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Regional Code of Law (RCOL) Creation Thread; A group effort to create DUAN's first code of law.
Topic Started: Jun 24 2012, 05:35 PM (550 Views)
Birkinghamia
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Regional Code of Law (RCOL) Creation

Welcome, Representatives, the President, other government officials, and anyone else that would like to contribute, this will be the Code of Law creation thread.

I believe we should begin with handling cases such as destroying the forums, spam, and proxy IP addresses.

I will post new laws once we have come into agreement below:

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The Democratic Union of Allied Nations Regional Code of Law


Section I: The Forums



Subsection A: Topic/Post Deletion


1A. Deleting more than three posts and/or one topic every thirty minutes shall be prohibited.

This shall exclude the deletion of accidental posts, if the person(s) who posted the accidental posts have given consent for their accidental posts to be deleted.

1B. The maximum sentence for every count of illegal deletion occurring over the legal limit shall be up to five (5) days exile from the region (if accused by the Executive Branch) and/or an IP ban on the criminal's account on the regional forums for up to five (5) days.

1C. The maximum sentence of five or more counts of illegal deletion occurring over the legal limit shall be three weeks of exile and/or permanent a IP ban for the person that committed the transgression.


Subsection B: Spam

1A. Posting the same or similar post more than four times anywhere on the forums within 30 minutes shall be counted as spam, and shall be prohibited.

Posts shall be counted as spam only if they are irrelevant to the context and/or interrupt the proceedings of the thread(s) that the spam posts were posted in.

1B. The maximum sentence for every count of spam occurring over the legal limit shall be up to five (5) days exile from the region (if accused by the Executive Branch) and/or an IP ban on the criminal's account on the regional forums for up to five (5) days.

1C. The maximum sentence of three or more counts of spam occurring over the legal limit shall be three weeks of exile and/or permanent a IP address ban for the person that committed the transgression.


Subsection C: Proxy IP addresses

1A. Signing up to the regional forums using a proxy server shall be prohibited.

1B. The maximum sentence for each count shall be a required permanent post using an ordinary IP address or an IP address ban on the proxy server's IP address.

2A. Posting on the regional forums with a proxy server IP address shall be prohibited.

2B. The maximum sentence for each count shall be permanent usage of an ordinary IP address and the proxy IP shall be banned.


Section II: The Regional Messaging Board and the Forums

Section A: Fraud Voting


1A. Fraud voting shall be defined as:

  • voting with two (2) or more nations and/or two (2) or more forum accounts with the same IP address during a single election;
  • and/or a single person voting with two (2) or more accounts with different IP addresses during a single election.

Fraud voting shall be prohibited.

1B. The maximum sentence for each count of fraud voting shall be one week exile and/or a one week ban on the person's IP address, and any sentence including exile and/or an IP address ban must take place during the next election.


Once we have finished and a majority has come to agreement, a formal vote can be held on the Congressional Floor.

Feel free to suggest anything (I can put it in the correct legal format), what we need is ideas, suggestions, or any contributions.
Edited by Birkinghamia, Jun 28 2012, 04:42 AM.
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Welsh Cowboy
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Subsection B... Similar posts?

If I started an RP, and posted "Accepted" 5 times within 30 minutes, would I break the law?

Also, can we define the instead of blanket bans? Like defining spam as posting irrelevant messages or interrupting others threads?
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Jun 24 2012, 07:18 PM
Subsection B... Similar posts?

If I started an RP, and posted "Accepted" 5 times within 30 minutes, would I break the law?

Also, can we define the instead of blanket bans? Like defining spam as posting irrelevant messages or interrupting others threads?
Fixed, is it alright, now?
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Welsh Cowboy
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OK... Another clarification:

If I spammed the forums (hypothetically,) and then you deleted all my 20 topics, would you be guilty? We might need to fix that.
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Jun 24 2012, 07:42 PM
OK... Another clarification:

If I spammed the forums (hypothetically,) and then you deleted all my 20 topics, would you be guilty? We might need to fix that.
I wouldn't; I'd wait for the person to be held accountable. I might move them to a different thread, though. :P
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What if they were explicit or such?

Also, what if I mistakenly quadruple-posted?

Again, maybe we should define it? Something like: Deleting topics or posts not your own without rule breaking as a reason?
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What if they were explicit or such?

Explicit, like obviously spam? Then I'll move it so the thread can continue (mods can do this, too) but the posts will still be there so the person can be held accountable.

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Also, what if I mistakenly quadruple-posted?
How often will that happen? Besides, if it's a mistake, I'll see the extra posts and delete them, so the evidence is destroyed. I doubt anyone would press charges anyway, and even so, I'm sure the justices would sentence a very minimal sentence.

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Again, maybe we should define it? Something like: Deleting topics or posts not your own without rule breaking as a reason?

Wait, I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mind clarifying?
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By explicit I meant language or graphic, but I see your point.

I still don't see why it should be possible to be punished for deleting four posts in thirty minutes... If all you've done is accidentally posted.

What I meant was should the definition of Subsection B be: Deleting topics or posts not your own without having a valid reason, i.e. Rule breaking.

Does that make sense?
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I thought once they were deleted, they were just gone. Shouldn't it be a ban, instead?
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Jun 24 2012, 08:34 PM
I thought once they were deleted, they were just gone. Shouldn't it be a ban, instead?
You're referencing Section A, right?

If so, I agree.
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The first two sections, as B also mentions it.
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I like it. Though it should say intentionally instead of anytime
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Jun 24 2012, 08:40 PM
I like it. Though it should say intentionally instead of anytime
That would be hard to determine, though wouldn't it?

Someone like Gladia would say it wasn't "intentional."
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I have read our constitution--I do not think ''permanent exile'' is legal.
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I think most of my concern as been pretty much made. I think people should be allowed to delete their post though if they feel it is irrelevance to the topic---I think after three post is a little too strong--maybe we should make it 4.
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Jun 24 2012, 08:56 PM
I have read our constitution--I do not think ''permanent exile'' is legal.
Article VII, section 2.
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Jun 24 2012, 09:43 PM
I think most of my concern as been pretty much made. I think people should be allowed to delete their post though if they feel it is irrelevance to the topic---I think after three post is a little too strong--maybe we should make it 4.
It is four, though.
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Jun 24 2012, 08:36 PM
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Jun 24 2012, 08:34 PM
I thought once they were deleted, they were just gone. Shouldn't it be a ban, instead?
You're referencing Section A, right?

If so, I agree.
Check Section A, 1C.
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Jun 24 2012, 10:10 PM
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Jun 24 2012, 08:36 PM
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Jun 24 2012, 08:34 PM
I thought once they were deleted, they were just gone. Shouldn't it be a ban, instead?
You're referencing Section A, right?

If so, I agree.
Check Section A, 1C.
But how would you recover a deleted account?
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I still don't see why it should be possible to be punished for deleting four posts in thirty minutes... If all you've done is accidentally posted.

Fixed Subsection A, 1A, I put, "if the person(s) have given consent for their posts to be deleted.", so that any future admins need to have explicit permission if they want to delete.

Welsh
 
What I meant was should the definition of Subsection B be: Deleting topics or posts not your own without having a valid reason, i.e. Rule breaking.

Does that make sense?

Wait, where? Subsection B is about spam.
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