Forum:Guild Rules discussion

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Hey, folks. Now that the Wookieepedia Alliance and Wookieepedia Cabal guilds have been formed, we need some simple guild rules to explain expectations of in-game behavior and rank progression. Here's a draft, but everyone is encouraged to edit the document and suggest other changes. When we have things mostly hammered out, we can approve the rules through a vote? Or just call it consensus and go with it? Anyway, here are the draft rules:

Guild rules
Wookieepedia Alliance and Wookieepedia Cabal (hereafter "the Alliance" and "the Cabal", or simply "the guilds") are sister guilds, on the Republic and Empire sides respectively of the Wall of Light server of Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR). Unlike other SWTOR guilds, the Alliance and the Cabal take as their primary mission the improvement of Wookieepedia by cataloguing the myriad characters, equipment, locations, etc. in SWTOR and then transferring that information to this wiki in the form of edits to articles. This mission places these guilds in a symbiotic, and even subservient, position to WookieeProject: The Old Republic (hereafter "the project") and to the Wookieepedia community as a whole. Within SWTOR, the Alliance and the Cabal are dedicated to maintaining a positive and collegial atmosphere among members. The guilds are casual and recreational, although members are encouraged to pursue all aspects of SWTOR (and to document them!), including leveling, Player-versus-Player (PvP), and Operations.

Disclaimer
The members of the guild have agreed upon the following rules through the process of consensus. The rules may change in the future, but not without the consultation of all members of the project. If situations come up that fall beyond the purview of these rules or that seem to bring two or more rules into conflict, guild officers will make every effort to make the most sensible decision given the circumstances.

Membership

 * Membership in the Alliance and the Cabal is open to anyone provided they have both a character on the Wall of Light server in SW:TOR and a Wookieepedia account in good standing. Good standing is defined as having made at least 20 good-faith, mainspace edits to Wookieepedia within a week of first joining one of the guilds.
 * Guild members must also sign up to participate in WookieeProject The Old Republic by adding their name under "Participants."
 * Membership of one character on a SWTOR account automatically extends to all characters on that account should the member desire it. Officers will assist with adding other characters from the same account with the coordination of the new member.
 * Guild officers reserve the right to demote a member in rank or to revoke membership in the guilds for behavior that breaches guild rules, or for long periods of unexplained inactivity [should we have a hard duration here?] either within SW:TOR or on Wookieepedia. Guild members are encouraged to notify an officer in advance of any such long absences to prevent loss of membership. Former guild members who have lost guild membership due to inactivity may be reinstated to full members once they return to active participation in SW:TOR and Wookieepedia.
 * Members are of course free to leave the guild of their own volition at any time by using the /gquit command in-game. Notifying an officer with the reasons for the departure is appreciated but not necessary.

Rank structure

 * Recruit is the rank given to new members of either the Alliance or the Cabal until such time as they have made at least 20 good-faith, mainspace edits to Wookieepedia and joined WookieeProject The Old Republic.
 * Member is the rank given to new members of the guilds who have made at least 20 good-faith, mainspace edits to Wookieepedia and have joined WookieeProject The Old Republic.
 * Lieutenant is the rank given to members who have shown a dedication to either SWTOR or Wookieepedia through regular guild participation, WookieeProject participation, or Wookieepedia participation in general. A guild officer may bestow this rank on a new member who has a history of longstanding commitment to Wookieepedia but is new to SWTOR, for instance. Guild members who demonstrate a long-term commitment to the guild and to the WookieeProject may advance to this rank at any time should officers feel it warranted.
 * Officer is the rank given to guild members who hold some form of office on Wookieepedia, regardless of the length of time they have been a part of one of the guilds. Wookieepedia offices that count for this criteria include (but are not limited to) Administrators, Bureaucrats, Inquisitorius members, AgriCorps members, and EduCorps members. Other guild members may advance to this rank upon consensus of the other members of Officer rank.
 * Guild Master is the rank reserved for the founder of the Alliance and Cabal guilds. This rank is essentially the same as Officer above, although the Guild Master has extra administrative tools at her or his disposal. The person holding the rank of Guild Master may change should the current Guild Master request a demotion (at which point she or he can be changed to an Officer) and upon consensus of Guild and WookieeProject members as to who should be promoted to the rank.
 * The guild rank attained by any one character of a particular member should extend to all characters on that member's account. Coordination with guild officers may be necessary to promote alternate characters accordingly.

Behavior

 * We all have real lives, and these come first. Although we hope to see guild members in-game frequently and to see them contribute to Wookieepedia with some regularity, low levels of participation are sometimes unavoidable. With the exception of the long absences discussed above under "Membership," such inactivity should be understood by other guild members as an inevitability of life.
 * We are here to document the people, places, things, and events of SW:TOR. As such, moving through the game can sometimes be a slow-going process as players take notes, snap screenshots, and explore the various options in dialogue trees. Other members should be aware of these factors and be tolerant of other players who may be progressing slowly. When participating in a group, guild members should never expect other members to skip dialogue to finish a particular mission, Flashpoint, or Operation more quickly.
 * Guild members are expected to abide by Wookieepedia's policy against personal attacks in-game as well. Personal attacks will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from the guilds. This applies not only to attacks on other guild members but also on other SWTOR players. We are all representatives of Wookieepedia within the game and should conduct ourselves accordingly.
 * When participating in groups, members should understand the distinctions between "Need," "Greed," "Disassemble," and "Pass." Need applies only to loot that particular character (not an alternate or a companion) can equip at that moment for a stats upgrade. Greed and Disassemble apply to loot that particular character cannot necessarily use but a companion or alternate can, or for which the player merely wishes to strip out the modifications to improve other gear. Pass applies to loot the player chooses not to make a roll for at all, and is a good way to spread the loot around in a group. "Ninja looting" (rolling "Need" when you cannot use the item or when the item is not an upgrade for the character you are currently using) will not be tolerated and is grounds for removal from the guilds. All this said, mistakes do happen. In the case of a mistaken loot roll (rolling "Need" by accident), other group members should take the player at her or his word. However, multiple mistakes of this sort may also be grounds for dismissal from the guild; being careful about loot rolls is just as important as being honest about them.
 * Conflicts between guild members should be settled by those guild members whenever possible. Officers will only step in if the parties involved cannot come to a settlement on their own. If tempers get high, sometimes the best thing to do is to log out, take some time away from the game, and cool down. If the situation persists, contact an officer and describe the situation. The officer or officers can then conduct an investigation as appropriate. This rule applies to conflicts with officers and between officers as well.

Discussion
So, that's a first crack at some rules. These are all open to discussion, deletion, merger, addition, etc. What do y'all think? ~ Savage  15:41, March 25, 2012 (UTC)