| Community Standards |
Community Standards
For The South Pacific (partially lifted from NationStates OSRS) Jurisdiction
Principally, our community standards cover all interactions related to or originated from TSP’s official off-site property, including our forums and Discord servers. This includes private/direct messages. Interactions on unrelated websites or services will be considered on a case-by-case basis. General Guidelines
We’re Not All Adults Here We want our community to be accessible to anybody who is allowed to play NationStates. This means we’re not an adults-only community. Everybody is expected to behave as they would in a setting with minors as young as 13. Civility We’ve had serious problems in the past with people going overboard with incivility, and creating an environment nobody wants to play in. This is a political game, so there will be fighting and arguing. But to keep the game somewhere people want to be, over-the-top hostility will be dealt with swiftly. IC/OOC The idea of there being different “realms” of behavior is strange and some people have difficulty understanding it. “IC” stands for “in-character” and refers to behavior expressed in the game itself— debating laws, criticizing political campaigns, etc. “OOC” is “out-of-character” and is basically when we’re talking about the actual people behind the nations names and Discord handles. You can’t avoid punishment by claiming your constant insults are IC. While we handle IC and OOC behavior differently, at the end of the day we’re all actual human beings, and you-the-person-at-the-keyboard are expected to follow the rules no matter what role you see yourself in. Use Common Sense This should be self-explanatory. Use your common sense, don't be the person to cause trouble, and always remember to attack the argument rather than the player making it. The Rules
Advertising/Spamming: Whether you’re a bot or a well-intentioned player just wanting to grow their own region, both of these things will likely earn you a permanent insta-ban. Offensive Material: To maintain a friendly and welcoming community, we do not allow certain types of material:
Explicit Material: Once again, see “We’re Not All Adults Here”. Erotic roleplay, sharing pornographic or overly suggestive material, sending nudes, cybersexing, or excessive public displays of affection are forbidden on all offsite property regulated by TSP and will likely lead to an immediate permanent ban. Sexuality should be avoided entirely and may at most be mildly hinted, but anything explicit or excessive will result in a proportional moderation response. 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. Flamebaiting: Posts that are made with the aim of angering someone indirectly. Not outright flame, but still liable to bring angry replies. Flame baiting is a far more subtle and covert action; it is an underhanded tactic that is designed to provoke a response from another player. It's in the same context of trolling but with flamebaiting it's just the one person. Also included under flamebaiting is malicious quote editing, changing the contents of a quoted post without showing the original text, either through color changes or strike-out. 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. Privacy violation: Players on NationStates have a reasonable expectation that their privacy will be respected. It is not permitted to post or otherwise share another player's personally-identifying information (i.e. social media accounts, IP addresses, postal addresses, E-mail addresses, telephone numbers, etc.), and neither is it permitted to post or share information that may not be identifying but is nonetheless of a personal nature (i.e. medical history, relationship status, etc.). The only exception is if the player in question has shared that information themselves and does not mind its dissemination. Threadjacking: Please do not threadjack or post off-topic comments. While discussions will naturally drift from the original topic from time to time, excessive off-topic comments and threadjacking will be addressed by moderators. If you feel a thread is being threadjacked, please report it, rather than arguing about whether or not the thread is being hijacked. This rule does apply to Discord as well — while the real-time nature of that platform inherently leads to a much more fluid transition between varied topics, don't obnoxiously barge into an existing topic and try to keep each conversation in an appropriate channel. False Accusations of Misconduct: Making a claim of serious OOC misconduct (e.g. bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, etc.) against someone else, without providing evidence to moderation/administration, is considered malicious harassment. It will result in an exceptionally long ban. This applies anywhere, not just on our forums and Discord server. Bullying: This is a form of harassment and will not be accepted in our community. Bullying is any long-term targeted flaming, flamebaiting, or over-the-top attacking of somebody based on your dislike of them personally. Being a longtime political opponent of somebody isn’t bullying, but if it crosses into the territory of regular personal attacks, it may be considered bullying. This is another rule where you can’t claim exclusion by being in-character. Warnings & Punishment
