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Best way of reporting inappropriate corp names?

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PinkKnife
The Cuddlefish
Ethereal Dawn
#1 - 2013-04-02 18:40:03 UTC
So, throughout my days I've seen a few corp names that violate some of the rules CCP has set:
Quote:

This list was made keeping the following in mind:
Character and Corporation names may not: be racially or ethnically or sexually derogatory; contain profanity; suggest an affiliation with a real-life hate group or figurehead. Character and Corporation names may not impersonate other characters or corporations. Alternative spellings will be viewed with the same scrutiny as traditional spellings. Names used in the game are also reserved and may not be used in whole or part. Infraction of these rules may result in a mandatory name change or ban at our discretion.


What would be the best way of bringing this to CCP's attention? Bug Report? Petition?
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#2 - 2013-04-02 18:40:53 UTC
PinkKnife wrote:
So, throughout my days I've seen a few corp names that violate some of the rules CCP has set:
Quote:

This list was made keeping the following in mind:
Character and Corporation names may not: be racially or ethnically or sexually derogatory; contain profanity; suggest an affiliation with a real-life hate group or figurehead. Character and Corporation names may not impersonate other characters or corporations. Alternative spellings will be viewed with the same scrutiny as traditional spellings. Names used in the game are also reserved and may not be used in whole or part. Infraction of these rules may result in a mandatory name change or ban at our discretion.


What would be the best way of bringing this to CCP's attention? Bug Report? Petition?



Petition.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#3 - 2013-04-02 18:42:43 UTC
PinkKnife wrote:
What would be the best way of bringing this to CCP's attention? Bug Report? Petition?

So you know that there is a petition function and you're really asking this question? Really? Ugh

/cranky
PinkKnife
The Cuddlefish
Ethereal Dawn
#4 - 2013-04-02 18:44:26 UTC
Tippia wrote:
PinkKnife wrote:
What would be the best way of bringing this to CCP's attention? Bug Report? Petition?

So you know that there is a petition function and you're really asking this question? Really? Ugh

/cranky


I've done bug reports before, but I haven't petitioned, just checking to make sure petitioning would be the best option.

Sorry to check the forums to answer a question that I wasn't sure of.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#5 - 2013-04-02 18:49:05 UTC
Oh, don't mind Tippia. I just got back from the store with her Midol.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
PinkKnife
The Cuddlefish
Ethereal Dawn
#6 - 2013-04-02 18:52:45 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Oh, don't mind Tippia. I just got back from the store with her Midol.


Hooray sexism. You aren't helping.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#7 - 2013-04-02 18:54:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Tippia
PinkKnife wrote:
I've done bug reports before, but I haven't petitioned, just checking to make sure petitioning would be the best option.

Sorry to check the forums to answer a question that I wasn't sure of.

Really, what I'm confounded by is what on Earth would make you think that it has anything to do with bug reporting to begin with and why it would even be an option on the list? Corp names are not bugs. The coders and QA can't remove them because there's nothing wrong with the code.

If you had been unsure what petition category it should go into, I could kind of understand it¹, but between bug reports and the tool that deals with rules and infractions — viz. petitions, that you apparently know of — why would the former even remotely be a consideration…

Anyway, like I said, /cranky.

ed: ¹ it's the “Corporation names” category under the heading “Rules and policies”, btw.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#8 - 2013-04-02 18:54:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
PinkKnife wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Oh, don't mind Tippia. I just got back from the store with her Midol.


Hooray sexism. You aren't helping.



Now you are just trolling.

Blocking so I don't advise you in the future.


Edit: Also, mentioning Midol is not sexist. You think women don't take it ? Or that something is wrong with them if they do, to the point it cannot even be mentioned in a humorous context ?

If I were a woman, I'd be offended. And believe me, as a gay man I know they feel about this. As well as how my 2 sisters feel about this.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
PinkKnife
The Cuddlefish
Ethereal Dawn
#9 - 2013-04-02 18:59:42 UTC  |  Edited by: PinkKnife
Tippia wrote:
PinkKnife wrote:
I've done bug reports before, but I haven't petitioned, just checking to make sure petitioning would be the best option.

Sorry to check the forums to answer a question that I wasn't sure of.

Really, what I'm confounded by is what on Earth would make you think that it has anything to do with bug reporting to begin with and why it would even be an option on the list? Corp names are not bugs. The coders and QA can't remove them because there's nothing wrong with the code.

If you had been unsure what petition category it should go into, I could understand it, but between bug reports and the tool that deals with rules and infractions — viz. petitions, that you apparently know of — why would the former even remotely be a consideration…

Anyway, like I said, /cranky.


I knew of it, but had only seen/heard it referenced in terms of stuck ships, and lost assets due to disconnects, stuff like that. I've never used/heard of it as rule infraction tool. Hence why I asked.

Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:

Now you are just trolling.
Blocking so I don't advise you in the future.


