Forum rules
1. Part of the decision making will be given to your hands.
2. You will show you cannot handle this, then this forum will be deleted.
3. Each member of the community can make a topic (poll) suggesting another person for a GM. You can't make a poll for yourself.
4. One topic per person, any duplicates will be removed and votes will be lost.
5. Each poll has to be done according to the schema (yes has to be first option and no the second):
"Do you agree for person X to become a GM?"
"Yes."
"No."
You are supposed to allow only one option per user and allow revoting.
You are supposed to pick "run for 0 days".
6. A person suggested has to collect at least 60 votes (or more) for yes, with minimum 75% for yes and maximum 25% for no (3:1 ratio).
7. A person suggested may request closing of the topic.
8. Only posts containing valid pros and cons are allowed in the threads, discussions however are not allowed. For discussions about particular case use Player Talk forums.
9. If a person collects the required votes, a supplied evidence will be analyzed by the other GMs and developers.
10. However, final decision is still our.
11. If many persons will gain required voices, voice count will matter.
12. The amount of GMs to pick in certain time line will be determined by GHP (Group Holding the Power - GMs and developers).
13. Persons rejected due lack of free positions will be put on hold till any position becomes available (according to vote count).
14. A person successfully passing this procedure will be given "Junior GM" rights for a certain period, and then will be granted full GM rights.
15. Usual GM choosing criteria and guidelines still apply, persons not meeting those criteria will be rejected and will have their thread closed.
16. Sockpuppeting will be detected and all accounts, including the master's one will be banned forever without warning.
17. If this forum will turn into a flame war cave, people posting here will act unreasonably and will break the rules on massive scale, forum will be closed down. So use it wisely.
18. If you don't know a person suggested, it is better to find out who is s/he and what they do before voting, do not vote "no" just because you don't know someone.
19. State EXACT player name that clearly identify a person (in game or on forums - precise which one it is).
20. After a candidate receives required amount of votes, the poll is closed, a candidate reviewed by GHP and asked (or not - in case of valid objections) to become a GM.
21. You need to have at least 20 posts to participate in the polls.
also, sockpuppeting, as defined by wikipedia is:
wikipedia wrote:A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception. The term—a reference to the manipulation of a simple hand puppet made from a sock—originally referred to a false identity assumed by a member of an internet community who spoke to, or about, himself while pretending to be another person.[1] The term now includes other uses of misleading online identities, such as those created to praise, defend or support a third party or organization.[2] A significant difference between the use of a pseudonym[3] and the creation of a sockpuppet is that the sockpuppet poses as a independent third-party unaffiliated with the puppeteer.
I propose that prsm was not attempting to decieve, as he readily admitted it. If our definition of sockpuppeting differs, i propose we have it added to the sticky rules.
BC
