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WCSP - Clarify what "own cover" refers to #164

Closed Ivan-Brigidano closed 4 years ago

Ivan-Brigidano commented 4 years ago

The WCA Competition Safety Policy states that:

2.4 Competitors may bring their own cover to place over the competition supplied mat or timer provided the function of the equipment is not affected. 2.4.1 Competitors are responsible for any modifications made to timing equipment and will not be eligible for any extra attempts if the function of the equipment is affected by the competitor’s cover.

The WCA Regulations Committee originally interpreted the term "own cover" as a "cover" (commonly known as "cube cover" or "puzzle cover") that is used in the WCA Regulations and Guidelines. But according to the Board, this should be interpreted the following way:

(...) allowing the competitor to place cling wrap (or something similar) over the mat or timer so that they do not need to physically touch the timer or mat (and they would discard the cover at the end of their attempts).

Therefore, the WRC suggests using a different term or to clarify what "cover" means on these articles.

cubewhiz commented 4 years ago

How about a "covering"? Wrapping? Sheathing?

c-goodyear commented 4 years ago

Changing 2.4 to read something like:

2.4 Competitors may bring their own cover (e.g. clear plastic) to place over the competition supplied mat or timer provided the function of the equipment is not affected.

would probably make most sense, and be easy to read instead of using words that may be out of vocabulary for a lot of non-native speakers. Clear plastic can (hopefully) obviously not be used as a cube cover :p

cubewhiz commented 4 years ago

Sure, I think this is reasonable.

Ivan-Brigidano commented 4 years ago

Maybe "sheet"? I'm not sure if this term would make sense for native English speakers though.

2.4 Competitors may bring their own sheet (e.g. clear plastic) to place over the competition supplied mat or timer provided the function of the equipment is not affected.

c-goodyear commented 4 years ago

Sheet excludes some options that people may want to take with such a cover. Maybe they are fine touching the timer pads, because they can be disinfected easily. But the mats are harder to disinfect because they are absorbent, so allowing a competitor to bring something to cover the mat which isn't a sheet - such as a cloth - needs to not be excluded by the wording.

cubewhiz commented 4 years ago

Agree with Callum here. Perhaps leaving as cover with the clarification makes the most sense.