Terraria Wiki talk:Policy/1

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Image Policy Changes
Closing statement: It's been a little over a week and a half with no one against this proposal, so I think we can officially implement it. It'll be live at Terraria Wiki:Image Policy shortly. Oscuritaforze (talk) 01:28, March 15, 2014 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) This Image Policy seems pretty legit if you ask me, I support it. TerrariamcSwaggins (talk) 23:10, March 5, 2014 (UTC)
 * 2) Sounds good, very sensible. Exitwound 45 (talk) 06:02, March 6, 2014 (UTC)
 * 3) I support these changes, looks good Squazzil (talk) 20:32, March 9, 2014 (UTC)
 * 4) I support this. It could get rid of huge problems.
 * 5) I support this policy. Makes the wiki a better place! Jonathang (talk) 11:59, March 11, 2014 (UTC)
 * 6) The changes put forward certainly give the policy a lot more specifics to work with, but in the case of our image policy I think that's a given. :) Full support from me. (Even if it has already been accepted, thought I should put my $0.02 in.)

Blog Policy
Closing statement: It's been a little under a week and a half and this proposal has had nothing but vehement support votes, so I think it can be closed successfully. It'll be incorporated into official policy shortly. Oscuritaforze (talk) 18:57, March 18, 2014 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) I wholeheartedly support this policy, and it is my hopes that when in place, it can be used to help the community and to give fair and clear warnings to those that go against it. It should not be used to instantly create a negative experience for the wikia users, but to provide information and guidelines for appropriate blogging and to give them a chance to make a positive contribution.  Squazzil (talk) 20:37, March 9, 2014 (UTC)
 * 2) Sounds good and raises the content of blog posts, less spamm, more good stuff. Support. Metal3 (talk) 19:00, March 10, 2014 (UTC)
 * 3) Blogs are something which have needed to be regulated for a while now. I think this policy is a good starting point in making that happen. Oscuritaforze (talk) 22:12, March 10, 2014 (UTC)
 * 4) With this policy around, there is a guarantee of less blog spams around! I really support this! Jonathang (talk) 12:02, March 11, 2014 (UTC)
 * 5) I think it is fine, however, I think with the achievement system gone, the blog spam will probably disappear too. Exitwound 45 (talk) 01:16, March 12, 2014 (UTC)
 * 6) I completely support this, spam blogs are created WAY too often, and it really bothers me. Aaabaaajss (talk) 13:35, March 13, 2014 (UTC)
 * 7) I think we will be seeing less spam blogs now that achievements have been disabled, but in the case that they continue to be made, I think the policy put forward would be more than appropriate for dealing with them.

Comments

 * I would like to propose some changes to the policy proposal, however:
 * There should be guidelines for marking blogs for deletion. I think commenting on the problematic blog with the  or   template would work for this purpose.
 * Guidelines for problem blogs should probably be broken up by severity. Say, there could be a section titled "Blogs to be deleted" for less severe problems and one titled "Blogs to be speedily deleted" for more severe problems.
 * Building on this, I think that the section entitled "Dealing with Users that post unwanted Blogs" could be merged with the criteria for deletion.
 * There are several general grammar/wording/structure changes I would make for clarity/formality's sake.
 * Finally, considering how blogs don't really affect the rest of the wiki's content all that much, it seems like a strange proposition to block someone for abuse of this system. With this in mind, do you think that adding users who violate this policy regularly to an abuse filter "blacklist" which prevents creating blogs would work instead?
 * Would anyone mind if I were to implement these changes? Oscuritaforze (talk) 22:12, March 10, 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree with the blacklisting idea, and I don't think users should be banned from the site for adding spam blogs, but being able to delete them just as wrong pages would be good. I like the idea of the seperate ways to deal with either a bad edit, or a bad blog. Squazzil (talk) 23:58, March 10, 2014 (UTC)