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[Steelfeather Rapture 2]

#123 Now, Vat's Food for Thought treats vat-grown meat as something that vegetarians would disapprove of, but it would be cruelty-free meat that would never have to suffer. It would be meat that could end the evil of growing animals just to kill them. Vat-grown meat wouldn't need to be slaughtered. It would never have lived.

As a vegetarian, I object to this issue, and I think it should be updated to account for the fact that vegetarians would praise and honor vat meats for the compassion of the technology.

[Trotterdam]

It's not out of the question for some vegetarian somewhere to oppose even vat-grown meat, even if it's not a majority opinion for vegetarians. Note that you can choose to support vat-grown meat without losing your Vegetarianism policy.

[Federationalism]

Issue #273. I am not sure if this is intentional but this title says "Is our children learning?" instead of "Are our children learning?" or "Is our child learning?" Slight grammatical error.

[Pogaria]

Issue #273. I am not sure if this is intentional but this title says "Is our children learning?" instead of "Are our children learning?" or "Is our child learning?" Slight grammatical error.

The issue is about education. That title is 100% intentional.

[Federationalism]

Issue #273. I am not sure if this is intentional but this title says "Is our children learning?" instead of "Are our children learning?" or "Is our child learning?" Slight grammatical error.

The issue is about education. That title is 100% intentional.

Okay, sorry for the inconvenience. I really want to help NationStates out, so I'll keep looking.

[Verdant Haven]

Okay, sorry for the inconvenience. I really want to help NationStates out, so I'll keep looking.

Appreciate you looking out :-)

The phrase "Is our children learning?" is a quote from George W. Bush, who had just left office at US President at the time the issue in question was published. It had significant cultural currency in the first decade of the 2000s, as a source of humor due to being one of numerous "irregular" uses of language associated with him.

[Oateria]

Okay, sorry for the inconvenience. I really want to help NationStates out, so I'll keep looking.

Appreciate you looking out :-)

The phrase "Is our children learning?" is a quote from George W. Bush, who had just left office at US President at the time the issue in question was published. It had significant cultural currency in the first decade of the 2000s, as a source of humor due to being one of numerous "irregular" uses of language associated with him.

"I think we agree, the past is over."
-Dubya

[Federationalism]

Okay, sorry for the inconvenience. I really want to help NationStates out, so I'll keep looking.

Appreciate you looking out :-)

The phrase "Is our children learning?" is a quote from George W. Bush, who had just left office at US President at the time the issue in question was published. It had significant cultural currency in the first decade of the 2000s, as a source of humor due to being one of numerous "irregular" uses of language associated with him.

Oh, okay, got it. Also, how do you become an issue editor? I want to try. Is there some sort of qualification?

[Steelfeather Rapture 1]

I just got Issue #561 ("Plug In and Play") despite not having a ban on videogames. I do have a recent ban on computers, but there's nothing in the issue results site about #561 lifting a ban on computers. Should this issue have arisen for me? It makes sense, but should it have happened? Can someone review this?

[Bears Armed]

Also, how do you become an issue editor? I want to try. Is there some sort of qualification?

Participate frequently in this forum, giving people good advice about their issue drafts; sShow that you can write good issues yourself; and hope that the existing editors then decide to offer you a place because of those actions.

[Trotterdam]

Also, how do you become an issue editor? I want to try. Is there some sort of qualification?

Participate frequently in this forum, giving people good advice about their issue drafts; sShow that you can write good issues yourself; and hope that the existing editors then decide to offer you a place because of those actions.

The issue contests seem to be an annual thing now too, so you could wait for one of those!

[Federationalism]

Participate frequently in this forum, giving people good advice about their issue drafts; sShow that you can write good issues yourself; and hope that the existing editors then decide to offer you a place because of those actions.

The issue contests seem to be an annual thing now too, so you could wait for one of those!

Also, how do you become an issue editor? I want to try. Is there some sort of qualification?

Participate frequently in this forum, giving people good advice about their issue drafts; sShow that you can write good issues yourself; and hope that the existing editors then decide to offer you a place because of those actions.

Thanks both of you!

[Federationalism]

#580 @@NATION@@ taking leave of its census. Option 4. It says "Me and the gang" instead of "the gang and I". Minor grammar error.

[Verdant Haven]

#580 @@NATION@@ taking leave of its census. Option 4. It says "Me and the gang" instead of "the gang and I". Minor grammar error.

The dialogue portions of issues are written to reflect the ways those speakers actually speak, which includes dialectal speech. Anything that's being placed in quotation marks is subject to that. "Me and the gang" is incorrect, of course, but is an extremely common real-world usage in some circles. Things end up being extremely dull when all the speakers sound the same - something that can occur when they're all using equally educated and proper language. This is a feedback note we often give to authors, especially newer ones - the speakers should sound like themselves, not like each other!

The portion of an issue where we're generally going to be concerned about this kind of thing is the initial text - the part at the top captioned simply "The Issue." This is the neutral, by-the-book description of a situation, and we like to try and have that be as clean as possible. The dialogue tags in the options also should also be clean, for the most part. Once it's in quotation marks though, it has moved out of the English classroom and into the world of how people actually talk.

