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Welcome to our proposals page. Here at Encyclopedia SpongeBobia, we value everyone's opinion and encourage everyone to take part in proposals. We want everyone to give their ideas, so that we can make Encyclopedia SpongeBobia the best it can be.

As per our proposals procedures, this page serves as a list to display all current and archived proposals for everyone's reference. The ongoing proposals indicate that the proposal is still open, and contributors are encouraged to participate.

Shortcut

Click here to see the proposals.

Start proposal

1. Replace TOPIC with the topic of proposal to be discussed or the topic of proposal to be voted, depending on the stage of your proposal.
2. Click on the "Concerns Stage" button or the "Voting Stage" button, depending on the stage of your proposal.
3. Fill out the information on the resulting page, then save the page.
4. Copy and paste the following under "requests" of this page, replacing "TOPIC" with the topic name:

Example: [[ESB:Proposals/TOPIC]]

5. When the proposal is created, use Template:Proposal-list to add the new proposal to the list below.
Note: Forward slashes (/) cannot be present in the proposal topic. Having one or more forward slashes in the topic name will interfere with the creation of concerns and the voting stage.
Policy changes Per the proposal policy, any policy proposal requires the exact language to be changed by the time of the voting stage, otherwise it will be closed as invalid. Use {{PolicyProposalBegin}} and {{PolicyProposalEnd}} to mark the start and end of the proposed changes. If you need help, contact a user familiar with the process.

Key to list

Here is a key to the list of proposals:

Column	Description
Title	The title of the proposal; it will always be descriptive, so that everyone knows what the proposal is about based on the title.
Opened	Gives the date in which the proposal began, along with who started the proposal.
Closed	Gives the date in which the proposal was closed, along with the person who closed the proposal, as per the proposal policies. Typically, it is the person closing the proposal that implements the result of the proposal, if passed.
Result	The outcome of the proposal. Proposals that fail to pass may be modified for a future proposal. Passed - indicates a proposal that has been approved by the community. Not passed - indicates a proposal that has failed to be approved by the community. No consensus - indicates a proposal that has failed to reach a final decision. Withdrawn - indicates a proposal that has been withdrawn by the proposer. Closed - indicates a proposal that has been closed without a decision being made. Invalid - indicates a proposal that has been closed due to reasons against policy. Other - indicates a proposal that requires an additional note to describe its outcome.

Current proposals

Opened	Status
Enable replying comment thread is more than 60 days old. ^(concerns)
January 27, 2022 (by 列维劳德)	Status: Concerns stage
Letter categories ^(concerns)
January 25, 2022 (by MedievalVibes)	Status: Concerns stage
New comment policy rule ^(concerns)
January 24, 2022 (by SlipperySoapFanatic64)	Status: Concerns stage
Locking messages in message walls ^(concerns)
January 23, 2022 (by ASpongeBobFan)	Status: Concerns stage
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For proposals preceding January 1, 2021, click here: ESB:Proposals/archive

