What I see being discussed is really 3 separate issues in regards to behaivor people are worried about who haven't actually experienced a coalitions and are interpreting it in the terms of a Super Guild. I'll address each so I'll put in my experience, having been in Starsider RP Community, which has been a success running for 5-6 years straight and being still in existance.
1) Behavior during cross-guild events is the prime focus of Castiel right now so I'll address this first.
Starsider, when I was there, had as many as 10-15 cross guild events in one year. Each varied in size and not everyone attended all of them. Usually most people attended a few throughout the year. This inspired people to be creative and have fu with people outside of their LS. This engendered a lot of palyers freely meeting and RPing with people in different guilds. When creating guidelines its best not to make them so restrictive that it discourages these events and allows the organizier to create the event specific guidelines as needed. For instance the "New years Masquerade Ball" had very few restrictions but PVP "Galaxies Strongest" event had a lot of rules since it was a contest. Since every event will be differently themed and of different sizes you can't regulate all of it.
I suggest the following rules to make it a sponsered event:
1) An organizer or organizers must be in charge of the event who are responsible for making sure everyone is having a good time and can regulate disputes that arise in the event. If these people are in control of the event then a dispute won't become a large issue and will be settled right there. For instance I was in a guild that held socials once a week and there was always one of us guildies there to obeserve. If we saw someone harrassing, god-moding etc we sent a tell. In my FFXI guild we have a monthly RP night and I'm there so I can make sure if there is an IC confrontation between members they follow the rules to prevent it becoming an OOC one. In both instances, one being larger and the other smaller, we had enough volunteers to hanlde things and no disputes have esculated.
2) No God-moding or harassment shall be tolerated during the event. The organizer must have a game plan and guildelines or rules in place to address how such a situation would be handled.
3) If a dispute starts the organizer and the parties involved will discuss the event in a small private group and all must abide by the decision of those in charge of the event. If a person starts a smear campaign OOCly in the community afterward then evidence (ie a screen shot or witnesses) must be given to the site administration of the community site. The person or and their guild leader will be called to discuss the event and if when asked to cease if they do not they won't be allowed to advertise in the community. This could be determined by just the site admin, a community poll or decided by vote of guild leaders.
2) How Will the RPC deal with disputes between guilds. We aren't going to be able to stop a fued but if we just have a simple rule that member guilds aren't allowed to pull the entire RPC into a dispute this will pretty much solve itself. The RPC shouldn't be involved unless its a Cross-guild event related issue. The guilds in the coalitions agree not to air disputes with other guilds on the forum or campaign against any group. If anyone posts a thread like this the asmin will immediately lock it and remeind them of the rules and if they repeatedly continue to try then the admin has the right to take action since they are controller of the board. If they have a problem with each other that disrupts other people in the community ig, like harassing another guild while they are trying to RP, then proof must be sent to the admin. A warning should be privately sent that if they receive evidence its continuing their guild won't be allowed to use the board any longer.
3) Disputes between individuals also shouldn't be drawn into the community. A Guild is responsible for the ations of their members. If a guild joins a coalition they must agree to listen to any complaints from other indviduals not in their guild. Its up to them how they handle it but unless it is allowed to escalate where it interferes with everyone in the community the RPC shouldn't be involved.
1) Behavior during cross-guild events is the prime focus of Castiel right now so I'll address this first.
Starsider, when I was there, had as many as 10-15 cross guild events in one year. Each varied in size and not everyone attended all of them. Usually most people attended a few throughout the year. This inspired people to be creative and have fu with people outside of their LS. This engendered a lot of palyers freely meeting and RPing with people in different guilds. When creating guidelines its best not to make them so restrictive that it discourages these events and allows the organizier to create the event specific guidelines as needed. For instance the "New years Masquerade Ball" had very few restrictions but PVP "Galaxies Strongest" event had a lot of rules since it was a contest. Since every event will be differently themed and of different sizes you can't regulate all of it.
I suggest the following rules to make it a sponsered event:
1) An organizer or organizers must be in charge of the event who are responsible for making sure everyone is having a good time and can regulate disputes that arise in the event. If these people are in control of the event then a dispute won't become a large issue and will be settled right there. For instance I was in a guild that held socials once a week and there was always one of us guildies there to obeserve. If we saw someone harrassing, god-moding etc we sent a tell. In my FFXI guild we have a monthly RP night and I'm there so I can make sure if there is an IC confrontation between members they follow the rules to prevent it becoming an OOC one. In both instances, one being larger and the other smaller, we had enough volunteers to hanlde things and no disputes have esculated.
2) No God-moding or harassment shall be tolerated during the event. The organizer must have a game plan and guildelines or rules in place to address how such a situation would be handled.
3) If a dispute starts the organizer and the parties involved will discuss the event in a small private group and all must abide by the decision of those in charge of the event. If a person starts a smear campaign OOCly in the community afterward then evidence (ie a screen shot or witnesses) must be given to the site administration of the community site. The person or and their guild leader will be called to discuss the event and if when asked to cease if they do not they won't be allowed to advertise in the community. This could be determined by just the site admin, a community poll or decided by vote of guild leaders.
2) How Will the RPC deal with disputes between guilds. We aren't going to be able to stop a fued but if we just have a simple rule that member guilds aren't allowed to pull the entire RPC into a dispute this will pretty much solve itself. The RPC shouldn't be involved unless its a Cross-guild event related issue. The guilds in the coalitions agree not to air disputes with other guilds on the forum or campaign against any group. If anyone posts a thread like this the asmin will immediately lock it and remeind them of the rules and if they repeatedly continue to try then the admin has the right to take action since they are controller of the board. If they have a problem with each other that disrupts other people in the community ig, like harassing another guild while they are trying to RP, then proof must be sent to the admin. A warning should be privately sent that if they receive evidence its continuing their guild won't be allowed to use the board any longer.
3) Disputes between individuals also shouldn't be drawn into the community. A Guild is responsible for the ations of their members. If a guild joins a coalition they must agree to listen to any complaints from other indviduals not in their guild. Its up to them how they handle it but unless it is allowed to escalate where it interferes with everyone in the community the RPC shouldn't be involved.