Citizens are expected to behave in an exemplary manner and can be referred1 to the Triumvirate for a review of their behaviour and possible disciplinary action.
Such a Referral is initiated automatically by Moderation for infractions incurred
12[, or discretionally by Citizens2 for behaviour considered unbecoming. The Triumvirate then requests a defence3 from the referred and decides4 whether5 and which6 disciplinary action is to be taken.7 It consists of:
- The Censors - Who discuss and vote on every Referral.
- The Curator - Who may discuss Referrals, but only votes in the case of a tie.
- Hexagon Council members - Who may choose to participate.
Members of the Triumvirate must recuse themselves in their own Referrals.8
If a Citizen is not satisfied with the result of their Referral, they may request a public appeal
11. The appeal will be discussed and decided in the Curia 9. The result is binding and is not subject to further appeal.
To serve on the Tribunal, a panel of Tribunes is appointed by the Hexagon Council and two Magistrates are elected by the Curia. Magistrates rotate as acting Tribunes, each voting on one of every two cases.
3 Any defence must be provided within ninety-six hours of the request
including any intentions to appeal a staff referral. If an appeal is made, the Triumvirate should delay the process until the issue is resolved. . At the request of the referred, the Curator also accepts materials provided on behalf of the referred.
In a citizen referral, such materials shall be posted until the first voting poll is concluded, and must be considered by the Citizens' Triumvirate in the second voting poll, if such a poll is required.
5 Four days after requesting a defence, regardless of whether it has been received, a vote is opened by the Curator to conclude after four days with the options to dismiss the Referral, take further action, or abstain
in a Citizen referral only. A Staff Referral proceeds directly to a vote for Further Action.
11 Citizens in a staff referral may only appeal is the decision resulted in a suspension of two weeks to the removal of rank. Citizens may appeal any Further Action decision.
12 If it is an appeal is granted or Moderation removes the infraction, then the referral will proceed as a citizen referral.
[Amendment] Staff Referral Change
Originally Posted by mishkin
While as citizens, we struggle to define conduct unbecoming a citizen when it is something above and beyond the ToS, we can all agree that violating the Terms of Service is conduct unbecoming a citizen. It isn't the role of the Censor to determine if the terms of Service was violated but to judge if that behavior is unbecoming. If moderation deemed a post a violation the offender citizen does not appeal, then the citizen is accepting the fact that he/she violated the Terms of Service. As Censor, in the past, I have rationalized dismissing ToS violations. In retrospect, this was in error. It is a contradiction to state that we can violate a ToS and still be acting in accordance to a higher standard. Thus, I propose the following changes.
