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Condemn Australian rePublic
Category: Condemn | Nominee: Australian rePublic



The noble Security Council,

Aware that each day governments will encounter various national issues, and that while these issues may sometimes arise naturally, they are often instead the result of ill-intentioned organisations seeking to undermine peace and national sovereignty,

Cognizant of the fact that Australian rePublic has fabricated such issues on an unimaginable scale, and that the suffering for which it is responsible cannot be by anyone fully comprehended,

Convinced that throughout the universes, Australian rePublic represents a terrible threat to the ideals of peace and goodwill so treasured by this council, and that the fallout of its vicious crimes is inescapable even for the most isolated and unprovocative of governments,

Attempting to communicate to some degree the horrors Australian rePublic has unleashed on thousands of victim nations by describing just a few of the covert missions its government has so maliciously orchestrated:
  • Mission #552: “Must Be A Full Moon”, in which Australian rePublic co-ordinated the strategic mooning of government officials in an attempt to incite dangerous national revolutions, inadvertently crashing fashion industries across the universes by causing an inexplicable drop in demand for pants,
  • Mission #664: “Your Land Or Mine”, in which veritable flash mobs of undercover agents were sent into unsuspecting nations, inventing entire fake indigenous tribes with sacred sites conveniently located over valuable mining locations and leading to economic collapses and surges in unemployment rates,
  • Mission #733: “The Path Less Traveled”, in which ports vital to national economies were frozen over with toxic chemicals in an attempt to invade nations with armies of millions of malicious macaroni penguins, and where only poor mission planning on behalf of Australian rePublic prevented thousands of nations from being totally overrun by the aquatic birds,
  • Mission #981: “Westfailian Sovereignty”, in which the leftover penguins from Mission #733 were sent into innocent states disguised as dangerous masked terrorists all under pseudonym “Mega Momo”, leading to the imperiling of national sovereignty as nations across the universes hopelessly invaded one another seeking to eliminate the terrorist in the international craze now known as “Momo Madness”, and
  • Mission #1237: “A Polar Bear’s Tale”, in which Australian rePublic fabricated nonsensical legislation concerning such matters as polar bears and fire hoses and slipped these eccentric laws into the government archives of unsuspecting victim nations, leading to allegations of corruption and an unprecedented demand for goggles,

Noting Australian rePublic's long history distributing so-called “welcome baskets” of fruit to national leaders, with contents polluted by brainwashing chemicals to twist the minds of their recipients and motivate them to organise malicious missions of their own,

Highlighting the fact that the dissemination of these flagitious “fruits” proved so damaging and costly that, in a rare display of interference in the universes, the mysterious otherworldly deities known to work only in the shadows took physical form to pass their cosmic judgements and, by methods unknown, ended this terrible trade once and for all,

Lamenting the fact that Australian rePublic’s actions will have impacts lasting into eternity, and that the effects of these terrible missions and abhorrent “fruits” are irreversible even for such a powerful organisation as this Council,

Adamant that the damage Australian rePublic has dealt the international community must not be ignored or forgotten, as many of us doubtless wish it would be, but instead be grimly remembered, and that we must make an example of this nation to communicate that such reprobate behaviour will not be tolerated by this Council,

Hereby condemns Australian rePublic.
The Security Council,

Observing that the founding of Australian rePublic occurred in the distant past,

Aware that soon after its founding, Australian rePublic began to devote itself wholeheartedly to the stirring up of controversy in other nations around the world,

Cognisant of the fact that the Issues Australian rePublic has so nefariously created have since ravaged thousands of nations, leading to chaos and the need for speedy legislation to avert disaster,

Disgusted that these Issues will continue to harm innocent nations, and that Australian rePublic's actions will have impacts lasting into eternity,

Appalled at Australian rePublic's reclusive nature, demonstrated in its decision to found and reside in a region paradoxically entitled Regionless, and its encouragement of other nations to join it in distancing themselves from the international community,

Understanding that this reclusive behaviour both demonstrates Australian rePublic's unwillingness to take responsibility for the damage it has caused the international community and endangers the ideals of global cooperation that this council holds so dearly,

Frustrated that this reclusiveness has also bred shocking levels of youth rebelliousness, rudeness, and crime, all of which Australian rePublic demonstrates disturbing levels of,

