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Bill: OOC: Cultural Protocols
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green Party of Rutania
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 4023
Description[?]:
| Effectively an updated version of: http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=370288 (Note: most wording and terminology e.g. "black", "white" in relation to race is lifted from there and is not my phrasing) ETHNICITY: Rutania is a diverse nation filled with six primary ethnicities, spanning three groups. White Rutanians are the descendants of Dundorfians and some Duntrekkers. Those groups are directly from Dundorf. Gao-Showan Rutanians (OOC: Asians) are mostly Kunhito (OOC: Japanese) and have primarily come from Beluzia, with a small number of Kyo (OOC: Korean) immigrating from Dovani. Black Rutanians are mainly descended from migrants from Ibutho (OOC: see Ibutho's cultural protocols) and from Black Alorians (OOC: African-Americans), tracing their history back to Aloria when they were unfortunately exploited as slaves. -75% White Rutanians --81% Rutanian --12% Dundorfian --3% Duntrekker --4% Luthorian -12% Black Rutanians -- 60% Ibutho descent --40% Black Alorian descent -10% Gao-Showa --97% Kunihito --3% Kyo -3% Other LANGUAGE: The primary and official national language of Rutania is Luthorian (OOC: English). Given Rutania's history, there is also a small group of people who speak Dundorfian (OOC: German), Gao-Showan languages (OOC: see Particracy Wiki) and Ibutho languages (OOC: see Ibutho cultural protocols). RELIGION: Rutania is one of the few nations in Artania that is secular in nature. For those that do subscribe to a religion, most follow Hosianism (OOC: Chrisitanity). Miniorities include Yeudists (OOC: Jews) and Jienists (OOC: Confucianists). Given Rutania's proximity to Luthori, most Hosians are Luthoran (OOC: Protestant) with the rest being Patriarchal (OOC: Catholic). -66% Non-Religious/Atheist/Agnositc -34% Religious --91% Hosianism ---62% Luthoran ---38% Patriarchal --5% Yeudism --3% Jienism --1% Other NAMING: Characters may bear either English, Germanic, Asiatic or African names. Effectively, Rutania is a melting pot in terms of names, like North America or Australia. The largest ethnic group in Rutania is based on the English, thus the majority of the characters would have English-sounding names. Likewise given the small Gao-Showa, Black Alorian and Ibutho minority, a few characters should have Asian or African-inspired names, provided they are Anglicised. LINKS: *Random Name Generator: http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/ *Ilustrated Catalogue of Religion: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Illustrated_Catalogue_of_Religion *Rutania: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Rutania |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:18:49, May 03, 2016 CET | From | Green Party of Rutania | To | Debating the OOC: Cultural Protocols |
| Message | Anyone? |
| Date | 19:51:22, May 03, 2016 CET | From | Green Party of Rutania | To | Debating the OOC: Cultural Protocols |
| Message | According to Moderation all we need to do is to get the majority of us to reaffirm our country's cultural protocols and submit it on the forum. |
| Date | 20:02:02, May 03, 2016 CET | From | Green Party of Rutania | To | Debating the OOC: Cultural Protocols |
| Message | Any suggestions i.e. in terms of altering percentages before I put this to vote? |
| Date | 06:26:52, May 04, 2016 CET | From | Citizens United Party (CUP) | To | Debating the OOC: Cultural Protocols |
| Message | If anyone does want to make changes to the percentages, I'm cool with that, otherwise I just want to get this passed. |
| Date | 08:59:09, May 04, 2016 CET | From | The Worker's Union (WU) | To | Debating the OOC: Cultural Protocols |
| Message | I have no problems with passing the protocols as they are. |
| Date | 18:15:41, May 04, 2016 CET | From |  Moderation | To | Debating the OOC: Cultural Protocols |
| Message | Please bear in mind the requirements of the Game Rules (see http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6363 ), particularly the need to provide descriptions of the cultures, languages and religions. It is often best to put these in brackets, next to each category. Remember that a newcomer to Particracy needs to be able to look at a Cultural Protocol and be able to understand it quickly and easily. "16.6 Cultural Protocol bills must provide descriptions of the cultures, languages and religions which would be easy for an unfamiliar player to understand (eg. "Dundorfian = German"). Where appropriate, they should also provide guidance to players on where to find help with translations and character names. This might include, for example, links to Google Translate, Behind the Name's Random Name Generator and Fantasy Name Generators." Aquinas (Moderation) |
| Date | 18:21:49, May 04, 2016 CET | From | Green Party of Rutania | To | Debating the OOC: Cultural Protocols |
| Message | OOC: So the consensus of the forum has been that so much additional bureaucracy and tediousness is going to benefit people? There are a vast number of OOC explanations as well as a link to the Wiki's religion page. Does every reference to an ethnicity and religion need brackets? |
| Date | 18:27:28, May 04, 2016 CET | From | Moderation | To | Debating the OOC: Cultural Protocols |
| Message | I appreciate this process is frustrating and I'm sorry for that. However, please bear in mind that setting up a Cultural Protocol means requiring players to follow a set of cultural guidelines - ultimately on threat of inactivation if they fail to do so. It is only fair, and only commonsense, that a Cultural Protocol should be reasonably easy for a new player to understand. This means all of the cultural/religious/linguistic categories need to have descriptions/real-life equivalents. At the moment, it is not clear a new player would understand what a "Rutanian", "Dundorfian" or "Duntrekker" are, for example. Again, I understand the frustration, but we are doing our best and we are here to help if we can. Please don't hesitate to ask if there is anything we can do. Aquinas (Moderation) |
| Date | 18:28:27, May 04, 2016 CET | From | Moderation | To | Debating the OOC: Cultural Protocols |
| Message | I appreciate this process is frustrating and I'm sorry for that. However, please bear in mind that setting up a Cultural Protocol means requiring players to follow a set of cultural guidelines - ultimately on threat of inactivation if they fail to do so. It is only fair, and only commonsense, that a Cultural Protocol should be reasonably easy for a new player to understand. This means all of the cultural/religious/linguistic categories need to have descriptions/real-life equivalents. At the moment, it is not clear a new player would understand what a "Rutanian", "Dundorfian" or "Duntrekker" are, for example. Again, I understand the frustration, but we are doing our best and we are here to help if we can. Please don't hesitate to ask if there is anything we can do. Aquinas (Moderation) |
| Date | 18:36:37, May 04, 2016 CET | From | Green Party of Rutania | To | Debating the OOC: Cultural Protocols |
| Message | OOC: Looks like I'll have to re-propose this in a few days with additional brackets and descriptions... I don't have the time for this right now. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 500 | ||||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Did you know you can change the official name of your nation? All you need to do is draw up a new name that is in accordance with the Nation Renaming Guide, pass a bill proposing the name change with a two-thirds majority and then post a request to Moderation on the "Renaming Requests" thread. You can change city and region names in this way too. |
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