Okay, here's the clarifying statement promised by NERVUN. Once again, we are recalcitrant to bindingly codify specific examples. However, we are willing to provide some general guidelines, with the standard caveat already given by my associate: "It is a matter of degree, always has been, always will be."
Note that in the guidelines below, when I say "crime", I'm referring to a clearly serious real-world crime: something that would get someone put on trial in the vast majority of jurisdictions where NationStates players are located.
If one player is posting an accusation here on NationStates that another player has committed a real-world crime (or something similarly heinous) outside of NationStates.net (such as "He sent me a private message on an offsite forum saying that I should kill myself" or "He sent me an offsite forum PM with pictures of my daughter leaving her school, yesterday, and demanded that I hand over the Delegacy" or "He Distributed-Denial-Of-Service attacked our offsite forums"), then there is a high probability of falling afoul of this rule. This is essentially about accusations that could reasonably get real-world police involved, if they could be proven; don't post them here, go call the cops instead.
If the accusation is about offsite misconduct that doesn't constitute a real-world crime, but would constitute a serious NationStates rules violation
had it happened on NationStates.net (such as "He called me a filthy godless slut in an offsite forum post" or "He posted on the offsite forum saying I was a psychotic lunatic just because I keep a gun collection for skeet shooting"), then there is a moderate probability of falling afoul of this rule. This is essentially about accusations that besmirch a person's reputation AND have nothing whatsoever to do with legitimate NationStates game activities.
If the accusation is about offsite misconduct that isn't comparable to a crime or a NationStates rule violation (such as "Our offsite admin broke our offsite forum" or "He leaked our upcoming raiding plans to defenders on an offsite forum"), then it most likely will not fall afoul of this rule.
Once again, the above are non-binding guidelines. It is a matter of degree, always has been, always will be. We reserve the right to punish, or let slide, particular cases that we didn't anticipate in advance. Attempting to game Moderation is hazardous to your stay on NationStates.net. Play Nice. Don't be a jerk.
Too Long; Didn't Read:- Don't make accusations of offsite criminality.
- Don't make accusations of offsite bad behavior that's irrelevant to the game.
- Accusations of legit gameplay-related actions are kosher.
- Don't go poking around at the edge cases; you might fall off those edges.
--Modified Democratic States of Cogitation
"Think about it for a moment."
NationStates Game Moderator