[Federationalism]

#580 @@NATION@@ taking leave of its census. Option 4. It says "Me and the gang" instead of "the gang and I". Minor grammar error.

The dialogue portions of issues are written to reflect the ways those speakers actually speak, which includes dialectal speech. Anything that's being placed in quotation marks is subject to that. "Me and the gang" is incorrect, of course, but is an extremely common real-world usage in some circles. Things end up being extremely dull when all the speakers sound the same - something that can occur when they're all using equally educated and proper language. This is a feedback note we often give to authors, especially newer ones - the speakers should sound like themselves, not like each other!

The portion of an issue where we're generally going to be concerned about this kind of thing is the initial text - the part at the top captioned simply "The Issue." This is the neutral, by-the-book description of a situation, and we like to try and have that be as clean as possible. The dialogue tags in the options also should also be clean, for the most part. Once it's in quotation marks though, it has moved out of the English classroom and into the world of how people actually talk.

Got it! I'll look out in that area then.

[Federationalism]

By the way, if my only positive attitude is a bit... vexing, please tell me.

[Federationalism]

Does comma-splice matter? Like an issue says "rich and fertile and farm-ready" not in quotes/dialogue.

[Federationalism]

Sorry for the constant botheration, but do video games need to be in ' ' s like 'Call of the Wild' or can it be Call of the Wild?

[Federationalism]

Appreciate you looking out :-)

The phrase "Is our children learning?" is a quote from George W. Bush, who had just left office at US President at the time the issue in question was published. It had significant cultural currency in the first decade of the 2000s, as a source of humor due to being one of numerous "irregular" uses of language associated with him.

Oh, okay, got it. Also, how do you become an issue editor? I want to try. Is there some sort of qualification?

I'm an idiot for saying this. I realize that it'll take work to become an issue editor(as many of you are/have put the work in), that I should just try to help, because, in this game, there will always be a superior. I hope you guys forgive me for making such an idiotic mistake.
-Federationalism
(P.S. I realized that you guys never asked to be Issue editors, you just helped the community. I'm sorry for my mistake.)

[Millenhaal]

In issue #959, the mention of Bach in the effect lines is striking the wrong chord with me.

*cricket sounds*

Shouldn't it be replaced with a different yet familiar-sounding name to get the point across?

I'm an idiot for saying this. I realize that it'll take work to become an issue editor(as many of you are/have put the work in), that I should just try to help, because, in this game, there will always be a superior. I hope you guys forgive me for making such an idiotic mistake.
-Federationalism
(P.S. I realized that you guys never asked to be Issue editors, you just helped the community. I'm sorry for my mistake.)

You shouldn't put too much stock in becoming an editor. If you end up becoming one, great! Cool! I'd be happy for you. But try writing issues for the funzies, (and the badge is great for card rarity), so you can help NS. Maybe you should write an issue first, though.

[Federationalism]

In issue #959, the mention of Bach in the effect lines is striking the wrong chord with me.

*cricket sounds*

Shouldn't it be replaced with a different yet familiar-sounding name to get the point across?

I'm an idiot for saying this. I realize that it'll take work to become an issue editor(as many of you are/have put the work in), that I should just try to help, because, in this game, there will always be a superior. I hope you guys forgive me for making such an idiotic mistake.
-Federationalism
(P.S. I realized that you guys never asked to be Issue editors, you just helped the community. I'm sorry for my mistake.)

You shouldn't put too much stock in becoming an editor. If you end up becoming one, great! Cool! I'd be happy for you. But try writing issues for the funzies, (and the badge is great for card rarity), so you can help NS. Maybe you should write an issue first, though.

Exactly what I am trying at. I've sent in 3 already and am conversing with your coauthor Australian rePublic.

[Millenhaal]

You haven’t posted a single draft on the forum… you need to do that so your issue even has a chance of being accepted. Post your drafts on the forums. Anyways, let’s not derail the thread.

[Verdant Haven]

I just got Issue #561 ("Plug In and Play") despite not having a ban on videogames. I do have a recent ban on computers, but there's nothing in the issue results site about #561 lifting a ban on computers. Should this issue have arisen for me? It makes sense, but should it have happened? Can someone review this?

Strictly speaking, the validity worked perfectly - the No Computers policy implicitly results in the No Video Games policy being in effect.

Speaking more in terms of how this issue in particular is worded, it does seem potentially out of place, as it doesn't really address the *reason* for the video game ban in a context such as yours.

I'll bring it up backstage.

[Gandoor]

Sorry if this is the wrong place to put this, but with Issue No. 1554: Trajectory x Velocity = GOAALL!, the italics in the issue name aren't displayed properly when you either dismiss or choose an option in the issue.

I actually got the issue on two of my nations, so I could take screenshots of both results:



Obviously as you can see, instead of actually making the GOAALL! part of the issue name in italicized text like it's meant to, it just displays the italics code as if that's part of the issue name.

[Alteriu]

How do you put your own custom flags