I'm really confused about what is the author intent with this article. At first read, it is pointless. The first paragraph pretty much resumes it: "These are my rules, but they're not good because I break them more often than I adhere to them". If this is intended as a starting point for a discussion, as the author claims, I think a forum is more appropriate format, and at least start from some previous existing convention discussion. This just looks like trying to reinvent the wheel from scratch.