1. The Minister of the Interior shall be given admin over the Shireroth board, and shall use such power for the purposes of maintenance and security.
a. It is the duty of the Minister of the Interior to allow public access to the information in public fora.
b. It is the duty of the Minister of the Interior, and any person with access to classified fora, to keep secret any information held therein.
c. It is the duty of the Minister of the Interior to take on any emergency administrative duties for security.
2. The Ministry of the Interior shall maintain any archives on the Shireroth board. They may be hidden or obscured, provided that their access complies with regulations.
a. It is the duty of the Minister of the Interior to archive an additional past month of the General Discussion forum each month.
3. The Ministry of the Interior shall handle administrative requests of the Kaiser and other Ministers, provided that they comply with law and regulations.
a. It is the duty of the Minister of the Interior to carry out court orders which require administrative action.
b. It is the duty of the Minister of the Interior to assign title blocks to citizens upon request, provided that they comply with regulations.
c. The Ministry of the Interior shall not be expected to carry out any administrative orders unless they are issued in the Ministry of the Interior, or the Kaisers Court, or sent to him directly.
4. The Ministry of the Interior shall maintain weekly forum database backups.
a. Backups older than a month may be removed, except for the last backup of that month. Backups older than a year, even the last backup of a month, may be removed, except for the last backup of that year.
b. Backup duty may be delegated to a trusted Shirithian citizen.
A. Ministry of the Interior
1. The Minister of the Interior shall have access to all administrative functions of the Message Board of Shireroth and the Website of Shireroth, as available within the limitations of shared hosting, to use this power for purposes of technical maintenance, security, and other work described in Shirithian law.
1.1. It is the duty of the Minister of the Interior to allow public access to the information in public forums.
1.2. It is the duty of the Minister of the Interior, and any person with access to classified forums, to keep the information therein restricted to the intended audience.
1.3. It is the duty of the Minister of the Interior to maintain the software used for providing the online services of Shireroth, for purposes of security, reliability, and access to services.
2. The Ministry of the Interior shall maintain any archives on the Message Board of Shireroth. They may be hidden or obscured, provided that their access complies with regulations.
3. The Ministry of the Interior shall provide administrative services free of charge to the Imperial Government. The Ministry is only allowed to carry out orders that comply with law and regulations, unless they come from the Kaiser, in which case they need only comply with the Charter.
3.1. It is the duty of the Minister of the Interior to carry out court orders which require administrative action.
4. The Ministry of the Interior shall provide administrative services to the citizens of Shireroth. These services may be provided free of charge, or for a fee. Fees shall be payable to the Crown for compensating externalities affecting the citizens or denizens of Shireroth not directly involved in a request, or to the Minister or ministry worker fulfilling the request for compensating their work, or both, at the Minister's discretion.
4.1. The following services shall be provided for free: Creating, archiving, or destroying forums; Reasonable work in configuring forum settings (including forum images and banners); Reasonable work in configuring user permissions and moderatorships; Reasonable work in creating, configuring and destroying usergroups; Setting permissions and deleting spam pages in the ShireWiki; and other minor administrative work.
4.1.1. The Ministry of the Interior may place a charge for fulfilling requests for otherwise free services if they are not in the general Shirithian interest, such as creating secret forums with restricted usership.
4.1.2. The definitions of "reasonable" and "minor" in this context shall be at the discretion of the Minister of the Interior.
4.2. The Ministry of the Interior may define by itself what services it provides for charge, and for what charge it provides them, as long as providing these services does not cause a significant disruption to the online services of Shireroth.
5. The Ministry of the Interior shall not be expected to carry out any administrative orders unless they are issued in the Ministry of the Interior, the Judex, or the Kaisers Court, or sent to him directly.
6. The Ministry of the Interior shall maintain weekly forum database backups.
6.1. Backups older than a month may be removed, except for the last backup of that month. Backups older than a year, even the last backup of a month, may be removed, except for the last backup of that year.
6.2. Backup duty may be delegated to a trusted Shirithian citizen.
