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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
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 bylaws, any policy proposal requires the exact language to be changed by the time of the voting stage, otherwise it will be closed as invalid. User {{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.
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Current proposals
| Using a file category system for gallery images (concerns • voting) | ||
| May 7, 2019 (by Kandy Katie) | Status: Ongoing | To be determined. |
| Not allowing roleplaying in the chat (concerns • voting) | ||
| May 8, 2019 (by Sheepboy245) | Status: Ongoing | To be determined. |
| Using model numbers for unnamed background characters (concerns • voting) | ||
| May 19, 2019 (by Kandy Katie) | Status: Ongoing | To be determined. |
| edit table | ||
For proposals precluding January 1, 2018, click here: ESB:Proposals/archive
Archived proposals
| Not allowing unofficial and fan-edited episode scenes on articles (concerns • voting) | ||
| April 20, 2019 (by Squidward9tv) | May 16, 2019 (by TheKorraFanatic) |  Passed
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| Cut down on minor subgalleries (concerns • voting) | ||
| April 2, 2019 (by Demigod brendan) | May 2, 2019 (by TheKorraFanatic) | Passed
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| Use SpongeBob Answers badges (concerns • voting) | ||
| March 26, 2019 (by Sheldon J. Dankton) | May 2, 2019 (by TheKorraFanatic) | Passed
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| Adding the plagiarism from other spongebob wikis and inappropriate avatar rule (concerns • voting) | ||
| April 13, 2019 (by Bots22) | April 15, 2019 (by AMK152) |  Closed
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| Replacing infobox ages with the age template (concerns • voting) | ||
| February 11, 2019 (by Kandy Katie) | February 25, 2019 (by Figmeister) | Passed
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| Merging transcripts and galleries with episode articles (concerns • voting) | ||
| February 11, 2019 (by Spongebob456) | February 25, 2019 (by Spongebob456) |  Not passed
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| Put restoration and protection requests on ongoing proposals (concerns • voting) | ||
| January 28, 2019 (by IsolatedPrompt) | February 12, 2019 (by TheKorraFanatic) | Passed
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| The exclusive use of UTC for all purposes (concerns • voting) | ||
| January 16, 2019 (by The gamer 987654321) | January 30, 2019 (by Figmeister) | Not passed
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| Protecting galleries once they're done (concerns • voting) | ||
| January 8, 2019 (by Expert at Terraria) | January 23, 2019 (by Figmeister) | Not passed
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| Merging galleries (concerns • voting) | ||
| January 4, 2019 (by Golfpecks256) | January 18, 2019 (by Golfpecks256) | Passed
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| New "No Title Card Available" Icon (concerns • voting) | ||
| December 25, 2018 (by Tanhamman) | January 8, 2019 (by Figmeister) | Passed
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| Creating the reply template (concerns • voting) | ||
| December 22, 2018 (by Jodan111) | January 5, 2019 (by Golfpecks256) | Passed
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| Promotion Policy (revision 18) (see proposal) | ||
| January 3, 2019 (by 1033Forest) | January 3, 2019 (by AMK152) | Invalid; requires a bylaws change |
| Getting ESB Google + back and adding tags (concerns • voting) | ||
| December 9, 2018 (by Jodan111) | December 26, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Not passed
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| Introducing Medals (concerns • voting) | ||
| November 25, 2018 (by Golfpecks256) | December 14, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Passed
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| Moving from comments to talk pages (see proposal) | ||
| December 7, 2018 (by EmilyHarmonizer02) | December 10, 2018 (by EmilyHarmonizer02) | Withdrawn
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| Adding categories for characters that appear in certain seasons (concerns • voting) | ||
| November 12, 2018 (by Jodan111) | December 1, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Not passed
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| Change chat moderator edits (see proposal) | ||
| November 9, 2018 (by IsolatedPrompt) | November 12, 2018 (by AMK152) | Invalid; requires a bylaws change |
| Moving this wiki from wikia to fandom (see proposal) | ||
| November 12, 2018 (by Jodan111) | November 12, 2018 (by AMK152) | Closed early by bureaucrats. |
| Updating the TBA image (concerns • voting) | ||
| October 20, 2018 (by Bombastic Brody) | November 3, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Not passed
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| Adding a references in other media section to character pages (concerns • voting) | ||
