[PASSED] Repeal "Commend Tiago Silva"

[Sedgistan]

IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN!

This proposal has been submitted!

Argument: The Security Council,

RECOGNIZING the contribution of Tiago Silva to the world by universally improving the quality of national flags in 2011,

NOTING that this contribution is the only undertaking celebrated by the commendation in question, which is composed of only three short statements,

REALIZING that although the efforts of Tiago Silva are appreciated, under no circumstances can they be considered "brave" as described by SC#43,

UNDERWHELMED by the overall lack of additional substance beyond the flag improvement presented in the resolution,

OBSERVING that the same type of work done by Tiago Silva has been popular amongst the artists of the world for many years, and flags of similar quality to those produced by the commended nation are routinely produced by others without the same recognition by the Security Council,

BELIEVING that the standards of the World Assembly are much higher than the quality of SC#43 and that a nation should have a history of honorable contributions to the world to be included in a commendation by this body,

HEREBY REPEALS SC#43, "Commend Tiago Silva".

This is only second time I've tried my hand at this, but the resolution in question is a time-tested classic piece of "legislation" that has needed to go for a long time. Any suggestions for improvement are very much appreciated!

Link to Max Barry's news post regarding Tiago Silva's work
Link to the commendation

[Kaboomlandia]

The original resolution is really badly written. Improving flags is not the only grounds for a commendation.
For.

[We Are Not the NSA]

What exactly did Tiago Silva do? The resolution is not at all clear about it. Did he design new flags?

[Ambroscus Koth]

He converted the default flags on the site from ass tier JPEGs to better quality PNGs.

Apparently people think this act alone is commend worthy.

[Kaboomlandia]

He converted the default flags on the site from ass tier JPEGs to better quality PNGs.

Apparently people think this act alone is commend worthy.

Did TS actually do anything other than convert flags that makes him worthy of commendation?

[Ambroscus Koth]

I'd actually appreciate input from people who know Tiago Silva better than myself on that question. If he truly has done more than the commendation outlines, we might actually be able to give him a proper commendation that isn't absolute trash.

[Kaboomlandia]

I'd actually appreciate input from people who know Tiago Silva better than myself on that question. If he truly has done more than the commendation outlines, we might actually be able to give him a proper commendation that isn't absolute trash.

In that case, you still have to get rid of this one, don't you?
Reminds me of when the (first) commendation of 10000 Islands was repealed. The first commendation was horribly written.

[Ambroscus Koth]

I'd actually appreciate input from people who know Tiago Silva better than myself on that question. If he truly has done more than the commendation outlines, we might actually be able to give him a proper commendation that isn't absolute trash.

In that case, you still have to get rid of this one, don't you?
Reminds me of when the (first) commendation of 10000 Islands was repealed. The first commendation was horribly written.

Not necessarily. The Black Riders had two condemnations for a time before their terrible old one was repealed, if I recall correctly.

[Bears Armed]

In that case, you still have to get rid of this one, don't you?
Reminds me of when the (first) commendation of 10000 Islands was repealed. The first commendation was horribly written.

Not necessarily. The Black Riders had two condemnations for a time before their terrible old one was repealed, if I recall correctly.

You do. It's perfectly legal to commend or condemn a target twice, as long as the two proposals/resolutions are based on different arguments.

[Kaboomlandia]

Not necessarily. The Black Riders had two condemnations for a time before their terrible old one was repealed, if I recall correctly.

You do. It's perfectly legal to commend or condemn a target twice, as long as the two proposals/resolutions are based on different arguments.

So, as long as you avoid the flag argument, it's totally legal to commend them again for something else.

[Venico]

Good, this one has been bugging me for awhile. I remember viewing someone else's draft for this awhile ago (might have been Douria's). Good luck and you have my support.

[Unibot III]

He was a well known flagmaker for years. AGAINST.

[Zaolat]

He was a well known flagmaker for years. AGAINST.

Well known flagmaker, with a crappy resolution with little details. Objectively, I see no wrong with Tiago having a commendation, but this one is bad.

[Ambroscus Koth]

He was a well known flagmaker for years. AGAINST.

