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The following proposal has been discussed and is now marked as resolved. The page has been protected and now serves as an archive. Do not edit this page.
Date Resolved: April 15, 2018


Result: Moved to voting.


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Proposal

Due to several instances that I have witnessed during my time as a chat moderator here, I believe the following "Do not conform to disruption" rule should be added to the chat guidelines.

Chat policy

XII. Chat

This article was revised at convention on January 9, 2018.

  • A. General. All policies in this section apply to all ESB-related chat rooms: the ESB chatroom on FANDOM and Skype chat rooms including "SpongeBobia Chatroom," "ESB Chat Moderators," "ESB Administrators," and "ESB Bureaucrats." All ESB rules apply to the said chat rooms.
  • 1. Do not abuse communication tools. This includes blank messages, gibberish, and spreading words or sentences out into multiple messages. Other abuse of communication tools can result in a kick or ban at the discretion of the banning moderator or Skype administrator.
  • 2. English is the preferred language in the chatroom. It is recommended to not use other languages. Using other languages to spam, troll, or to swear is not allowed.
  • 3. Trolling is forbidden.
  • a. If anyone is disturbing the chat room environment and not providing anything useful to the conversation which may be considered trolling, chat moderators and administrators can ban the user from chat immediately. In Skype, users continuing to troll will receive a kick. Administrators can block them infinitely from ESB at their discretion if they feel the user does not provide any positive engagement to the community.
  • b. Anyone trolling in the ESB chat room will result in an immediate ban. The administration may infinitely block the user from ESB.
  • 4. Profanity. Profanity is forbidden. This includes use as an acronym or censored. "Damn" and "hell" are allowed if they are used in context and not against another user. Any use of profanity after a user is issued a warning will immediately result in a temporary ban from chat.
  • 5. Be respectful toward all users, their views, and their opinions. Do not discriminate against or harass anyone. Doing so can result in a kick or ban by the discretion of the moderator.
  • 6. Posing as a user of a higher position than you is forbidden.
  • 7. Posting anything inappropriate or links to inappropriate sites is forbidden. This includes linking to content not suitable for children under the age of 13, notably sexual content. The chatroom is to remain clean.
  • 8. Asking users for personal information (age, phone numbers, addresses, ASL (age/sex/location), religious beliefs, etc.) is forbidden.
  • 9. If you are going to exchange social networking information (Skype, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.), do it in a private message.
  • 10. Drama, arguing, and having heated debates is forbidden. Friendly, civil debates are allowed.
  • 11. Refrain from saying things that are not useful to the conversation and continue to interrupt those having a conversation. If more than one person is doing this, those people must take the conversation elsewhere.
  • B. ESB Chat room. The policies in this section apply to the ESB Chatroom on FANDOM.
  • 2. Specific rules
  • a. Doorspamming (coming in and out of chat) is forbidden. It is understandable if you have a bad connection, but note you may be kicked to stop the flooding. Anyone doing this on purpose shall be temporarily banned.
  • b. Chat invasions (inviting a large group to chat, normally to troll and/or spam) are forbidden.
  • c. ChatTags are enabled on ESB's chatroom. You may have fun with them, but you may not misuse them, such as using colors for every message you send.
  • d. All moderator orders must be obeyed unless said otherwise by an administrator or someone of higher power.
  • e. Abusing the chatbot (username: SpongeBobiaChatBot) is forbidden. It is okay to have a little fun with the chatbot, but if it gets excessive, a chat moderator can kick or ban you at their discretion.
  • f. Conforming to disruption is forbidden. Conforming to disruption qualifies as feeding the trolls, continuing to discuss the trolls after they've been banned, participating in heated arguments, and engaging in unfriendly banter with other users.

I believe adding this rule will help improve the atmosphere of the chat and will, therefore, be beneficial to the wiki in the long-run. TheKorraFanatic (Talk Page) (Contributions) (Guestbook)

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