DG4 Code of Standards: Progress Indicator

[Donovan Zoi]

Welcome to the DG4 Code of Standards Progress Indicator.

The idea here is to either confirm or replace all text in red. New laws or standards confirmed by either unanimous discussion or conclusive poll will be adopted, after which progress will be tracked by changing the passage to black text.

Due to the size of DG2's third book, I have divided it into two posts.

This thread is for informational purposes only. This is not a discussion thread.

[color=blue][b]The Code of Standards(Part 1: Articles A-F)[/b]
A.   Forum Organization 
   1.   Main Forum - Game play related information    
A.   Intro Thread / Meta Index 
B.   Game Critical Thread Index (Indexes the Chat/Statistics, Constitution, 
Judicial Log and Map threads) 
C.   Citizen Registry 
D.   Needed Stuff 
E.   Nomination index (seasonal) 
F.   Election Poll Index (seasonal) 
G.   Maps (Cartographic Society) 
H.  Constitution 
I.    Judicial Log 
J.   Turn chat schedule / Chat instruction thread index / Statistics thread 
K.  Turn chat threads 
L.   Election threads (nominations, polls) 
M.  Only mods should open threads here. A through F are sticky. 
   2.   Government Sub-forum - Government related information 
A.   Government Thread Index (all branches) 
B.   Offices Index (appointed/created positions) 
C.   City Index and Registry 
D.   Budget 
E.   Government Threads 
F.   Province Threads 
G.  City Threads 
H.  Office Threads 
I.    Citizens are allowed to post, but not to open their own threads. All 
discussion should be spawned to the citizen forum with only a link in the 
governmental forum to avoid clutter. The result of the discussion should 
be brought back to the government forum thereafter. A through D are 
sticky. 
   3.   Citizen Sub-forum - Citizen related information 
A.   Citizen group Index & Registry 
B.   Discussion Registry 
C.   Citizen groups 
D.   Discussions 
E.   A and B are sticky. 
   4.   Poll Sub-forum - Polls 
A.   Poll Registry 
B.   Citizen Polls 
C.   Legislative Votes 
D.   Council Votes 
E.   A is sticky. 
   5.   RPG Sub-forum - Role Playing Game related information 
A.   RPG Index & Registry 
B.   Heritage Index & Registry 
C.   RPG Rules / Main office threads 
D.   Bank thread 
E.   RPG Threads 
F.   Heritage threads 
1.   Examples: Cultural Art thread, Newspaper thread, etc. 
G.   A thorugh D are sticky. 
B.   Chat Turn Instruction Thread 
   1.   All instructions to be played out in the chat turn must be entered in the chat turn 
instruction thread. 
A.  Any instructions that are not posted to the chat turn instruction thread 
before the start of the chat turn are not considered official. 
2.   Thread organization 
A.   Threads will be created in the Main forum 
B.   One Thread will be used per Turn-Chat 
C.   The Thread will be called "Turn Instructions [save game date] [date of 
turn chat]" 
D.   The Thread of the last and the upcoming turn-chat will be stickied 
E.   Only the upcoming turn chat thread and the last turn chat thread should 
be open, the others should be closed if all info posted to stop 
misposting of information. 
3.   Post organization 
A.   Specified files should be uploaded with the file server upload (link at 
bottom of Forum pages) and a URL link should be put in the applicable 
post. 
B.   First Post: 
1.   Time and date when the chat will be held 
2.   Save game which will be used 
C.   Following Posts: 
1.   Chat turn instructions from the officials, one post per 
department and province 
D.   Next Post 
1.   Used for uploading the intermittent saves during the chat. 
E.   Last Posts 
1.   Turn Summary 
2.   Chat-Log 
3.   Screenshots (if needed) 
C.   Naming Rights 
   1.   Naming rights for new cities will be given following the Chain of Command. 
When more than one citizen has the same spot in the COC (example - "Elected 
Officials" group) rank will be determined by their seniority as a citizen (who 
signed the Registry first). This priority chain will be rearranged by elections as 
different people move up and down the Chain of Command. 
A.   Citizens that have received an honor will top the COC for purposes of 
naming rights in the order that they received their honors. 
   2.   The designated player will decide if a captured city is subject to renaming. 
He/She will post this decision for each newly captured city with the turn brief 
and save game. Renaming rights follow the chain in Point 1 above. 
   3.   Provinces will be named by the first elected governor of the province. 
   4.   Natural terrain features (mountain chains, lakes, deserts, etc) may be named by 
Provincial Governors. If the Provincial Governor does not wish to name a 
feature it may be passed to the naming rights chain in Point 1 above. 
