General Assembly Q&A

[Imperium Anglorum]

Was simply posting "Support" and reason for supporting the proposal enough to put my name on the list of supporting nations?

That probably counts as spam, actually. If you support a proposal, you can add some reason WHY you support it, to your post.

Statement of 'support' and 'opposed' are regularly accepted in the GA forum. This was raised in a Moderation thread already, where it was shot down quickly by Wrapper (a then-moderator). In fact, Araraukar, you actually were in the thread . . . in support of not implementing such restrictions:

GA is generally RP, SC is generally GP.

And most GA regulars, like me, completely ignore the existence of SC, since it is basically Gameplay...

I don't think the support/no support posts should count as spam - like others have said, they're often the first post of someone new who dared to poke their heads in the door.

[Populous Magnus]

Was simply posting "Support" and reason for supporting the proposal enough to put my name on the list of supporting nations?

"You can only approve proposals if you are a WA Delegate" by clicking the APPROVE PROPOSAL button on the proposal's on-site page - as I've said!

I forgot that I'm a WA Member, not a Delegate like the list of names I see on my region's front-page. Thank you, no wonder there wasn't anything to do with WA proposals other than writing one and voting in SC. I didn't get the grasp of gameplay other than Challenges (which is fun, stats comparison is fun.)

Although I get the benefits of being a WA Member, if there was a comparison page, perhaps a NationStates Wiki article, the gameplay aspects of NS would be understood better other than RP.

Was simply posting "Support" and reason for supporting the proposal enough to put my name on the list of supporting nations?

That probably counts as spam, actually. If you support a proposal, you can add some reason WHY you support it, to your post.

Sorry, but yes, the latter is what I'm trying to say: posting "Support" in addition to the reason for supporting the proposal. e.g. "I support because forced dancing is inhumane and must be outlawed in every region." just like that.

[Yohannes]

Although I get the benefits of being a WA Member, if there was a comparison page, perhaps a NationStates Wiki article, the gameplay aspects of NS would be understood better other than RP.

Check out this lovely short dispatch [ https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=444406 ]. "World Assembly" is there (under "Gameplay")

the gameplay aspects of NS would be understood better other than RP.

Gameplay (as opposed to roleplay) is what happens in the game and that which is related to it. Gameplay Advice Thread [ viewtopic.php?f=12&t=310456 ]

See you around the NationStates Forum Populous Magnus

[Araraukar]

In fact, Araraukar, you actually were in the thread . . . in support of not implementing such restrictions:

Do you honestly want me to dig up your threats of throwing your delegate votes against an at-vote proposal just because of text effects being used? People's opinions change over time. I've probably become more jaded. You'll reach the grumpy middle-aged man stage at some point, too. Just wait a few years.

Sorry, but yes, the latter is what I'm trying to say: posting "Support" in addition to the reason for supporting the proposal. e.g. "I support because forced dancing is inhumane and must be outlawed in every region." just like that.

I like the example. Though I do still remember half of the steps for tango...

[Imperium Anglorum]

Sure. I'm not advising people that they need to do remove their bolding and caps on pain of getting warned by moderators.

[Araraukar]

Sure. I'm not advising people that they need to do remove their bolding and caps on pain of getting warned by moderators.

...and where exactly do you see me saying anything about getting warned by moderators? If you think I'm breaking the rules, go report me in Moderation and stop the snippiness.

[Imperium Anglorum]

Sure, Ara, telling people "That probably counts as spam, actually" has no interaction with the moderators. Even if my sarcasm there is remains untaken, I'm such advice has a negative effect on general participation in the Assembly, for all the reasons that you agreed with in the thread linked above.

[Araraukar]

Sure, Ara, telling people "That probably counts as spam, actually" has no interaction with the moderators

We're so totally going to get warned by mods for this argument, I'm sure, but "spam" stands for "short, pointless, annoying message", which just posting "support" or "no support" definitely fits in my opinion. Also, note the word "probably". That means I wasn't entirely certain. Hence I didn't make a flat-out statement of "that is spam, it's against forum rules, you can get warned for breaking forum rules" or anything like that.