Disappointed in the corrupt nature of Australian rePublic's government, and its lack of environmental protections, which causes harm not just to itself but to the whole world,

Grimly aware that this Council must make an example of Australian rePublic's destructive and harmful behaviour so as to discourage other nations from following in its path, and

Confident that to do anything less would be to endorse and indirectly propagate this nation's behaviours,

Hereby condemns Australian rePublic.
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Postby Makdon » Sat May 02, 2020 5:56 pm

I think aussie's pretty deserving, and I love condemning for issues writing, but I think this draft could use some work. For starters, you should definitely provide more details and evidence about their issues authoring. I'm also not at all convinced that being reclusive is condemnable. Additionally, their stats seem a bit throwaway, and I think if you beef up the issues, it could and should be reduced to one clause. I have some more specific notes below:
Aware that soon after its founding, Australian rePublic began to devote itself wholeheartedly to the stirring up of controversy in other nations around the world,
This isn't clearly about issues, and I think it could be made more clear
Cognisant of the fact that the Issues Australian rePublic has so nefariously created have since ravaged thousands of nations, leading to chaos and the need for speedy legislation to avert disaster,

Disgusted that these Issues will continue to harm innocent nations, and that Australian rePublic's actions will have impacts lasting into eternity,
Does issues really need to be capitalized? Also, you should talk about the issues! Mention a few specific ones in bullet points like in condemn chan island! In fact, I think condemn chan island should be your reference point and model of a good issues condemnation. And maybe throw in a bit more rhetoric about how they've hurt the international community.
Appalled at Australian rePublic's reclusive nature, demonstrated in its decision to found and reside in a region paradoxically entitled Regionless, and its encouragement of other nations to join it in distancing themselves from the international community,

Understanding that this reclusive behaviour both demonstrates Australian rePublic's unwillingness to take responsibility for the damage it has caused the international community and endangers the ideals of global cooperation that this council holds so dearly,
As I mentioned above, I don't really think this merits inclusion at all.
Frustrated that this reclusiveness has also bred shocking levels of youth rebelliousness, rudeness, and crime, all of which Australian rePublic demonstrates disturbing levels of,

Disappointed in the corrupt nature of Australian rePublic's government, and its lack of environmental protections, which causes harm not just to itself but to the whole world,
Again, this can and should be shortened.
Grimly aware that this Council must make an example of Australian rePublic's destructive and harmful behaviour so as to discourage other nations from following in its path, and

Confident that to do anything less would be to endorse and indirectly propagate this nation's behaviours,
I'm not entirely convince that all of this is completely true, or should be included.
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Postby Morover » Sat May 02, 2020 6:07 pm

Alrighty, so I'll start off with some broad concepts. Firstly, I think a condemnation for issues-writing is a fantastic idea and I don't know if it's been done before (though I'm not super up-to-date with this stuff so it definitely could've been done before).

Now, this is more of stylistic preference, but I think that it looks aesthetically better when the operative word of each clause (that is, the first word of each clause) has no formatting. Of course, what you have here (the italicization) is certainly fine, but I make this comment in regards to my own personal preference.

Now, I'll quote clauses that may be problematic or could use some work.

Authoritaria-Imperia wrote:Observing that the founding of Australian rePublic occurred in the distant past,

It does seem odd to include the timeframe it was founded, though it's not an inherently bad clause in itself.

Cognisant of the fact that the Issues Australian rePublic has so nefariously created have since ravaged thousands of nations, leading to chaos and the need for speedy legislation to avert disaster,

Now, I'm not the definitive expert on the subject, but I think that capitalizing "issues" may lead to some problems with rule 4c, as it implies it's a proper noun. Even beyond legality, however, I think it both would look better and make more sense if it wasn't capitalized.

Understanding that this reclusive behaviour both demonstrates Australian rePublic's unwillingness to take responsibility for the damage it has caused the international community and endangers the ideals of global cooperation that this council holds so dearly,

Maybe it's a difference in dialect, but I think you mean "behavior," not "behaviour." This typo appears several other times throughout the proposal, which is why I suspect it may just be a difference in regional spelling.

Disappointed in the corrupt nature of Australian rePublic's government, and its lack of environmental protections, which causes harm not just to itself but to the whole world,

Personally, I'd elaborate on this.

