Naming the Provinces

[Octavian X]

This poll will run for the next 72 hours.

This is the list of provincial names:

Palatine, Aventine, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline and Caelian

If this measure passes, the first governors (elected or appointed) of the next six provinces must pick one of these names to name that province.

A simple majority of votes when the poll closes is required for passage.

Original discussion on this subject may be found here.

 

[Cpt Kaos]

I voted yes. I like keeping the Roman flavor to the game. The creativity can come in naming the cities.

 

[Almightyjosh]

For those of you who don't know, our first province, Capitoline, is named after one of the seven hills surrounding Rome. These six names are the other six hills.

 

[disorganizer]

hmmm. werent the governors supposed to name their province? (at least in dg1+2 it was that way)

so how can they be forced to name them that way?

 

[Shaitan]

I voted no. I don't like the idea of forcing governors to pick from a list.

 

[disorganizer]

i also wonder: is there really a base in the rules for forcing them to comply to the list? as informational poll i voted yes, to give them an orientation of what the people would like... but i think this poll in itself may even violate our rules as it deletes the governor's right to freely choose their province name as they wish

 

[Shaitan]

Not really, dis. The governors have no specific right to name a province. It's tradition.

 

[disorganizer]

Oh. I thought that was written down somewhere

 

[Cyc]

Sorry, Shaitan, I voted YES. 1. Now that we have no laws stating the right of the first Governors to name their Provinces, what's to stop us from changing? I think we should have kept our laws. 2. I really don't think dredging up names from old Demogames is a sign of creativity, and definitely not originality. 3. This is a new game in a new world. We are Rome, so I like the idea of the Seven Hills. It's a great little package. 4. We can always return to the first Governors naming their Provinces in the next game, where hopefully we will return to an era of rules.

 

[Shaitan]

I'd prefer a name approval process to avoid unpopular names. Go ahead and suggest a naming scheme. Use this as a pre-approved name list. When a new province is formed the governor can pick a name from the pre-approved list or suggest a new one. Poll that name to make sure it's acceptable. That's the best of both worlds.

 

[Peri]

This poll is closed
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The assessment for this poll can be found here