Archived proposals

Opened	Closed	Result
User rights policy (revision 20) ^{(concerns • voting)}
January 15, 2022 (by The gamer 987654321)	January 26, 2022 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Shortening the spoiler template on pages ^{(concerns • voting)}
January 18, 2022 (by FireMatch)	January 26, 2022 (by SPONGEBOBSUPERFANINFINITY)	Passed
Add a template for Sponges ^{(see proposal)}
January 14, 2022 (by SpongeBobFan39)	January 14, 2022 (by BSpongeSM02)	Closed
Making some changes to the Demotions section in the User rights policy ^{(concerns • voting)}
January 6, 2022 (by Arthur Read fan)	January 14, 2022 (by SPONGEBOBSUPERFANINFINITY)	Passed
Communication policy (revision 10) ^{(see proposal)}
January 12, 2022 (by SlipperySoapFanatic64)	January 13, 2022 (by BSpongeSM02)	Closed
Separate To be Announced image for characters ^{(concerns • voting)}
January 4, 2022 (by SlipperySoapFanatic64)	January 12, 2022 (by The gamer 987654321)	Not passed
Restoration policy ^{(concerns • voting)}
December 28, 2021 (by SpongeTron D)	January 5, 2022 (by Anthony2306)	Passed
Communication policy (revision 9) ^{(concerns • voting)}
December 19, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	January 2, 2022 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Warnings for those who vandalize, spam and abusing accounts ^{(see proposal)}
December 21, 2021 (by SlipperySoapFanatic64)	December 21, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Closed
Should the United States and California pages be restored? ^{(see proposal)}
December 19, 2021 (by MarioBobfan)	December 20, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Closed
Article of the month congratulations template ^{(concerns • voting)}
December 8, 2021 (by SlipperySoapFanatic64)	December 19, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
The request must have the support of the majority of all administrators. ^{(concerns • voting)}
December 3, 2021 (by Stryker305)	December 18, 2021 (by SPONGEBOBSUPERFANINFINITY)	Not passed
Add a Christmas-themed wiki wordmark and top background theme in both light and dark mode ^{(concerns • voting)}
November 29, 2021 (by Arthur Read fan)	December 14, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Option B for wordmark, Option A for both backgrounds
Give Incidentals a template ^{(concerns • voting)}
November 23, 2021 (by SlipperySoapFanatic64)	December 4, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Copyright Policy (5) ^{(see proposal)}
November 28, 2021 (by SlipperySoapFanatic64)	November 29, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Closed
Don't show images from episodes until the episode there from officially premiered in the U.S.A. ^{(concerns • voting)}
November 10, 2021 (by SlipperySoapFanatic64)	November 21, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Not passed
Article of the Month charts ^{(concerns • voting)}
November 12, 2021 (by SlipperySoapFanatic64)	November 20, 2021 (by SPONGEBOBSUPERFANINFINITY)	Passed
Be more specific with the year articles ^{(see proposal)}
November 10, 2021 (by SlipperySoapFanatic64)	November 18, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Closed
Muscular characters category ^{(concerns • voting)}
November 2, 2021 (by Incidental 42)	November 16, 2021 (by SPONGEBOBSUPERFANINFINITY)	Not passed
Add the Assistant user tag for users in the Assistant user group ^{(concerns • voting)}
October 28, 2021 (by MedievalVibes)	November 9, 2021 (by SPONGEBOBSUPERFANINFINITY)	Passed
Put the wiki's Halloween logo ^{(see proposal)}
October 21, 2021 (by DonAndCheifOfficial)	October 31, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Closed
Change the Thread Moderator tag to Discussion Moderator ^{(concerns • voting)}
October 13, 2021 (by MedievalVibes)	October 23, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Remove Bureaucrats from Biannual user rights reviews ^{(concerns • voting)}
October 11, 2021 (by MedievalVibes)	October 18, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Withdrawn
Put 'Character Hover' in episode lists ^{(concerns • voting)}
October 7, 2021 (by DonAndCheifOfficial)	October 18, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Not passed
Should we create articles about non SpongeBob characters? ^{(concerns • voting)}
October 1, 2021 (by MarioBobfan)	October 9, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Closed
Communication policy (revision 8) ^{(concerns • voting)}
September 24, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	October 8, 2021 (by SPONGEBOBSUPERFANINFINITY)	Passed
Change the wiki's name ^{(see proposal)}
October 4, 2021 (by DonAndCheifOfficial)	October 7, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Withdrawn
Clean up country and language page names for episode lists ^{(concerns • voting)}
September 28, 2021 (by AMK152)	October 6, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Adding a "the" to all nouns that have a "the" in their name ^{(concerns • voting)}
September 7, 2021 (by BookFandumb)	September 18, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Reducing the maximum time limit for deletion, merge, separation, and restoration requests ^{(concerns • voting)}
September 8, 2021 (by SpongyFanatic2021)	September 16, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Add international premiere and finale dates to season pages ^{(concerns • voting)}
September 5, 2021 (by DanielogiPL)	September 16, 2021 (by SPONGEBOBSUPERFANINFINITY)	Not passed
ESB Discord Server Banner ^{(see proposal)}
September 9, 2021 (by Actiondude2)	September 14, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Closed
Abolish Block Reviews 2 ^{(concerns • voting)}
September 4, 2021 (by Robski10)	September 9, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Withdrawn
No more announcements for FANDOM related events ^{(see proposal)}
