(11-22-2023, 11:00 AM)pillow Wrote: The issue is, if there's an exception for Doc, who else gets one?
I don't think it's about making an exception for Doc, and the fact that he's a Mod is absolutely irrelevant, in this particular situation. I would do exactly the same with Dylan Hunt, or similar cases. Simply, before warning any player and asking him to change their name, I would ask myself (and investigate) if he or she are a character that has been established for years, and if there is a long career in RP behind him. Especially if it's been years and years since that character has that name.
(11-22-2023, 12:45 PM)Haste Wrote: To be completely honest, I'd much rather not have posted that sanction. It's not like I get any pleasure out of telling a veteran, whose character is almost universally appreciated by the playerbase, that they need to change up the character's name. Several people rightfully pointed out that we had a bit of a rules for thee but not for me situation enforcing the naming rule the way we did, and I don't much love the idea of conveniently exempting a staff member from the rules.
I think it would be useful to consider including a deadline for this particular violation of 1.4 rule to "expire." That is, if over a certain number of years no one has reported you, no one has been affected, and no one has noticed that you have named your character in something that comes from pop culture, that is no longer can apply rule 1.4 on this specific character. In this way, cases of this type of characters that have been consolidated for quite some time could be treated, and that it's obvious they haven't harmed the RP in any way because in years no one has complained about them.
Seriously, applying rules without context and forgetting why they exist is a very effective way for rules to turn against what they protect.