   5.   A newly elected governor may request name changes for cities within his/her 
province. This can only be done in the first week of the governor's term of 
office. The governor will post a poll with the suggested name change in an 
APPROVED / DISAPPROVED / ABSTAIN format and a 2 day or longer 
time frame. Popular support will allow or deny the proposed name change. 
   6.   Naming rights must pass through all citizens before a citizen is given a second 
naming right in the chain (from Article 1). That is, if you've already named a city
 you do not get to name another one because you moved positions in the Chain of 
Command. 
D.   Chat Turn Procedures 
   1.   The Designated Player (see Chain of Command) should start the chat at least 
   10 minutes before the scheduled time and begin play at the specified start time. 
   2.   If the Designated Player is more than 10 minutes late a new player will be 
   chosen from the officials present following the Chain of Command. 
   3.   The Designated Player will upload a save of the game after turn 0, every 5 turns 
   after that and a final save at the conclusion of the chat. 
   4.   If the Designated Player leaves, they pass a current save   game and control to 
   the next person in the COC. 
   5.   If the Designated Player disappears and has not reappeared within 10 minutes, 
   the next person on the COC will become the Designated Player using the most 
   recently uploaded save game. 
   6.   If a game has to be used that is not current then the moves from the chat log 
   must be duplicated. 
   7.   Once a player has started playing, he/she is the designated player for that chat 
   turn and will not relinquish play to a late arriving/returning but higher ranked 
   official. 
E.   Chat Turn Rules 
   1.   Only citizens of the Democracy game will be voiced. 
   2.   Citizens are encouraged to provide constructive advice & positively contribute 
   to the chat. They can also take part in any Citizen Spot Poll. 
   3.   The Designated Player reserves the right to use Cabinet Votes instead of 
   Citizen Spot Polls. 
   4.   Spaming, lobbying, repetitive questions and any other unnecessary traffic in the 
   chat is forbidden. 
   5.   Clones are not allowed! 
   6.   Violations of the chat rules will result in the offender being de-voiced. 
   7.   The chat operators hold the right to de-voice all non-officials if the chat gets too 
   confusing or is disturbed by someone permanently. The Designated Player 
   makes this decision. 
   8.   De-voicing actions and the exclusion of Citizen Spot Polls will be investigated 
   by the Judge Advocate. 
   9.   During turn-chat, #Civfanatics is still open for totally free discussions. 
   Departments or special interest groups can also open private discussion rooms. 
   10. The Designated Player retains the right to end the chat turn at his/her discretion. 
F.   Forum Poll Procedures 
    1. The following criteria are required for a poll to be binding: 
a. Quorum levels must be met. 
1. Quorum for polls is 1/3 of the active census within the first       
      24 hours or; 
2. 1/2 of the active census after the first 24 hours. 
b. Approval levels must be achieved. 
1. In the first 24 hours a super plurality is required. 
(a) To "win" the poll in the first 24 hours, a category must receive at least double the votes received by the 
next highest choice. 
2. After the first 24 hours a simple plurality is required. 
3. If "Abstain" ever holds plurality at the end of a poll, the poll is 
not binding. 
2. The following criteria are required for a poll to be valid: 
a. Discussion thread open for 24 hours, minimum. 
b. Poll type in the header and first post. 
c. Poll end dates/times noted in the first post. 
	1. End dates/times can be conditional. (Example: poll ends at the 	beginning of the next chat turn) 
d. Participation requirement (quorum needed) noted in the first post. 
e. Link to relevant discussion threads in the first post. 
f. Inclusion of an "Abstain" option. 
g. Link to the poll in the Poll Registry. 
3. The following criteria are preferred for all polls: 
a. Proposed poll, up for 24 hours minimum. 
b. Poll posted with link from discussion thread. 
c. Poll duration minimum of 24 hours (48 hours plus is preferred). 
1. If the poll runs into the weekend it is advised that the 
duration be extended by 24 hours for each weekend day. 
Forum participation is much lower on the weekends. 
d. Link to the poll in the appropriate Department thread. 
4. Information polls - Do not have restrictions and cannot be used to justify policy, 
plans or actions. 
a. All polls posted by Leaders are considered Official unless specifically noted 
to be informational in the header and first post.[/color]

