The Sims Wiki:Policy/Proposed Policy

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Pending Proposals

Images Policy

Moved from the Comm. Portal talk page

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I have just been editing many images, categorising and licensing them, and I feel that it is time we should introduce an images policy. Some things I feel that could be included in the policy include:

• What action to be taken against users who don't categorise or license their images(I know blocks are a bit harsh, but I can't see another way)
• What action to be taken against users who use generic filenames,
• What to do with unused images(should we delete them, or use them?)
• And if we should or should not have images not related to the sims.

Thoughts? --WH ^(Talk) 02:17, May 14, 2011 (UTC)

My opinions on this are as followed:

• I oppose action being taken against users who don't categorize or license their images, though I support them being given possible warnings if the behaviour continues.
• I believe that no action should be taken against users who upload images with generic filenames, though the user should be notified that their image has been moved.
• I believe that unused images should be added to articles if of good quality and there's an article relating to them. If not, deleted.
• If the photos not related to The Sims series are used on a page then I believe they should be allowed, though if unused they should be deleted. --Bleeh^{(talk) (blog)} 02:24, May 14, 2011 (UTC)

I agree with Bleeh's opinions. —Random Ranaun ^{(Talk to me!)} 01:16, May 16, 2011 (UTC)

Comments Policy

Article Comments have been enabled almost half a month ago, but have been in Blog posts for a long while. So, I think a Comments Policy is long overdue. Here is what I think the basic rules should be:

1. Keep proper language - users won't be able to understand what your comment is about if your comment has terrible spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
2. No inflammatory comments - don't be critical just for the sake of being critical. If you have a problem with the article or blog, carefully explain it in the comment.
3. No profanity - the wiki caters to a general audience.
4. Don't spam - comments that advertise non-wiki websites, or repeated comments that are just nonsense, are considered spam and will be deleted immediately.
5. No irrelevant comments - make sure the comment in question is actually about the article or blog post, comments about anything else will be deleted.
6. Don't flood - if you wish to make a large change to a comment you have written, don't write it in a reply. Simply contact an administrator and tell them what the change is. If you purpose flood the comments, such as writing one word each comment, they will be deleted.

That's all I have so far. Anyone have any additions or suggestions? —Random Ranaun ^{(Talk to me!)} 06:05, May 30, 2011 (UTC)

The only observation I have is that many of those points are already covered in our general policies and don't really need to be repeated - for instance, profanity, spam, and inflammatory language. It may be more practical to simply add in comments to the General Rules we already have, rather than create an entirely new policy for them. -- LostInRiverview ^{talk · blog} 20:09, May 30, 2011 (UTC)

Concluded Proposals

There are currently no concluded proposals.