Code of Conduct for maps

Code of Conduct for maps? Is it required? What rules/guidelines should it contain?

It started with swastika map, then there were complains about various map names, and there are some pornographic maps (heightmap, metalmap). Should someone check new maps before they get uploaded to all servers?

If Spring/Zero-K wants to get larger this is an issue that needs to be tackled.

What impression of the community do these maps give?

Handing out bans (or crucifixions) to people making such maps would help a lot if it is within the jurisdiction of ZK admins. Can maps be completely erased never to be seen again?

why is this an issue, if the map is not liked for whatever reason, it doesnt pass vote.

Because the whole process around which ZK is based is democracy. If enough people vote a map because they like it, why should they not be able to play it?

Perhaps a way for users to flag maps for potential removal similar to how reporting users works.

Those maps are all super old. Without people digging them up they would be long forgotten.
Or if you want to dig them up, springfiles.com already has working report function.
You can mostly not punish the people who made those maps because they left years ago.
The rules for content should be common sense without writing everything down to the smallest detail.


Btw what about clans:
http://zero-k.info/Clans/Detail/347 clan description: "kiss my fucking ass"

http://zero-k.info/Clans/Detail/355 clan name: SS-Division Totenkopf (WW2 division "famous" for their war crimes) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_SS_Panzer_Division_Totenkopf#War_crimes

http://zero-k.info/Clans/Detail/447 NS related clan symbol. yes yes of all the available runes you just happend to randomly pick this one without knowing about its usage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odal_%28rune%29#Modern_use

quote: You can mostly not punish the people who made those maps because they left years ago.

We have to get these players back to the game in order to ban them as a punishment!