EO 145-07 Rule Channel

Issued by burdish(birdish152)

Whereas this would be useful for new members to be aware of common crimes without having to read the entire criminal code;

§1. A channel shall be created called # rules which shall be viewable to all members of the server.

§1.1. This channel shall be placed in the infos category, above ⁠official-announcements.

§2. The channel shall contain a message which states the following:

SimDemocracy, being a nation, has laws and penalties for violating those laws. Our entire Criminal Code can be found here.

However, here are some notable crimes to refrain from violating:

1. Violating the Discord Community Guidelines is a crime.

2. Hate speech is a crime. This includes the use of slurs or bigotry of any kind.

3. Posting obscene materials is a crime. This includes content which consists of gore, violence, or other materials not suitable for viewing in a public place, and would cause distress to a reasonable person.

4. Threatening people is a crime.

5. Harassment is a crime.

6. Doxxing or violation of someone’s personal privacy or information is a crime.

7. The use of alt accounts to gain any unfair advantage or undermine democracy in any way is a crime.

8. Spamming is a crime.

9. Brigading and raiding is a crime.

Be sure to check the criminal code for all the other crimes! Please remember that any member who commits a crime listed above, or in the criminal code, is prosecutable in court. The punishments for committing crimes vary.

If you see someone commit a crime, be sure to report it in # ⁠the-station.

Here is the New User Guide which will give you a bunch of important information about SimDemocracy.<ref>Amended by §5</ref>

§3. As part of the server onboarding process, new joins must view the # rules channel.

§4. Only the discord supervisor may speak in this channel.

§5. §2 is amended to add:

Here is the New User Guide which will give you a bunch of important information about SimDemocracy.

and it will be immediately below "If you see someone commit a crime, be sure to report it in # ⁠the-station".<ref name="NewGuide">Amended by emilianapoleon on 13 December 2025. See text</ref>

§6. ⁠# rules will be renamed to # introduction.<ref name="NewGuide"></ref>

§7. ⁠EO 156-11 is repealed.<ref name="NewGuide"></ref>