So were many others, and they aren't commended by this body. As it's been said many times, this commendation is horribly written and it would never pass in today's SC. Write a commendation for him that isn't trash and hey, I might even vote for it.

In case anyone is wondering what Tiago Silva thinks about his commendation:

I voted against it, because now I have an extra image to load in my nation's page.

[Jean Pierre Trudeau]

The original resolution is really badly written. Improving flags is not the only grounds for a commendation.
For.

And if we repeal it , it would be damn near impossible to replace it without metagaming.

[Ambroscus Koth]

The original resolution is really badly written. Improving flags is not the only grounds for a commendation.
For.

And if we repeal it , it would be damn near impossible to replace it without metagaming.

The original resolution tried valiantly to avoid metagaming, but the issue to me is that if you seriously can't manage to commend someone without resorting to that sort of writing, the dude probably hasn't done that much to deserve it.

[Jean Pierre Trudeau]

And if we repeal it , it would be damn near impossible to replace it without metagaming.

The original resolution tried valiantly to avoid metagaming, but the issue to me is that if you seriously can't manage to commend someone without resorting to that sort of writing, the dude probably hasn't done that much to deserve it.

It was a fairly large contribution to the game.

[Ambroscus Koth]

Well I'm not gonna dispute that, but I'm also not pulling this proposal. If nobody actually wants to contribute to the draft, I plan on submitting soon.

[Ramaeus]

Looks good. It's a four clause Commendation, so there isn't much material to work with. If you think this draft needs some more weight, feel free to use some clauses from my repeals.

I'm FOR this repeal.

[Sciongrad]

And if we repeal it , it would be damn near impossible to replace it without metagaming.

The original resolution tried valiantly to avoid metagaming, but the issue to me is that if you seriously can't manage to commend someone without resorting to that sort of writing, the dude probably hasn't done that much to deserve it.

Frankly, that's a terrible argument. You're essentially saying that certain types of of invaluable contributions that are intrinsically tied to the mechanical aspect of the game cannot be rewarded by a commendation because of the difficulty involved in writing one. That line of reasoning is lazy and reveals less about whether Tiago Silva is worthy of his recognition and more about what you, and many others, find to be the sole domain of the SC - that is, gameplay. Fiercely against.

[Ambroscus Koth]

The original resolution tried valiantly to avoid metagaming, but the issue to me is that if you seriously can't manage to commend someone without resorting to that sort of writing, the dude probably hasn't done that much to deserve it.

Frankly, that's a terrible argument. You're essentially saying that certain types of of invaluable contributions that are intrinsically tied to the mechanical aspect of the game cannot be rewarded by a commendation because of the difficulty involved in writing one. That line of reasoning is lazy and reveals less about whether Tiago Silva is worthy of his recognition and more about what you, and many others, find to be the sole domain of the SC - that is, gameplay. Fiercely against.

Eh? What implied that I believe that only gameplay actions are commendable? I don't mind RP commends/condemns, or even those made for contributions to the site. But ONE contribution isn't worth commending, especially as badly written as it was. The resolution is garbage and out of place amongst the rest of the standing resolutions.

[Jean Pierre Trudeau]

The resolution is garbage and out of place amongst the rest of the standing resolutions.

Uh huh... Because #4, and #11 are pristine examples of how to write a resolution /sarcasm, yet people seem dead set on refusing to repeal those ones.

Unless you get a quick stack on this one, it will fail. Good luck.

[Ramaeus]

The resolution is garbage and out of place amongst the rest of the standing resolutions.

Uh huh... Because #4, and #11 are pristine examples of how to write a resolution /sarcasm, yet people seem dead set on refusing to repeal those ones.

Unless you get a quick stack on this one, it will fail. Good luck.

I plan on stacking, so...

[Jean Pierre Trudeau]

Uh huh... Because #4, and #11 are pristine examples of how to write a resolution /sarcasm, yet people seem dead set on refusing to repeal those ones.

Unless you get a quick stack on this one, it will fail. Good luck.

I plan on stacking, so...

And Mouse can nullify your entire vote stack.

[Ambroscus Koth]

I plan on stacking, so...

And Mouse can nullify your entire vote stack.

But Mousey loves repeals!

Jokes aside, I'm submitting this soon. Then we can walk the walk AND talk the talk!