| October 22, 2018 (by SpongyGal20) | October 29, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Not passed
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| Update all Category:Notice Templates (concerns • voting) | ||
| September 30, 2018 (by EinsteinBlllllllllll) | October 17, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Not passed
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| Moving from Skype to Discord (concerns • voting) | ||
| September 23, 2018 (by Spongebob456) | October 4, 2018 (by Golfpecks256) | Passed
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| Alternative Forums (concerns • voting) | ||
| September 22, 2018 (by Golfpecks256) | October 4, 2018 (by Golfpecks256) | Withdrawn
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| Trivia guidelines (revision 4) (concerns • voting) | ||
| September 1, 2018 (by AMK152) | September 25, 2018 (by Spongebob456) | Passed
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| Standardize episode galleries and transcripts as subpages (concerns • voting) | ||
| August 14, 2018 (by AMK152) | September 2, 2018 (by AMK152) | Passed
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| Cutting back on the profanity rule (concerns • voting) | ||
| August 10, 2018 (by SpongyGal20) | August 29, 2018 (by AMK152) | Invalid; requires a bylaws change |
| Promotion policy (revision 17) (concerns • voting) | ||
| August 10, 2018 (by Expert at Terraria) | August 14, 2018 (by AMK152) | Invalid; requires a bylaws change |
| Disallow adding any sorts of adding info for episodes that haven't aired in the USA (concerns • voting) | ||
| August 7, 2018 (by AFallenPower) | August 14, 2018 (by Golfpecks256) | Not passed
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| Infobox air date cleanup (concerns • voting) | ||
| July 12, 2018 (by Golfpecks256) | July 23, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Passed
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| Putting international airdates with country flags on episode infoboxes (concerns • voting) | ||
| June 8, 2018 (by Nick mick) | June 29, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Passed
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| Episode infoboxes (concerns • voting) | ||
| June 8, 2018 (by Spongebob456) | June 29, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Not passed
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| Mentioning serious topics should be against the policy (see proposal) | ||
| June 9, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | June 13, 2018 (by Alex.sapre) | Withdrawn
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| New chatbot (concerns • voting) | ||
| May 17, 2018 (by AMK152) | June 9, 2018 (by AMK152) | Passed
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| Allow AMK152 to update the policy without community input (concerns • voting) | ||
| May 4, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | May 19, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Not passed
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| Chat policy revision (8) (concerns • voting) | ||
| April 14, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | April 29, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Not passed
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| Requests for restoration (concerns • voting) | ||
| April 14, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | April 29, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Passed
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| Changing ESB:Block and chat ban reviews (concerns • voting) | ||
| April 7, 2018 (by Expert at Terraria) | April 29, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Passed
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| Allow use of acronyms that contain profanity (see proposal) | ||
| April 23, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | April 25, 2018 (by AMK152) | Invalid; requires a bylaws change |
| Global blocks not counting in regards to the promotion policy (see proposal) | ||
| April 23, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | April 25, 2018 (by AMK152) | Invalid; requires a bylaws change |
| Limit the time retired users have to requests for rights to 1 month (see proposal) | ||
| April 23, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | April 25, 2018 (by AMK152) | Invalid; requires a bylaws change |
| Home Video article MOS update request (concerns • voting) | ||
| April 5, 2018 (by Crazy Muzzarino) | April 25, 2018 (by AMK152) | Passed
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| Chat policy (revision 7) (concerns • voting) | ||
| March 23, 2018 (by TheKorraFanatic) | April 25, 2018 (by AMK152) | Passed
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| Adding Independence Day contests (concerns • voting) | ||
| March 12, 2018 (by GracefulRespiration) | April 25, 2018 (by AMK152) | Not passed
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| Add an "Imaginary characters" category (concerns • voting) | ||
