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I would like to do something abnormal in this community and propose a binding resolution to the issue for both the Administration and community to consider. It wouldn't just qualify here, but would be used for all situations. These would be implemented as rules. Here's what it would institute:
1. Controlling Administrators:
(a) Community Administrators can only interfere with Server Staff, Moderation, Day-to-day functioning, or other Operations without permission of a server staff member who has passed a trial or been promoted once, or monetary problems, or other risk to the community.
(b) Community Administrators can be demoted with a two-third or more vote and discussion to do so by Server Admins, or by a majority of Administrators. Any discussion must be publicized to all unless it contains content that could be harmful to someone's privacy or to the state of the community. The full discussion must still be released to staff ranked above Moderator (with issues of privacy omitted), and a summary of the discussion must be released.
(c) Reasons must be given for the demotion of a Staff member, unless they have previously been warned that they could lose their rank if the behavior continued. Posts cannot be deleted solely on the basis of publicizing why a person was demoted, but can only be posted by the person demoted.
(d) A demoted Staff member can be brought back to Staff with the vote of 75% or more of the server's staff.
2. Controlling Community Members and Bans/Ban Appeals:
(a) All members must be coherent to the rules with absolutely no exceptions.
(b) The interpretation of the rules must be determined by the Staff team as a whole and not by an individual Staff member, unless the Staff team has not decided or discussed the rule.
(c) Community members cannot be unbanned more than twice within a period of six months. The Server Admin has the final say in who is and isn't unbanned.
(d) A new Server Admin may shorten, but not lengthen, the amount of time a player is banned.
Please discuss what I have proposed. I am handing out an olive branch to both sides of the discussion, and hope for serious comments and RESPECTFUL discussion.
I would like to do something abnormal in this community and propose a binding resolution to the issue for both the Administration and community to consider. It wouldn't just qualify here, but would be used for all situations. These would be implemented as rules. Here's what it would institute:
1. Controlling Administrators:
(a) Community Administrators can only interfere with Server Staff, Moderation, Day-to-day functioning, or other Operations without permission of a server staff member who has passed a trial or been promoted once, or monetary problems, or other risk to the community.
(b) Community Administrators can be demoted with a two-third or more vote and discussion to do so by Server Admins, or by a majority of Administrators. Any discussion must be publicized to all unless it contains content that could be harmful to someone's privacy or to the state of the community. The full discussion must still be released to staff ranked above Moderator (with issues of privacy omitted), and a summary of the discussion must be released.
(c) Reasons must be given for the demotion of a Staff member, unless they have previously been warned that they could lose their rank if the behavior continued. Posts cannot be deleted solely on the basis of publicizing why a person was demoted, but can only be posted by the person demoted.
(d) A demoted Staff member can be brought back to Staff with the vote of 75% or more of the server's staff.
2. Controlling Community Members and Bans/Ban Appeals:
(a) All members must be coherent to the rules with absolutely no exceptions.
(b) The interpretation of the rules must be determined by the Staff team as a whole and not by an individual Staff member, unless the Staff team has not decided or discussed the rule.
(c) Community members cannot be unbanned more than twice within a period of six months. The Server Admin has the final say in who is and isn't unbanned.
(d) A new Server Admin may shorten, but not lengthen, the amount of time a player is banned.
Please discuss what I have proposed. I am handing out an olive branch to both sides of the discussion, and hope for serious comments and RESPECTFUL discussion.
