Okay, so the Play Nice Policy on the forum differs from the one on the Wiki. So much for a clear set of rules. No wonder people are confused.
I found one reference to this topic on the forum-version of the PNP:
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4. You may not Ninja Loot.
Ninja looting defined is when a player, disregarding the players or player who killed a mob, loots an item that is generally regarded as significant or valuable from the mob they did not kill. This is strictly prohibited and will result in removal of the item(s) and any appropriate disciplinary action.
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Not very clear and still invites plenty of interpretation. This is also suggests that people were mostly right in this thread, so I'm still confused about what the misinformation is.
This rule does not draw a distinction between mobs that were killed within your group and outside of your group. There's so much that's not clear here. Again, it's not the players' faults that this is confusing.
Because logically players should be allowed to loot corpses once they've passed the public timer. That's the way this has always worked in EverQuest. If P99 has decided to diverge down a different path, then that specifically should be mentioned in the ruleset. The above-mentioned section could easily only refer to mobs killed when several people share the kill credit. That is generally where the term "ninja looting" is used in EverQuest.