Confident that to do anything less would be to endorse and indirectly propagate this nation's behaviours,

This clause sounds wonky, I'd reword it. It may just because I'm tired though, so if it still sounds weird when I wake up in the morning, I'll bring it up again there (or, in case it makes perfect sense, I'll say that it does make sense and that late-night-Morover needs to stop giving feedback on proposals.

Question — how long are these normally drafted for before submission? My experience is with Issue-writing, not SC-writing.

A general rule of thumb is "don't submit it until it's ready" - which I imagine being the case in Issue writing as well. Typically, if I don't get significant feedback for a bit, I'll bump it once, and then if I still don't get feedback, I'll set aside a date that's around a week and a half away, and publicly announce that I'll be submitting it on that day. To each their own, though.
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Postby Honeydewistania » Sat May 02, 2020 8:31 pm

Morover wrote:Alrighty, so I'll start off with some broad concepts. Firstly, I think a condemnation for issues-writing is a fantastic idea and I don't know if it's been done before (though I'm not super up-to-date with this stuff so it definitely could've been done before).

Chan Island was condemned for issues writing.
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Postby Bhang Bhang Duc » Sat May 02, 2020 11:51 pm

Maybe it's a difference in dialect, but I think you mean "behavior," not "behaviour." This typo appears several other times throughout the proposal, which is why I suspect it may just be a difference in regional spelling.

“Behaviour” is proper English, “behavior” American English. :)

Some general thoughts on the draft.

First of all thank you for drafting here first, that always goes down well with the regulars. In general terms are you attempting to Condemn AR for their issues or for their roleplay? As it is written your draft doesn’t make a convincing case either way. You need to decide what your aim is in this and stick with that.

Take your time, decide on what the Condemn is for, do some more research and then re-draft. Proposal writing is a marathon not a sprint.
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Postby Australian rePublic » Sun May 03, 2020 2:57 am

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Yay! Thanks for the feedback everyone!

Postby Authoritaria-Imperia » Sun May 03, 2020 1:43 pm

There's a brand-new draft out! How did I do?
Makdon wrote:
I think aussie's pretty deserving, and I love condemning for issues writing, but I think this draft could use some work. For starters, you should definitely provide more details and evidence about their issues authoring. I'm also not at all convinced that being reclusive is condemnable. Additionally, their stats seem a bit throwaway, and I think if you beef up the issues, it could and should be reduced to one clause. I have some more specific notes below:
Aware that soon after its founding, Australian rePublic began to devote itself wholeheartedly to the stirring up of controversy in other nations around the world,
This isn't clearly about issues, and I think it could be made more clear
Cognisant of the fact that the Issues Australian rePublic has so nefariously created have since ravaged thousands of nations, leading to chaos and the need for speedy legislation to avert disaster,

Disgusted that these Issues will continue to harm innocent nations, and that Australian rePublic's actions will have impacts lasting into eternity,
Does issues really need to be capitalized? Also, you should talk about the issues! Mention a few specific ones in bullet points like in condemn chan island! In fact, I think condemn chan island should be your reference point and model of a good issues condemnation. And maybe throw in a bit more rhetoric about how they've hurt the international community.
Appalled at Australian rePublic's reclusive nature, demonstrated in its decision to found and reside in a region paradoxically entitled Regionless, and its encouragement of other nations to join it in distancing themselves from the international community,

Understanding that this reclusive behaviour both demonstrates Australian rePublic's unwillingness to take responsibility for the damage it has caused the international community and endangers the ideals of global cooperation that this council holds so dearly,
As I mentioned above, I don't really think this merits inclusion at all.
Frustrated that this reclusiveness has also bred shocking levels of youth rebelliousness, rudeness, and crime, all of which Australian rePublic demonstrates disturbing levels of,

Disappointed in the corrupt nature of Australian rePublic's government, and its lack of environmental protections, which causes harm not just to itself but to the whole world,
Again, this can and should be shortened.
Grimly aware that this Council must make an example of Australian rePublic's destructive and harmful behaviour so as to discourage other nations from following in its path, and

