Forums legal definition 3316
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:05 pm
LawBook section XI. D. "Historic forums" shall be removed.
A new section shall be added to the LawBook as section XI. D., named "Forums":
1. There official Message Board of Shireroth shall be hosted at http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/index.php. The Imperial Government, all of the Duchies, and other Shirithian functions, shall be hosted on this board.
1.1. If the Message Board of Shireroth is moved to a different URL, Shirerithian citizens with knowledge about the move must make a reasonable effort that all Shirithian citizens and denizens will know about the new URL.
2. The Board Administrators shall be the Kaiser, the Minister of the Interior, Erik Metzler, Scott Alexander, and Ari Rahikkala.
2.1. The Board Administrators shall be given membership in the Administrators usergroup as their default group.
2.2. The Message Board of Shireroth may be moved to a different URL by command of a Board Administrator.
2The Steward of Shireroth shall be a global moderator, but not a Board Administrator merely by having the position of Steward.
3. The Message Board of Shireroth shall be divided into categories, forums, and subforums.
3.1. Each forum shall have a Forum Leader, who shall be given moderatorship over the forum, and authority to create subforums and choose other forum leaders within the forum as they will. Forums and forum leaders may also be changed freely by Landsraad legislation or Imperial Decrees.
3.1.1. The leader of a forum shall also be the leader of all of its subforums.
3.2. Forum leaders may choose the names, themes, forum images, and any other settings for their forum, within the limits of the law and regulations, including regulations set by forum leaders above them.
3.2.1. As changes requested by forum leaders are implemented by the Board Administrators, the Board Administrators may reject such changes. If the Minister of the Interior is given a request in his ministry and he rejects the request, he must notify the requester about the decision.
3.3. Unless otherwise noted, forums shall be visible from the board front page. Forum leaders have authority to decide on the visibility of their forums.
4.The forums and categories shall be as follows:
4.1. A General category, containing General Discussion, and Shrine of Controversy.
4.1.1. The Kaiser of Shireroth shall be the leader of General Discussion. Ari Rahikkala shall be the leader of the Shrine of Controversy.
4.2. A Government category, containing Kaiser's Court, Landsraad Front Gate, The Landsraad, and Imperial Judex. The Landsraad shall have subforums Landsraad Passed Bills, and Landsraad Archives.
4.2.1. The Kaiser of Shireroth shall be the leader of Kaiser's Court. The Praetor shall be the leader of Landsraad Front Gate and Landsraad. The Arbiter shall be the leader of Imperial Judex.
4.3. A Ministry Row category. Each Ministry of Shireroth shall have a forum. Ministers shall be leaders in their respective ministry forums.
4.4. A Shirekeep City Center category. Forums and forum leaders shall be decided on by the Board Administrators.
4.5. A Military category. Forums and forum leaders shall be decided on by the Board Administrators.
4.6. A Subdivisions category. Each Duchy shall have a forum. Dukes shall be leaders in their respective Duchies.
4.6.1. Dukes may choose their subforums, moderators, and forum visibility policy as they see fit. However, in case they have no local policy, the default policy shall be as follows:
a. Each Barony gets a subforum under its Duchy's forum, with the Baron as its forum leader.
b. Each County gets a subforum under its Barony's forum, with the Count as its forum leader.
c. County forums shall not be visible from the board front page if they have neither a count nor any interesting activity, as decided on by the Board Administrators.
4.7. An Archives category, containing all archived forums.
5. Board Administrators may create, change and archive forums and categories as will, as permitted by the board software given their administrative privileges. They are considered leaders of each forum, but are not marked as moderator unless they would otherwise be so marked. Forums whose existence is specifically legislated may not be archived or destroyed by Board Administrators.
A new section shall be added to the LawBook as section XI. D., named "Forums":
1. There official Message Board of Shireroth shall be hosted at http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/index.php. The Imperial Government, all of the Duchies, and other Shirithian functions, shall be hosted on this board.
1.1. If the Message Board of Shireroth is moved to a different URL, Shirerithian citizens with knowledge about the move must make a reasonable effort that all Shirithian citizens and denizens will know about the new URL.
2. The Board Administrators shall be the Kaiser, the Minister of the Interior, Erik Metzler, Scott Alexander, and Ari Rahikkala.
2.1. The Board Administrators shall be given membership in the Administrators usergroup as their default group.
2.2. The Message Board of Shireroth may be moved to a different URL by command of a Board Administrator.
2The Steward of Shireroth shall be a global moderator, but not a Board Administrator merely by having the position of Steward.
3. The Message Board of Shireroth shall be divided into categories, forums, and subforums.
3.1. Each forum shall have a Forum Leader, who shall be given moderatorship over the forum, and authority to create subforums and choose other forum leaders within the forum as they will. Forums and forum leaders may also be changed freely by Landsraad legislation or Imperial Decrees.
3.1.1. The leader of a forum shall also be the leader of all of its subforums.
3.2. Forum leaders may choose the names, themes, forum images, and any other settings for their forum, within the limits of the law and regulations, including regulations set by forum leaders above them.
3.2.1. As changes requested by forum leaders are implemented by the Board Administrators, the Board Administrators may reject such changes. If the Minister of the Interior is given a request in his ministry and he rejects the request, he must notify the requester about the decision.
3.3. Unless otherwise noted, forums shall be visible from the board front page. Forum leaders have authority to decide on the visibility of their forums.
4.The forums and categories shall be as follows:
4.1. A General category, containing General Discussion, and Shrine of Controversy.
4.1.1. The Kaiser of Shireroth shall be the leader of General Discussion. Ari Rahikkala shall be the leader of the Shrine of Controversy.
4.2. A Government category, containing Kaiser's Court, Landsraad Front Gate, The Landsraad, and Imperial Judex. The Landsraad shall have subforums Landsraad Passed Bills, and Landsraad Archives.
4.2.1. The Kaiser of Shireroth shall be the leader of Kaiser's Court. The Praetor shall be the leader of Landsraad Front Gate and Landsraad. The Arbiter shall be the leader of Imperial Judex.
4.3. A Ministry Row category. Each Ministry of Shireroth shall have a forum. Ministers shall be leaders in their respective ministry forums.
4.4. A Shirekeep City Center category. Forums and forum leaders shall be decided on by the Board Administrators.
4.5. A Military category. Forums and forum leaders shall be decided on by the Board Administrators.
4.6. A Subdivisions category. Each Duchy shall have a forum. Dukes shall be leaders in their respective Duchies.
4.6.1. Dukes may choose their subforums, moderators, and forum visibility policy as they see fit. However, in case they have no local policy, the default policy shall be as follows:
a. Each Barony gets a subforum under its Duchy's forum, with the Baron as its forum leader.
b. Each County gets a subforum under its Barony's forum, with the Count as its forum leader.
c. County forums shall not be visible from the board front page if they have neither a count nor any interesting activity, as decided on by the Board Administrators.
4.7. An Archives category, containing all archived forums.
5. Board Administrators may create, change and archive forums and categories as will, as permitted by the board software given their administrative privileges. They are considered leaders of each forum, but are not marked as moderator unless they would otherwise be so marked. Forums whose existence is specifically legislated may not be archived or destroyed by Board Administrators.
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