Hi all,
We had a really constructive conversation with users here regarding the state of forum games. Thank you all for participating!
From this conversation, a policy outline by FireMatch gained support and is the one we'll be using:
Article #. Games
- A. The following games are not allowed in any form, whether it is forums or discussions. All such games will be immediately removed.
- 1. Games requiring the involvement of a certain user or users without the user's or users' permission.
- 2. Games relating to a function of running the wiki, which includes, but is not limited to banning users.
- B. The following games are allowed on Discussions, but not the Forum.
- 1. True or False
- 2. Never Ending Story
- 3. Describe the Picture Above You
- 4. Games that follow the format "Post X before someone posts Y."
- 5. Games involving counting to a particular number, whether or not there is an interruption that would reset the counter.
- C. Hurt and Heals
- 1. Hurt and Heals are allowed on the Forum.
- [move other Hurt and Heals policies here and number accordingly]
- D. The administration reserves the right to remove new games or request they be moved to Discussions.
Now, we appreciate this is a very big change for the users who participate in the games and I'd like to reiterate that we are very grateful for your participation in the conversation about them.
We've decided to allow all current games to reach their thread limit, then new games should be created on Discussions. Please don't create any new games on the forums (bar H&Hs) now this forum post has been created, please create them on Discussions.
If you have any questions about this, please let us know! Thanks all. :)