Confident that to do anything less would be to endorse and indirectly propagate this nation's behaviours,
I'm not entirely convince that all of this is completely true, or should be included.
Okay, so I've re-written the entire draft from scratch. Thank you so much for citing "Condemn Chan Island" — as disappointed as I am that condemning for issues-writing as been done before, I'm really grateful to have had that for guidance. I took your advice and shrunk the condemnation down to just the nominee's issue-writing. It's made the draft a lot more focused.
"Issues" is no longer capitalised. It didn't occur until I got all the feedback that that might violate Rule 4.
Again, thanks so much for your guidance. The new draft fixes this stuff — is it better?
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Alrighty, so I'll start off with some broad concepts. Firstly, I think a condemnation for issues-writing is a fantastic idea and I don't know if it's been done before (though I'm not super up-to-date with this stuff so it definitely could've been done before).

Now, this is more of stylistic preference, but I think that it looks aesthetically better when the operative word of each clause (that is, the first word of each clause) has no formatting. Of course, what you have here (the italicization) is certainly fine, but I make this comment in regards to my own personal preference.

Now, I'll quote clauses that may be problematic or could use some work.

Authoritaria-Imperia wrote:Observing that the founding of Australian rePublic occurred in the distant past,

It does seem odd to include the timeframe it was founded, though it's not an inherently bad clause in itself.

Cognisant of the fact that the Issues Australian rePublic has so nefariously created have since ravaged thousands of nations, leading to chaos and the need for speedy legislation to avert disaster,

Now, I'm not the definitive expert on the subject, but I think that capitalizing "issues" may lead to some problems with rule 4c, as it implies it's a proper noun. Even beyond legality, however, I think it both would look better and make more sense if it wasn't capitalized.

Understanding that this reclusive behaviour both demonstrates Australian rePublic's unwillingness to take responsibility for the damage it has caused the international community and endangers the ideals of global cooperation that this council holds so dearly,

Maybe it's a difference in dialect, but I think you mean "behavior," not "behaviour." This typo appears several other times throughout the proposal, which is why I suspect it may just be a difference in regional spelling.

Disappointed in the corrupt nature of Australian rePublic's government, and its lack of environmental protections, which causes harm not just to itself but to the whole world,

Personally, I'd elaborate on this.

Confident that to do anything less would be to endorse and indirectly propagate this nation's behaviours,

This clause sounds wonky, I'd reword it. It may just because I'm tired though, so if it still sounds weird when I wake up in the morning, I'll bring it up again there (or, in case it makes perfect sense, I'll say that it does make sense and that late-night-Morover needs to stop giving feedback on proposals.

Question — how long are these normally drafted for before submission? My experience is with Issue-writing, not SC-writing.

A general rule of thumb is "don't submit it until it's ready" - which I imagine being the case in Issue writing as well. Typically, if I don't get significant feedback for a bit, I'll bump it once, and then if I still don't get feedback, I'll set aside a date that's around a week and a half away, and publicly announce that I'll be submitting it on that day. To each their own, though.
I looked through the archives, and since there are quite a few places where people have italicised/bolded the operative word in each clause, I've decided to stick with it. Still, thanks for your input!
"Issues" is now "issues". Thanks for raising that point about it breaking Rule 4 — I'd hate for this to be ruled illegal on such a technicality! And regarding "behavio(u)r", as Bhang Bhang Duc explained, the American version drops the "u" and everyone else keeps it.
The wording errors aren't a problem anymore, as I've re-done the draft from scratch. The thing you thought I should elaborate upon (Australian rePublic's stats) has instead been dropped entirely as tangential to the actual reason for the condemnation.
Okay, will not submit until ready. :) Thanks for your advice, and for all your help! How's the new version?
Honeydewistania wrote:Chan Island was condemned for issues writing.
Thanks for this; that was a super handy draft to look back on!
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Maybe it's a difference in dialect, but I think you mean "behavior," not "behaviour." This typo appears several other times throughout the proposal, which is why I suspect it may just be a difference in regional spelling.

“Behaviour” is proper English, “behavior” American English. :)

Some general thoughts on the draft.

First of all thank you for drafting here first, that always goes down well with the regulars. In general terms are you attempting to Condemn AR for their issues or for their roleplay? As it is written your draft doesn’t make a convincing case either way. You need to decide what your aim is in this and stick with that.