Yes calling out your sexism is trolling. Roll

And to your edit, no, mentioning Midol isn't sexist. Infering that a woman is angry or upset, or cranky, because of her period, is sexist. You didn't even realize it to begin with, and as a woman, I was offended.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#10 - 2013-04-02 19:22:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Tippia
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Edit: Also, mentioning Midol is not sexist.
Sure it is.
The whole “woman complaining → must be on her period” is thoroughly sexist, and a humorous context doesn't change this — it just make it a sexist joke (and poor taste). The fact that you made the joke about someone who's not a woman just makes it worse: “someone is complaining → must be a woman → must be on her period” manages two counts in one blow.

Oh, and OP: when in doubt about petitions, just dig around. There are categories for most things you could imagine and they're mostly intuitive enough to guess what goes where, unless you've come across something that's especially odd or related to some particularly obscure paragraph in the EULA.
Arkane Mystic
POT Corp
#11 - 2013-04-02 19:30:17 UTC
PinkKnife wrote:
So, throughout my days I've seen a few corp names that violate some of the rules CCP has set:
Quote:

This list was made keeping the following in mind:
Character and Corporation names may not: be racially or ethnically or sexually derogatory; contain profanity; suggest an affiliation with a real-life hate group or figurehead. Character and Corporation names may not impersonate other characters or corporations. Alternative spellings will be viewed with the same scrutiny as traditional spellings. Names used in the game are also reserved and may not be used in whole or part. Infraction of these rules may result in a mandatory name change or ban at our discretion.


What would be the best way of bringing this to CCP's attention? Bug Report? Petition?


Why would you want to petition a corp name? Let me guess it offends you? Call a Waaaahhhmbulance, HTFU. Don't like the name, don't join it.

Of all the things in this game to complain about, someone's corp name in not amongst them.
Zixie Draco
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#12 - 2013-04-02 19:35:29 UTC
Arkane Mystic wrote:


Why would you want to petition a corp name? Let me guess it offends you? Call a Waaaahhhmbulance, HTFU. Don't like the name, don't join it.

Of all the things in this game to complain about, someone's corp name in not amongst them.



Woman hater.

Would you like a kitten?

Murk Paradox
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2013-04-02 19:37:33 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Edit: Also, mentioning Midol is not sexist.
Sure it is.
The whole “woman complaining → must be on her period” is thoroughly sexist, and a humorous context doesn't change this — it just make it a sexist joke (and poor taste). The fact that you made the joke about someone who's not a woman just makes it worse: “someone is complaining → must be a woman → must be on her period” manages two counts in one blow.

Oh, and OP: when in doubt about petitions, just dig around. There are categories for most things you could imagine and they're mostly intuitive enough to guess what goes where, unless you've come across something that's especially odd or related to some particularly obscure paragraph in the EULA.



MMORPG- Multiple Men Online Role Playing as Girls?

Your pic kind of lends to the fact you are a woman. If you aren't a woman, and in fact a man playing as one, good luck being offended by having a midol comment applied to you.

Anywho, yea, OP, use petition. Put in the report you are offended because of the name and make sure you put the correct drop down options in.

This post has been signed by Murk Paradox and no other accounts, alternate or otherwise. Any other post claiming to be this holder's is subject to being banned at the discretion of the GM Team as it would violate the TOS in regards to impersonation. Signed, Murk Paradox. In triplicate.
Dave stark
#14 - 2013-04-02 19:38:40 UTC
i'm not sure what's funner, some one crying over a name, or crying over a common joke.
YuuKnow
The Scope
#15 - 2013-04-02 19:43:34 UTC
Petition.

Sexism and racism are sometimes realities of teh internets. But its important IMHO for Eve not to become a bastion and haven for hate, misogyny, and intolerance, so CCP would do well to keep them at bay.

yk
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#16 - 2013-04-02 19:44:50 UTC
There's an abundance of panties in a bunch in this thread.

I don't judge people by their race, religion, color, size, age, gender, or ethnicity. I judge them by their grammar, spelling, syntax, punctuation, clarity of expression, and logical consistency.
Renzo Ruderi
Doomheim
#17 - 2013-04-02 19:45:01 UTC
Am I the only one who noticed the name of the plaintiff is "PinkKnife?" I'm sure there are a hundred possible meanings for it, but the first one I, a lvl 80 Internet pervert, can think of is more than a little phallic.
Captain Muscles
Clan Farthammer
#18 - 2013-04-02 19:52:58 UTC
@OP:

Stop crying and go make me a sandwich (in game.)
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#19 - 2013-04-02 19:54:07 UTC
Renzo Ruderi wrote:
Am I the only one who noticed the name of the plaintiff is "PinkKnife?" I'm sure there are a hundred possible meanings for it, but the first one I, a lvl 80 Internet pervert, can think of is more than a little phallic.



And sexist.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#20 - 2013-04-02 19:55:09 UTC
War Kitten wrote:
There's an abundance of panties in a bunch in this thread.

It's amazing how upset some people get when you suggest to them that, just maybe, the casual subjugation and oppression of half of humanity isn't a particularly good thing, isn't it? Or how offended they are at the mere notion that maybe rules aren't made to be broken…
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