| March 26, 2018 (by AFallenPower) | April 14, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Passed
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| Requests for protection (concerns • voting) | ||
| March 15, 2018 (by Expert at Terraria) | April 14, 2018 (by Figmeister) | Passed
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| Add SpongeBob and Patrick to the ESB logo (concerns • voting) | ||
| March 28, 2018 (by Squiddleward) | April 14, 2018 (by Squiddleward) | Passed
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| Make the word "retard" against the rules (see proposal) | ||
| March 25, 2018 (by Jodan111) | April 3, 2018 (by AMK152) | Closed
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| Add a new punctuation rule to the grammar guide (2) (concerns • voting) | ||
| February 27, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | April 3, 2018 (by AMK152) | Passed
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| Standard browse edit summaries (concerns • voting) | ||
| February 26, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | April 3, 2018 (by AMK152) | Passed
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| Update the ESB logo (concerns • voting) | ||
| Febuary 23, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | March 11, 2018 (by AMK152) | Passed
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| Show global edits on user profile headers (concerns • voting) | ||
| Febuary 22, 2018 (by IsolatedPrompt) | March 9, 2018 (by DanzxvFan8275) | Not passed
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| Add a trivia notability constitution rule to the guidelines (concerns • voting) | ||
| February 16, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | March 9, 2018 (by DanzxvFan8275) | Not passed
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| Remove all episode subgalleries by element (see proposal) | ||
| February 25, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | February 27, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | Withdrawn
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| A maintenence category for pages without subgalleries (concerns • voting) | ||
| January 18, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | February 24, 2018 (by Nicko756) | Passed
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| Mentioned content should not be worthy of its own article (concerns • voting) | ||
| February 5, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | February 22, 2018 (by Koolkitty108) | Not passed
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| Keep the trivia timeline templates less speculative (concerns • voting) | ||
| February 1, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | February 22, 2018 (by Koolkitty108) | Not passed
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| Add a new punctuation rule to the grammar guide (concerns • voting) | ||
| February 11, 2018 (by Figmeister) | February 22, 2018 (by Koolkitty108) | Passed
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| Move-protect all episode transcripts and galleries (concerns • voting) | ||
| January 31, 2018 (by Figmeister) | February 15, 2018 (by DanzxvFan8275) | Passed
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| Adding the page deletion option to assistant role (concerns • voting) | ||
| January 23, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | February 15, 2018 (by DanzxvFan8275) | Not passed
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| Navigation template for bubbles (concerns • voting) | ||
| January 22, 2018 (by Golfpecks256) | February 15, 2018 (by DanzxvFan8275) | Passed
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| Assistant color tags (see proposal) | ||
| February 12, 2018 (by IsolatedPrompt) | February 14, 2018 (by Squiddleward) | Closed
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| A primary warning for Discussion Moderators (concerns • voting) | ||
| January 27, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | February 14, 2018 (by SpongeBot678) | Passed
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| Adding a content moderator role on Encyclopedia SpongeBobia (concerns • voting) | ||
| January 22, 2018 (by IsolatedPrompt) | February 10, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | Withdrawn
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| Create an ESB Tumblr (concerns • voting) | ||
| January 13, 2018 (by RedBomb1) | January 27, 2018 (by DanzxvFan8275) | Not passed
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| Admin warnings (concerns • voting) | ||
| January 6, 2018 (by SpongebobSquarepants29) | January 27, 2018 (by DanzxvFan8275) | Not passed
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| Making a new chat bot (see proposal) | ||
| January 18, 2018 (by Expert at Terraria) | January 18, 2018 (by DanzxvFan8275) | Withdrawn
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| A category for major locations (concerns • voting) | ||
| December 26, 2017 (by RedBomb1) | January 11, 2018 (by DanzxvFan8275) | Passed
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