Post by George on May 19, 2009 23:08:20 GMT 10
The List of Micronations Forum and its associated website and wiki are the property of George Cruickshank, who serves as Global Administrator and is the ultimate arbiter of all policy, content and operational matters.
Membership of the List of Micronations Forum is a privilege, not a right; that privilege is extended to all interested parties, in good faith, by the forum owner - but it may likewise be withdrawn for serious breaches of trust or for failure to comply with the forum's published policies, terms and conditions of use.
The List of Micronations Forum is administered as a meritocracy, not a democracy. While the opinions of all are accorded respect and consideration, members do not have an "equal vote" with regards operational or policy matters; the opinions of long-term, active, positive contributors to the forum will always carry more weight than the opinions of new arrivals or inactive long-term members.
At his sole discretion, the Global Administrator may invite any active, responsible forum member aged 18 years or over to assist in the management of the forum in the role of Moderator.
Moderators have the following powers:
(i) The ability to modify or delete any post by any member
(ii) The ability to modify, temporarily suspend or permanently delete member accounts
As at 19 October 2011, the following forum members are Moderators:
Moderators are charged with helping to maintain the professionalism, respectability, equanimity and civility of the forum, by ensuring that all registered members understand and adhere to the following terms of use:
Terms of Use:
1. Respecting its status as the common language of the majority of the membership of the forum, posts should generally be in comprehensible English. Comprehensible English is English that the general adult reader can understand with relative ease. NB: General comprehensibility does not require perfect grammar or letter-perfect spelling.
2. Posts should respect the intelligence of all forum members and anyone else who might view them by adhering to the principles of dialectic, rhetoric and logic that form the foundation of all civil discourse in all languages.
3. Pornographic posts, or posts containing pornographic images or text, or links to pornographic images or text are not permitted.
4. Posts encouraging or advocating hatred based on race, culture, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion or political preference are not permitted.
5. Posts that encourage, advocate or celebrate acts of criminality (as defined by the legal statutes and precedents of the Commonwealth of Australia) are not permitted. NB: this condition does not mean that legitimate discussion concerning criminal acts cannot take place; it is merely the explicit advocacy of such acts which is proscribed.
6. Posts that use obscenity, vulgarity and profanity to explicitly attack others are not permitted. However, obscenity, vulgarity and profanity may be used in moderation, in the context of good-natured humour or gentle raillery, or to emphasise pertinent points of discussion.
7. Posts involving implicit or explicit threats of violence are not permitted.
8. Posts that reveal personal information about forum members that is not already publicly accessible via the internet are not permitted.
9. Posts that are defined as spam, or which in their entirety constitute off-topic commercial advertising are not permitted.
10. Inappropriate posts, as defined above, will be deleted without comment by the Global Administrator or Moderators, at their sole discretion.
For a first offense, the member responsible for publishing an inappropriate post will be counselled to modify their behavior via email and private message.
Should that member post a second inappropriate post subsequent to being counselled, their access to the forum will be suspended for a period of 72 hours.
Should a third inappropriate post be published by that member, their forum access will be terminated.
Membership of the List of Micronations Forum is a privilege, not a right; that privilege is extended to all interested parties, in good faith, by the forum owner - but it may likewise be withdrawn for serious breaches of trust or for failure to comply with the forum's published policies, terms and conditions of use.
The List of Micronations Forum is administered as a meritocracy, not a democracy. While the opinions of all are accorded respect and consideration, members do not have an "equal vote" with regards operational or policy matters; the opinions of long-term, active, positive contributors to the forum will always carry more weight than the opinions of new arrivals or inactive long-term members.
At his sole discretion, the Global Administrator may invite any active, responsible forum member aged 18 years or over to assist in the management of the forum in the role of Moderator.
Moderators have the following powers:
(i) The ability to modify or delete any post by any member
(ii) The ability to modify, temporarily suspend or permanently delete member accounts
As at 19 October 2011, the following forum members are Moderators:
- claudere
- Jason Mckerra
- kvz
- Peter
- Rex TorHavn
Moderators are charged with helping to maintain the professionalism, respectability, equanimity and civility of the forum, by ensuring that all registered members understand and adhere to the following terms of use:
Terms of Use:
1. Respecting its status as the common language of the majority of the membership of the forum, posts should generally be in comprehensible English. Comprehensible English is English that the general adult reader can understand with relative ease. NB: General comprehensibility does not require perfect grammar or letter-perfect spelling.
2. Posts should respect the intelligence of all forum members and anyone else who might view them by adhering to the principles of dialectic, rhetoric and logic that form the foundation of all civil discourse in all languages.
3. Pornographic posts, or posts containing pornographic images or text, or links to pornographic images or text are not permitted.
4. Posts encouraging or advocating hatred based on race, culture, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion or political preference are not permitted.
5. Posts that encourage, advocate or celebrate acts of criminality (as defined by the legal statutes and precedents of the Commonwealth of Australia) are not permitted. NB: this condition does not mean that legitimate discussion concerning criminal acts cannot take place; it is merely the explicit advocacy of such acts which is proscribed.
6. Posts that use obscenity, vulgarity and profanity to explicitly attack others are not permitted. However, obscenity, vulgarity and profanity may be used in moderation, in the context of good-natured humour or gentle raillery, or to emphasise pertinent points of discussion.
7. Posts involving implicit or explicit threats of violence are not permitted.
8. Posts that reveal personal information about forum members that is not already publicly accessible via the internet are not permitted.
9. Posts that are defined as spam, or which in their entirety constitute off-topic commercial advertising are not permitted.
10. Inappropriate posts, as defined above, will be deleted without comment by the Global Administrator or Moderators, at their sole discretion.
For a first offense, the member responsible for publishing an inappropriate post will be counselled to modify their behavior via email and private message.
Should that member post a second inappropriate post subsequent to being counselled, their access to the forum will be suspended for a period of 72 hours.
Should a third inappropriate post be published by that member, their forum access will be terminated.