(04-02-2019, 06:00 PM)Nat Wrote:

(04-01-2019, 09:38 AM)sandaoguo Wrote: It’s not true that “there is no written guideline which stipulates that action by NationStates moderators is sufficient proof of a conduct violation.” The Criminal Code *is* the guideline.

The Criminal Code states that "Conduct violations shall be defined as breaking in-game NationStates rules." Breaking the rules, not any moderator action arising from that, is the lone definition of conduct violations provided in the legislation. The law does not stipulate this region's process for determining when a conduct violation occurs, so there is in fact no written guideline which stipulates that action by NationStates moderators is sufficient proof of a conduct violation.  

The only people who decide when someone has broken NS rules are NS mods. If they have not made a decision, then the rules haven't been broken yet. (The same way we can't say someone is guilty of breaking our own laws, until the Court has delivered a verdict.) It's pretty simple. We do not need to have a side document explaining that.