 

[Donovan Zoi]

[color=red][b]The Code of Standards(Part 2:Articles G-K)
G.   Elections 
1.   There are no quorums for election polls. 
2.   All election threads and polls are started and managed by the Moderators. 
3.   Are held for the Presidency, each of the 6 Executive Departments, the 3 
members of the Judiciary, and for Governor of each Province that has at least 1 
active city. 
4.   Terms last 1 calendar month. 
5.   There are no term limits. 
6.   Eligibility 
A.   Current officials are eligible to run for President. 
1.   Officials include the Presidency, Vice Presidency, Department 
Leaders, Department Deputies, Judiciary and Provincial 
Governors. 
2.   This restriction is lifted in the first term as there are no current 
officials. 
B.   All citizens are eligible to run for all other offices. 
C.   Incumbent leaders may run for 1 position in each election cycle. Other 
citizens may run for 2 positions in each election cycle. 
D.   Each citizen may hold 1 leadership position (President, Department 
Leader, Judiciary, and Provincial Governor). 
1.   If a candidate wins 2 leadership positions they must decline one 
office. 
E.   Each citizen may hold multiple deputy positions (Vice President, 
Departmental Deputy). 
7.   Nominations 
A.   Self-nomination is allowed. 
B.   Nominations must be confirmed before the polls open. 
8.   Debates 
A.   A citizen group may be formed to propose debate questions. 
9.   Election polls 
A.   The candidate with the highest votes wins the elected position. 
1.   For governorship, departmental, and Presidential elections, the 
candidate with the second highest votes wins the Deputy 
position. 
2.   In the event of a tie, a runoff election will be held. 
B.   If there are more than 5 candidates the Moderators may hold 
preliminary elections. 
10. Election Schedule 
A.   Nominations begin on the 24th (22nd in February) 
B.   Debates begin on the 26th (24th in February) 
C.   Polls open on the 29th (27th in February) 
D.   Polls close on the last day of the month. 
E.   Elections will be held for all offices at the beginning of the game. 
H.   Investigations 
1.   If a citizen believes that someone has violated an article of the Constitution or a 
law in the Code of Laws, they can report this suspected violation for 
investigation and trial. 
A.   The allegation can be posted in the Judicial thread. 
B.   The allegation can be made privately to the Judge Advocate or Chief 
Justice. 
C.   The allegation can be made anonymously through a Moderator. 
1.   If reported to a Mod, the Mod will pass the allegation to the 
Judge Advocate. 
2.   Allegations of misconduct must include: 
A.   Name of the defendant. 
B.   Article, law or standard violated. 
C.   When/where the article, law, or standard was violated. 
3.   The Judge Advocate notifies the suspect and the Public Defendant of the 
charges. 
4.   The Judge Advocate opens an investigation thread detailing the alleged violation 
and the defendant’s history of convictions (if applicable). 
5.   The first two replies to this thread are reserved for the Public Defendant and the 
suspect's responses to the charges (defense). If these responses have not been 
posted in 24 hours they lose these reserved spots and anybody can post. 
6.   Citizens post their opinions on the charge, whether they think the suspect is 
guilty of an infraction, if the case should go to trial (poll), what punishment(s) 
would be in order if the defendant is found guilty, etc. 
7.   When discussion has petered out and at least 48 hours have passed the Judge 
Advocate will post a trial. 
A.   If the defendant pled "guilty" to the charges, the trial poll is skipped and 
the Judge Advocate will proceed to posting a sentencing poll. 
B.   If the results of the investigation thread are overwhelmingly in favor of 
the defendant the Judge Advocate will submit the case for Judicial 
Review and possible dispensation as a "No Merit" case. 
C.   The trial poll will have options of Guilty/Innocent/Abstain and will 
remain up for 48 hours. 
