The Naming Initiative
I. Preamble
As our civilisation grows we will, hopefully, found new cities and discover geographical features. Especially in the case of cities, custom names would help add an atmospheric touch to our civilisation.
II. Procedure for Naming a New City
On founding, a city will be given the temporary placeholder name: "City#1" (In the event that there is already a city holding that name, the new city will be named "City#2" and so on in numerical order as required). A thread will then be opened, to accept nominations from the public for the new city's name.
All nominated names which have been secondedafter four days will then be polled. No poll should be made until four days after the first seconded name. If there is no majority decision, then the top three options, including ties, will be polled again. In the event of no majority in the second poll, the top two options will be polled again.
Should no nomination be seconded, all nominated names will be entered in the initial poll.
III. Loss of city
Should a city be conquered or otherwise lost to another civilisation, before the naming process is completed, the process will be continued and the city given the eventually chosen name in the event of its recovery. Should the city be razed or otherwise destroyed before the naming process is complete, however, the naming process will be aborted.
IV. Renaming an Existing City
Renaming a city should occur only in special cases, and as such would be organised by the Cheiftain, in consultation with the city in question's Elder
V. Other features
Other geographical features, including, but not limited to: continents, mountain ranges, oceans, forests, and plains may also be named. Nomination threads for such features may be posted by any interested individual, and would follow the same procedure as in II.
It is advised that a thread be maintained noting names of such geographical features to allow for easy referral.
VI. Limitations
Names must not violate CFC forum rules
I believe that this will allow more deliberation of, and for, proposed names. This would obviously slow down the naming process, but if no names are seconded, there must be some reason, namely that there are no good proposed names.
The above reasons are why I am proposing this amendment to the Naming Initiative.
I. Preamble
As our civilisation grows we will, hopefully, found new cities and discover geographical features. Especially in the case of cities, custom names would help add an atmospheric touch to our civilisation.
II. Procedure for Naming a New City
On founding, a city will be given the temporary placeholder name: "City#1" (In the event that there is already a city holding that name, the new city will be named "City#2" and so on in numerical order as required). A thread will then be opened, to accept nominations from the public for the new city's name.
All nominated names which have been seconded
III. Loss of city
Should a city be conquered or otherwise lost to another civilisation, before the naming process is completed, the process will be continued and the city given the eventually chosen name in the event of its recovery. Should the city be razed or otherwise destroyed before the naming process is complete, however, the naming process will be aborted.
IV. Renaming an Existing City
Renaming a city should occur only in special cases, and as such would be organised by the Cheiftain, in consultation with the city in question's Elder
V. Other features
Other geographical features, including, but not limited to: continents, mountain ranges, oceans, forests, and plains may also be named. Nomination threads for such features may be posted by any interested individual, and would follow the same procedure as in II.
It is advised that a thread be maintained noting names of such geographical features to allow for easy referral.
VI. Limitations
Names must not violate CFC forum rules
I believe that this will allow more deliberation of, and for, proposed names. This would obviously slow down the naming process, but if no names are seconded, there must be some reason, namely that there are no good proposed names.
The above reasons are why I am proposing this amendment to the Naming Initiative.
