Rule Suggestion (Forum Rule 2.5)

[Exnem]

Suggestion Topic: Other
Suggestion Description: Forum rule 2.5. Add the following.

Users may not create an Action Request on behalf of another if they had no involvement with the situation in question. Merely witnessing the situation does not necessarily imply involvement and is subject to an administrator's discretion.

Why should this be added?:
- As of right now, a lot of artificial traffic is being generated by uninvolved players who simply just want to act as a vigilante for the community. This isn't always desired by either party of a situation. More often than not, victimless occurrences (sans participants) tend to generate additional action requests that create more work for staff to filter through. Unless the people involved or a staff member want something done with it, nobody else should have a say.

What negatives could this have?:
- None that I can think of. What negatives I thought of, I tried solving in the original suggestion.

 

[Foga]

the negative is that rule breakers will get away with breaking the rules its important that the rules are upheld. Who cares who is reporting it?

 

[dankor]

+rep add this now i don't Want another dhar man clone making ars on everyone's behalf

 

[jams]

Playing devils advocate here - what about the people who won't or can't make ARs but are still upset by the situation? I have raised reports on behalf of other players before who can't speak for themselves.

Granted, I have obviously witnessed these situations.

I think that realistically it does create more time spent for staff, and uninvolved people are more likely to not know the full picture, with some situations being already dealt with for example.

Though, the situation being down to administrative discretion allows for these situations