Can we now please go snipping at each other in the drafting threads and not this one?

[Champagne Socialist Sharifistan]

Do WA member nations have legal duty to arrest people for genocide, slavery or war crimes?

[Araraukar]

Do WA member nations have legal duty to arrest people for genocide, slavery or war crimes?

You can search this thread with those keywords to find out: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=30

Remember, however, that the forum search function thinks that "cat" and "cats" are two completely unrelated words.

[Wallenburg]

Do WA member nations have legal duty to arrest people for genocide, slavery or war crimes?

Those are restricted by various WA resolutions, so yes.

[The land between the Prut and the Nistru]

If a resolution passes in the GA, how can a nation enact the changes it brings with it?

[Yohannes]

If a resolution passes in the GA, how can a nation enact the changes it brings with it?

Nations stat-wise (statistics-wise), World Assembly (WA) resolutions will only affect your nation while you are a WA member.

RP wise (nation roleplaying), you are supposed to be in compliance, but I have seen many nations creatively roleplayed non-compliance vis-à-vis ambiguity or inadequacy, i.e. loopholes.

I may be wrong, though (my apologies if I said something wrong, someone please tell me off)

[Sierra Lyricalia]

If a resolution passes in the GA, how can a nation enact the changes it brings with it?

Your laws (game statistics) are automatically changed on passage of any GA resolution. If you see references to "gnomes" this is what they're talking about.

Years ago someone asked "look, I didn't change the law here, we voted against this tripe and my legislature is notorious for inefficiency, so how did this change so quickly???" Someone tongue-in-cheek answered that gnomes must have snuck in and registered the WA-mandated changes, and we've stuck with that ever since.

[Champagne Socialist Sharifistan]

Does using nuclear weapons against civilians count as a war crime?

[Separatist Peoples]

Does using nuclear weapons against civilians count as a war crime?

Almost always, yes.

[Potted Plants United]

Does using nuclear weapons against civilians count as a war crime?

Yes. Unless you mean as per GA legislation, in which case you should search the Passed Resolutions thread with "nuclear" and see for yourself.

[Zentata]

Would a regulation on rope be a good thing to do?

[Potted Plants United]

Would a regulation on rope be a good thing to do?

No. You can make it a national law if you want, but there's no reason to use the GA to make it an international one.

If you're thinking of things to write a proposal about, try to think of things that are international or "universal" in Real Life. And then check the passed resolutions thread to make sure they haven't already been addressed.

[Zentata]

Would a regulation on rope be a good thing to do?

No. You can make it a national law if you want, but there's no reason to use the GA to make it an international one.

If you're thinking of things to write a proposal about, try to think of things that are international or "universal" in Real Life. And then check the passed resolutions thread to make sure they haven't already been addressed.

Yeah, thought so.

[Populous Magnus]

I have this idea of proposing pro-environment policies, but not sure how to search for the existing resolutions. There's a forum thread for those passed resolutions, sure, but at least a search bar in World Assembly page itself would be nice not in a forum that is manually updated by users.

[Ashaie]

A search bar on the actual resolutions page would be nice, yeah, but the forum/user-contributed measures work for me
I'm not sure if this is what you're asking or what you already know, but there's a list of resolution titles by category here, which links to the main Passed Resolutions list. And specifically Environmental is a sorted category there.

[Stellar Colonies]

Question:

Would this proposal allow a nation to prevent this procedure from being performed on children below that nation's age of consent on the grounds of violating their bodily autonomy?

[Tinfect]

Question:

Would this proposal allow a nation to prevent this procedure from being performed on children below that nation's age of consent on the grounds of violating their bodily autonomy?

Yes, you just can't outlaw the practice entirely as an elective surgery.

[The ethno-state of Trashys]

How many endorsements do you need to make a proposal?