September 8, 2021 (by BookFandumb)	September 8, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Closed
Galleries guidelines (revision 3) ^{(concerns • voting)}
August 17, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	August 26, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Passed
Simplifying the top wiki navigation on FandomDesktop ^{(concerns • voting)}
August 12, 2021 (by Arthur Read fan)	August 26, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Not passed
No more polls comparing users ^{(see proposal)}
August 17, 2021 (by Spongeboy0009)	August 25, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Closed
Creating a template for articles with disturbing content ^{(concerns • voting)}
August 7, 2021 (by SpongyFanatic2021)	August 21, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Discontinuing Requests for Deletion ^{(concerns • voting)}
August 7, 2021 (by Spongefan14)	August 19, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Not passed
No more pings on discussion posts ^{(concerns • voting)}
August 3, 2021 (by Minnesotaman2007!)	August 17, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Yearly Administrator of the Year award ^{(concerns • voting)}
August 6, 2021 (by Spongefan14)	August 13, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Closed
Adding the "DiscussionTemplates" script‎ ^{(concerns • voting)}
August 3, 2021 (by BookFandumb)	August 12, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Adding the "WikiForums" script ^{(concerns • voting)}
August 3, 2021 (by BookFandumb)	August 12, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
New wiki logo ^{(concerns • voting)}
July 25, 2021 (by Spongebob456)	August 5, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Add a custom server invite background for ESB Discord ^{(concerns • voting)}
July 12, 2021 (by Binturong7)	July 23, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Promotion policy (revision 19) ^{(see proposal)}
July 22, 2021 (by Robski10)	July 23, 2021 (by Stryker305)	Withdrawn
Associated production music guidelines (revision 5) ^{(concerns • voting)}
July 11, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	July 19, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
User activity (revision 3) ^{(concerns • voting)}
July 8, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	July 16, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Passed
Create an "Images of crew members" category ^{(concerns • voting)}
June 26, 2021 (by Kylecocjin)	July 4, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Passed
Warnings for crew members ^{(concerns • voting)}
June 21, 2021 (by Stryker305)	June 29, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Passed
Galleries guidelines (revision 2) ^{(see proposal)}
June 28, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	June 28, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Withdrawn
Remove "Nicktoons" rerun airdates? ^{(concerns • voting)}
June 20, 2021 (by ElementalCards)	June 28, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Passed
Blocking users who admit to being underage ^{(concerns • voting)}
June 11, 2021 (by BookFandumb)	June 25, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Allowing normal users to create user rights reviews on individual users ^{(concerns • voting)}
June 13, 2021 (by BookFandumb)	June 24, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Comments policy (revision 3) ^{(concerns • voting)}
June 12, 2021 (by SpongyFanatic2021)	June 23, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Replace "accidental" airdates with unannounced ^{(concerns • voting)}
June 8, 2021 (by DanielogiPL)	June 22, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Passed
Proposal policy (revision 20) ^{(concerns • voting)}
June 10, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	June 21, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Character guidelines revision ^{(concerns • voting)}
June 6, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	June 20, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Passed
Limiting the number of Off-topic posts users can post in a day in the Discussions ^{(concerns • voting)}
June 5, 2021 (by Arthur Read fan)	June 19, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Passed
Reducing episode galleries to 100 images ^{(concerns • voting)}
June 5, 2021 (by SpongyFanatic2021)	June 12, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Withdrawn
Allow all of a character's appearances to be listed under the "Role in series" section if the character has less than 10 appearances ^{(concerns • voting)}
June 1, 2021 (by Spot the Amoeba)	June 12, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	Passed
Galleries where you can't categorize images ^{(concerns • voting)}
May 15, 2021 (by Stryker305)	May 26, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Not allowing foreign errors on episode pages ^{(concerns • voting)}
May 9, 2021 (by Spot the Amoeba)	May 23, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Adding several scripts to the wiki ^{(concerns • voting)}
May 7, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	May 19, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Bring back Block Reviews for blocks with a length of 1 year or longer ^{(concerns • voting)}
May 3, 2021 (by BookFandumb)	May 17, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Moving ESB to Miraheze ^{(concerns • voting)}
May 2, 2021 (by DuchessTheSponge)	May 16, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Separate video game pages by distinct version rather than by shared title ^{(concerns • voting)}
May 4, 2021 (by (7)6(four))	May 16, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Allow officially-used acronym through profanity abuse filter ^{(concerns • voting)}
May 4, 2021 (by (7)6(four))	May 16, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Give Discussion moderators their own color code ^{(concerns • voting)}
