How to Proceed in a RuFi Project
How do I get started?
If you are new to a RuFi project, you should first complete your user profile before delving into the content, evaluating or editing it. You too would like to know who you are talking to.
Complete your user profile
Click on your name in the page header, and then on "Edit profile".
Read, Understand, and Evaluate
A good start to a user session is always to get up to date first. Take your time to read what other participants have written in the meantime, and evaluate the new or updated contributions. If you notice minor errors while reading, check if you have the required permissions to correct the errors, and if yes, correct them; if not, make a small note.
Read the latest posts
You can find an overview of the latest posts on the dashboard "Latest". In the overviews for problems or rules, new or updated contributions are also marked with the label "NEW".
Openness to Results
If you have clear ideas about how things should be regulated, these are basically very good prerequisites for fruitful cooperation. But do not be disappointed or even frustrated if your suggestions are not accepted right away. Let yourself be surprised and convinced by the suggestions, arguments, and criticism of other participants if they are correct. Let yourself get involved in experiments. - Most of the time, it is more important to have found a solution that is supported by everyone than to have a better solution that only exists on paper.
Openness to Criticism, Arguments and Experiments
Stay open to suggestions, arguments, and criticism - and trust that in the long run, the best regulation will be found.
Submit New Contributions
If you are new to a RuFi project, you certainly already have ideas about which topics you would like to address and bring into the discussion. But before you create new content in RuFi, you should definitely check if this content does not already exist. - If this content already exists in a similar form, you can save yourself and others a lot of effort. Use the time gained to check this content for completeness and whether it covers your point, whether it is simply and clearly expressed, or whether it can still be shortened.
Avoid duplicates
Similar content that represents the same facts in different ways (both problems, rules, and arguments) should always be combined into one contribution. Duplicates must be avoided.
Note the Logical Structure of Content Creation: Problem, Rule, Argumentation
Problem, Rule, and Argumentation form a meaningful unit, in the sense that a rule always refers to a problem and should prevent the consequences of this problem through practical instructions. Arguments serve to analyze precisely this relationship between Problem and Rule, showing at each aspect of the relationship to what extent a rule is suitable or unsuitable for solving the problem.
Follow this logical structure of content creation and always start a new topic with a problem description. Note the logical order that the problem is always the starting point of all considerations.
Give other participants enough time to comment on or edit your problem description before you proceed to create a regulation that refers to the described problem.
Golden Rule
A rule that does not solve a problem is meaningless and can be discarded.
Community of Interest
Contracts are always concluded (at least in Germany) according to the legal principle of "Good Faith" (see BGB, ยง157). This means that the contracting parties mutually assure each other to fulfill, beyond their own interest, also the legitimate interests of the other party. A contract is not fulfilled if, for example, a paid product has been delivered, but only if the product meets the legitimate expectations of the buyer.
The contract does not regulate the exchange of things or services, but the recognition and fulfillment of interests.
Good Faith
The legal principle of "Good Faith" obliges the contracting parties to present their interests completely and precisely, as well as to thoroughly take note of and understand the interests of the other party.
The goal is to distinguish legitimate expectations from illegitimate ones, and to establish this demarcation.
Being Affected
How relevant an argument appears immediately often depends on the degree of personal being affected. Being affected refers to the problems that are to be solved by the rules under discussion. If you are not affected by a problem, you should by no means give in to the natural tendency toward superficial consideration, but actively strive for understanding and commit to solving these problems, in your own interest, as well as in the interest of others and the common goals of the community of interest.