The Almighty NationStates FAQ

[Sedgistan]

I've dropped him a TG; we'll see what the outcome of that is.

No response.

So, if anyone is interested in taking over the updating and maintenance of this thread, please express an interest here.

[Mathuvan Union]

I would - I have lots of time I spend on NS without a good thing to do.
That being said, I’m relatively new to the game.
Though I have gathered up quite a bit of information.

[Merni]

Wouldn't it be better to have this thread owned by a mod? (like some other stickies) That way the mod team could make any necessary changes rather than waiting on a possibly inactive maintainer.

(I am interested unless it will take a huge amount of time - which I don't expect it does )

[Sedgistan]

If there were a mod interested in maintaining this, and with the time to do so, I think one would already have taken over.

Mathuvan Union, I appreciate the offer, but I think you're too new to be doing this.

As for updating / maintaining this, it will certainly need a lot of time initially as it is so out of date.

[Merni]

As for updating / maintaining this, it will certainly need a lot of time initially as it is so out of date.

I'm aware of that, I was just hoping once that was over it would not take too much.

[Lord Dominator]

I've dropped him a TG; we'll see what the outcome of that is.

No response.

So, if anyone is interested in taking over the updating and maintenance of this thread, please express an interest here.

I'd certainly be willing - have a fair amount of experience with most of the relevant areas needed for this thread at least

[Mathuvan Union]

If there were a mod interested in maintaining this, and with the time to do so, I think one would already have taken over.

Mathuvan Union, I appreciate the offer, but I think you're too new to be doing this.

As for updating / maintaining this, it will certainly need a lot of time initially as it is so out of date.

Ok, worth a try sedge


*angrily smashes tea cup*

[Hobbesistan]

I've dropped him a TG; we'll see what the outcome of that is.

No response.

So, if anyone is interested in taking over the updating and maintenance of this thread, please express an interest here.

Suuuper late response, but RL hit me like a truck and I would be fully behind finding a adequate replacement for me.

[Sedgistan]

Thanks. Switched the posts over to Lord Dominator.

[Gorundu]

LD slowly taking over the sticky threads

[Honeydewistania]

LD slowly taking over the sticky threads

bruh moment

[Lord Dominator]

Thanks. Switched the posts over to Lord Dominator.

Much appreciated, I'll get to work on this after N-Day and the post N-Day catchup is complete

LD slowly taking over the sticky threads

bruh moment

My master plan has been discovered >_>

No response.

So, if anyone is interested in taking over the updating and maintenance of this thread, please express an interest here.

Suuuper late response, but RL hit me like a truck and I would be fully behind finding a adequate replacement for me.

And we thank you for all the time and effort you've put into this thread in the past

[Tinhampton]

Congratulations(?) on the big(??) break(???), LD.

Qaaolchoura - (? - 2009) - Thread lost with Jolt Forum

It is incorrect to assert that Qaaolchoura's FAQ thread ceased to be useful in 2009 - Hobbes was five years off on that one - or that it was "lost with Jolt Forum," given the existence of Ermarian's archive. In 2004, Goobergunchia created a new FAQ thread which, although not posted in after 2006, appears to have survived until the end of the Jolt era.

Mousebumples (Nation links), Monkey Island (Region links)

[...]

What region should I move to?
The Bestest Pacific. o/

Those shameless plugs might need to be slightly updated when you next get to this

[Goobergunchia]

Congratulations(?) on the big(??) break(???), LD.

Qaaolchoura - (? - 2009) - Thread lost with Jolt Forum

It is incorrect to assert that Qaaolchoura's FAQ thread ceased to be useful in 2009 - Hobbes was five years off on that one - or that it was "lost with Jolt Forum," given the existence of Ermarian's archive. In 2004, Goobergunchia created a new FAQ thread which, although not posted in after 2006, appears to have survived until the end of the Jolt era.

If memory serves, the 2009 thread was me recopying my 2004 thread with various updates.

[OMG IS THAT A WAIFU]

ive seen many nation with 1 place in there stats where do i report it

[Lord Dominator]

Except for the Issues and Links bits, I believe I have caught up on the editing needed for the other posts (let me know if you see something). Those, as well as new posts for N-Day, Z-Day, Cards, Sec-Gen, Trivia, and possibly some other things are on my to-do list.