May 2, 2021 (by Arthur Read fan)	May 16, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Renaming the "Assistant" position to "Junior Administrator" ^{(see proposal)}
May 3, 2021 (by BookFandumb)	May 10, 2021 (by Stryker305)	Withdrawn
Replace "crew member" badge with "people" badge ^{(concerns • voting)}
April 26, 2021 (by SpongyFanatic2021)	May 8, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Bring back Block Reviews ^{(see proposal)}
May 5, 2021 (by Spongefan14)	May 6, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Closed
Making false reports against the policy ^{(see proposal)}
April 28, 2021 (by BookFandumb)	May 5, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Closed
Disallow censored profanity and profane acronyms on the Discord server ^{(concerns • voting)}
April 24, 2021 (by VeggieSpongeSouthParkFan2002)	May 5, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Fixing episode synopsis sections ^{(concerns • voting)}
April 11, 2021 (by Spongebob456)	April 22, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Ban "the show is ending" posts and comments ^{(see proposal)}
April 19, 2021 (by DanielogiPL)	April 21, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Closed
User rights policy (revision 19) ^{(concerns • voting)}
April 2, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	April 16, 2021 (by TheKorraFanatic)	Passed
Create an "Images of Actors" category ^{(concerns • voting)}
March 31, 2021 (by Kylecocjin)	April 15, 2021 (by TheKorraFanatic)	Passed
Add year categories to episodes ^{(concerns • voting)}
March 31, 2021 (by DanielogiPL)	April 14, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Remove the "deceased" category from the pages of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy ^{(concerns • voting)}
April 10, 2021 (by DanielogiPL)	April 12, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Closed
More specific airdates ^{(concerns • voting)}
March 27, 2021 (by XxGustavXx)	April 10, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Sources policy (revision 4) ^{(concerns • voting)}
March 27, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	April 8, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Split the List of alter-egos page into multiple pages ^{(see proposal)}
April 4, 2021 (by FireMatch)	April 7, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Withdrawn
Restoration policy (revision 1) ^{(concerns • voting)}
March 27, 2021 (by SpongyFanatic2021)	April 7, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Do not undo an ESB crew member unless you have permission ^{(concerns • voting)}
March 20, 2021 (by DuchessTheSponge)	April 3, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Allowing normal users to move pages ^{(concerns • voting)}
March 12, 2021 (by The gamer 987654321)	March 23, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Decreasing the limit of restoration and deletion requests to 20 ^{(see proposal)}
March 20, 2021 (by Robski10)	March 22, 2021 (by Stryker305)	Withdrawn
Production images in the episode galleries ^{(concerns • voting)}
March 6, 2021 (by SpongyFanatic2021)	March 20, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Bringing back holiday background contests ^{(see proposal)}
March 19, 2021 (by SpongyFanatic2021)	March 19, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Closed
Change the appearance tag for single-appearance characters from "Debut" to "Single appearance" ^{(concerns • voting)}
March 6, 2021 (by Kylecocjin)	March 17, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Remove "Role in series" and extra tabber images in infobox from pages ^{(concerns • voting)}
February 28, 2021 (by Incidental 42)	March 14, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Put all characters in the same category in "List of characters slash minor" ^{(concerns • voting)}
March 2, 2021 (by LuigiYCompañía)	March 13, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Protective measures against vandalism ^{(see proposal)}
March 9, 2021 (by SpongyFanatic2021)	March 11, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Withdrawn
Bring back Block Reviews and Report User ^{(concerns • voting)}
February 13, 2021 (by JustinDance)	February 27, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Every APM and OM track has its own article ^{(concerns • voting)}
February 5, 2021 (by SpongyFanatic2021)	February 20, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Change; own article if used at least 5 times
Allow assistants to archive RFDs and RFRs if the result is not delete or restore ^{(concerns • voting)}
February 4, 2021 (by Admiral SpongeBob)	February 15, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Add a section for Deleted scenes. ^{(see proposal)}
February 11, 2021 (by JustinDance)	February 11, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Withdrawn
A dedicated page for Episode Ideas ^{(concerns • voting)}
January 24, 2021 (by Adventures of Garfield 4)	February 8, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Costume pages for the characters ^{(concerns • voting)}
January 24, 2021 (by SirBenelux)	February 5, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
ESB:Discord policy ^{(concerns • voting)}
January 16, 2021 (by Stryker305)	January 30, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed
Remove "list of" from lists ^{(concerns • voting)}
January 19, 2021 (by Admiral SpongeBob)	January 26, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Withdrawn
Changes to ESB Discord Rules: Keeping Conversational Topics Out of ESB Discord ^{(concerns • voting)}
January 6, 2021 (by Binturong7)	January 20, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Not passed
Getting rid of a few discussion tags ^{(concerns • voting)}
January 1, 2021 (by SpongeTron D)	January 15, 2021 (by BSpongeSM02)	Passed