For any violation of the rules, you will receive one and only one warning, across all of our platforms. If you break another rule, you will face punishment. Depending on the severity of your rulebreaking, you may find yourself unable to post or you’ll be banned completely (temporarily or permanently). Bans apply to both the forum and the Discord server. Particularly egregious misconduct will be punished directly without a warning first. A Note on Adult Interactions
Over the years, we’ve run into the problem of people not quite understanding the meaning of consent or what a healthy adult relationship looks like. However, we are cognizant of the social aspects of the game as well as human nature, and realize that relationships between players will inevitably develop, and whilst these are not against our rules, they are strongly discouraged. NationStates is a political simulator, not a dating service. If a relationship does develop in spite of this, we demand that the following basic standards are met:
Private areas where adult issues may be openly discussed may be created on offsite property regulated by TSP, and in these areas, the PG-13 standard does not apply, however even in such areas, any explicit graphic or auditory content is still strictly forbidden. Access to these areas is strictly regulated, and limited to players for which we have a very reasonable assurance that they are eighteen years of age or older. Safeguarding
We have a legal duty to our users, and the Senior Moderation team investigates any concerns we have about vulnerable adults and children. Due to the nature of NationStates we are primarily concerned about sexual abuse and exploitation, emotional abuse, and extremism and radicalization. If we have have reason to suspect that a vulnerable user is at risk, either from a fellow user or from someone they know in real life, we will conduct a confidential investigation. If necessary we will refer the matter to the appropriate legal authorities. If you feel you or anyone else is affected, you can at any time privately contact a Senior Moderator you trust, or contact the team privately, confidentially, and (if desired) anonymously via safeguarding.tsp@gmail.com While we claim no jurisdiction over offsite property regulated by others, if we become aware of actions or behavior on your part that we consider to break our safeguarding policies we will take preventive action to limit your access to our community. Moderation Team
Moderators are trusted individuals responsible for enforcing our community rules. They are granted access to relevant moderation tools on all official off-site platforms of the South Pacific. The Moderation team will consist of two tiers: Senior Moderators and Junior Moderators. Junior Moderators are appointed by the Senior moderator team through a process of their choosing. Officials of the Coalition of the South Pacific will be considered Junior Moderators ex officio, but will only receive moderation access over those areas related to their office's duties, and only for as long as they hold that office. Junior Moderators can be suspended or dismissed by the Senior Moderator team (this includes ex officio Moderators). Senior Moderators may appoint an individual that has served as an active appointed Junior moderator for ten consecutive months, or has served at least 12 non-consecutive months as ex officio Junior Moderator, to be a Senior Moderator. The Senior Moderators may dismiss one of their own through a vote. By default, Moderators only have moderation access in those areas where they would otherwise be permitted to read and post anyway. They will not be granted additional viewing or posting privileges through their moderator status, except for explicitly moderation-related forums or channels. However, all areas, no matter how restricted or hidden, are subject to our community rules, and therefore Senior Moderators may be temporarily granted view access to an area otherwise restricted to them for the purposes of investigating a report or an appeal. Any case that involves personally identifyable or otherwise real-life sensitive information will be handled by Senior Moderators only. If necessary, they will coordinate with Administration to receive technical information such as IP address and email addresses. Junior Moderators will not be granted access to information not otherwise visible, though Senior Moderators may be granted access to these by default at Administration's discretion. All appeals of a Moderator action will be heard by all uninvolved Senior Moderators. These appeals are final; however, in cases of Moderator misconduct only, there may be one additional appeal made to the Administration team. ![[Image: XXPV74Y.png?1]](https://i.imgur.com/XXPV74Y.png?1)
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Rules of Bantam Harbour
Given problems among posters due to the separation between IC and OOC and the length and detail of some posts, here are some simple rules that everyone is encouraged to follow, in order to keep Bantam Harbour a friendly and enjoyable place for our roleplaying:
What does this mean? It means that the person who creates a thread has the right to decide the conditions under which their roleplay is held, without different people arguing over the appropriateness of one-liners or the necessity of separate IC and OOC threads. Forum Moderation will honour the wishes of the OP, removing posts that break the rules they establish for their own threads.