D.   In the event the trial poll ends in a tie, the members of the Judiciary 
shall decided amongst themselves if the defendant is innocent or guilty. 
If the triumvirate of the Judiciary cannot come to an agreement, the 
Chief Justice alone will cast the tie breaking vote. 
8.   If the suspect is found or pleads guilty, a sentencing poll is held. 
A.   The sentencing poll will remain up for 48 hours 
B.   The polls for Constitution and Code of Laws violations will be set to 
allow multiple choices. 
C.   Poll options for violation of the Constitution sentencing poll. 
1.   Eviction from the Demo game 
2.   Suspension from the Demo game 
3.   Impeachment 
A.   For officials only. 
4.   Final warning 
A.   For previous offenders only. 
5.   Warning 
6.   No Punishment. 
7.   Abstain 
8.   If the offender has previously received a Final Warning, the 
options of Warning and Final Warning will not be offered on the 
sentencing poll. 
9.   If the offender has never received a Warning, the option of 
Final Warning will not be offered on the sentencing poll. 
D.   Poll options for violation of the Code of Laws sentencing poll. 
1.   Suspension from the Demo game 
2.   Impeachment 
A.   For officials only. 
3.   Final warning 
B.   For previous offenders only. 
4.   Warning 
5.   No Punishment. 
6.   Abstain 
7.   If the offender has previously received a Final Warning, the 
options of Warning and Final Warning will not be offered on the 
sentencing poll. 
8.   If the offender has never received a Warning, the option of 
Final Warning will not be offered on the sentencing poll. 
E.   Poll options for violation of the Code of Standards sentencing poll. 
1.   Warning 
2.   No Punishment. 
3.   Abstain 
F.   In the event any type of sentencing poll ends up in a tie, the members of 
the Judiciary shall decide an appropriate sentence from among the 
options that were tied. If the triumvirate of the Judiciary cannot come to 
an agreement, the Chief Justice alone will select the sentence from 
among the options that were tied. 
9.   Sentencing 
A.   A Moderator, who will be responsible for enforcing the punishment, 
must approve evictions, suspensions and impeachments. 
B.   A Moderator must set the amount of time for suspensions. 
I.   Game Schedule 
1.   The President will post a fixed schedule of game times. 
A.   Example: 23:00 GMT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. 
B.   This schedule may be updated each Sunday for the following week’s 
games. 
C.   If not updated, the existing schedule carries over week to week. 
J.   Absenteeism 
1.   An official is considered absent from the chat turn when they are not present at 
the chat turn. 
2.   An official is considered absent from the forum when they have not responded 
to a required inquiry (Cabinet Vote, request in the official’s department thread) 
in 36 hours. 
A.  An official who is absent from the chat turn is not considered absent 
from the Forum until the Forum absenteeism requirement has been met. 
3.   An official who has not responded to a required
	inquiry in 7 days may be removed from their office
	at the President's discretion. 
4.   An official who is not present on the Forum for 14
	consecutive days for any reason may be removed from
	office at the President's discretion. 
K.   The Citizen Registry 
1.   All persons wishing to play the Democracy Game should register in the Citizen 
Registry thread. 
A.   Citizens should edit their post in the registry if the facts stated there 
change 
B.   Citizens leaving the game should delete the entries in his post and are 
asked to state there why they are leaving. [/color]

 

[Donovan Zoi]

My apologies. I am fully aware that the tabs are off on all three of these. Please bear with me while I figure this out.

 

[Donovan Zoi]

This Progress Indicator has been updated , with our official Code of Standards placed in its permanent home in our Main Forum. I have not taken the time to reformat it here so please visit the link to visit our complete ruleset.

Thanks to everyone who took an active part in creating our laws.