Take your time, decide on what the Condemn is for, do some more research and then re-draft. Proposal writing is a marathon not a sprint.
I'm condemning Australian rePublic for issues-writing. I've uploaded a completely new draft — is the new version more clear? I also dropped the side-clauses pertaining to regional foundings and World Census stats, so now things are a lot more focused.
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Postby Honeydewistania » Sun May 03, 2020 4:51 pm

You probably should find something else to condemn about them. Issues writing alone hasn’t commended/condemned anyone. What other despicable deeds have they done? I liked the Regionless one before.
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Postby Makdon » Sun May 03, 2020 6:13 pm

Honeydewistania wrote:You probably should find something else to condemn about them. Issues writing alone hasn’t commended/condemned anyone. What other despicable deeds have they done? I liked the Regionless one before.

I wholeheartedly disagree. For starters, issues writing has been the sole reason for C/Cs in the past, for example candlewhisper archive, so precedent is definitely ok with this. I don’t think there’s any reason to include extraneous details that don’t add to the point of the resolution. More specifically, being isolationist really isn’t anything special. There are probably hundreds of nations on regions by themselves, and the vast majority have nothing condemnable them. To me, the addition of that feels like needless fluff that takes away from the point of the proposal.
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Postby The Atlae Isles » Sun May 03, 2020 6:40 pm

You should condemn Australian rePublic for wasting all that food with baskets!! :p
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Postby Australian rePublic » Sun May 03, 2020 8:46 pm

The Atlae Isles wrote:You should condemn Australian rePublic for wasting all that food with baskets!! :p

Australian rePublic wastes the food in fruit baskets? That idiot created a whole WA resolution to ban food wastage. What a hypocrite!
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Postby WayNeacTia » Mon May 04, 2020 12:20 am

Australian rePublic wrote:Just marking my presence. Carry on


Australian rePublic wrote:Australian rePublic wastes the food in fruit baskets? That idiot created a whole WA resolution to ban food wastage. What a hypocrite!


And with that, this will be a hard pass for me.
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Postby Gorundu » Mon May 04, 2020 12:52 am

Wayneactia wrote:
Australian rePublic wrote:Just marking my presence. Carry on


Australian rePublic wrote:Australian rePublic wastes the food in fruit baskets? That idiot created a whole WA resolution to ban food wastage. What a hypocrite!


And with that, this will be a hard pass for me.

Maybe inform them of the convention, which they might not know, that commendation nominees are not supposed to comment on their threads, instead of bearing down on them like that.
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Postby Australian rePublic » Mon May 04, 2020 2:43 am

Gorundu wrote:
Wayneactia wrote:


And with that, this will be a hard pass for me.

Maybe inform them of the convention, which they might not know, that commendation nominees are not supposed to comment on their threads, instead of bearing down on them like that.

My bad. I'll butt out from now on
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Postby Bhang Bhang Duc » Mon May 04, 2020 3:21 am

Version 2 reads a lot better and is much more focused. One minor point:

Mission #664: Your Land Or Mine, in which the national government sent a veritable flash mob of Australians into unsuspecting nations, inventing an entire fake indigenous tribe and culture with sacred sites conveniently located over valuable mining locations, leading to economic collapses and the subsequent deaths of billions due to irreparably destroyed healthcare systems

Might be best to change Australians to something else. I understand that AR’s natives are called Australians, but it could possibly (not saying it would definitely) be interpreted as a real world reference and so illegal under R4.

If you want to retain that phrasing then I would advise asking for a Mod ruling on legality before you submit - just in case.
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Postby Chan Island » Mon May 04, 2020 5:11 am

I feel like he deserves more a commendation than a condemnation. Still, going to be in full support.

Also the fact that he's founded a region called regionless could be spun into a good joke, I feel. Like that he's trying to deceive the world by starting a region that is blatant false advertising or something.
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Postby Tinhampton » Mon May 04, 2020 5:22 am

I'll support anything with a title of the form "Co**e** Australian rePublic"
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Postby Druing » Mon May 04, 2020 7:52 am

given my own experience with this nation i can certainly agree with this proposal, +1
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Postby The Unified Missourtama States » Mon May 04, 2020 8:11 am

for. one of the most well written SC proposals in my opinion.
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Super grateful for all the feedback!