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A Note on Antisemitism
Identifying what is and isn't antisemitism is in the 21st century can be difficult. Whilst most people are familiar with overt and far-right forms of antisemitism, left-wing antisemitism is both increasingly common in online spaces and harder to identify. It is not uncommon for individuals who think of themselves as progressive or "anti-racist" to unconsciously hold antisemitic attitudes, and to make use of antisemitic language and tropes. TSP makes use of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism. This is the standard international definition, and has been adopted formally by many countries and organisations including the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia and the EU. In practical terms the kind of antisemitism that we are likely to see in NationStates comes in four forms; Pro-Genocide Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial This is most extreme form of antisemitism, and is most commonly expressed by far-right and Islamic-extremist antisemites. However people who hold these views can be left-wing, and these views can also be found in left-wing spaces. Conspiratorial Antisemitism Conspiratorial antisemitism makes use of antisemitic tropes, especially in relation to supposed Jewish power and influence. This form is often tied to anti-elite sentiment; opposition to ‘globalists’, anti-capitalism and anti-bankers politics, and often involves theories about the Rothschild family. The idea that Jewish people have undue influence on world politics and a secret agenda is an age-old trope. It is often promoted by claiming that Jewish people dominate banking and the media, or that Jewish people have deep political connections. A common trope is the idea that a Zionist or Jewish "lobby” steers or otherwise controls politics. Anti-Israeli Antisemitism It is common for individuals to use antisemitic language and tropes when discussing issues relating to Israel. It is not antisemitic to criticize Israel, but some criticisms of Israel are inherently antisemitic and otherwise legitimate criticisms of Israel can be expressed via antisemitc language and tropes. It is antisemitic to blame Jews as a group and individually for the policies of the Israeli state. This includes those who use and abuse the term Zionism as a term solely used as abuse of Jewish people rather than a descriptor of a broad and varied political, cultural, social, and religious ideology. Comparisons of Israel and Nazi Germany are explicitly antisemitic. Denialism The refusal to acknowledge the existence of antisemitism despite overwhelming evidence of it can itself be an antisemitic act. Those engaged in denialism gaslight Jews by claiming that antisemitic incidents did not occur, or that they were not antisemitic. This includes people who - whilst not otherwise displaying antisemitic behaviour - consistently deny that there is a problem with antisemitism, dismiss allegations of antisemitism as nothing more than smears, and attack those who believe there is a problem. Denialism often employs antisemitic tropes, such as suggesting that Jews have fabricated allegations of antisemitism to silence criticism of Israel or to smear a politician who would make them pay more taxes. Antisemitism is banned from TSP - period. This is in keeping with our policies for all forms of racism, sexism, homophobia, or any other expressed forms of bigotry. Known antisemites may be pre-emptively banned from TSP. Expressions of pro-genocide antisemitism, holocaust denial, and conspiratorial antisemitism will all incur an immediate and indefinite ban from TSP. Anti-Israeli antisemitism and denialism will not automatically incur a ban from TSP, due to the fact that these forms can be expressed unconsciously or from ignorance. Where an individual has been found to express these forms of antisemitism they will initially be referred to educational material. Should these expressions be repeated after this then warnings will be issued, and if they keep reoccurring then a ban will be imposed. There are numerous sources of information and education about antisemitism available online. The US based Anti Defamation League (ADL) maintains a database of hate symbols whilst Britain's Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) has a guide to antisemitism on social media. Left-wing antisemitism is often harder to identify than right-wing variants. Hope Not Hate provides a brief guide to identifying and understanding left-wing antisemitism. Key resources for understanding left-wing antisemitism are That's Funny You Don't Look Anti-Semitic and Contemporary Left Antisemitism, both of which can be read for free online. Antisemitism: Here and Now by Deborah Lipstadt is the definitive work on 21st century antisemitism but is not currently available for free online.
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