Welcome to the Policy Forum. Here is where various discussions about policy for the Mass Effect Wiki can be discussed and voted on. Here you bring up something that needs to be addressed and it needs to be made official, or suggest a change to a current policy. Note that this forum is a community forum about official policy for the Mass Effect Wiki, some topics will be passed, and others rejected.
In order to create or vote on a policy proposal, you must have a valid account with Mass Effect Wiki that is at least 30 days old. This waiting period is to ensure that new users have enough time to understand existing wiki policies. Any proposals made by unregistered contributors or accounts that are less than 30 days old will be deleted, but may be re-proposed after the mandatory cooldown period (see below) if the proposer then meets the account requirement.
Once a topic has begun, a vote will last for 7 days, ending at the time indicated on the template at the top of the page. At that time, any further votes cast after the close of the debate will not be counted in the final tally. To vote, leave a quick reason why and sign your post under the appropriate heading. If you wish to discuss, then do so under the discussion section, not in the voting section. When Voting, don't indent every new vote, just leave it on the next line. Once a topic has been passed or rejected the page is for archive purposes only, not to restart a debate.
If a topic needs to be reopened, a mandatory 7 day waiting or cooldown period must be adhered to. This is to test out the new policy and see what its effects are. Once the 7-day period is up, start a new discussion, do not continue the old one as the old page is for archive purposes only.
If any user is found to be fraudulent, or to have canvassed for votes on a policy, their vote and any votes gained through this will be invalidated. The user who committed the action will face a block, depending on how often this has been done in the past, and will not be allowed to vote in the next policy forum debate. By debate, that means one with an actual proposal is needed.
If you need an example on how to vote or discuss, see Forum:Example.
To add a new topic, please type the title in the box below then click "Add new topic".
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| MoS Amendment proposal -- Lore Conflicts | 05:24, 9 April 2025 | Elseweyr |
| Section banners AFTER section heading | 11:40, 31 January 2024 | ReverieCode |
| Reliability of IMDb | 02:11, 30 October 2023 | Cattlesquat |
| Add a 30 day valid account requirement for voting on policy proposals | 16:59, 23 July 2023 | Cattlesquat |
| Sourcing policy on cut content | 18:05, 12 July 2023 | Loadingue |
| Un-italicizing some templates | 15:14, 20 March 2023 | Cattlesquat |
| Italicizing ship names | 19:19, 7 November 2022 | Cattlesquat |
| Changing character article names to omit ranks and titles | 14:15, 24 October 2022 | Cattlesquat |
| Unique dialogue / broker files / etc into own section | 05:37, 11 June 2022 | Temporaryeditor78 |
| Switching to Discord chat | 17:07, 18 April 2019 | Temporaryeditor78 |
| Demotion of Temporaryeditor78, Again | 09:11, 7 April 2017 | Elseweyr |
| The Ryder naming "problem" | 13:01, 9 March 2017 | Temporaryeditor78 |
| Demotion of Temporaryeditor78 V2 | 05:11, 17 November 2016 | Temporaryeditor78 |
| Proposed amendment of MoS re Planets and their Properties | 21:43, 8 July 2015 | Temporaryeditor78 |
| Voice actor trivia to include Sci-fi roles. | 17:43, 28 July 2014 | Temporaryeditor78 |
| Demotion of Temporaryeditor78 | 17:42, 28 July 2014 | Temporaryeditor78 |
| Official lore content from external sources | 02:09, 9 January 2014 | Elseweyr |
| Separate walkthrough article for ME2 Final Battle | 04:10, 13 September 2013 | Temporaryeditor78 |
| Mass Effect 3 Datapad | 12:24, 26 August 2013 | Temporaryeditor78 |
| Loosen restrictions in the Chat | 11:08, 21 August 2013 | Temporaryeditor78 |
| Example | 18:43, 23 May 2013 | Commdor |
| Relevance in ME3 Aftermath Sections | 01:28, 23 May 2013 | Lancer1289 |
