Forum:Additions to Chat Rules

Ever since the launch of the chat feature, there have ideas that have been thrown around and some good some bad. However, several have kept coming back, both influenced by past experiences, past instances in dealing with behavior, and a number of other things. Therefore, the following rules will be added to the Policies regarding Chat and they are as follows. Rules will be broken up by sections or a new section if applicable.

All rule additions are in blockquote form.

New Section: Accessing Chat: "In order to utilize the Chat Live! feature of the Mass Effect Wiki, a user must accumulate Fifty (50) mainspace edits. Of these 50, 25 of these edits have to be meaningful edits and 25 can be small, correction type edits. What type of edits count are edits to any article. What types of edits do not count are talk page edits, user page edits, sandbox edits, user talk page edits, blog comments, blog space, forum space, or uploads. They must be mainspace edits and have to be meaningful edits that result in positive change. Edits are classified as follows:
 * Correction type edits are classified as, but are not limited to, adding categories, fixing spelling errors, fixing grammar errors, fixing Shepard gender references, or small things of that nature.
 * Meaningful edits are classified as, but are not limited to, rewriting paragraphs to make them more readable, adding several valuable player notes, adding new content, or adding missed content.
 * All edits are evaluated by Admins for legitimacy and Admins and Chat Moderators reserve the right to kick users without notice or warning if they do not meet this criteria.
 * Note that if an edit is undone, it may or may not count towards either quota.

A user must have a valid account with the Mass Effect Wiki for 14 days (2 weeks). Meaning that in order to use the feature, you must have been editing for 2 weeks before getting access to the feature.

If a Chat Moderator is uncertain if a user has meet the criteria, then they reserve the right to allow a user to stay or kick them at their prerogative and forward the case to an admin for review. The admin can either agree or overrule the decision but must respect the decision the Chat Moderator’s decision at the time."

Under Grounds for Blocking Headline: "If a user who has been banned from Chat Live! in the last 30 days, they will not be permitted to use the feature. Once the 30 day period expires after the ban expires, then and only then will they be permitted to utilize the feature. A user in violation of this policy will be warned, both in chat and on their talk page, and if they do not abide by the warning, they face another longer block."

Under Consequences Headline: "A user may question why they were kicked to the appropriate person, the person who kicked them, a Chat Moderator, or an Admin. Admins again do maintain the right to overrule Chat Moderators on this decision."

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 * 1) As Proposer. Lancer1289 (talk) 06:53, November 25, 2012 (UTC)