NationStates Jolt Archive

While decreasing the would chipping industry would, in the short term, over hundreds of years the over all efects on the enviroment would realy save the world from the rampart destruction of forest that it has fallen into a cycle of.

We don't have to worry about this resolution. I've heard of a "wood chipping" industry, but I've never heard of a "would chipping" industry. Furthermore, "efects," "enviroment," and "realy" aren't words while "rampart destruction" means destroying a fortification. There are more problems with the wording of this declaration, but my head hurts too much from trying to decipher this incoherent resolution.

Don't forget about Resolution 245A Proper Grammar, which was implemented one year ago on Saturday, February 15, 2003.

Any country that files a proposal with such language shall henceforth be banned from proposals until such time as they understand the English language and can properly convey their ideas.

Therefore, the Grand Duchy of the Lords of the Isles should be banned from making further proposals. Implicitly, the mods should remove this proposal.

I also submitted a copy of this post to the United Nations forum at http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=123996.

All of the above would be true, except for two things:

1. Res. 245A is a game mechanics altering resolution. Thus, it cannot and will not be enforced by anyone.

2. Even if it could be enforced, mods cannot remove a proposal from the floor of the UN. The best we can do is kill it while it's in the queue.

2. Even if it could be enforced, mods cannot remove a proposal from the floor of the UN. The best we can do is kill it while it's in the queue.

Bizarre question: Could [violet] edit a resolution on the floor? I know [violet] restored line breaks to resolutions on the floor during the final day of the Arms Trafficking resolution (June), but that's more of a coding change than an edit.

Resolution 245A Proper Grammar was passed during the pre-Moderator era, back when [violet] was the only active Admin/Moderator on NationStates. This resolution was a pointless resolution, but [violet] had more important things to do with her time back then.

If Resolution 245A Proper Grammar had never existed and was submitted to the UN now, it would have been Moderator-deleted and the author issued an official warning.

No Moderator action will be taken.

Meh, the forums are slow.

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2. Even if it could be enforced, mods cannot remove a proposal from the floor of the UN. The best we can do is kill it while it's in the queue.

Bizarre question: Could [violet] edit a resolution on the floor? I know [violet] restored line breaks to resolutions on the floor during the final day of the Arms Trafficking resolution (June), but that's more of a coding change than an edit.
Not exactly sure, Goob. There've been one or two proposals where we've actually asked directly "[violet], could you remove/edit the proposal on the floor of the UN?" and the responses I've got at least tend to indicate that the odd one slipping through the net isn't anything to worry about (NOTE: by no means does that mean that this one has slipped through the net). Of course, that never really resolved the fundamental issue at question...