Postby Authoritaria-Imperia » Mon May 04, 2020 10:01 am

The Atlae Isles wrote:
You should condemn Australian rePublic for wasting all that food with baskets!! :p
Ooh, that would definitely work, but I think I like the examples I've used. Still, thanks for your feedback! :D
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You probably should find something else to condemn about them. Issues writing alone hasn’t commended/condemned anyone. What other despicable deeds have they done? I liked the Regionless one before.
Thanks for your input! However, taken into consideration with other comments (such as Makdon's below), I've decided to leave things as they are for now. Still, I appreciate your advice!
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Honeydewistania wrote:You probably should find something else to condemn about them. Issues writing alone hasn’t commended/condemned anyone. What other despicable deeds have they done? I liked the Regionless one before.

I wholeheartedly disagree. For starters, issues writing has been the sole reason for C/Cs in the past, for example candlewhisper archive, so precedent is definitely ok with this. I don’t think there’s any reason to include extraneous details that don’t add to the point of the resolution. More specifically, being isolationist really isn’t anything special. There are probably hundreds of nations on regions by themselves, and the vast majority have nothing condemnable them. To me, the addition of that feels like needless fluff that takes away from the point of the proposal.
Thanks for this. I agree that keeping the draft focused is the way to go.
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Version 2 reads a lot better and is much more focused. One minor point:

Mission #664: Your Land Or Mine, in which the national government sent a veritable flash mob of Australians into unsuspecting nations, inventing an entire fake indigenous tribe and culture with sacred sites conveniently located over valuable mining locations, leading to economic collapses and the subsequent deaths of billions due to irreparably destroyed healthcare systems

Might be best to change Australians to something else. I understand that AR’s natives are called Australians, but it could possibly (not saying it would definitely) be interpreted as a real world reference and so illegal under R4.

If you want to retain that phrasing then I would advise asking for a Mod ruling on legality before you submit - just in case.
All right. I'll correct that to "secret agents". Definitely don't want to break any rules, and even if I got a Mod ruling beforehand voters might misconstrue it as a real-world reference.
In the future, how would I get a Mod ruling on something like that? Is there a submission form somewhere…?
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I feel like he deserves more a commendation than a condemnation. Still, going to be in full support.

Also the fact that he's founded a region called regionless could be spun into a good joke, I feel. Like that he's trying to deceive the world by starting a region that is blatant false advertising or something.
Thanks for your thoughts — glad to hear I've got your support! :) As you may have seen, I did actually cover the founding of Regionless in the first draft, and it ended up doing more harm than good by making the draft less focused. Plus, Regionless turned out to have eighteen other nations in it, and they're reasonably active, so some voters might disagree and reject the whole Condemnation on that basis. A bit too risky, I figured — but that's not to say I'm not grateful for your advice! :)

@Tinhampton, @Druing, @The Unified Missourtama States, Thanks people! Super glad to have your support! :D

Has anyone spotted any other things needing fixing?
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Postby WayNeacTia » Mon May 04, 2020 3:56 pm

Frisbeeteria wrote:
Tinhampton wrote:I'll support anything

Corrected that for you.

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Postby Tinhampton » Mon May 04, 2020 5:33 pm

Authoritaria-Imperia wrote:Question — should I remove the links (like "Australian rePublic", which might be the only one) from my draft before submitting? I read somewhere that certain links were a bad idea…

Not this time.

Frisbeeteria wrote:
Tinhampton wrote:I'll support anything

Corrected that for you.

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Postby Authoritaria-Imperia » Mon May 04, 2020 5:48 pm

Tinhampton wrote:
Authoritaria-Imperia wrote:Question — should I remove the links (like "Australian rePublic", which might be the only one) from my draft before submitting? I read somewhere that certain links were a bad idea…

Not this time.
Excellenté, thanks! :D
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Help me out here! :) What are your thoughts?

Postby Authoritaria-Imperia » Wed May 13, 2020 12:05 pm

I'm bumping this back up to the top of the forum page, since it's been over a week since the last response. I've made some little edits throughout the proposal, but what I really need is feedback on the draft as a whole, which I haven't gotten a lot of. How am I doing? All advice is welcome!
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