(03-30-2015, 05:51 PM)Kris Kringle Wrote:

(05-19-2014, 01:11 PM)Tsunamy Wrote: 2. Upon review the applicant may be either conditionally approved or denied by the Vice Delegate.
3. Upon the applicant being conditionally approved the forum administration staff will conduct a security check to ensure the applicant is not using a proxy, is not trying to avoid a forum ban, and is not a citizen using a different nation. In the event that an applicant is found to be using a proxy, attempting to avoid a forum ban, or applying for citizenship on multiple nations their application will be denied and not subject to appeal.

Notice how the Charter requires authorization from both the Vice Delegate and Forum Administration for citizenship to be granted. True, Forum Administration must restrict its check to issues related to forum security and such, but the point is that the person is not a citizen until cleared by Forum Administration.

The law doesn't say anything about the Admin actually being the approval authority. It seems that rests solely in the hands of the Vice-Delegate. All the Admin can do is preform a security check, with the Vice Delegate being the one by which "the applicant may be either conditionally approved or denied".

The applicant is a citizen when the VD says so, not the Admin. The law is very clear. It even says "1. Citizenship applications will be reviewed by the Vice Delegate."

Therefore, masking does constitute the sole determining factor as to if a member is a citizen or not.