Originally by: Securitas Protector

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Edited by: Securitas Protector on 14/02/2009 08:38:57
Before I say anything at all, I realize this thread will probably be trolled and attacked to hell and back. I'm not forcing anyone to participate or even expecting that anyone will, but I'm giving this a go.

In my article on Eve-Mag.com, I outlined a possible policy for how this would be instituted.

The Article

For those of you who are too lazy or otherwise don't want to click on it, here's the policy in short.

EVE will be mapped into red zones and green zones; red zones are areas not cleared for access by the residents(or sovereignty holders), while green zones are cleared for complete access.

The rules inside ôGreen Zonesö

* A journalist cannot be fired on by all agreeing parties

* A journalist may NOT fire on ANY other pilot unless first fired upon.

* A journalistÆs ship will be named ôReporterö or something to that effect.

* A journalist must be ôon assignmentö and working on a story. This is to prevent abuse of the system.

* A journalist will announce himself in local before entering.

* A journalistÆs biography will contain basic JI(Journalistic Immunity) guidelines OR he will provide a link in local.

* If a journalist is told to leave by sovereignty holders he or she will do so within a reasonable amount of time.

* A journalist may NOT rat or mine unless given explicit permission to do so.

* A journalist may ONLY publish intelligence(information provided by residents, not by local or eyesight) cleared by resident contact(CEO, director, or FC).

The reason for all of these rules is expressly so that the system will not be abused by the journalist, or in other words so just by being a member of some news network on off days, you canÆt just prance around other peopleÆs space.


The rules inside ôRed Zonesö

* A journalist may NOT fire on ANY other pilot unless first fired upon. YouÆre reporting a story, not starting a war.

* A journalist is on his or her own and can expect to be fired upon.

* And no matter what, a journalist on assignment is ALWAYS neutral.

If you are interested in making your alliance's or corporation's space a Green Zone, please EVEmail me or post here. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please reply.

Once again, I realize many may not like this idea and I respect that, but please keep the discussion here on topic.

*cough* THE INTERNET *cough*

Thanks,

Securitas

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