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Hello! As many of you may know, we will soon be making changes to our forums. A community discussion has already started [[Forum:Changes to Forum|here]]. As proposed by yours truly in the comments section of that forum, there needs to be a clear policy about forums. Why? Well a clear policy would inform users what is appropriate and inappropriate for a forum. I have laid out a few general ideas out below. | Hello! As many of you may know, we will soon be making changes to our forums. A community discussion has already started [[Forum:Changes to Forum|here]]. As proposed by yours truly in the comments section of that forum, there needs to be a clear policy about forums. Why? Well a clear policy would inform users what is appropriate and inappropriate for a forum. I have laid out a few general ideas out below. | ||
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*They should be easy to read and understand. | *They should be easy to read and understand. | ||
Of course this can be amended if need be.--''''' | Of course this can be amended if need be.--'''''<span style="color:green">Commander</span>''''' '''''[[User:Spartacus|<span style="color:green">Spartacus</span>]]''''' (''[[User talk:Spartacus|<span style="color:orange">Tenth Roman</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Contributions/Spartacus|<span style="color:orange">Battalion</span>]]'') 17:02, 21 December 2011 (EST) | ||
==Comments== | ==Comments== | ||
''Please add any comments on what can be changed here, along with any opinions on this.'' | ''Please add any comments on what can be changed here, along with any opinions on this.'' | ||
Also consider the rules for the three categories (or at least make separate rules for each category). :) — <span style="font-size:16px; font-family:OrbitronMedium;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 17:07, 21 December 2011 (EST) | Also consider the rules for the three categories (or at least make separate rules for each category). :) — <span style="font-size:16px; font-family:OrbitronMedium;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 17:07, 21 December 2011 (EST) | ||
:Will do.--''''' | :Will do.--'''''<span style="color:green">Commander</span>''''' '''''[[User:Spartacus|<span style="color:green">Spartacus</span>]]''''' (''[[User talk:Spartacus|<span style="color:orange">Tenth Roman</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Contributions/Spartacus|<span style="color:orange">Battalion</span>]]'') 17:10, 21 December 2011 (EST) | ||
I would add that forums should be at least a paragraph long or face deletion. I believe the old blog policy went similarly to this. This way, we can avoid things like; "Do you think this character/weapon/vehicle should be in (or should have been in) a particular ''Halo'' game."--[[User talk:The All-knowing Sith'ari|The All-knowing Sith'ari]] 17:11, 21 December 2011 (EST) | I would add that forums should be at least a paragraph long or face deletion. I believe the old blog policy went similarly to this. This way, we can avoid things like; "Do you think this character/weapon/vehicle should be in (or should have been in) a particular ''Halo'' game."--[[User talk:The All-knowing Sith'ari|The All-knowing Sith'ari]] 17:11, 21 December 2011 (EST) | ||
:I concur, if someone is going to create a forum, it has to be more than one sentence.--'''''<span style="color:green">Commander</span>''''' '''''[[User:Spartacus|<span style="color:green">Spartacus</span>]]''''' (''[[User talk:Spartacus|<span style="color:orange">Tenth Roman</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Contributions/Spartacus|<span style="color:orange">Battalion</span>]]'') 01:15, 22 December 2011 (EST) | |||
Okay, so how about this? | |||
*Support Requests (for technical requests such as template fixing and what-not. A helpful place to learn wiki-coding) | |||
**No advertising. | |||
**Forum should be at least more than one sentence long. | |||
**Used for template fixing. | |||
**Requests to learn wiki-coding. | |||
*General Discussion (self-explanatory) | |||
**No advertising. | |||
**Content shouldn't ask if an item should have been in a particular video game. | |||
**Must be at least a paragraph long. | |||
**Must be related to the Halo Universe. | |||
*Community Proposal (to allow the community to propose policies and what-not). | |||
**No advertising. | |||
**Used to propose new policies | |||
**Should be an ''actual'' proposal. | |||
**Proposals should be legitimate ones, not asking if an apostrophe should be removed from an article. | |||
*Spamming, advertising, and soapbox content in any category will not be tolerated. | |||
**Any user found spamming or advertising in forums will be blocked. | |||
Any thoughts on this?--'''''<span style="color:green">Commander</span>''''' '''''[[User:Spartacus|<span style="color:green">Spartacus</span>]]''''' (''[[User talk:Spartacus|<span style="color:orange">Tenth Roman</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Contributions/Spartacus|<span style="color:orange">Battalion</span>]]'') 12:27, 22 December 2011 (EST) |