AVID:Requests for Comment/Rules reform

Additions

Suggestion 1 - Compooper

"Maybe some more rules related to the forum could be added."

Suggestion 2 - Trevor807

"Make it very clear that the "Legacy" section shouldn't be used like the previous "Editor's Note" (i.e. no opinionating or rethemed Scare Factors or Cheesy Factors)."

Suggestion 3 - Camenati

"Why not a rule directed towards redirects? Specifically, no redundant redirects. This includes slight variations of a company's name (i.e. Ragdoll Productions' redirected page is simply called Ragdoll) or those that has a country name next to it. Some admins have took note of this and removed many as this has clogged up the search engine. To add on that, it makes navigating between pages more confusing, especially now that some lead to dead pages that were deleted a few days ago. I think only former names of a company or their acronym are acceptable, but not those that are too similar to the original page's name."

Suggestion 3.1 - Hb1290

"I would say grammatical variations should be accepted too, like if a company has a hyphen in their name we should be able to have a hyphenless redirect to make it easier to search and link that page. "

Suggestion 4 - Pingu

"Mature (NSFW) images and videos should be restricted or hidden behind spoiler tags. There should be no videos for entries that involve shocking content like jumpscares, for safety reasons. Further reading: [1]"

Suggestion 5 - CooleyBoy10

"There are some rules that used to be on the old wiki that were oddly removed from this version's rules, which I still feel could be of use on here. The two I'm thinking of are no predictions (i.e., say, if NBC got a new logo, and somebody added "This will be first seen on [random show] on [random date]") and only add that IF/WHEN it actually happens, and no low-quality pictures (so nothing with Bandicam watermarks, YouTube artifacts, etc.)."

Suggestion 6 - CooleyBoy10

"It's possible this rule might be too restrictive or whatever, but I feel like we need a rule about sourcing your claims. What I mean is, if you say "This logo's jingle was composed by this person" or "This company helped produce this logo" or etc., you should add a source backing up that claim. Also IDK if we have a "citation needed" tag like Wikipedia does but we REALLY need that."

Removals

Suggestion 1 - Compooper

"No Espionage: When has THAT ever happened? In any case, I feel it isn't relevant to this wiki in today's world."

Suggestion 2 - Compooper

"Bans Apply On All Sites: No longer needed as Company Bumpers has merged with AVID and Dream Logos no longer exists"

Suggestion 3 - CooleyBoy10

"I'd say the rule about add-ons and toolbars should go. When was the last time anybody ever used toolbars, or got tricked into downloading one? As for the add-ons that change text (including the infamous MLP one), I'd say those have mostly gone the way of the dodo bird as well."

Suggestion 4 - Compooper

"Don't create threads on plasters: Is a rule THIS specific necessary?"

Modifications

Suggestion 1 - Compooper

"Irrelevant Content: I feel like it should be rewritten to provide more relevant examples, such as about the off topic discussions, maybe we can allow that under certain cases. I also think politics discussions should be added to the list."

Suggestion 1.1 - Anticritic12

"Allow the star wars logo and similar logos"

Suggestion 2 - Compooper

"No Fake Logos: I wonder why it has randomly a mention of rule 5. It is not really necessary. This rule in general could use an update as it relates to the terms used "fake reports on real logos" does not exactly mean "fake logos"."

Suggestion 2.1 - Nova

"TBH I think it should be titled "The logo must be legitimate.""

Suggestion 3 - Compooper

"No Blank Pages: I feel like we're not enforcing this one enough. This could really use some changes."

Suggestion 3.1 - DisneyFanInternational

"How about something like this? "You may not write descriptions where every section is marked "TBA" either. You should make an effort to describe at least one logo.""

Suggestion 3.2 - Logohub

"Some additions about the draft system should be included."

Suggestion 4 - Compooper

"BOTH - Don't edit with text extensions & No personal commentary: Remove the mention of a WF-era user"

Suggestion 4.1 - Logohub

"actually, no need to reference past drama overall, like the SSF thing on Klasky-Csupo."

Suggestion 5 - Compooper

"No Drama: This rule needs a complete rewrite, it clearly talks about a different kind of drama instead of the one most would typically expect."

Suggestion 6 - Compooper

"Personal Attacks should be renamed/repurposed to: Please respect all users: Similar to how the current AVID discord rules writes it, it should mention "No bigotry, racism, lgbtq+-phobia" and also mention no saying any related slurs. Maybe merge it with "treat all members equally"."

Suggestion 7 - Compooper

"Finally, the rule page should be organized in sections with similar rules, for example group all account rules into one section, all article rules into one section, and so on."

Suggestion 8 - Blad

""One Account Only" Instead of this, I would suggest modifying the policy so that A. Users are required to disclose alternative accounts, as there are several reasons to allow them (see this page for examples), and B. block users who actively abuse them. Using an alt account isn't always abusive. On the flipside, you could also make it so only autoconfirmed/autopatrolled users can use alternative accounts."

Suggestion 9 - Compooper

"No Stealing Content: Current rule only talks about duplicating the site, maybe rename it to "Don't copy this wiki as your own""