Can Members of the Secretariat Be Commended for Resolution Authorship?
Request for a Legality Ruling
As I'm sure you know, Issues Editors are unable to be commended for work done in their official capacity as site staff-- namely, editing issues. The precedent for this is set by a ruling on a commendation of Candlewhisper Archive, in which, Sedgistan ruled the following:"Issues Editing (as an Issues Editor) is something you cannot cite in a resolution at all, due to Rule 1. Editing done by a regular player (e.g. as feedback in Got Issues) can be cited.
Generally issues authoring is something that you can commend for. However, recent policy changes in the editing team that give staff members more freedom to add their own issues means that issues authoring by Issues Editors is almost a staff function now.
Essentially, I think we've got to the point where it is not going to be legally possible to Commend (or Condemn) an Issues Editor for anything related to issues. That's a pity, as CWA's contributions to NationStates are definitely commendable... but I don't think you're going to be able to do that via the SC."
The question now becomes: Can one commend a member of GenSec (ie. Christian Democrats) for World Assembly authorship, or is this considered part of their role as site staff?