[Tinhampton]

Regional Officers are a new feature to NationStates

Previously, when you rejoined the WA with a resurrected nation, your endorsements (given and received) were also re-established. However, this was changed in a recent update, so you will need to re-endorse those that you wish to support in your region.

These features are no longer "new" or "recent" as of Autumn 2020

Communications - Send regional TG's without stamps/ect

"ect" is a typo (presumably "etc."?)

How do I code Proposal links for Telegrams?
(1) Go to the WA Proposal Page (the GA or SC specific pages are fine) and find the proposal in the list.
(2) Right above the title of the proposal, there should be a line that reads: ID: nationname_234189435 (the numbers will be random). [...]

It is wrong to assert that "the numbers will be random" - they are based on Unix timestamps. If I submitted a proposal at exactly 19:00:00 UTC on April 18th 2017, that proposal's ID would be tinhampton_1492542000, because I submitted my proposal 1,492,542,000 seconds after the Unix epoch (test for yourself by clicking on my link).

FLAGS

This section might need to be revamped again in light of the new flag rules

(Image)

This image has the Photobucket watermark on it. Consider replacement?

Free image hosting sites include:

• Imgur
• Picasa
• Google Photos

The link to Imgur is borked and the link to Picasa is unnecessary (given that the latter service hasn't been in operation for a few years now!)

Hey I have a great Idea! Lets split International Incidents into past/present/future (and possibly fantasy) timelines subforums.

"Idea" should not be capitalised and "timelines subforums" should presumably be "timeline subforums."

[Honeydewistania]

Badges section is woefully out of date, though I understand that’d take some time to fix

[Leutria]

Is there a resource I could use to find the nations in my region with a particular policy (specifically No WMDs)?

[Boda]

These regions are specifically setup to allow for invasion-style gameplay. The normal influence costs for ejecting and banning nations apply for the WA delegate. However, bans expire with each update, so nations can keep coming back and trying to win the delegacy again. Passwords are also not allowed. These regions are often used as a "practice ground" for invaders and defenders.

Seems a tad dated.

[Glen Ellyn]

Is this thread open to questions, cuz I have one:
I’ve been seeing some pretty intriguing titles where the “WA Member” is.
For example I’ve seen
- Secretariat
- General Secretariat
- Role Play Mentor
What do these mean, and how would one obtain them (and are their others)?

[The Unified Missourtama States]

Is this thread open to questions, cuz I have one:
I’ve been seeing some pretty intriguing titles where the “WA Member” is.
For example I’ve seen
- Secretariat
- General Secretariat
- Role Play Mentor
What do these mean, and how would one obtain them (and are their others)?

Those are mostly staff badges that signify they are part of staff groups:

• Secretariat: also known as the General Secretariat, are a group made of selected players who rule of the legality of resolutions and proposals to the General Assembly, think of them kind of like the supreme court of the WA, they determine if questionable WA laws really should be laws. They also have their own page explaining themselves, you can find their page here: https://www.nationstates.net/page=gensec
• Secretary General: is not related to the General Secretariat as they have no actual power. They were elected as part of an April Fools' event parodying presidential elections, you can read more about that here: https://www.nationstates.net/page=news/ ... index.html
• Role Play Mentor: Pretty much what it sounds like, they are a staff group that hang out in the forums and manage and teach roleplaying.

[Merni]

Secretariat: also known as the General Secretariat, are a group made of selected players who rule of the legality of resolutions and proposals to the General Assembly, think of them kind of like the supreme court of the WA, they determine if questionable WA laws really should be laws. They also have their own page explaining themselves, you can find their page here: https://www.nationstates.net/page=gensec

To clarify, GenSec cannot rule on already-enacted GA resolutions (which could be called "laws"), they only determine whether GA proposals are in accordance with the GA proposal rules. And they aren't involved with the SC at all. (The mods rule on whether SC proposals are legal under the SC proposal rules)

[Logano Fraza]

Is there a resource I could use to find the nations in my region with a particular policy (specifically No WMDs)?

Not within NS. Unless you have an application on your computer (which I'm assuming you play NS on) that lists all nations with specific policies, then you can't do it without going through every nation to see if they have the policies you're looking for.

[Merni]

Is there a resource I could use to find the nations in my region with a particular policy (specifically No WMDs)?

If you know some programming, you could also use the API.