Recently, Senior Moderator and Associate Justice Belschaft posted the India Act, which was a mock constiutional amendment designed to ensure that a member of the Coalition (Whole India, also referred to as WI), is prohibited from posting or proposing new legislation or amendments to new legislation. The act is presumably created to mock a new legislator, who has a history of proposing new amendments and legislation to the assembly, and continues to pursue them after being told by several members of the assembly that it isn't a good idea.

Whereas I do not have anything against joke legislation, and I do not have anything against other members of the assembly calmly voicing their discontent, and requesting the chair of the assembly to take legal action if they feel that Whole India's legislation is getting spammy, I have an objection to a senior moderator obviously breaching the community guidelines.

Below are the reasons why "The India Act" violates community guidelines.

"always remember to attack the argument rather than the player making it." It can safely be claimed that Belschaft is not attacking Whole India's bills, or even arguing the fact that Whole India should avoid proposing superfluous legislation. Instead, I personally see the bill as a mockery and a burlesquing of a member of the coalition. It mentions Whole India by name multiple times (something that is not common in the assembly unless it comes to proscriptions or sometimes treaties), meaning that Senior Moderator Belschaft is deliberately calling out Whole India for his overzealousness when making a point about preventing him from proposing legislation. This isn't attacking the arguments that the player makes, but is an attack on the player themselves.

Flaming: Hostile and insulting behavior against another player, particularly based in personal attacks, is unwelcome in our community. Depending on the severity, you could be banned. Being in-character does not excuse anybody from this rule. Erudite slams while maintaining a veneer of politeness can also be considered flaming. - Again, this can be argued that it is a personal attack, as it is highly abnormal that legislation mentions a legislation by name. Whole India also has a history of proposing legislation, meaning that this could be seen as directly calling out Whole India in front of everyone when he could have responded politely in the thread

Trolling: Posts that are made with the aim of soliciting an angry response from the general community, or to mess with the community for their own amusement, and any other bad-faith content that a poster knows will be annoying, start a fight, etc. - Belschaft would probably not propose an unconstiution amendment (which this likely is), so, I would suggest that this is a "bad faith" post designed to subdue Whole India by amounting public pressure on the honorable member of the coalition to stop proposing amendments while mocking them for their own enjoyment. In a professional work situation, mocking someone would probably get you a referral to Human Resources, and if it is done over a long period of time, it would be regarded as bullying.
(An additional note - the chair of the assembly has advised the Moderation Team to take further action).

Although the moderation team's action will ultimately be up to them, I will be looking on as a member of the coalition. Belschaft, a senior moderator, has demonstrated that they are clearly incapable of following the community guidelines, which I presume they had a stake in writing and discussing. This sets a concerning precedent for senior moderators and junior moderators alike - I would personally rather not see a culture where Senior Moderators and members of the coalition feel that it is acceptable to break the Community Standards because of their longevity or moderation status.

If the assembly thinks that Whole India's conduct in the assembly is spammy or annoying, I would suggest that they partake in an interlocution with the chair about Whole India, not mock them in a constiutional amendment. The chair could also ask Whole India's mentor to assist them in the drafting of their proposals, or mute them for the assembly for a set period of time if needed.

I sincerely hope that the moderation teams deals with this swiftly and with alacrity, and that they make the correct decision with regards to this matter.

Aga.

Aga/Eunopiar

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(This post was last modified: 08-25-2020, 04:08 PM by Aga. Edit Reason: Formatting issues with table )

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Thank you for the detailed report. We are looking into this and discussing it now. This isn't a process that takes 5 minutes, however, so I ask for your understanding that this may take a few days until it's sorted.

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Thank you for the detailed report. We are looking into this and discussing it now. This isn't a process that takes 5 minutes, however, so I ask for your understanding that this may take a few days until it's sorted.

Thanks for looking into it!

Aga/Eunopiar

Mostly does boring things.

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