Bill: Vote Wiki Vandalism Act

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CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO
PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE WIKI
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The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:
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PART I — PRELIMINARIES​

1. Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the "Wiki Vandalism Act".
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Representative Sophie Frostshade with guidance from DoE Archives Manager Mr_Blox and DSoE Fishy Fish.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Representative Fishy Fish.
(5) This Act has been reviewed and approved by DoE leadership.
(6) This Act amends the following acts:
(a) Redmont Civil Code Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) To establish punitive recourse for wiki related matters
(2) To disincentivise bad faith actors from the destruction of information and the spread of misinformation, and from disrupting wiki operations.
(3) To protect the Wiki Revitalisation Project, and ensure ratings remain the job of archivists alone.

3. Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Wiki refers to the official DemocracyCraft wiki owned directly by Minecraft Cities Network.
(b) Wiki Article refers to an editable page within the Wiki.
(c) Wiki Content refers to any information presented on a public-facing page within the Wiki.
(d) Wiki Management refers to the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Archivist Managers of the DoE.

PART II — Amendments and Enforcement​

1. Wiki Vandalism

(1) The following shall be inserted under Part XIII: MISCELLANEOUS of the Redmont Civil Code Act:

11. Wiki Vandalism
Violation Type: Administrative
Remedy:
(a) First violation - Up to 10 Civil Penalty Units;
(b) Second violation - Up to 20 Civil Penalty Units;
(c) Subsequent violations - Up to 40 Civil Penalty Units
A person commits a violation if the person:
(a) adds, alters, or removes wiki content in order to misrepresent information; or
(b) removes significant amounts of wiki content or a wiki article without reason; or
(c) adds wiki content that is irrelevant or uses inappropriate or abusive language; or
d) adds, alters, or removes wiki content that require privileged access as granted by the DoE
This violation shall not occur where:
(a) the person can reasonably be assumed to have been acting in good faith or by genuine accident; or
(b) where reason for removal of wiki content is reasonably apparent; or
(c) removal of wiki content was performed by the Wiki Management; or
(d) removal of wiki content was performed with authorisation from Wiki Management.

2. Enforcement

(1) The Department of Education shall retain full jurisdiction and discretionary power over the enforcement of this act, including but not limited to determining whether a violation occurred and the remedial amount of Penalty Units that are justified for compensation.
(2) Determinations shall be based on a bona fide evaluation of the damages.