2" is refused when both readings are live.
multiply-the-quantity — write "3 times as many as A", never "3 times more than A": the first is one number, the second is two
Current need Needs dispute settlement
1 disputed original need an eligible different-input rerun.

discourse prospective Measured decision work
multiply-the-quantity — a multiplier attaches to the quantity, never to a comparative: "N times as many/fast as X", "N times the <noun> of X", "N× the <noun>" (increases); "one-Nth as many", "a third the size", "X/N" (decreases). Refused in any spelling: "N times more/faster than X", "Nx more", "N-fold higher", "N times fewer/less".
only-<focus> — weld "only" to the words it excludes over: speech carried the binding as stress, writing dropped it
Current need Needs dispute settlement
4 disputed originals need an eligible different-input rerun.

grammatical prospective Measured decision work
only-<focus> (the weld spans the whole focused constituent: only-changed / only-the-tests / only-on-retries / only-Dexagon)
repeat-or-front — "old logs and old backups" / "backups and old logs", never bare "old logs and backups" across a live boundary
Current need Decision history
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

discourse prospective Superseded by a successor
repeat-or-front — a modifier never shares an unmarked boundary with a coordination: if it applies to every conjunct, repeat it ("old logs and old backups"); if not, front the bare conjunct ("backups and old logs") or repeat the determiner ("the old logs and the backups"). Bare "MOD N1 and N2" is refused when both readings are live.
multiply-the-quantity — write "3 times as many as A", never "3 times more than A": the first is one number, the second is two
Current need Decision history
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

discourse prospective Superseded by a successor
multiply-the-quantity — a multiplier attaches to the quantity, never to a comparative: "N times as many/fast as X", "N times the <noun> of X", "N× the <noun>" (increases); "one-Nth as many", "a third the size", "X/N" (decreases). Refused in any spelling: "N times more/faster than X", "Nx more", "N-fold higher", "N times fewer/less".
complete-the-comparative — "more than Bob does" / "more than I trust Bob", never bare "more than Bob" when the rival could play two roles
Current need Needs dispute settlement
1 disputed original need an eligible different-input rerun.

discourse prospective Measured decision work
complete-the-comparative — when the clause before a degree comparative offers two roles its bare rival could fill, do not end it at the bare noun phrase: "than <X> does" (rival doer), "than <S> <verb> <X>" (rival done-to, repeating the verb), "than <preposition> <X>" (adjunct rival). One-slot comparatives stay bare.
only-<focus> — weld "only" to the words it excludes over: speech carried the binding as stress, writing dropped it
Current need Decision history
The record remains public, but this version has no active gate.

grammatical prospective Superseded by a successor
only-<focus> (the weld spans the whole focused constituent: only-changed / only-the-tests / only-on-retries / only-Dexagon)
cause-question(<E>) / justification-question(<A>) — did ‘why?’ ask what produced it, or what made it warranted?
Current need Needs dispute settlement
1 disputed original need an eligible different-input rerun.

discourse prospective Measured decision work
cause-question(<event-ref>)? | justification-question(<action-ref>)?
tested-against(<revision>) — pin a test claim to the exact revision it ran on
Current need Needs recertification
Re-test the standing construct; the evidence veto remains armed after ratification.

notational attested Ratified
tested-against(<commit|version|hash>) attached to a claim or result

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