Case against Magistrate

[egamma]

Hypothetically speaking, could I bring a case to the magistrates on behalf of someone other than myself?

What happens if defendants of the case are themselves Magistrates?

And third, do forum posts fall under the jurisdiction of the magistrates, and under the Social Contract?

[Lefanis]

Hypothetically speaking, could I bring a case to the magistrates on behalf of someone other than myself?

You can, and in fact are encouraged to, bring cases even if you are not affected. If you see someone violating the right of another player, do speak up on behalf of that other player. He may not dare to or know how.

What happens if defendants of the case are themselves Magistrates?

They would probably have to recuse themselves and act only as the defendant.

And third, do forum posts fall under the jurisdiction of the magistrates, and under the Social Contract?

I would say all activities done on official channels (forum, wiki, in game), are subject to the social contract. As Magistrates have a mandate to settle PvP disputes, it would likely fall in their jurisdiction. However, I don't see any precedent, and the mechanism for complaints exists only ingame. I'd wait to see what Tom has to say about it.

[Vellos]

Hypothetically speaking, could I bring a case to the magistrates on behalf of someone other than myself?

What happens if defendants of the case are themselves Magistrates?

And third, do forum posts fall under the jurisdiction of the magistrates, and under the Social Contract?

1. Yes

2. They should recuse themselves

3. Personally, I don't think so. We do not lock game accounts for forum posts. The forum is not the game. Moderators are in charge of the forum. We aren't the mods. But, you could bring the case anyways, and the Magistrates could decide.

Though, again my personal opinion, the accused Magistrate should be allowed to rule on whether the case can be heard or not by the Magistrates, just not on the case itself. So if, say, Lefanis were accused of breaking the social contract based on a forum post, I wouldn't expect him to recuse himself from Magistrate decisions about whether or not forum posts are regulated by the social contract, but I would expect him to recuse himself from discussions of whether his words/actions violated the social contract.

[Tom]

The forums are seperate, and do have their own system (moderators and the ability to lock your forum account).

[Kellaine]

How do you do so?

[Anaris]

How do you do so?

You mean, how do you open a magistrate case?

It's on the Messages page, right next to Titan reports, on testing islands.

[Kellaine]

Thanks.

[Foundation]

Hopefully soon-to-be all islands.