| Relax manual of style verifiability requirements in limited circumstances | 00:14, 22 May 2013 | Commdor |
| Keeping the Monaco Skin | 15:29, 21 May 2013 | Trandra |
| Proposal Editing Protocol | 18:40, 26 April 2013 | Commdor |
| New Language Policy | 18:38, 26 April 2013 | Commdor |
| More interlanguage links | 03:21, 23 April 2013 | Trandra |
| Voting Reform | 01:53, 13 April 2013 | Commdor |
| End Policy | 01:52, 13 April 2013 | Commdor |
| Consider the Events of Multiplayer As Canon | 19:06, 25 March 2013 | Trandra |
| Speculation Policy Revision to better serve the spirit of the policy | 23:57, 19 March 2013 | Commdor |
| Amended Language Policy | 17:14, 17 March 2013 | Trandra |
| Proposed Language Policy Revision | 18:44, 15 March 2013 | Commdor |
| Removal of Rarity from Weapon Articles | 23:58, 6 March 2013 | Trandra |
| Chat Live! Policy Revote | 16:33, 1 March 2013 | Commdor |
| Demotion of SpartHawg948 | 00:25, 27 February 2013 | Commdor |
| Chat Live! Policy Revision | 22:24, 20 February 2013 | Commdor |
| Revote "Chat Live! Policy Expansion" | 21:07, 18 February 2013 | Commdor |
| Gameplay notes sections | 22:51, 2 February 2013 | Lancer1289 |
| Chat Live! Policy Expansion | 09:02, 7 January 2013 | Lancer1289 |
| Additions to Chat Rules | 17:49, 27 November 2012 | Lancer1289 |
| Adding Live! Chat | 03:21, 26 September 2012 | Lancer1289 |
| 3 Edit Confirmation | 01:56, 1 September 2012 | Lancer1289 |
| Language Policy Reform | 17:58, 27 August 2012 | Commdor |
| Flamewar Bans Policy 2.0 | 01:23, 27 August 2012 | Lancer1289 |
| Flamewar Bans Policy Voting. | 01:58, 10 August 2012 | Commdor |
| Affiliation with TOR Wiki | 00:00, 27 July 2012 | Commdor |
| Metro 2033 Wikia Affiliation | 21:29, 3 July 2012 | Commdor |
| Templates | 06:20, 11 May 2012 | Silverstrike |
| Images Guideline: Discussions | 06:17, 11 May 2012 | Silverstrike |
| Blog Moderation II | 18:51, 7 May 2012 | Lancer1289 |
| Blogs moderation | 07:18, 6 May 2012 | Silverstrike |
| Transition to SVG | 17:27, 3 April 2012 | Lancer1289 |
| Wiki Lockdown | 19:03, 20 March 2012 | Lancer1289 |
| Heavy Pistol Category | 18:49, 20 March 2012 | Lancer1289 |
| Limit On Personal Images | 01:18, 5 March 2012 | Lancer1289 |
| Limit on Personal Images | 02:28, 27 February 2012 | Commdor |
| Enable Use of Top Ten List | 15:18, 26 February 2012 | Lancer1289 |
| Wikipedia instead of IMDb | 15:14, 26 February 2012 | Lancer1289 |
| Reduced Wait Period for Deleting Files | 01:14, 13 February 2012 | Commdor |
| Deception First Edition | 01:12, 13 February 2012 | Commdor |
| Headquote Policy | 02:12, 11 February 2012 | Lancer1289 |
| Morality info and NPC descriptions | 09:40, 19 December 2011 | Commdor |
| Consistently linking to missions/assignments | 09:39, 19 December 2011 | Commdor |
| Dealing With Leaked Information | 07:00, 13 December 2011 | Commdor |
| Ban Review Panel | 23:20, 14 October 2011 | Lancer1289 |
| File Name and Format Standards | 22:44, 10 October 2011 | Commdor |
| A change to the Language Policy | 04:43, 15 August 2011 | SpartHawg948 |
| MoS policy reform | 02:45, 15 August 2011 | Commdor |
| Revised Image Policy | 02:41, 15 August 2011 | Lancer1289 |
| Inactive User Category + Its insertion on user pages | 15:43, 12 July 2011 | Lancer1289 |
| Character Article Naming Conventions | 00:18, 8 June 2011 | SpartHawg948 |
| Notable vs. Known | 21:45, 24 May 2011 | Lancer1289 |
| Modification of Speculation Policy | 02:45, 12 May 2011 | Commdor |
| Revised Language Enforcement | 00:08, 10 May 2011 | Commdor |
| Changing the Language Policy | 01:22, 5 May 2011 | Commdor |
| In-Depth Story Summary Locations | 03:41, 2 May 2011 | Commdor |
| Alphabetizing "Notable" names | 21:24, 28 April 2011 | Commdor |
| Sophisticated Manual of Style guide | 02:43, 30 January 2011 | Lancer1289 |
| Race Article Consistency | 17:42, 16 October 2010 | Lancer1289 |
| Trivia Section Guidlines | 16:34, 7 October 2010 | Lancer1289 |
| Disabling the Rich Text Editor | 17:21, 1 September 2010 | Lancer1289 |
| Removing Red Links | 00:46, 17 August 2010 | Lancer1289 |
