Palecek's proposed changes to the HKOS rules pages

Palecek's proposed changes to the HKOS rules pages

Palecek 1223539502|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

continued from BAMJD forum…

Well obviously I made some pretty bad assumptions.

First off, I didn't know this:

My thought process behind this was that all rules sets would be "self-contained" meaning you shouldn't have to read the whole site to learn how to play this style.

so of course the terminology has to stay. Do you want the terminology in both the overview and gameplay pages like how it is now?
I'll flesh out the sections that are lacking, but I'll leave out seating, dealing, and anything explained in the beginner's guide. (Seating and dealing are linked in the overview page. The beginner's guide is mentioned in the gameplay page.)

Second, everything I wrote was specifically for the HKOS pages, but apparently most of the changes I suggested (such as removing or editing sections) would mean that all the other rules pages would get changed too. In that case I won't be editing or removing any sections. I'll just stick the information in whatever section seems appropriate.

As for that 13 Orphans question, it's just a minor hole in the rules. If you don't care about it then I don't care about it.

The other changes in the scoring section are not major. I just reorganized some stuff and removed redundant info.

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Re: Palecek's proposed changes to the HKOS rules pages

tankbot 1223694835|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

I don't mind changes that would affect all the other rules. I expect several revisions to be made to the format before it's bearable. If you want to implement a change, we just need to make the changes across the board.

Ideally, I'd like all the rules self contained and cut down on the referencing back to the basic rules. It makes no sense to have a beginner who wants to learn a specific type of mahjong have them read two sets of rules (basic and the specific one) in order to play one style. Not to mention how confusing it'll be if they differ a great deal.

I'll admit that I'm guilty of making the dealing, seating, and gameplay sections stripped down versions. That's only because there's a lot of content that can be added and these sections can always be returned to later.