I've been playing on this server for going on 4 weeks now (previously on SF4, SF3, DW20 1.7, Tekkit) and I've had only a few interactions with admins/mods, due to their busy schedules in their personal life.
As far as I'm aware we currently have:
2(two) GMs
1(one) Admin
As I've been on we generally have 8-20 players on at any given time (which is more players than are generally on other servers with more admin), but the only staff that is on enough to even make a difference is:
1(one) Admin (Ness27)
I guess my first suggestion would be to possibly open up the 'HELPER' applications for the server; however, we currently don't have any 'active' (meaning able to respond to simple issues in a timely manner) GMs so I would possibly suggest transferring admins from other servers to the 1.12 server.
If you do decide to open the HELPER applications once more, I would suggest having all admin join the server for the sake of advertisement as I see hardly anyone applies for any position of management.
Another issue the server is experiencing is Mod issues that prevent any use of a specific mod (Astral Sorcery).
Solution: Removing them from use or banning them; however, it might be more beneficial to actually fix said issues instead of removing them.
My 3rd issue is: The time since the last world wipe.
To my recollection, it's been over 8 months since our last wipe and it's starting to be noticed, but many dead builds cluttering the world and creating lag, along with a lack of certain natural resources. This causes an issue for newer players to this server, like myself, who have to find more 'creative' ways of finding resources that wouldn't be an issue in a different server.
My last (and certainly not least) issue is the context of Rule #7 and it's application to identifiers such as sexual orientation, gender, or otherwise:
Previously I was banned and forced to remove my name due to the inclusion of the word 'Gay' in my ign, despite it being true and not insulting in any way.
I, along with probably the majority of the world, feel as though descriptors, such as "straight", "tall", "hispanic", 'White" when applied by oneself is not considered inappropriate, so why is "gay"? At this point in time it's starting to feel like (not to mention the other identifiers in other's names, i.e. Straight_as_a_line) that the only descriptor NOT allowed is gay and I find that personally insulting. Avoiding a certain word because of context you give it, despite what it actually means, is prejudice against that group of people. There isn't anything offensive with the word Gay and implying it does implies that the people themselves that are Gay are offensive to the network.
Thank you for taking the time to read this long post and I assure you I mean no offense to any specific player/admin because I simply want to have the best time playing this game, while feeling welcomed and included.