I've recommended this before, but I had a better idea for coding purposes.

The problem:

Village Influencing is on a random timer. The problem is this causes some problems when events are happening in the middle of this. Isune's return was interrupted by an influence just at the Climax. Recently, Ayridion complained about an Village Influence interrupting his occurance. Obviously the blind randomness can work against the admin when planning events.

The solution:

Before an influence comes up, every divine and ephemeral is alerted with a " going up in 15 minutes". The Divine can then use a command called "Delay Event X hours". This allows them to reset the uprising. A random number of hours will be added so the Divine won't know when it's coming until the next 15 minute warning, just in case some players worry about "corrupt admin" who might alert a city in advance.

I think this would be a perfect solution to the problem that comes up. I don't know how hard that would be to code, but I do think it would be a wonderful addition.

A very sensible idea indeed!

I wonder if there is a command at the moment to see a schedule of coming timed conflicts, and adjust the variables which determine their time of occuring?

I like the idea, support the reason, and think the solution is well thought out.