Ferengi Rules of Acquisition

[fonic]

Hi, I came here to offer a pull request to add the Ferengi Rules of Acquisiton, only to find that they have already been added just a couple of days ago - what a weird coincidence...

However, the contents that were merged contain lots of typos and other errors (presumably, they were pulled from the same source that I used).

I have created a cleaned up version that is also closer to the style of how the rules are usually recited within Star Trek episodes: froas-biglist-out.txt

Also, I'd like to point out that this seems to be an unofficial list - I couldn't find any indication that there ever was an official, comprehensive list of all 280+ rules. Thus, I also created a list based on these contents which include references to sources: froas-gistlist-out.txt

Let me know what you think.

[shlomif]

Hi!

On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:26:31 -0800 fonic @.***> wrote:

Hi, I came here to offer a pull request to add the Ferengi Rules of Acquisiton, only to find that they have already been added just a couple of days ago - what a weird coincidence...

However, the contents that were merged contain lots of typos and other errors (presumably, they were pulled from the same source that I used).

I have created a cleaned up version that is also closer to the style of how the rules are usually recited within Star Trek episodes: froas-biglist-out.txt

Also, I'd like to point out that this seems to be an unofficial list - I couldn't find any indication that there ever was an official, comprehensive list of all 280+ rules. Thus, I also created a list based on these contents which include references to sources: froas-gistlist-out.txt

I like the list with references better (given https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#Misattributed / etc. ), so feel free to send a pull-req. Just note that the tests will fail if lines are too long or on trailing space. Thanks!

Let me know what you think.

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[fonic]

I like the list with the references better, too - it may be less content, but it's correct/canon content. Also, the references give it a nice touch, people might want to look a rule up when they read it.

I think I'll create a final list + PR based on this (that's probably the source for the GIST file anyway): https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Ferengi_Rules_of_Acquisition

[fonic]

Closed in favor of PR #60.