Foralogical Federalism

Foralogical Federalism is a type of governing system for Internet Forums, based on the political theory of Federalism.

History
Foralogical Federalism was created by James Hughes, in order to create an effective system to manage his newest forum,Using the Political Philosophy of Federalism as the basis for this system.

Similarities to Federalism
* The division of powers
**In federalism, sovereignty is divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units
**In Foralogical Federalism, the power is divided between the Admins and Moderators.

Organization
in the realm of Foralogical Federalism there are four players.
Admins
*The Admin has the ability to edit, delete, move or otherwise modify any thread on the forum. Administrators also usually have the ability to close the board, change major software items, change global skins, modify the board, and ban, delete, or create members. The final word in all matters lies, solely, in the Admin. The Admin can delegate powers, in the form of Moderators.

Moderators
*The Moderators, basically, have the same abilities as the Admin, only their powers are limited to only the forums the Admin allows. Moderators can edit or delete any post that lies in their jurisdiction. The Moderator must inform and/or warn the member that a post, is up for editing or removal, before the act is followed through, in the form of a private message.

Registered Members
*Registered Members are granted the ability to edit their previous posts, start new topics, and control their individual settings and profiles. They also have the power of complaint, in other words, if a R-Member believes a post was removed for a wrong reason or no reason, contact the the Forum Admin for further review.

Unregistered Members
*Unregistered Members have the ability to post and to read other's posts. The U-Members cannot join any User Groups, send private messages, vote in any elections, or become moderators. The only advantage of being a U-Members is the ability to have total anonymity, but with this, they lose the power of complaint.

Laws
All rules must be agreed before a member can become registered.
These are the some suggested rules for the forum.

Suggested Laws
*No Offensive Content
**No Cursing or Crude Language (1)
**No Pictures, featuring offensive material (2)
*Use correct Grammar. Not strike-worthy, post will automatically be edited.
*Do not write in all CAPS (1)
*Signature Guidelines:
**Links are allowed as long as they are in accordance with rule 1
**No Pictures of any kind. (1)
**Keep signatures within four lines of text. (1)
*While debating and discussion is fine, we will not tolerate rudeness, insulting posts, personal attacks or purposeless inflammatory posts. (1)
*Please refrain from posting meaningless threads, one word (or short) non-sense posts, or the such. (1)
*Multiple or repeated posting in order to increase your post count is not allowed. (3)
*Advertising, spamming and trolling is not allowed. This includes using the forum email and Private message system to spam other members. (4)

Also while these rules cover most common situations, they cannot anticipate everything. Consequently we reserve the right to take any actions we deem appropriate to ensure these forums are not disrupted or abused in any way.

Modifying Laws
Laws can be added, changed, or removed but only with a majority vote.
* If a registered member feels a law needs to be modified, the laws must be submitted to the Admin.
** Once the Admin has seen and approved, the fate of the 'Bill' lies in the hands of the R-Members.
*** The Admin will then post a poll asking the entire board to vote on the preposed law, if it receives a majority vote after 3 days, it becomes a law.

Punishment
All rules are assigned and Severity Level (1-5), Shown by (#) at end of rule, the higher the severity level the more severe the punishment will be.
Types
*Post Editing
**The Admin or Moderator will make necessary changes to the post, to make said post acceptable.
*Post Removal
**The Admin or Moderator will remove the entire post, if editing is not enough.
*User Ban
** The Admin is the only one who is able to ban user. Depending on the issue the User Ban will vary in longevity.

Terms of Authority
Admin
*The Admin Holds a lifetime term

Moderator
*The Moderator will be elected by the registered
*there will be one moderators for each forum, having a four week term
**The term of a moderator is composed of two parts:
***Free Reign Phase
****The FRP is a three week period in which the moderator can perform his or her duties (See Above) without worry of a campaign.
***Campaign-Rule Phase
****This Phase is also a one week period that the Moderator, still, are able to perform their duties, but the campaign for the next moderator term will begin.

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