NationStates Jolt Archive

This is a copy of my post in the UN Forum:


I not only put out a call to UN nations to vote against this worthless proposal, which I am about to induct to my "UN Hall of Shame" (off-site), but also to the NS Moderators.

Hello? Moderators? Yes, it's me again!

After the chaos of my "Amendments to the UNEC" proposal, to be renamed "Clarification of the UNEC" when re-submitted, I looked over the UN rules again.

To tell you the truth, I agree. This proposal was created to throw the NationStates world into utter chaos, which is the only way I think it can exist.


Not Worthy of the UN's Consideration
3. Joke Proposals
Every now and then someone decides that making a pun about something (usually "The Right to Arm Bears" or "The Right to Bare Arms") would be clever. Beyond the fact that these jokes have appeared at least 25 times each in the proposal queue, the fact that they're not serious proposals will have them deleted.


This is obviously not a serious proposal! Laziness has admitted it himself! So, instead of wasting the UN's time on it, which is why this rule was created, I ask you to go in and delete "Public Domain" from the NS server. If you read the past 6 pages, you should see why. In addition to the lack of proper copyright terms, the author has also failed to mention patents and trademarks (did not see this pointed out), failed to specify copyrights, and has several grammar problems! After my original UNEC resolution, I have become much more picky over this. Here is the (useless) proposal again:


UN nations resolve to establish a public domain. If something is "in the public domain" then anyone can copy it or use it in any way they wish. The author has none of the exclusive rights that apply to a copyrighted work.

Works pass into the public domain when:
(1) the term of copyright for the work has expired
(2) the author failed to satisfy statutory formalities to perfect the copyright
3) it is a work of a UN Government
4) it is deemed "freeware" or "shareware"

This has been color-coded, not for looks, but ease of reference.

RED - Shouldn't that be "nations shall resolve"? I mean, they haven't yet...
BLUE - No quotes, and there should probably be a "considered" in front of that.
GREEN - CAPITALIZATION!!! You should capitalize the first word in every new line, whether it is in a list or not.
PURPLE - Contiuity Error! You went from (#) to #) - It should be consistent in all formal documents.
ORANGE - Where is that last quote in the original?

I know most of those are reason to vote against it, mods, not to remove it, but please, do not go against your own rules. I will send in a request at the getting help page as well, in addition to the copy of this post which will go in the Mod forum. Thank you for your time, and please, if this is not removed, VOTE AGAINST!!!

Sincerely,
The United Federation of Hersfold
UN Member, Part123
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/hersfold.jpg


I ask that, for the reasons stated above, that you take action against this obviously (and admitted) flame-bait proposal, which is clearly not worthy of the UN's Consideration.

Link to UN Forum Topic (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=148428)

Sincerely, In hopeful cooperation,
The United Federation of Hersfold
UN Member, Part123
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/hersfold.jpg

I see no reason to delete my proposal. A majority of the people show support for it. And how would it look if a proposal that is getting major support suddenly gets deleted. That would be a blatant disregard of every UN nation's sovereignty, it would be as if they had no choice, that their vote did not matter. I do not advocate a deletion of this proposal as it would undermine the whole purpose of the UN.

Then how about this:

The mods send a mass TG out like they do when one passes, to inform them that the proposal violates UN rules and will be deleted soon, so that they know why. Then, immediatly after sending it or after a few hours, they wipe it off the server.

And what was it you said, Laziness? "If you don't like it, FIGHT IT?" Guess what...

It is my understanding that mods cannot remove a proposal from the floor, only from the queue. It would require intervention from Max or [violet] (maybe Salusa too these days?) and it is something rarely done.

In other words, you'd need a pretty strong case. I personally don't think this qualifies. The proposal in itself doesn't seem to violate any actual rules I can think of, and I don't even see why a mod would pull it from the queue.

Ballotonia

As far as I can see, the proposal is not violating any rules.

All right then. I was just wondering, since some people have different views of the rules. Thanks, Sirocco, and Ballotonia. I repeal my case.

You really wanted to get a proposal deleted for grammar mistakes and such...?