Question on the new TOS from the Warhammer 40k community

Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨support@lemmy.world⁩

Hello. I mod the warhammer 40k community. I just got to my PC to have a sit down and read the new TOS.

I don’t want the community to run afoul of the rules, and I hope I can get some signoffs.

TOS part I’m a bit worried about:

5.0.6: No visual content depicting executions, murder, suicide, dismemberment, visible innards, excessive gore, or charred bodies.

While I will endeavor to clean up anything beyond the pale (and so far the community has been very well behaved), some community members may break the letter of these rules without trying. For example, an official Warhammer 40k model, link for reference has “visible innards”. This is an example. The whole in-game faction is kind of like that.

Similarly, depictions of dismemberment are going to pop up in a universe with chainsaw swords.

I hope that I can get some Admin understanding about the fantastical bent of these elements within 40k.

source

Comments

Sort:hotnew top

Lame_One@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I have to imagine this just needs some wording cleanup to indicate some stance on intent or realism. Otherwise, this gives real “China said no bones so have some bread” vibes.

source
morras@jlai.lu ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That’s the result when you ask people with no knowledge of the product to draft your legal documents. More worrying, it also mean that no one internally actually reviewed those documents.

source
- setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I sympathize with the intent of the rules, which is not to let this place turn into Liveleak. Writing universal rules that are both effective and fair is difficult. I don’t think the kind of content in the Warhammer 40k community was in mind when the rules were written. The solution, to my mind, seems to be relying on judgement calls. As imperfect as it is, I think for some thing like a hobby community the difference between acceptable gaming content and irrelevant shock gore will be obvious.
  
  source
quinten@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Hey setsneedtofeed!

There’s nothing wrong with the Warhammer 40k community. :)

When it comes to discussing games, films or series, this is of course allowed. Remember to mark NSFW when necessary.

source
- setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thanks.
  
  source