Bhang Bhang Duc wrote:With regards to this.Sedgistan wrote:The current rules were written in late 2020; that ruling comes from 2 years before and did not make it into the new ruleset.
However, a report has been received on this matter and we've felt that it's worth discussing our policy internally. There isn't a consensus yet between the team. I would suggest that players who have an opinion on whether there should be rules on which nations can be cited as co-authors should express them in the SC rules discussion thread.
The old ruleset said this about listing puppets as co-authors.Listing your own puppet nation as a co-author is illegal, unless your puppet nation was clearly involved in an earlier version of the proposal (see here).
I, personally, think this rule should stand in the current situation otherwise it just debases the status of co-author. Co-authors should have made a concrete contribution to the writing of the proposal.
In the case under discussion there is no sign of the author having used their puppets in the drafting thread. I think they are just badge collecting for their puppets and the proposal should be declared illegal.
I concur with this statement.
Edit: Wait I actually agreed with BBD on something. Fat Chance.