Glossary of terms and abbreviations

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Glossary of terms and abbreviations

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Glossary of terms and abbreviations

Home Page Your first view, and a partitioned list of the many Boards on the forum. This page can always be reached by clicking ‘Home’ at the top left of any page.
Boards Sections of the forum, usually under one category, or a few similar things grouped together
Sub-boards Smaller categorical sections of a Board, for drilling down on specific topics or for specific departments. Sub Boards will be listed at the top of each Board page if there are any.
Thread Each thread will have its own title and will be a conversation on one very specific topic, within the context of the board or sub-board. Threads may be several pages long, depending on how active they are.
Posts Any specific entry in a thread, by an individual, on the topic in conversation

EXAMPLE: The Board could be titled ‘Animals’, a sub-board in that section could be titled ‘Pets’, a user-created [/b]thread[/b] within the ‘Pets’ section could be titled ‘Which animals make the best pets?’, and there may be a variety of individual posts as part of that thread where people have given their views.

Announcements These are threads that have been temporarily stuck at the top of the Board, for attention. They will stay there until unstuck by the creator of the thread or a moderator/site admin.
Pinned Threads Like stickied threads, but more permanently fixed in place, usually below the announcements. Pinned threads never move.

Stickied and pinned threads will always appear at the top of the board list, and have a little icon showing them as such (stickies blue, pins red). There is usually a dividing line between ‘stickied’ threads and the regular threads below. Regular threads will fall down the board as new threads are created, stickied and pinned threads won’t.

As a rule stickying and pinning a thread is for government and department heads only, to avoid regular discussions taking attention away from important announcements. Important threads may also appear on more than one Board to ensure the likelihood of them being seen.

How to create a thread on the XKI forum:
• At the top right of any Board or sub-board, you will see a ‘Create Thread’ button
• Always make sure any thread you create is in the right Board (the right part of the forum) and is on a substantial subject, relevant to that board
• Be sure to give it a clear title, so others know what is being discussed
• Do not sticky or pin the thread, or post it in multiple locations, unless you have permission

There are a few places on the forum where players can create threads on a variety of topics, or just for fun. Those areas will be highlighted further into this guide.

How to Post:
• When viewing a specific thread, at the top right you will see a ’Reply’ button which will open a reply window for you to type your comment
• Enter the text of your post
• On the bottom left of the window, you will be able to toggle between BB Code and Preview. If you are familiar with Board code, you may use it to enhance your post. If not, just use plain text and use the Preview mode.
• When you’re happy with your content, click ’Create Post’ on the bottom right of the window.

NOTE: All threads will have an open message window after the last post for a ‘Quick Reply’. This is helpful if you just wish to say something short and sweet, like ‘Thank You’ to the previous poster. There is no ability to edit a quick reply once it’s added, so if you have something more substantial to say, it’s best to use the Reply button at the top of the thread.

Quoting:
• On any existing comment, there will be a ’Quote’ button. Using this button will move that person’s comment into a new reply window. You will then be able to make your own remarks below their quote. When you ‘Create Post’, your post will contain their comments, which will. appear in a box, and your reply will be beneath. This is very useful on busy threads, when you want to reply only to someone else’s specific comment.

Editing:
• The ’Edit’ button will allow you to reopen a comment you’ve posted, to make changes, or add some info you forgot. It is customary to also leave a short note about the nature of the changes you made, but if you’re just fixing spelling or grammar, no need.
• If adding info to any existing post, do it like this: ‘Edit: ..your additional comment’

Personal Message aka Private Message (PM):
• You can send a private message to anyone on the forum, and, as part of certain actions on the forum, you will be required to do so (there will always be instructions, if a PM is required).
• Clicking on the name of any active forum member will take you to their Profile page. At the top right of their profile screen you will find a ’Send Message’ button for private messaging to that person
• You can also click ’Messages’ in the quick links banner (see forum directory below) that will always appear at the very top of any page, then ’Create Message’ at the top right of the subsequent window. You will need to manually enter the recipient if you message this way.
• A searchable directory of forum members can always be viewed by clicking Members in the quick links banner.

Terms:

Ban/Banjection - An action by a regional leader that forcibly removes a nation from the region (ejection) and prevents them from returning via ban unless removed from the ban list.

Coast Watching - Watching over the World happenings page around update times to catch raids before they happen.

Defense - A preventative action by defenders to stop raiders from taking over a region.

Defender - A WA/non-WA nation/or person behind it that moves into a region that is under attack from invaders and endorses the defender lead with the intention of defending that region.

Defender lead - The WA nation chosen by the defenders to be the temporary new delegate and the target of their endorsements.

