the rule as a gatekeeper

A rule, threshold, or prerequisite drawn as a figure standing in a gap, with one question it asks and a visible record of what passed and what was turned back. Writing the question in the gatekeeper's own words is the work here. Most rules that keep stopping people have never been said out loud, and the drawing fails until that sentence exists.

A rule, threshold, or prerequisite drawn as a figure standing in a gap, with one question it asks and a visible record of what passed and what was turned back. Writing the question in the gatekeeper's own words is the work here. Most rules that keep stopping people have never been said out loud, and the drawing fails until that sentence exists.

Example

Best when people keep hitting the same invisible stop and nobody can state the condition doing the stopping.