Delegate - The WA nation in any given region with the highest number of endorsements (at least 2), can cast votes in the WA that count for the number of endorsees plus one, can eject/ban nations from the region IF regional controls are on.

Detag - The action of removing a tag raid from a region.

Detag Run - Removing tag raids from multiple regions in quick succession; the opposite of a tag run.

Eject - An action by the delegate to forcibly remove a nation and send them to The Rejected Realms, but they can still return since they are not banned.

Endorsement - A vote to show approval of the nation; the "weapons" used in the war between invaders and defenders.

Feeder - A region where new nations are first founded, namely The East Pacific, The North Pacific, The Pacific, The South Pacific, and The West Pacific.

Flame - A comment intended to incite disagreeable feelings (often of anger) in the person it is directed at.

Flamebait - A comment intended to prolong an exchange of flaming.

Founder - The nation that founded the region (if applicable). (Note: In many regions, the founder ceases to exist, leaving sole control of the region to the delegate.)

General Assembly - The policy side of the World Assembly that legislates gamewide law on various issues.

Raider - A WA/non-WA nation/or person behind it that moves into a region with the purpose of taking it over using hostile means and endorses the invader lead.

Raider lead - The WA nation chosen by the invaders to be the new delegate and the target of their endorsements.

Liberation - A military operation in a region recently taken over by raiders with the purpose of overthrowing the raiders and restoring power to the natives.

Multi-ing/Multi - Having multiple WA nations belonging to any one person at any one time, which is against game rules and can result in a complete ban from the World Assembly.

Major - The longer update time, beginning at 12 am EST.

Minor - The shorter update time, beginning at 12 pm EST.

Native - Any nation that intends to take up residence in the region permanently; oftentimes it has been in the region for a prolonged period of time.

Puppet - A secondary nation that someone controls for whatever reason, in addition to a main nation.

Regional controls - Admin settings that allow regional leadership to access and change settings that can, among other things, ban and eject nations.

Security Council - Responsible for recognizing individual nations or regions either by commendation or condemnation, and can also liberate regions being raided.

Sinker - A region where nations go after they cease to exist and are refounded (logged back into). Currently Lazarus, Balder, Osiris, and The Rejected Realms.

Suppress - The ability of regional officers to hide/remove posts from the RMB.

Taggers - Raiders undergoing tag raids during update.

Tag Raid - A raid where only the visual appearance of a region is changed.

Tag Run - A series of tag raids done in quick succession.

The Rejected Realms - The game-created region where no nations can be banned or ejected; where all ejected nations go after being ejected from their regions.

Update - The two times a day where NationStates updates all nation and region information, and when most raiding or defending activity takes place.

Warzone - A 'king of the hill' region where the goal is to remain delegate for as long as possible, bans here are only temporary.

World Assembly - The institution that allows all of this to happen and creates gamewide law for its member nations to adhere to.


Abbreviations:

BC - Border Control, region permissions that allow someone to ban or eject nations.

Cosmo - A player holding multiple citizenships in other regions

CTE - Ceased to exist

DEAT/DEATed - When a site moderator permanently deletes a nation for rule breaking

Del/WAD - Delegate

DoS - Delete on Sight, an indefinite ban of a player including all future nations they create

Endo - Endorsement

Endotart - Endorsing multiple other players in hopes they will endorse you back

FA - Foreign Affairs

GA - General Assembly

GCRs - Game created region, as in not made by a player and without a founder; includes all 4 Sinkers and 5 Feeders

GenSec - A panel of six nations that check the legality of submitted WA proposals, marking them as illegal or legal proposals

GHR - Getting Help Request, the official means of reporting an issue to Nationstates site staff

IC - In character, acting on behalf of your nation and not your personal self

Laz - Lazarus, a sinker region

Nat. Sov. - National Sovereignty, the right to do whatever you want with your nation, and commonly seen in WA arguments

N-Day - Nuclear Day, a nuclear apocalypse minigame that takes over the game once a year

NS - NationStates

OOC - Out of character, acting on behalf of your personal self

OP - Original Post

Osi - Osiris, a sinker region.

R/D - Raiding/Defending, a common reference to military activity in NationStates

RMB - Regional Message Board, the chat function on every region's page

RO - Regional Officer, a nation appointed to an in-game position in a region

RP - Roleplay

SC - Security Council

TEP - The East Pacific, a feeder region

TG - Telegram

TNP - The North Pacific, a feeder region

TP/NPO - The Pacific, a feeder region, with NPO being their ruling government

TRR - The Rejected Realms, where all nations end up after being banned or ejected

TSP - The South Pacific, a feeder region

TWP - The West Pacific, a feeder region

UCRs - User Created Regions, regions founded by individual players

WFE - World Factbook Entry, the frontpage information of a region